Leading jewelry retailers must go beyond a reliance on accreditation schemes to ensure their supply chains are free of slavery, according to a new report.
More than half of the European Union’s 619 coal-fired power stations are losing money, according to a new report. As a result, the industry’s slow plans for shutdowns will lead to €22bn ($26.04bn) in losses by 2030 if the EU fulfils its pledge to tackle climate change, the report warns.
Businesses fretting about Brexit should get reassurance early in the new year that little will change for a couple of years after Britain leaves the European Union in less than 16 months, EU officials said last week.
Researchers at the City College of New York (CCNY) claim the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) is releasing misleading information claiming waste-to-energy is a false path to zero waste, and it could lead to "more waste going into landfills than ever before."
The White House is preparing to roll out a long-delayed infrastructure rebuilding plan in January, as President Donald Trump’s advisers bet that voters want a $1tr road-and-bridge-building plan — even though it is opposed by some lawmakers.
In something of a reversal for San Francisco, a city that has served as a petri dish for disruptive innovations in recent years, lawmakers last week passed strict regulations to reduce the number of delivery robots that technology startups have introduced to the city’s sidewalks.
In Australia's live export trade, the animals' journey from the farm gate can sometimes start with a journey by truck of over 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles).
