THE WELSH DOUGHNUT 2020: A framework for environmental sustainability and social justice – An example of how to translate the doughnut

One of the questions we often hear when working with organisations is how to integrate the planetary boundaries and social thresholds f...

To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, we wanted to reflect on the positive impact of nature and biodiversity on our well-being.

This year’s Mental Health Awareness week is particularly important given the challenges facing the world. We share six facts - from our ongoin...

This week sees the UK’s official overshoot day. The date on which Earth Overshoot Day would fall if all of humanity consumed like the people in this country.

Other European countries reaching their overshoot day this month include:

Germany and Netherlands – May 3rd

Switze...

This week’s World Fair Trade day sees the promotion of #PlanetFairTrade - a vision of our world populated by Fair Trade Enterprises. These are enterprises who truly prioritise people and planet. They are creating an economy based on human and planetary well-being, a wo...

This week marks the 50th Anniversary of World Earth Day, with its theme of climate action. Climate change represents the biggest challenge to the future of humanity and the life-support systems that make our world habitable.

For businesses to play their part in the ach...

Never has the topic of handwashing to prevent the spread of disease been so prevalent in people’s minds. Hand hygiene is undoubtedly a critical element in disease prevention. While we all have the luxury of being able to turn on the tap and grab the soap whenever we ne...

Next month marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and Earth Month [1]. Given the current crisis – the level of coverage may be muted but must not forgotten. What is increasingly clear is that the COVID-19 pandemic offers both important clues and potential solutions to...

By Jim Ormond and Jane Fiona Cumming

Ahead of World Water Day, and in recognition of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, we wanted to share a reflection on our planet’s largest expanse of water – the ocean.

• The ocean produces over...

International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women - while also marking a call to action for accelerating gender equality.

The World Economic Forum’s 2020 report shows that, at the current pace of pro...

As well as the ethical and environmental considerations surrounding your supply chain there is an increasingly important social need to be met, the income threshold above which an individual is able to ‘live’.

We are becoming more familiar with the concept of a living w...