Employee working patterns during the Olympics have revealed ways for companies to increase profitability and sustainability long-term.

The government has pledged £9 million in support for a new R&D centre for developing electric vehicle battery technology.

Rubies in the Rubble – a social enterprise seeking to minimise food waste and assist women struggling to find employment – has won sustainability funding from Ben & Jerry’s.

WRAP Cymru's ARID programme begins its third funding round today, supporting development of commercial and industrial waste reprocessing infrastructure.

Shell has been permitted to begin ‘limited activities’ at an exploratory drilling site in the Arctic.

Clothes donated to developing countries should be returned to the UK for recycling, according to university research.

The fifth National Zero Waste Week, an annual event designed to raise awareness of waste, begins today (3 September).

Australia and the EU will link their carbon trading schemes, allowing companies to trade carbon permits by 2015.

United Nations begin discussions on a climate change protocol ahead of annual UN Climate Conference in November.

Carbon markets could do more harm than good in tackling deforestation and climate change, says Rainforest Foundation report.