
What is the EU’s Directive on Green Claims?
On 22 March 2023, the European Commission advanced a Proposal for a Directive on Green Claims to address misleading sustainability claims and greenwashing.
From social activism to human rights and civil rights, from the daily commitment on non-governmental organisation (NGOs) and civil society, to organisations and individuals working on the the ground to improve people’s lives and make them more sustainable, including by proposing new social norms and models, as well as through international cooperation. The themes that our societies face are many and multifaceted. Here you can find the latest news on how society is evolving for better and for worse with a special focus on rights – human, civil, minority, gender, LGBTQ, indigenous, animal – and international politics, for an overview of what is happening in the sphere of sustainability as well as what sustainable things are happening in the world.
Related trends: Gender, Indigenous Peoples, Migration, Animal Rights.
On 22 March 2023, the European Commission advanced a Proposal for a Directive on Green Claims to address misleading sustainability claims and greenwashing.
A new UNU-INWEH report on the global bottled water industry reveals the massive scale of this market and the lack of strict quality controls.
Isatou Ceesay founded a social enterprise that is helping to fight plastic pollution and empowering women and young people to gain economic independence.
In 2020, Mihela Hladin made a radical decision that many, in recent times, have probably considered. This is her story, with photos by Matt Audiffret.
The Brazilian government has started evicting illegal gold miners, responsible for the health emergency that has hit the Yanomami people.
A single-use plastics ban, prohibiting the sale of some single-use plastic products, was announced on 14 January 2023 by the UK Environment secretary.
Asur culture and tradition in West Bengal are on the brink of extinction due to age-old religious stigma and the apathy of the state government.
Oxfam report reveals that since 2020, for every dollar earned by those in the poorest 90 per cent of humanity, a billionaire has earned 1.7 million.
In an extraordinary example of women’s empowerment, a market in India’s Manipur state has been run entirely by women for the past 500 years.
France has banned some fossil fuel ads, but the ban’s limitations – including allowances for natural gas and financial advertising – have led to criticism.