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When is a vegan product not really vegan? Retailers warned over risk of inadvertently false claims
Defining a product as vegan is more complex than many think, but new industry guidelines aim to help retailers assure consumers
Survey: Consumers keen to drop brands that damage the environment
Global survey commissioned by financial giant ING finds appetite for enhanced environmental performance among consumers, but warns green progress is hampered by confusion about sustainability options
Guardian halts fossil fuel advertising
BREAKING: Media group will no longer accept advertising from oil and gas companies, despite acknowledging decision will have implications for its revenues
Vegan clean sweep of Hollywood award season as Academy plumps for plant-based menu
Joker star Joaquin Phoenix had advocated for a vegan menu at the Golden Globes ceremony held earlier this month
Advertising industry joins climate fight with launch of twin working groups
The groups will produce a report on the industry's current carbon footprint, among other actions
Renewable pivots pay off as Ørsted and Neste top global sustainability rankings
Nordic firms again dominated the top spots in Corporate Knights' 16th annual list of the world's most sustainable corporations, unveiled at Davos this morning
An Awarding Endeavour
BusinessGreen has been celebrating and highlighting the progress of the green economy for over a decade - but doing so has never been more important
Tenth annual BusinessGreen Leaders Awards to celebrate a decade of green business breakthroughs
As the green economy prepares for a decade of action, the UK's largest and most prestigious sustainable business awards is back with a pledge to recognise the pioneers of the green transition
Going green: Just Eat delivers massive spike in vegan orders
Just Eat data shows a 50 per cent year-on-year increase in orders of vegan dishes through January to March
Time to wake up: The 'Greta effect' on branding in 2020
Siegel+Gale's Will Bosanko on what the marketing world can learn from the Swedish climate activist
London Climate Change Festival aims to 'inform, inspire and bring hope'
Eight-week festival to bring artists, scientists, and businesses together to 'explore ways to live in better harmony with our planet'
Quorn becomes first major food firm to launch CO2 labels
Carbon footprint data displayed on packs will signal to consumers how planet-friendly each product is
Starbucks deploys charges and jingles to tackle disposable cup use
Starbucks is experimenting with fresh ways of encouraging its customers to order their coffee in a reusable rather than disposable cup
Burger King launches new plant-based Whopper…but it's not for vegans
Soy patty will be cooked on the same grill as beef burgers, ruling it out for many vegetarians and vegans
Vogue Italia ditches photos in sustainable fashion issue
Move is to highlight carbon impact of fashion photo shoots, according to editor
BP faces legal complaint over alleged 'greenwashing' in adverts
ClientEarth lawyers who filed the complaint also call for ban on all fossil fuel advertising unless it comes with tobacco-style health warning
Greenwashing 2.0: It's back and it's got more sophisticated
Trewin Restorick argues that moves to tackle packaging waste have unleashed a new wave of dubious corporate announcements
Burger King and Mars beef up vegan offerings
'Rebel Whopper' and vegan Galaxy join the ranks of plant-based foods
'Climate strike' named word of the year
Lexicographers have detected an uptick in words linked to environmental issues
Social media: Climate change among top concerns of leading CEOs
Data reveals big jump in number of Twitter conversations from top executives
Why the critics are wrong about Extinction Rebellion
People who criticise the group's lack of ethnic diversity, the lifestyles of its activists, their 'unrealistic' aims, are missing the point, argues WWF UK's Gareth Redmond-King
'Misleading': Advertising watchdog bans Andrex wet wipe advert
Advertising Standards Authority judges Andrex's claim its wipes are flushable - despite not winning accreditation under Water UK's standard - are 'misleading'
There's evidence that climate activism could be swaying public opinion in the US
Rise in climate protests is changing perceptions of green activism in the US, argues Indiana University's Nathaniel Geiger
The Body Shop reimagines store as refill centre and 'activist workshop'
Beauty giant says it is going back to its 'activist roots' with new store concept opening in Bond Street today
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