Water

Biodiversity

Tesco to phase out microbeads from its products

All of the supermarket's own-brand cosmetics and cleaning products will be free from the tiny plastic pieces within a month

clock 24 November 2016 • 3 min read

Legislation

Reports: Saudi Arabia draws up water and energy efficiency programme

Kingdom will review generous subsidies on water and energy use to encourage more efficient use of resources

clock 22 November 2016 • 1 min read

Supply chain

Investors worth $1tn urge US meat firms to beef up water risk management

45 leading institutional investors send letters to four of USA's largest meat producers ahead of Thanksgiving

clock 21 November 2016 • 2 min read

Supply chain

Why PepsiCo aims to repair watersheds in Latin American cities

clock 18 November 2016 • 4 min read

Risk

CDP: Companies not moving fast enough to tackle $14bn bill from rising water risks

New report reveals leading blue chips are failing to adequately address water-related risks despite soaring costs

clock 15 November 2016 • 2 min read

Management

Water - The next commodity crisis?

EEF's Finella Elliott warns businesses could be sleepwalking into a water security challenge

clock 09 November 2016 • 5 min read

Supply chain

Major food brands join challenge to slash supply chain water use

Diageo, General Mills and Kellogg among the major corporates to join new Ceres-WWF AgWater Challenge

clock 28 October 2016 • 2 min read

Waste

UK water firms call for 'do not flush' labelling on wet wipes

Letter to trading standards body calls for manufacturers to remove 'misleading' labelling to prevent wipes from blocking sewers and washing up on beaches

clock 26 October 2016 • 3 min read

Management

Four bold collaborations tackling California's drought

Non-profits with corporates such as Anheuser-Busch, Coca-Cola, General Mills are throwing their weight behind big water projects in the Golden State

clock 21 October 2016 • 6 min read

Carbon Accounting

Monsanto: 'The only way to sequester carbon is through plants'

Monsanto's Mark Edge tells BusinessGreen how the controversial seed giant is working to curb the environmental impact of agricultural practices

clock 21 October 2016 • 10 min read