Introduction I’ve been seeing on many websites, shops etc information about organisation’s being certified to B Corp (B meaning ‘Benefits’). I thought therefore it would be a good opportunity to find out more about this sustainability certification system for this … [Read more...] about B Corp Sustainability Certification Scheme
Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging
Introduction Many years back I seem to recollect that one of the first new UK environmental laws I had to deal with was the original packaging regulations. These laws have been in place for many years now without much change other than the odd amendment. However, we now have … [Read more...] about Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging
Health and Safety at Work, Is It a Fundamental Right for All Yet?
If you are reading this from a comfy chair, deep within the health and safety department of a large organisation you would be forgiven for looking at the title and saying “well of course it is!”, yet the numbers suggest otherwise. According to the International Labour … [Read more...] about Health and Safety at Work, Is It a Fundamental Right for All Yet?
The GRI Sustainability Reporting Standard Update
In this post I thought we could look at the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards. If you have never heard of these before then let me fill you in. The GRI is an organisation that aims to promote sustainability reporting. It does this by developing a set of guidelines that … [Read more...] about The GRI Sustainability Reporting Standard Update
Integrating Sustainable Development Goals
I wrote about Sustainable development goals (SDGs) in a previous blog post a while back. Since then SDGs have massively come into prominence and are a key way that organisation’s outline what areas of sustainability are important to them on websites, corporate reports and other … [Read more...] about Integrating Sustainable Development Goals