“Green” Transit? Think Again Transit skeptics who also care about the environment must be enjoying a nice breakfast of vindication this morning. You worry a lot about the environment and do everything you can to reduce your carbon footprint the emissions of greenhouse gases that drive dangerous climate change. So you always prefer to take […]
Human Rights Impact Assessments: Guide Business can leave a significant footprint on society, both in a positive and a negative sense. To help companies assess their impact on human rights the Dutch human rights organisation Aim for Human Rights has developed a guide for Human Rights Impact Assessments (HRIAs) which are based on the Universal […]
TNS Kumari leaves her shift at the Bodyline plant in rural Horana in the afternoons to get home to her daughter and infant son. Her husband takes care of the children in the morning and he works the afternoon shift at the same plant. They have a new house, a car, some land and even […]
The Eco-friendly Family An eco-friendly family have reduced their household waste so much they have only filled one bin – in six months. The Strauss throw away an average of just 100g of litter every week – enough to fit in the palm of a hand. They do not buy anything with packaging, recycle everything […]
