Futerra is a an organization that works to change the world for better through communicating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to diverse groups of people and organizations in a personal and organizational level encapsulated in the Good Life...
The training programme was delivered through 8 modules over 5 days in January 2022 to improve the understanding of the ecolabelling concept, policies, and operational set-up for all stakeholder groups.
The next step toward sustainable IT products Getting to truly sustainable IT products is a journey of continuous improvement in environmental and social responsibility. With TCO Certified generation 9 we take critical next steps along this pathway...
A new publication by GIZ and Oeko Institute on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), has identified twelve common barriers in implementing ecolabels and Green or...
Changing our consumer behaviour is crucial for the protection of biodiversity - both locally and globally. Raising awareness about this issue requires well-presented information materials and activities addressing a variety of specific target groups...
For World Food Day 2021, an international day celebrated annually on 16 October to commemorate the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 1945, researchers on the CANDIES project take a closer look at...
Have you ever thought about how much water goes into your daily cup of coffee? It’s a lot more than what you pour out of the kettle. In fact, the UN estimates it takes 140 litres of water to grow, process and transport enough coffee beans for one...
With support of Ecological Union and Leroy Merlin, the Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability Information were translated into Russian and presented at the largest retail forum in Russia - Ecomference Rupost Retail Week on 8 October 2021 in...
Members from the CI-SCP Working Group on 'Product Lifetime Extension to Advance Circularity' have researched existing policy instruments that aim to make products more repairable and/or communicating product reparability information to consumers, in...
In preparation for Stockholm 50, a series of regional multi-stakeholder consultations will be organized in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and West Asia between April and May 2022.
UNEP, WWF and GlobeScan have developed a series of twelve case studies presenting efforts by companies and labels to communicate food sustainability to consumers. Read on to find out more about Fairtrade Foundation, the first case study in the series...
UNEP, WWF and GlobeScan have developed a series of twelve case studies presenting efforts by companies and labels to communicate food sustainability to consumers. Read on to find out more about Unilever, the second case study in the series.
