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How family-owned businesses are paving the way for sustainability We can celebrate the fact that the oldest existing business in England is a pub. Something in the British psyche means our national interest in a bit of a tipple has kept the +1,000 year old Bingley Arms going since 951AD . The year when Paris […]

The Guardian and The Observer, who purchase paper from Canada, celebrate the landmark Great Bear Rainforest Agreements The Guardian and The Observer print on paper purchased predominately from UK recycled mills. However, to ensure a good mix of sources we also use certified virgin paper from Europe and Canada. We take our commitment to sustainable

Xavier Bernal wins Virgin Media Business award 12 months after support from the Guardian Volunteering Week The Guardian follows up with Xavier Bernal 12 months after he attended Volunteering Week with his idea Findoc, which could revolutionise access to UK healthcare. So much has happened since I attended Volunteering week. Shortly after my last update

We asked Guardian staff to share their stories and insights of work and community at the Guardian Many incredible people work at The Guardian and The Observer, in a variety of roles from finance to digital and editorial to sales. Here, we’re giving them the opportunity to tell their stories about the communities they live

In May 1921, the great Manchester Guardian editor CP Scott wrote a leading article to mark the centenary of the paper. The essay, published under the headline “A Hundred Years”, is still recognised around the world as the blueprint for independent journalism Full coverage: history and timelines of the Guardian and Observer A hundred years

This article is the first in a two-parter on global aviation. This was sparked by various questions from readers on the role of aviation in climate change, and – as a follow-up from my article on biofuels for road transport in the US – what role biofuels could play in this. Aviation will be one

This article is the second in a two-parter on global aviation. In Part One I looked at the history of aviation trends: demand, energy efficiency, and carbon emissions. I also introduced scenarios of how this could change in the future. Here I’ll look at how much biofuel the world would need. In Part One I

Many countries have set targets to reach ‘net-zero’ emissions. The UK – alongside others – has pledged to achieve this by 2050. That’s almost three decades away, which means it needs a long-term plan to get there. The problem is that long-term plans don’t sync with four-year election cycles (or if you’re in the UK,

While many countries are making progress on reducing emissions from energy – albeit frustratingly slowly – agriculture is a much more stubborn sector. We need to transform our food systems in the next few decades. The most impactful lever we have is reducing global meat and dairy consumption.12 How do we make this happen? Some