Economy

21 April 2024

Over a thousand media hits for serious investigation

Popular items of H&M and Zara clothing have been linked to large-scale illegal deforestation, land grabbing, violence and corruption by...

31 May 2023

Vying for attention at global plastic treaty talks

A detailed plan to transform product packaging and significantly cut plastic pollution globally has been developed by British researchers. The...

15 February 2023

Major visibility for a neglected source of indoor air pollution

Home gas cookers cause weekly breaches of air pollution limits, a new study suggests. The report for the non-profit energy...

1 August 2023

Splashing with a leading Sunday outlet

Three quarters of clothing donated to major fashion stores to be reused or recycled are actually destroyed, abandoned in warehouses...

30 March 2026

Fighting for attention in times of war

High levels of benzene have been discovered in the domestic gas supply for multiple Western European cities by researchers at...

8 November 2023

The challenge of working with outside researchers

Cooking on gas regularly fills kitchens with air pollution above recommended levels, the largest ever home monitoring study in Europe...

24 February 2023

Triple front page investigation into fast fashion

European firms are dumping 37 million items of junk plastic clothing in Kenya every year that are too dirty or...

18 September 2024

Front page focus on fast fashion

Major fashion brands are using ever greater amounts of polluting synthetic textiles, a survey of 50 global firms by the...

11 February 2025

The pros and cons of undercover material

A booming trade in illegal Russian timber stretching throughout Europe and breaching war sanctions has been uncovered. Posing as buyers...