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Benetton's latest global ad campaign promotes the Birima micro-credit programme in Senegal, a co-operative credit society founded by the Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour. Benetton Group will donate financial support for the programme.

Many children in Africa start their day by walking miles to the nearest spring to collect water for the family. Diageo, the drinks company behind famous names Johnnie Walker and Guinness, aims to save them the trouble.

Marine biologists believe seahorses could be breeding in the London's River Thames as the river becomes cleaner

It's the world's largest single buyer of condoms, purchasing more than a billion of the contraceptives in recent years to give away free as part of a national programme to combat Aids. Now the Brazilian government is to produce condoms using rubber collected from trees in the Amazon to help preserve the largest rainforest in the world.

Just back from a skiing holiday? Did you get stuck up the mountain, only to discover your mobile battery has died? Next time, don't forget to pack your solar-powered ski jacket.

Fujitsu Siemens is working on a project to incorporate flexible solar cells into clothing.

As a business we want to make it easy for people to do themselves some good. And we want to leave the planet a little bit better than we found it. This is reflected in everything from our use of green electricity at Fruit Towers, to sourcing fruit from places that go the extra mile in terms of looking after the people that work on the farms, and the environment. As of 2006 we are proud to say that all our bananas come from Rainforest Alliance accredited farms.

If you want to see at first hand how luxury tourism and sound eco practice can go hand in hand head for the Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge located beside the sacred Inca ruins of Machu Picchu

Starting from April 2008, seven resorts in the Cayman Islands are piloting a new initiative, being put in place jointly by the destination and its private tourism sector, to bring about improved environmental performance within the industry.

The airlines are employing the best creative and technological brains from all over the world to produce sustainable solutions onboard. The aviation industry is the first to initiate the carbon offsetting scheme and leading the way for numerous eco innovations that rarely reach our ears.There is a huge lack of understanding about the industry's beh

The green job market is beginning to attract the interest of the big recruitment companies. Monster recently became the first to launch a dedicated service for environmentally aware candidates called GreenCareers ...

Pants to PovertyBy Alison BladesLast updated 3/11/2008 11:09:33 AM Pants to Poverty

Where do you buy your cotton underwear?  Have you checked the label lately?  A group of lads and lasses have got together to make sure that your boxers are not harming the planet, and that the farmers are getting p

Luxury travellers can make a huge difference to the local community. Jane Kaye-Bailey founded The Butterfly Tree project in aid of rural Zambia.

What would you spend £1.50 on? A couple of downloads from iTunes? A tube ticket? A bag of hand-cooked chips? In Africa, £1.50 could buy a water purification device, so that children can drink water from their local source, safe in the knowledge that it will not give them a life-threatening illness.

Weddings are by nature over the top. It's the one day in many people's life when caution is thrown to the wind and couples indulge in every excess on offer from the wedding marketing machine. Beautifully designed invitations on high grade paper, a gourmet menu using ingredients flown in from around the world, pure silk dress, gift wrapped mementoes for all their guests... And why not? It's a party, after all