Top food firms spot supply-chain risks to forests in real time
A new website allows companies to track deforestation in their supply chains as it happens, with campaigners urging more effort to stop it
UK told to end abuse of 'gag orders' in harassment and discrimination cases
There is concern that bosses are increasingly using non disclosure agreements to muzzle employees when reaching settlements in cases including harassment and discrimination complaints
Plastic straws and bags no more: Canada aims to clean up its act
The aim is to reduce non-recyclable waste and protect the world's oceans, says Canadian Prime Minister
Rise of homophobia in Britain condemned after attacks on lesbian, same-sex couples
The number of hate crimes recorded by British police against LGBT+ people rose 27% to 11,638 in the year to March 2018
Humanitarian aid failing to be feminist as funding for women lags behind
'The statistics clearly show that women and girls are doubly disadvantaged in humanitarian settings,' said the International Rescue Committee's president
'Nobel for food' winner tells ailing world to eat more veg
Simon Groot - an octogenarian whose family has cultivated seeds for hundreds of years - said the world must tackle malnutrition by boosting vegetable and crop varieties
Subsidise solar mini-grids to power rural Africa, investors urge
Solar mini-grids have huge potential to electrify rural areas in developing nations, but the risks are still too high for private capital
Packing a projector: U.S. activists stage light invasion
As the trend has taken off, so has a debate over whether light projection constitutes a new form of property trespass
L is for lesbian, G is for gay: Indian parents learn ABC of LGBT
In a landmark judgment, India's top court struck down colonial-era criminalisation of homosexuality last September, though anti-gay discrimination and LGBT abuse remain widespread
'We want water' say residents as Abidjan grows drier
Faltering rains linked to climate change and rapid population growth mean there's less water to go around