Stories by Janet Ranganathan

In a survey of global businesses, 86 percent described responding to climate risks or investing in adaptation as a business opportunity. So finds a new report jointly released yesterday by the UN Global Compact, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Oxfam and the World Resources Institute.

Do the revised reporting guidelines for the oil and gas industry go far enough?

Ecosystem services provide the link between nature and economic development. How can this approach guide more sustainable decisions?

A vision for corporate disclosure and community engagement.

Last week at the UN Convention on Biodiversity, the World Bank launched a new program that aims to put a value on a country’s ecosystems in the same way a country measures its national income and product accounts, or GNP and GDP.

Nagoya delegates need to plan how the world achieves food security, before ecosystems reach critical tipping points.

Can new SEC disclosure rules help bring transparency to Uganda’s oil sector?

To regain momentum on the MDGs, we must recognize the role of healthy ecosystems in successful development.

Limited transparency around corporate sustainability risks can lead to investments that are bad for the environment, and investors’ bottom lines.

Can forest-rich countries learn from the mistakes of extractive projects and avoid unleashing their own resource curse?