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Words: Robin Lancaster

There was a time when a survey of the world’s carbon markets would focus almost wholly

on the EU…

As global outcry increases over Africa’s blood diamond industry and the environmental impacts of traditional mining, one Scottsdale diamond company, Avilan Diamonds, is trying to fight back by recycling the precious stone.

Instead of…

Avilan Diamonds has been named the first-ever Responsible Source for diamonds by Scientific Certification Systems (SCS), a leader in third-party environmental and sustainability certification.

To achieve SCS certification, Avilan, based in…

Louisiana blue crabs could wind up on menus in eco-friendly restaurants, at major retailers and in European markets.

The state’s is the first blue crab fishery in the world to earn a seal of sustainability from the Marine Stewardship…

WESTERN Australia’s rock lobster fishery – the world’s first Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified fishery – is now the first fishery in the world to be certified as sustainable for a third time, following an independent assessment against…

Although they have good bases, the possibility that the country will achieve carbon neutrality in 2021 will be very difficult.  This was confirmed by Todd Frank, corporate manager of SCS (Scientific Certification Systems), one of the most…

THREE thousand Louisiana blue crab fishermen have earned the right to tell buyers and consumers across the country that the Louisiana blue crab fishery is now MSC certified.

The independent, third-party certification body, Scientific…

While pondering the many choices I have to make when buying tomatoes—How important is it to buy local? Is it worth it to buy organic? Should I even considered canned?—I started to wonder whether the interests of my body and the environment…