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Thursday 6 December 2007
Turn over a new leaf with WWF's paper guide
A new paper guide which will help businesses source environmentally friendly paper has been launched by WWF.

Tuesday 16 October 2007
Wildlife friendly t-shirts from M&S and WWF
M&S has teamed up with WWF to create a range of truly wild t-shirts for toddlers and young girls that celebrate and help raise funds to conserve the spectacular wildlife on our planet, with M&S donating 10% from the sale of each t-shirt to support WWF's conservation projects around the world.

Friday 8 September 2006
D-day for Shell pipeline
The largest combined oil and gas project in the world - Sakhalin II - is coming to a critical point. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is set to make a decision on whether to loan around £500 million in October.

Tuesday 27 June 2006
First ever eco-friendly soy arrives in Switzerland
The first ever shipment of environment-friendly soy has arrived at the port of Basel on the Rhine, in Switzerland.

Tuesday 20 June 2006
Lib Dems are right - nuclear power is a costly red herring
WWF-UK supports the Liberal Democrats verdict on nuclear power as 'the ultimate stealth tax'.

Wednesday 7 June 2006
No major job losses from Emissions Trading Scheme
Europe's scheme to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from heavy industry will not be responsible for major job losses or for a reduction of EU competitiveness, says a new report.

Tuesday 23 May 2006
British business can be profitable and a world leader in the environment
Robert Napier, chief executive of WWF, has called upon the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) to back companies that do least damage to the environment.

Monday 22 May 2006
Shell breaks environmental standards again
Documents obtained by WWF show that Shell's Sakhalin II project continues to break environmental standards despite continuing reassurances from the company to the conservation organisation and potential funders of the project.

Friday 19 May 2006
Bluefin tuna on verge of collapse?
At the start of the commercial fishing season of the bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean, catches are down by a staggering 80 per cent on this time last year, according to the Tuna Trap Producers Association (OPP51).

Monday 15 May 2006
Industry given a licence to pollute
Newly released figures confirm that European countries have failed to set sufficiently tough limits on pollution from industry.

Wednesday 10 May 2006
Communications holds the key to business sustainability
As sustainability moves from niche to mainstream companies need to make sure they remain competitive by ensuring their brands reflect the change in societal values, and in turn their customers will help them move towards sustainability.

Thursday 27 April 2006
Heart of Borneo: medical treasure-trove at risk
Plants that could help treat or cure diseases such as cancer, AIDS and malaria have been found in the forests of the heart of Borneo, according to a new WWF report. But WWF says that this medical treasure-trove is under threat and calls for its long-term protection.

Friday 21 April 2006
Shell must suspend Sakhalin project
If Shell goes ahead with their proposed construction of Sakhalin II this summer without improved mitigation measures the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) should not fund it.

Friday 21 April 2006
Climate change goes to the heart of the political agenda
Climate change has been put firmly at the top of the political agenda this week with both David Cameron and Gordon Brown making key speeches on the environment.

Thursday 30 March 2006
UK CO₂ emissions rise for the third consecutive year
Only two days after the government effectively abandoned its national climate change target new figures show that carbon dioxide emissions have risen for the third consecutive year in a row.

Thursday 2 February 2006
New threat to marine life from sunken tanker
The threat to the environment from the chemical tanker, the Ece, has now increased.

Thursday 22 December 2005
Fish quotas are bad news for cod
Fish stocks are at risk of collapse after Ministers at the Fisheries Council Meeting have yet again ignored dire warnings from marine scientists and set quotas for cod and other fish above sustainable levels of fishing.

Friday 9 December 2005
Final stages of Montreal climate talks
The United Nations climate change talks in Montreal reach their final stages with discussions expected to go into the early hours of Saturday morning.

Monday 28 November 2005
Stand firm on Kyoto at UN climate change talks
The Prime Minister must use his EU Presidency to encourage governments to agree post 2012 targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Sunday 27 November 2005
Shell fails EBRD's funding requirements
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) should continue to declare Shell's Sakhalin II project in the Russian Far East as unfit for purpose because the project's environmental and social standards are continually failing to meet the Bank's funding preconditions, reveals a new WWF report.

Tuesday 22 November 2005
UK top of the pile in illegal logging scandal
The UK is the biggest importer of illegal timber in Europe, fuelling the destruction of the world's most important forests and exacerbating poverty in some of the poorest countries, a new report from WWF has found.

Monday 21 November 2005
Flushing the world's forests down the toilet
Kimberly Clark, the makers of Andrex toilet tissue and Kleenex facial tissues, have been ranked bottom in a new WWF report assessing the impact European tissue companies are having on the world's forests.

Thursday 17 November 2005
EU chemicals vote leaves crucial loophole open
A critical decision which will help to put the health of people and wildlife ahead of chemicals industry profits was made today in the European parliament.

Monday 14 November 2005
Blair poised for failure on toxics and climate change
Tony Blair's international rhetoric on environmental issues masks the fact that he is poised to fail to deliver on the two key opportunities his premiership has provided.

Wednesday 9 November 2005
Counting on carbon to meet climate change targets
The UK government must place tougher restrictions on carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions through the carbon trading market in order to meet its climate change targets, a groundbreaking report by WWF has found.

Friday 4 November 2005
House building plans could fuel climate change
Towns and cities across the South West will see a massive increase in carbon dioxide emissions, the main cause of climate change, unless thousands of new homes planned for the next 20 years are built to high environmental standards.

Monday 31 October 2005
'Reduce' - WWF's major new marketing campaign
This November (2005), WWF launches its biggest marketing campaign.

Tuesday 25 October 2005
Locals for wind rather than nuclear future at Hinkley
Nearly three times as many people want a wind farm rather than a new nuclear reactor to be built at Hinkley Point, a survey by WWF has found.

Monday 24 October 2005
EU has power to freeze climate change
The European Union can cut a third of its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 through energy efficiency and renewable energies, according to a new report by WWF.

Tuesday 4 October 2005
Dirty Thirty - Europe's worst climate polluting power stations
After a summer of climate-related flooding, droughts and heatwaves in parts of Europe, a new ranking by WWF reveals the continent's worst climate polluting power stations.

Thursday 8 September 2005
Why are non-stick chemicals in our babies?
Babies in the womb are being contaminated with hazardous non-stick chemicals, flame-retardants, perfumes and other gender-bending chemicals, a new report by WWF-UK and Greenpeace has found.

Tuesday 6 September 2005
Housebuilders improving on sustainability
The second benchmark report that assesses how well UK house-builders manage and report on sustainability issues has been published by Insight Investment and WWF.

Monday 5 September 2005
EU and China sign climate change agreement
The EU and China have signed an agreement on global warming which recognises the huge economic, social and environmental importance of climate change.

Thursday 1 September 2005
Huge coalition to combat climate change
Organisations with millions of supporters have today united to demand action on climate change.

Thursday 11 August 2005
Europe feels the heat
As European cities swelter in the summer heatwave, a new report from WWF, analyzing summer temperature data from 16 EU cities, shows the continent's capitals warming by sometimes more than 2°C in the last 30 years.

Thursday 28 July 2005
UK power giants failing the climate
The UK's biggest power companies are failing to meet the challenge of climate change, a new report commissioned by WWF-UK has found.

Thursday 28 July 2005
What cost a species?
Shell's Sakhalin project has the very real risk to drive the Western Gray Whale towards extinction.

Wednesday 27 July 2005
Expected US-brokered deal is no Kyoto alternative
A US-led Asia-Pacific regional energy pact, expected to be announced Thursday 28 July, offers no alternative to binding caps on pollution levels.

Friday 22 July 2005
Lundy lobsters bounce back in UK's first no-take zone
The UK'S first no-take zone for marine nature conservation is producing promising results, with lobsters showing a huge increase in numbers after just two years.

Tuesday 19 July 2005
One company two faces?
WWF and SustainAbility have launched a ground breaking report that reveals the strength of links between the corporate responsibility practices and government lobbying and public policy activities of 100 major global corporations.

Wednesday 13 July 2005
UK needs new climate change law
A coalition of NGOs and MPs is calling for a new law to ensure that the UK reduces its emissions of greenhouse gases.

Wednesday 6 July 2005
London can now host greenest ever Olympics
Now London has won its bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games it must make good on its commitment to make it the greenest and most sustainable games the world has ever seen.

Wednesday 29 June 2005
Climate change - a serious business risk for the financial industry
The financial industry needs to systematically screen climate change risks, according to a new report by Allianz Group and WWF.

Monday 20 June 2005
Africa pays price for G8 climate blind spot
New report from unique UK aid and environment coalition says act now on climate change or efforts to end poverty will go 'up in smoke'.

Thursday 24 March 2005
British public call for tougher action on climate change
More than 90 per cent of the public support tougher action on British business to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, according to a YouGov poll carried out for WWF.

Tuesday 15 March 2005
G8 must act now on climate change or the world will pay the price
The world may only have 10 years to take action to reduce soaring greenhouse gas emissions, the top 20 energy-using economies will be told by WWF.

Tuesday 15 March 2005
Brown engages in the climate change debate
Gordon Brown encouraged business to embrace the challenge of climate change during a keynote speech at a ministerial meeting of the top 20 energy using economies.

Friday 11 March 2005
Government backs down over emissions increase
Response to Government announcement on the National Allocation Plan for the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.

Thursday 17 February 2005
Arctic is a chemical dump
The Arctic is becoming a chemical dump, with higher concentrations of some man-made chemicals than the countries where the pollutants were made, a new WWF report shows.

Tuesday 15 February 2005
Whale scientists must determine fate of Shell project in Russian Far East
Grey whales could be under threat from an oil and gas development in the Russian Far East.

Friday 11 February 2005
Kyoto - first step to contain the threat of climate change
As the Kyoto Protocol enters into force on Wednesday 16 February, WWF is urging countries to use it as a framework to make the drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions needed to avoid the most devastating impacts of climate change.

Thursday 10 February 2005
Blair moves on climate change
The Prime Minister has gone on the record as being "absolutely" committed to keeping global temperature rises below 2°C.

Tuesday 1 February 2005
Switch on to green electricity
WWF has just teamed up with green electricity supplier Ecotricity to help address the global threat posed by climate change.

Monday 31 January 2005
Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit
The Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit is being held in Manchester from 31 January to 2 February 2005.

Friday 21 January 2005
World Bank must insist on strategic assessments for 'megaprojects'
Following a series of flawed megaprojects that have been backed by international financial institutions, there must be an end to haphazard oil and gas developments around the world.

Monday 10 January 2005
Green reconstruction vital in the aftermath of the tsunami
In the aftermath of the tsunami disaster, WWF is calling on governments to support the devastated communities by ensuring that efforts to rebuild their livelihoods are environmentally sustainable.

Friday 7 January 2005
WWF Tsunami update 2
News from our staff in Indonesia, India and East Africa.

Wednesday 22 December 2004
EU emissions trading: scheme undermined by excess allowances to industry
The EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) starts on 1 January 2005, marking a key phase of the EU's implementation of the Kyoto Protocol. But the carbon trading market, and the potential environmental benefits of the system, have been undermined from the outset by Member States allocating too many emission rights to their industries.

Tuesday 14 December 2004
WWF and Vodacom link small island to mainland Tanzania
WWF and telecommunications giant, Vodacom, were instrumental in linking Mafia Island with mainland Tanzania under a network system for the first time, with the hope of improving communications and the environment.

Thursday 9 December 2004
WWF brings the Arctic to Westminster to highlight the threats of climate change
WWF recreated the Arctic experience in Westminster to raise awareness about the damaging effect climate change is having on people and places around the world.

Wednesday 8 December 2004
WWF response to Defra climate change consultation


Thursday 2 December 2004
Water companies to increase funding for wetland conservation
WWF welcomes the extra funding to protect rivers, wetlands and the water environment announced by Ofwat.

Tuesday 30 November 2004
Power companies fail to invest in a clean energy future
Power companies are failing to tackle the challenge of climate change, according to a new WWF report.

Tuesday 23 November 2004
British Environment and Media Award winners announced
A former circus performer who has helped turn London's docklands into a wildlife haven has taken the top award at the British Environment and Media Awards.

Friday 19 November 2004
Police seize ivory in London raids
Following a series of raids across London shops, police have seized ivory products with a street value in excess of £85,000.

Wednesday 10 November 2004
Environment minister's blood contaminated
The Rt. Hon Alun Michael MP, Environment Minister, is contaminated with dozens of industrial chemicals according to results of a blood test coordinated by WWF.

Tuesday 9 November 2004
Government announcement should invigorate market in eco-timber
After four years the government has finally announced how it will implement its environmentally-friendly timber buying policy - a move which WWF hopes will increase UK demand for timber from well managed forests.

Wednesday 27 October 2004
Government gives industry licence to increase pollution
A government decision to allow the UK industry to dramatically increase its emissions of CO₂, the main greenhouse gas, spells disaster for both business and the environment.

Friday 8 October 2004
Britain's toxic teens
Some British children have higher numbers and levels of certain industrial chemicals than their parents and grandmothers reveals a report released by WWF and The Co-operative Bank. This suggests all British children are likely to be contaminated with hazardous chemicals.

Thursday 30 September 2004
Go wild at the Co-op!
Take a trip to your local Co-op if you fancy a walk on the wild side. From 26 September 2004, stores across the UK will be selling wild animal soft toys to highlight the plight of endangered species and their habitats.

Friday 17 September 2004
4000 elephants a year killed for illegal ivory
More than four thousand elephants are being killed a year to meet the demand for ivory from Africa and Asia, according to a report on work partly funded by WWF.

Thursday 16 September 2004
Success for WWF's Marine Bill campaign
After five years of WWF consistently campaigning for new marine legislation, WWF is excited to hear that finally the government will bring forward a new Marine Bill.

Tuesday 10 August 2004
Power sector could do nine times more to reduce carbon dioxide emissions
New independent research commissioned by WWF shows the UK power sector could do nine times more to reduce its CO₂ emissions, thereby significantly reducing the UK's contribution to climate change.

Tuesday 3 August 2004
World Bank still in the oil business
"The World Bank interprets access to energy in terms of US foreign policy rather than addressing a basic right currently denied to the poor."

Tuesday 27 July 2004
BP stopped in its tracks
BP's pipeline construction was halted in the highly contentious Borjomi section this week by the Georgian Ministry of Environment, after WWF alerts of BP operating without government permits and failing to adhere to best practice.

Tuesday 20 July 2004
Government response on REACH falls short
The government response to the Science and Technology Committee's report, Within REACH: the EU's new chemicals strategy, recognises the current impact that chemicals have on people, the environment and wildlife, but is weak in offering protection for them.

Friday 14 May 2004
Sustainable New Homes Award winners announced
Greenwich Millennium Village, London, and Childwall Neighbourhood, Liverpool, scooped the award presented by celebrity writer and presenter Kevin McCloud, at the first Sustainable New Homes Awards ceremony in London.

Monday 5 April 2004
WWF means cutting-edge business
WWF have announced the creation of a new dynamic division, which will replace the old fundraising department.

Tuesday 30 March 2004
Blair - the dirty man of Europe risks health of the nation
WWF has released a damning report exposing the UK government's abysmal record on tackling toxic chemicals in everyday products. It criticises the UK's lack of effective action to address the threat from hazardous chemicals in its current chemicals policy - reflecting the narrow interests of the chemicals industry.

Friday 26 March 2004
Celebrity joins Sustainable Awards judging panel
Top celebrity Kevin McCloud, presenter of Channel Four's Grand Designs programme is the latest to join the judging panel for the newly launched Sustainable New Homes Award.

Thursday 25 March 2004
WWF's response to Number 10's fisheries strategy
A report from the Number 10 Strategy Unit, released Thursday 25 March , is expected to provide an innovative, long term strategy to build a healthy fishing industry in the UK.

Wednesday 24 March 2004
Environmental Justice Project
New report shows environmental justice regime is tragically flawed.

Monday 22 March 2004
Act now for our seas
WWF-UK has welcomed the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee's Marine Environment report. This issues a stark challenge to the government to make real progress on safeguarding our seas, where current laws are out of date and incomplete.

Tuesday 16 March 2004
77,000 UK citizens demand end to their chemical contamination
A UK delegation including members of WWF and the National Federation of Women's Institutes have travelled to the European Parliament in Brussels to demand safer chemicals in everyday products and an end to the contamination of people and wildlife.

Friday 20 February 2004
Time is running out for APP
A Sustainability Action Plan (SAP) by one of the world's biggest paper companies, APP (Asia Pulp and Paper) to ensure its wood supply is environmentally sustainable, has fallen short on several counts, after a six month negotiation effort with WWF ended without agreement.

Thursday 19 February 2004
UK fails to sign landmark toxics treaty
The UK continues its shameful record on controlling toxic chemicals with its conspicuous absence as a signatory to a historic treaty that will significantly reduce toxic threats to wildlife and people.

Monday 9 February 2004
Green credit card helps reduce contamination
If money makes the world go around, you can now help make our world a little greener by taking out the new PVC-free WWF Visa Card. The annual fee-free card has a 0% p.a. introductory rate for nine months on balance transfers and a competitive 15.9% APR on card purchases.

Tuesday 3 February 2004
Royal Bank of Scotland to fund controversial oil pipeline
The Royal Bank of Scotland, which owns NatWest, is set to provide funding for a potential environmental disaster in the Caucuses.

Wednesday 21 January 2004
House-builders ranked on sustainability for the first time
This first survey of 13 of the UK's largest listed house-builders shows very clearly that each recognises the growing importance of sustainability issues to their business. Two companies, Countryside Properties and The Berkeley Group, lead the pack, each scoring more than 70 per cent.

Tuesday 20 January 2004
UK Government squanders major tool in fight against carbon dioxide emissions
The UK government risks missing its carbon dioxide targets by not setting a stringent enough emissions cap on companies covered by the EU Emissions trading scheme warned WWF.

Monday 8 December 2003
Abolish stamp duty for sustainable homes
WWF is calling upon the government to abolish stamp duty on sustainable homes. Ahead of Gordon Brown's Pre Budget Report on Wednesday, WWF is urging the Chancellor to fuel demand for sustainable homes by making them financially irresistible.

Friday 28 November 2003
Deep sea fish heading towards commercial extinction
Commercial deep sea fish species such as the orange roughy are highly threatened by fast expanding and largely unregulated fisheries, and should be immediately protected from high seas fishing activities.

Friday 21 November 2003
Bringing UK wildlife criminals to justice
The Criminal Justice Act will now, for the first time, make illegal trade in the world's most endangered species an automatically arrestable offence in the UK. After months of campaigning, WWF and TRAFFIC have achieved this notable success with the bill finally receiving royal assent after a long battle in the House of Lords.

Thursday 13 November 2003
UK wetlands threatened by water extraction
A new report commissioned by WWF reveals that taking too much water to supply homes and businesses risks parching over 500 wetlands in England and Wales. This threatens to destroy some of our most precious wetland habitats such as the Norfolk Broads and Lake Windermere.

Thursday 13 November 2003
Commercial banks should not provide funds to controversial pipeline
WWF is urging commercial banks such as ABN Amro and Citigroup not to provide funding to the controversial Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline running through Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey being driven by major oil interests led by BP. This call comes after the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said it will invest in the project.

Monday 10 November 2003
WWF alarmed at World Bank impotence on BTC pipeline decision
WWF is alarmed that the International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank, is caving in to pressure from commercial (BP) and geopolitical interests as it dithers over whether it will approve funding of the controversial oil pipeline to run from Azerbaijan, through Georgia, to Turkey.

Thursday 6 November 2003
Material progress can go hand in hand with the environment, says leading economist
In a wide-ranging and optimistic speech in London last night, the economist Adair Turner called on the West to refocus its trade policy on developmental and environmental objectives, to introduce tighter controls on arms sales, and to combat the use of drugs by education rather than prohibition.

Thursday 6 November 2003
Tanker off the Spanish coast still polluting beaches and wildlife one year on
A stinging report criticising the Spanish government for its failure to clean up the Galician coast one year after the devastating sinking of the oil tanker the Prestige has been launched by WWF.

Monday 27 October 2003
Draft chemicals law won't stop contamination of children and wildlife
The draft chemicals legislation to be published on 29 October by the European Commission will gamble the health of our children and wildlife by continuing to allow the use of hazardous man-made chemicals even when safer alternatives are available.

Tuesday 21 October 2003
Fishery closure needed to save cod stocks
Cod stocks will collapse if Member States ignore the advice issued by the International Council in the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) to close the fishery for the cod stocks in the North Sea, Irish Sea and West of Scotland.

Tuesday 21 October 2003
Improved environmental standards for housing are imminent
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is showing an increasing concern for the environment in its housing development policy.

Wednesday 15 October 2003
Hunger must be reduced without increasing thirst
WWF warns that the farming industry must manage water more efficiently to avoid a water crisis and to meet the world's growing demand for food.

Wednesday 15 October 2003
Search for for truly sustainable housing begins at home
WWF has teamed up with the House Builders Federation (HBF) to help make the ambitious aim of genuinely sustainable homes a reality. WWF and HBF share a vision of homes that have a minimal impact on the environment, save money and are designed for people to reduce their impact on the planet.

Friday 5 September 2003
Million pound partnership restores wetlands
WWF and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust will be spending £1 million to restore and expand Potteric Carr Nature Reserve, a wetland just two miles from the centre of Doncaster.

Monday 14 July 2003
Chemical contamination is costing us billions, reveals WWF
A new report commissioned by WWF reveals that the UK could save over £50 billion (Euro 74.9 billion) in health expenditure over the next 17 years due to reduced impacts of chemicals on our well-being, if the European Union pushes through its proposed Chemicals Regulations.

Tuesday 17 June 2003
Government set to fall at first hurdle in race to build more homes
The government's race to build new homes threatens its own vision of delivering sustainable communities warns WWF. A new WWF report, One Planet Living in the Thames Gateway, demonstrates that houses must be built to higher standards than current building regulations in order to deliver communities with the environmental and social benefits that the government has committed itself to.

Thursday 5 June 2003
Banks adopt environmental guidelines - but are they enough?
WWF is pleased that some of the world's biggest and most influential private banks have made a major commitment to human rights and the environment, but is concerned that the issue of whether banks invest in projects that destroy endangered ecosystems and native communities has not been adequately addressed.

Thursday 5 June 2003
WWF and HSBC launch Yangtze conservation programme
WWF has signed a five-year agreement with the government of Wuhan City, China to promote conservation in the Yangtze River Basin. This marks the official launch of the WWF/HSBC Yangtze Programme.

Tuesday 20 May 2003
Digging the dirt on UK gardeners
The UK garden trade poses serious environmental threats. A new TRAFFIC and WWF report calls on gardeners to stop and think before they stock up for the summer. UK residents consume a vast amount of wild animals and plants and every item bought makes a small but lasting impression on biodiversity and communities around the world.

Wednesday 14 May 2003
WWF calls for reduced exposure to certain chemicals
The publication of a declaration by over 60 leading independent scientists, calling for measures to reduce exposure to hazardous man-made chemicals, marks the launch of WWF's Chemicals and Health Campaign.

Wednesday 30 April 2003
Russian oil industry threatens Europe's last unspoiled sea
WWF is deeply disappointed at the Russian government's decision to give the go ahead for plans for a privately owned oil pipeline from Russia's oil fields to Murmansk in North-west Russia. The new pipeline and Murmansk port development plan adds to the threats already facing the Barents Sea, including pollution and overexploitation of fish stocks.

Thursday 3 April 2003
WWF urges UK to stop buying illegal timber from Russia
The UK is the fifth most prolific importer of illegal timber from Russia, importing more than other European neighbours such as France and Italy according to a new report issued by WWF.

Thursday 20 March 2003
Senate rejection of Arctic drilling is victory for environment
The US Senate's rejection of a plan to allow oil drilling in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge in Alaska has been hailed as a victory by WWF.

Tuesday 11 March 2003
New EU deals with Africa on fisheries still stink
The new 'cash for access' deals, signed by the EU to allow European boats to fish in African waters, are better than previous agreements but are still highly questionable, according to a new report released by WWF.

Monday 24 February 2003
Green Monday - great rhetoric and vision but what about delivery?
A keynote environment speech by the Prime Minister, publication of the Government's long awaited energy white paper and the Government's annual report on sustainable development. Billed by some as Green Monday, today has certainly seen some very positive rhetoric on the environment and more than a sprinkling of vision.

Tuesday 18 February 2003
Lignite plans: 'disaster for our environment'
WWF Northern Ireland has voiced its concern over plans for an Australian corporation to mine lignite and a build a power station near Ballymoney, Co. Antrim.

Thursday 5 July 2001
Businesses take the lead on Kyoto
WWF is delighted that more than 90 companies have called upon governments around the world to finalise the Kyoto Protocol.

Thursday 5 July 2001
Businesses take the lead on Kyoto
WWF is delighted that more than 90 companies have called upon governments around the world to finalise the Kyoto Protocol.

Tuesday 6 March 2001
Prime Minister announces investment in renewable energy
In a wide-ranging speech to a WWF conference in London today, the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, announced that the government was to spend a further £100 million to support renewable energy technology in the United Kingdom.

Tuesday 6 March 2001
Prime Minister announces investment in renewable energy
In a wide-ranging speech to a WWF conference in London today, the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, announced that the government was to spend a further £100 million to support renewable energy technology in the United Kingdom.

Wednesday 19 November 1997
WWF: Leading the way in ethical investments
The question of whether a charity's investments could undermine its objectives and mission is one that has concerned many of Britain's charities for years - and WWF is no exception.

Wednesday 19 November 1997
WWF: Leading the way in ethical investments
The question of whether a charity's investments could undermine its objectives and mission is one that has concerned many of Britain's charities for years - and WWF is no exception.