In a United States where climate change legislation, concerns about foreign oil dependence, and mandatory curbside recycling are becoming the

Nonstate certification programs have emerged as a new tool for steering the use and exchange of natural resources. Yet, despite being innovative, certification remains controversial. Questions surround how best to engage mainstream businesses in certification and respond to the proliferation of schemes.

The bulk of our motives for buying green are selfish, say psychologists. So would appealing to social positioning help shift behaviours better than moralising?

In 2005, China surpassed the United States in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and cement production; since then, it has been the largest CO2 emitter in the world.1 China's emissions have rapidly increased during the last decade

Green consumers sometimes take the moral high ground

Pass by a chemical plant, and the plumes billowing from its smokestacks may get you thinking. What filthy concoctions are being brewed inside, and what nasty stuff is it spewing into the environment?