More than 200 representatives of the ocean business community and other ocean stakeholders gathered at the Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS) in Washington, D.C. from April 22-24. Organized by the World Ocean Council (WOC), the SOS is the only international ocean business community gathering dedicated to industry leadership and collaboration in developing solutions to ocean sustainability challenges.

A UK government decision to create a marine park around the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean is upheld by the High Court in London.

Recently, NOAA and partners conducted the first field test of an underwater robot using a NOAA-developed sensor that enables remote, automated measurements of paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs). PSTs are produced by the dinoflagellate Alexandrium, the algae that causes toxic red tides in the Gulf of Maine.

Sand seas, tornado trails and 'ice shoves' were among the images captured by European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month

As many as 32 new factories will be needed to build the components for the fleet of British offshore windfarms envisaged under the government's current renewable energy plans, potentially creating tens of thousands of jobs, a new report has found. So far, only 10 such factories have been built or are planned in the UK, according to Renewable UK, the trade association for wind companies.

How can companies avoid another calamity such as the industrial garment factory collapse in Bangladesh?

The IT trade association teams up with a U.N.-backed educational consortium to create new framework for responsible equipment disposal.

Businesses should pay close attention to how states' laws on chemicals are advancing in the face of stagnated federal reform. 

Our resident career coach helps a CSR pro decide whether to stay the course or jump ship.

Nine thousand kilos of discarded fishing nets collected from beaches along the Danajon Bank, Philippines, have been collected and will be recycled into carpet tiles, as part of the Net-Works project.