Watch what you eat
Sunita Narain introduces the first comprehensive Indian study to look at nutritional claims made (or not made) by junk food makers, and how they compare with the benchmarks for recommended daily intakes
Making It
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No escaping the numbers
Chandran Nair (founder of Global Institute for Tomorrow) argues that Asia's burgeoning population means that indulging in Western-style consumption is not an option. The planet's resources, from oil to
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Global gas flaring reduction partners make progress
Bent Svensson, Mauricio O. Rios explain how a World Bank-led partnership between oil-producing countries and companies is harnessing potential opportunities for reducing the waste of a valuable resource.
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Making profits while gas continues to flare
Nnimmo Bassey claims that in Nigeria the authorities' efforts to curb gas flaring are being thwarted by the big oil companies.
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Meeting the global health challenge: the role of the pharmaceutical industry
Health is a crucially important social and economic asset - a cornerstone for human development. Three of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) call for specific health improvements by 2015: reducing
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Quality medicines for all
Ensuring that patients in the developing world get access to the medicines they need remains an unfulfilled desire. This is true in spite of the significant progress over the last decade in providing treatment
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Deadly denim
The Killer Jeans Campaign, launched in November 2010, called on major brands and retailers to stop sandblasting, a method of giving jeans a worn-out look. The process can seriously damage worker's health