The study “Moving Consumers from Green Interest to Green Action” shows that Americans are doing more for the environment than they think.

According to a survey conducted by the Co-op grocery business, only 4% of UK consumers surveyed ranked climate change as their top ethical priority. At the top of the list for shoppers are animal welfare (21%) and fair trade (14%).

Source: Marketwire

“Companies believe that when they are more open with stakeholders and place social responsibility at the core of their business strategy they will be more competitive, attract and retain the best talent, and gain access to new business opportunities, says a global study released today by IBM.”

Human-generated climate change made flowers bloom sooner and autumn leaves fall later, turned some polar bears into cannibals and some birds into early breeders, a vast global study reported on Wednesday.

Hundreds of previous studies have noted these specific changes and most suggested a link to so-called anthropogenic global warming, but a new analysis published in the journal Nature correlated these earlier studies with changes in temperature, the study’s lead author said.