Amid the pandemic lockdown and despite other setbacks, there are small businesses that are thriving.

Who Gives A Crap inadvertently became Australia's No. 1 toilet paper supplier, as supermarkets sold out. Then, soon after, they did too.

A Japanese micro-brewery is helping transform the lives of locals by employing the unemployable.

Air New Zealand is trialling edible coffee cups in a bid to reduce waste on board its aircraft.

Dutch brewer Heineken has revealed plans to replace the plastic shrink wrap from its multipack cans with recyclable cardboard.

Consumer goods giant Unilever is cuttingdown its use of virgin plastic in its range of products.

A British plumber is fixing pipes and boilers for the elderly poor for free.

A Seattle CEO has given himself a pay cut in order to give his employees a pay rise.

A major supermarket chain in New Zealand has followed the example Coles supermarkets in Australia and introduced a weekly “quiet hour”.

Until a community co-op was formed, all of Cleveland's University Circle's US$3 billion spent on goods and services annually left the city.

A man who used to live on the streets has become a millionaire at the age of 21.

Michael Platt isn’t your average 13-year-old. While many his age will be shooting balls through hoops, Michael is baking cupcakes.

To encourage customers to ditch plastic bags for reusables, the owner of a Vancouver grocery store came up with a unique idea.

Australian company Vanguard Laundry delivers much more than clean sheets.

Shares in a US fashion website that specialises in luxury, second-hand clothes soared by more than 40% following the company’s debut on Wall