The environment

Reuters activities have marginal direct impact on the environment and contribute minimally to pollution. The group’s information products help to spread global awareness of the environment. One of them, Reuters Business Briefing, offers a wealth of information on many topics, including the environment. Its search facilities enable customers to keep abreast of events and issues with minimal use of paper and other resources. They need only print out what they want to keep.

Reuters seeks to ensure its major international equipment suppliers avoid using environmentally harmful materials or processes.

Reuters contributes to public awareness and understanding of environmental issues through the educational work of the Reuter Foundation. In 1998, the Foundation ran two practical training courses for journalists to study environmental issues, one in London for journalists from a dozen countries and one in Brazil for journalists in Sao Paulo. Journalists from developing countries wishing to study environmental issues in greater depth can apply for fully-funded fellowships in the Reuter Foundation Fellowship Programme at Green College, Oxford University. The Foundation also reached agreement in 1998 with the Geneva-based World Conservation Union (IUCN) to launch an annual series of media awards for excellence in environmental reporting.