If you have school-going children, you’d no doubt have heard about the dismal state of the environment. If that is not enough, switch over to one of the international news channels and prepare to be bombarded with information around climate change, environmental disaster, ecological crises and the end of the world as we know it.

After decades of giving the globe’s health scant attention, governments are committing to initiatives, strategies and policies which could (potentially) partially restore or at least halt the damage that has already been done. In governments’ wake, businesses are scurrying to appear environmentally conscious, both producing and purchasing solutions that promise to be kinder to the planet.