Day: October 18, 2020

The Sustainable Living programme is a practical, fun way to learn and use actions which reduce your environmental impacts.

The City of London Corporation has committed to reaching net-zero across its investments and supply chain by 2040, with an interim ambition to generate net-zero operational emissions by 2027.

China’s exports likely posted a fourth straight month of gains in September as more trading partners reopened their economies, a Reuters poll showed, while imports ar…

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, TD, today joined Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) to launch Science Week…

Scientists from Queen Mary University of London, the University of Cambridge, and the Institute for High Pressure Physics in Troitsk have discovered the fastest…

Did you know that the fashion industry is considered one of most polluting industry in the world? Luckily, more and more fashion producers and consumers are starting to do their part to halt the industry’s environmentally and harmful practices by shifting towards more sustainable materials, less resource-intensive ways of manufacturing and more responsible choices. 

DAY 1 Date: Wednesday 21 October 2020 Time: 9:20 am – 1:00 pm CEST 9:00 am Our virtual room is open! 9:25 am Welcome Message   Pierre-François Thaler, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, EcoVadis 9:30 am Procuring A Purposeful Business: Through Supply Chain Sustainability Performance   Thomas Udesen, CPO, Bayer   Bertrand Conquéret, CPO & President Global Supply Chain B.V, Henkel 10:15 am Driving Sustainability Within A Global Organization In The Decade of Action

Our relationship with plastic needs rethinking. Plastics are versatile materials, but the way we use them is incredibly wasteful. We take oil and gas from the earth to make plastic products that are often designed to be used only once, and then we throw them away. This is what we call a linear take-make-waste model.
 

Learn the components that make up a circular economy, from recyclable paper products, sustainable industry practices, all the way down to you—the consumer.

The EEP Africa Innovation Window Investment Committee met virtually on 23 September to approve funding for projects submitted under the 2020 call for proposals on Clean Energy Powering Green Growth. This competitive call attracted 357 applications for projects in 14 countries in Southern and East…

Zero waste, ethical/clean makeup, ethical clothing/underwear, ethical accessories, resources to making good choices // local options to Canada. See more ideas about Sustainable shopping, Ethical accessories, Clean makeup.

On the occasion of the Conference on Food and the Environment – AGRIBALYSE, ADEME and INRAE present the latest version of the database AGRIBALYSE, which sheds light on the environmental impact of a food product, from agricultural production to purchase or preparation by the consumer.

Evaluations of fishing agreements could become essential tools for dialogue on sustainable fisheries between the EU, the third country and their stakeholders.

As part of our Mission Possible campaign, edie brings you this weekly round-up of five of the best sustainability success stories of the week from across the globe.