Amazon UK Goes ‘Against Progress’ With Single-Use Plastic Packaging
Amazon’s Prime-branded blue-and-white plastic mailing envelopes aren’t as easily recyclable in the U.K. as they are in the U.S.
Source: sourcingjournal.com
Amazon’s Prime-branded blue-and-white plastic mailing envelopes aren’t as easily recyclable in the U.K. as they are in the U.S.
Source: sourcingjournal.com
Around 200 CEOs of major corporates call on newly-elected EU leaders to collaborate with business and society in driving climate action and pursuit of the SDGs…
With every passing season, the global fashion industry propagates a frenzied pace of change in trends, feeding on consumers’ insecurities, deliberately making them feel off-trend and out of fashion. The fashion cycle has now shifted from the traditional spring/summer and autumn/winter collections to over 50 new micro seasons. Global clothing production doubled between 2000-2015, while the number of times an item was worn before being disposed of declined by 36 percent. In India, customer spending on clothing rose by a whopping 181 percent between 2010-2018. The expansion of the middle-class population and growing purchasing power is likely to influence a shift from need-based purchasing to aspiration-based purchasing. This problem of overconsumption is further amplified by lucrative deals offered during shopping events such as the ‘Black Friday and Cyber Monday’ (BFCM) sales, leading to mindless consumerism.
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The seventh Guernsey Green Fund reflects growth of sustainable finance across Guernsey’s finance sector according to Dr Andy Sloan. This latest fund follows last month’s announcement of the largest ESG linked subscription credit facility in Guernsey and Guernsey’s Insurance Association’s news…
The circular economy’s June jamboree in Finland, attended by around 1,500 experts and policymakers, showed just how much momentum the concept has gained in recent years. Little wonder. The circular economy model – which aims to use closed-loop production to keep resources in play for as long as possible – is presented as a pragmatic, win-win solution; an almost magical fix for our environmental woes.
Why is it necessary to have a sustainable FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022? The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) participated in the first Focus Day held in collaboration with the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 LLC (Q22) and Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC) as part of the 2020 Qatar Sustainability Week. Find out here.