Many people are calling for a just, green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Investing in natural solutions to climate change, restoring damaged and fragmented ecosystems, strengthening the social safety net and rethinking flawed economic systems would make us more resilient to current and…
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Tyson Foods Inc. announced on Jan. 15 that it is working with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to enhance sustainability initiatives by the company and its producer partners. “If the largest US food company can prove the viability of farming practices that are good for the…
Researchers at NREL have devised a way of using discarded single use plastic to make new products. It could keep much of the world’s plastic trash out of landfills and the world’s oceans.
One critical element of sustainability is choosing and using the correct signage. Here’s what to know about why this is important.
Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, arrived in New York last week on a solar-powered and emissions-free yacht after a 15-day voyage across the Atlantic. Along with her urgent message on climate change, Thunberg brings something that not many Americans are thinking about right now: flight shame. Thunberg is a non-flyer. She quit flying because of the greenhouse gases that are emitted during flights. Airplanes burn fossil-fuel based jet fuel and air travel is responsible for some 2 percent to 5 percent of the world’s carbon emissions, depending on whose numbers you use.
Achieving carbon neutral goals requires the rapid decarbonisation, digitalisation, and decentralisation of our increasingly interconnected energy systems around the world. In light of the new possibilities offered by big-data-driven smart grid technological developments, most notably smart meters, the importance of engaging households in energy saving, shifting demand to off-peak time, and producing renewable electricity for their own use has attracted growing attention worldwide. However, existing government policies and economic incentives are not sufficient to foster household energy behavioural changes at scale. Socio-cultural factors, in particular public distrust in smart energy data, appear to be a key barrier that holds households back from adopting more environmentally friendly energy behaviours.
By Lan-Ling Fredell, Financial Services Expert and Mark Lancelott, Sustainability and circular economy expert at PA Consulting Consumers care about the planet.