ENERGY: Sustainability comes at a price
New environmental taxes will hit consumers — but incentives will ease the pain for business…
Source: www.businesslive.co.za
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Designing sustainable plastic solutions – Competition to win funding for early-stage, human-centered design projects to reduce plastics
Innovate UK, as part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £800,000 to fund early-stage, human-centred design projects to reduce the harm that plastics have on our environment and to therefore increase productivity and growth of the UK economy. This funding is from the Plastic Research and Innovation Fund.
This competition aims to stimulate innovation in design to reduce persistent plastic waste from landfill or entering the environment.
Rethinking Sustainability Reporting
There is no doubt that we have all spent a lot of time thinking about the best ways to track information and pull together sustainability reports. But when it comes down to it, is the end result actually helping anyone?
Black Friday 2020: Are Consumers Moving Away from Sustainability?
According to Adobe Analytics data, last year the event was so popular that US shoppers spent a record $28.49 billion online, an increase of 17.7% compared to 2018’s takings.
And what’s perhaps even more encouraging for online retailers in 2020 is the estimated $75bn in total sales for Alibaba from this year’s Singles Day (the huge shopping holiday in China that takes place on November 11). That figure is double that of last year, providing hope that this Black Friday could be the best ever.
You’ll apparently have Jony Ive to thank – or blame – for Apple’s smart glasses gamble
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Closer look at sustainability tool for agriculture
Land O’Lakes launched the Truterra Insights Engine just a year ago, and it can change the way farmers plan for the future.