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Bananas are one of our most popular supermarket products and most are locally grown. One of the country’s most innovative banana producers is Bartle Frere Bananas in Queensland and the business’s operations were recently showcased at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow.  Through technology innovation, Hitachi has enabled the banana business to produce food in an environmentally-friendly food way. Bartle Frere Bananas demonstrates how artificial intelligence, machine learning and sensor technology can help farmers make data-driven decisions to support more sustainable agriculture. These practices include optimising farm management to ensure good quality and production while aiming to protect the land and keep consumption of water and energy low.

The sustainable apparel designer and merchandiser Merchant Tailor has joined forces with Ferdinand von Hapsburg, the APR racing driver, to launch the APR team kit, sourced from ocean plastic and other recycled materials. The collection of sweats, tees and caps celebrates Hapsburg’s recent gear change to offset his carbon emissions to a tenth of a tonne.
Merchant Tailor and Hapsburg will collaborate on a series of new sustainable collections, they said in a joint press release. The apparel designer has also announced the launch of its own brand 8SIX400, a sustainable, motorsport apparel collection made entirely from recycled materials. The number 86400 refers to the number of seconds in a 24-hour day.