Ikea Canada has just announced that all of their retailers will phase out single-use plastics from its home furnishing range and restaurants. …
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Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) and ENM-enabled products have emerged as potentially high-performance replacements to conventional materials and chemicals. As such, there is an urgent need to incorporate environmental and human health objectives into ENM selection and design processes.
How is COVID-19 impacting MFIs’ portfolio quality? Are microfinance institutions (MFIs) facing a liquidity crisis? Is the solvency of institutions at risk? Launched on June 1, 2020, CGAP’s Global Pulse Survey of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) is the first survey that aims to capture a full…
Pangea is a new ecological movement formed by four travelers from the USA, Argentina, Australia and Colombia that has been organizing cleanups in Bali. As part of their desire to see a world free of earth-damaging waste, they have announced a Kickstarter campaign for their Pangea bamboo travel towel, the towel that cleans you and cleans the world.
When companies replace single use cups with mugs and glasses, the employee response has been somewhat like our use of gym memberships.
In a challenge for Detroit, teens put off getting their licenses and buying cars. About a quarter of 16-year-olds had a driver’s license in 2017, a sharp decline from nearly half in 1983.
The responsibility for collective health and well being lies not only with local leaders, but also with decision makers at all levels of government, business, the research community and, last but not least, with citizens. We have to change systems, value chains, habits, processes and ourselves.