UN Women’s new flagship report uncovers significant gaps for women’s empowerment and puts forth a robust agenda to shift gears. It spotlights inequalities and challenges faced by women and identifies gaps and opportunities for gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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From bags to spoons, ‘single-use’ has become a sly way to describe plastic products that are littering the planet…
The latest episode of The Engineers Collective is out now. To listen click here.This month, NCE editor Claire Smith is joined by news editor Rob Horgan…
The amount of resources currently exploited is four times more than it was half a century ago, according to the 2019 report of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The bad news is that the amount of natural resources used is still increasing rapidly. The Global Footprint Network estimates that humans are currently using 60 per cent more resources than what the Earth can renew.
Requests for sustainability reports are evergreen in proxy season; investors have filed more than 300 proposals since 2010. These requests for companies to provide quantified, comparable metrics about their performance on key environmental and social impacts earn substantial, sustained sup…
Guest Contribution: Meena Iyer The impact of Covid-19 and the lockdown it triggered has deeply changed our lives with an increased focus not only on our health and safety but also on the planet and the people around us.
3M’s stated mission is to use science to solve pressing global challenges – as shown in a recent rollout of its smog-reducing roofing materials.