Many companies like to tout their sustainability chops, but rarely do we get the chance to hear the specifics. We talk with Soorty’s eco-chief Ebru Debagg.
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As June 2019 comes to a sweltering close, edie rounds up some of the most-read sustainability stories and standout pieces of content from the past 30 days – from net-zero laws to a new war on plastics.
With coronavirus confining us to our homes, edie has asked sustainability professionals for their recommendations on the must-read books to devour during the lockdown, and the editorial team have added in a couple of our own suggestions, too. …
Several businesses have published new research to mark Plastic Free July, including Veolia and Amcor. Here, edie rounds up the key findings, which act as a snapshot of public opinion on plastics in the context of Covid-19.
China has announced it is taking measures to curb single-use plastic products in a bid to address one of the nation’s worst environmental issues. The country chucks out around 60 million takeaway food containers each day and huge quantities of untreated plastic waste are submerged in landfills or…
A new device harvests two types of energy during the daytime, making it cool on one end and hot on the other, to generate electricity around the clock. With further improvements, the device could be used in off-grid Internet-of-things sensors.
The details were published in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials (“Simultaneous harvesting of radiative cooling and solar heating for transverse thermoelectric generation”).
Thermal emission is radiated from the top of the device, keeping it cool, while sunlight is absorbed at the bottom, keeping that part warm. The temperature gradient and types of materials used lead to the generation of a spin current that is converted to thermoelectric voltage. (Image: Ken-ichi Uchida)
Anne Finucane of Bank of America in conversation with Stephanie Mehta. Davos Dialogues, a series of editorial panels, videos, and news coverage, is produced in partnership with HCL Technologies….