Sustainable Differentiation
LEDiL leads the way in enhancing the efficiency and performance of LED lighting and hence reducing the climate impact of lighting…
Source: www.ledil.com
LEDiL leads the way in enhancing the efficiency and performance of LED lighting and hence reducing the climate impact of lighting…
Source: www.ledil.com
Tesco has announced it will remove one billion pieces of plastic packaging from products in stores by the end of 2020.
Even as designers such as Eileen Fisher, Gabriela Hearst and Mara Hoffman struggle to stay in business, they see opportunity for sustainable fashion in the wake of the pandemic.
The need and the opportunity to transition to a circular economy—an economic model that is restorative and regenerative by design—have become clear to many industries over the last 5 years. Companies like Apple and Google are innovating or redesigning their products and services to minimize resources utilized in production and to promote reuse and recycling of their products. The scale of these efforts, however, is often constrained by barriers in the supply chain and ecosystem. For example, creating a product that is more easily recycled will do little to reduce environmental impact in the absence of recycling infrastructure or consumer awareness. Without collaborative action across sectors and across supply chains, these nascent efforts will fail to meet their full potential.
Innovation is quickly and inevitably changing the way we think and provide infrastructure services. In many sectors, technology is disrupting processes and market structures. The ability to harness solar power at home has the potential to turn consumers of electricity into providers, or “prosumers”. Solar-powered self-driving vehicles are blurring the boundaries between the energy and the transport sectors and is likely to significantly impact citizen mobility in the near future. In the water sector, however, despite the application of many of these new technologies, there are divergent views about the extent to which they have the potential to disrupt the sector.
This year’s Scottish Resources Conference saw lively debates on Extended Producer Responsibility and a Deposit Return Scheme for Scotland – which is intended to sit at the heart of the country’s circular economy ambitions.
In a world plagued by environmental carelessness, young people are exerting their power to save themselves and the future though sustainability.