04/03/2019 Speaker Sofie Bouteligier Organisation: Public Waste Agency of Flanders and EU Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform Downloads The circular economy and carbon neutrality by 2050 en Related content Related events:
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single-use coffee cup waste – As part of the NextGen Cup Challenge, Closed Loop Partners is addressing the issue of single-use coffee cup waste with trackable reusable cups that…
The European Parliament has approved a law banning a wide-range of single-use plastic items, such as straws, cotton buds and cutlery, by 2021.The law,…
Sustainability-linked finance is designed to incentivize the borrower’s achievement of environmental, social, or governance targets through pricing incentives. Launched in 2017, it has now become the fastest-growing sustainable finance instrument, with over $809 billion issued to date in sustainability-linked loans and bonds. Yet these instruments are still nascent in emerging markets, which represent only 5 percent of total issuance to date. This note shares examples of recent sustainability-linked financing, including several involving IFC in various roles, to highlight how investors can utilize these new instruments in emerging markets and mitigate greenwashing risks.
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From new wellness-focused products to innovation hubs, the brand is changing its strategy to court conscious consumers, saving them the choice between big brand or farmer’s market with a hybrid approach.
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.
Packaging SolutionsSmurfit Kappa has launched a portfolio of sustainable packaging solutions for bundling canned and bottled beverages.The innovative new corr…