Our consumers are quality-focused and want an elevated coffee experience. They also care deeply about sustainability. In fact, a high percentage of global consumers believe that companies need to place as equal a weight, or more, on societal interests as they do business interests.
Source: www.forbes.com
The shipping and logistics arm of Brambles promises to make supply chains greener, smarter and more efficient.
Big hydropower plants are an important source of clean and cheap electricity for many countries in Southeast Asia. However, dams harm the environment and have dire consequences on local communities. Building more dams would therefore pose major trade-offs between electricity supply and environmental protection. A team of scientists based in Singapore showed that these two challenges can be decoupled. Their study, titled “Solar energy and regional coordination as a feasible alternative to large hydropower in Southeast Asia,” recently published in Nature Communications, showed that there are more sustainable pathways to a clean energy future (refer to figure below).
Following widespread reduction of plastic straw use, a new initiative called Beat the Receipt has been launched by digital receipts and rewards platform Flux to raise awareness about the effect paper receipts can have on the environment.
Mulalley Sustainability SECBE Awards 2020 finalist – Holy Trinity, Tulse Hill – straw bale build (submitted by Holy Trinity Church) Tulse Hill Straw Build is a client-designed community building built by the community – over 500 volunteer builders to date constructing a large, permanent facility from straw and other up-cycled or low carbon materials in South London. The much-needed facility includes a large hall, kitchen, office, 3 group rooms, lift & link to Grade II Listed church.
Following last year’s launch of its RE range, which is “designed for recycling”, the company has since expanded the line-up to include both hot- and cold-sealable coatings for paper. Those products are certified as paper-recycling compatible. Loctite Liofol HS 2809-22 RE is a coating covering a large variety of applications – from hygiene products and tea bags to industrial hardware pouches and chocolate overwraps. Loctite Liofol CS 22-422 RE also covers applications such as collection cards, cereal bars, biscuit packaging, frozen foods and ice-cream.
Lawmakers vote overwhelmingly to ban many plastic items — now member states need to approve the measure…