The University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Scottish University of the Year 2022. The University of Glasgow is a major research-led university operating in an international context with the following fundamental aims: * to provide education through the development of learning in a research…
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The EU should promote durable and repairable products, as well as boost a second-hand market and tackle greenwashing, under a proposal backed by the European Parliament on Tuesday (24 November).
The federal government could play a fundamental role helping restructure the nation’s industry to focus more on recycling and producing remanufactured goods.
Very simply put, people and all the politics that surround them in an organization, are often the most challenging element of sustainability, explains Dax Lovegrove, global vice president of sustainability at Swarovski, on the latest episode of the Innovators podcast by the Current Global.
Zalando has signalled a new direction on cutting emissions and reducing plastic waste, with its co-CEO admitting this will involve a trade-off with growth.
Importers are reminded that the ban on the importation of single-use plastics took effect today, Monday, April 1. Products such as petro-based single-use plastic cups, cutlery, including plastic knives, forks and spoons; stirrers; straws; plates; egg trays (both plastic and Styrofoam), and Styrofoam containers used in the culinary retail industry can no longer be imported.
This paper explores the emergence of forms of ‘beyond farm’ assurance in the aquaculture sector, designed to increase the inclusion of smallholders and scale up environmental sustainability. The analysis reveals a ‘spectrum of assurance’, representing contrasting levels of trust in sustainable production and consumption. At one end of this spectrum attempts emerge to foster self-determined assurance models with internal verification that represent growing trust in the ability of subjects to organize sustainability improvements that extend beyond individual farms.