This is the first blog in a series evaluating the challenges associated with single-use food packaging waste.This week Walmart joined a growing number of…
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Students and administration discussed the university’s efforts toward sustainability, including carbon emission reduction and LEED certification of NYU buildings during a town hall with President Andrew Hamilton on Tuesday.
As Australia seeks to reduce emissions, and as international tensions highlight the country’s reliance on volatile trade relationships, experts say the mining sector has a pivotal role to play in securing a self-sufficient, greener nation. Australia holds the third largest amount of vanadium in the world, yet doesn’t produce any. International tensions, a focus of renewable energy, and overpopulation are factors driving up demand. Australia has an “enormous” opportunity to supply the world with the “new-economy mineral”. It is vanadium mining that has got industry experts excited.
Business giants, financial investors, non-profit organisations and national Governments have vowed to eradicate plastic waste and pollution, as part of a new Global Commitment spearheaded by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
The Swedish Fashion Council has canceled this summer’s Stockholm Fashion Week, originally scheduled to take place at the end of August. Citing concerns over sustainability, the council plans to introduce a new platform and setup this autumn.
The University of Leeds and Leeds University Union have pledged to eliminate all single-use plastic items, including coffee cups, disposable cutlery and straws, from their operations by 2023.- edie news centre…
Providing an update to Unilever’s flagship Sustainable Living Plan as it enters its 10th and final year, chief executive Alan Jope reflects on the need to double down to protect the planet and society during the pandemic by “driving a new mod…