One World – One Environment – One Network
Move over leather and cotton. Today´s fashion statements can easily be made from what you might find in your kitchen. The fact that the cotton production industry is labour intensive and involves a lot...
Networks representing more than 7,000 higher education and further education institutions from around the world have declared a climate emergency and will go carbon neutral by 2050 at the very latest. The Alliance for...
As demand for sustainable protein soars, Swiss start-up Planted develops a plant-based chicken substitute made from peas – with both the texture and taste of poultry. Lukas Böni, who studied food sciences at ETH Zurich,...
Zurich becomes the first insurer to sign up to the UN business pledge to limit global temperature rise and announces that it will use only renewable energy by 2022. In the long term, it...
The 23rd of June 2019 marked a big day in the plastic free movement, especially for Bye Bye Plastic Bags. The long awaited ban on single use plastic bags, straws and polystyrene on the...
All four of the world’s Grand Slam tennis tournaments are joining the UN’s Sports for Climate Action Framework. The US Open, Wimbledon, Tennis Australia and the French Open have all announced that they are...
First it was about preventing trash from ending up in landfills, more recently it has been about tackling the waste in our oceans. Now, efforts are underway to stop space debris from orbiting our...
Adidas has developed the first fully recyclable running shoe. Futurecraft.Loop is made of a material that can be ground and melted for re-use in a circular manufacturing model. The shoe will be launched in...
The Fashion Revolution is a global movement dedicated to a more sustainable fashion industry. We inform about the most pressing issues in the fashion industry, advocate positive change and celebrate those who are on...
Technology giant Microsoft is imposing big costs on itself for emitting greenhouse gases in an effort to accelerate its sustainability goals. John Dyer reports. Microsoft is nearly doubling its internal carbon tax to $15...
This year’s Global SDG Awards went to 17 companies around the world. The awards celebrate private-sector leadership in advancing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs. John Dyer reports. Women and children in Africa...
Coffee giant Starbucks has unveiled several new plans for sustainable coffee, including greener cups, fewer straws and the opportunity to digitally trace your coffee’s journey from seed to cup. According to a Starbucks press...
Seedstars is a Swiss based group with the mission to impact people’s lives in emerging markets through technology and entrepreneurship. Seedstars connects stakeholders, builds companies from scratch with public and private partners and invests...
Prominent Indian-American philanthropist and entrepreneur Kiran Patel has invested in a major new sustainable venture in India. The Dr. Kiran C. Patel Centre for Sustainable Development in India at the Indian Institute of Technology...
Toilet paper is destroying North American forests – and with it, resources that are vital to the continent’s Indigenous Peoples. John Dyer reports. Environmentalists recently took aim at toilet paper. In a report entitled...
More and more citizens are turning to their residents for input on government plans. New digital tools are playing a role in facilitating this. More and more local governments are using inclusive and participatory...
Many EU countries are illegally exporting electronic waste to Africa and Asia, according to a two-year study by the global environmental watchdog organisation Basel Action Network (BAN). BAN has released the findings of a...
South Pole, a Swiss investment management firm, is calling on sustainable investors to do more – and sooner – if they are serious about combatting climate change. In a blog on the lessons of...
The beginning of the new year marks a time to look back and learn lessons for the future. John Dyer reports from Boston. In the world of sustainability, 2018 was a year of ominous...
As a new study highlights that 2025 million takeaway-food containers per year are being used in the European Union (EU) alone, scientists are warning that more should be done to tackle the growing environmental...
