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.
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ABB has secured a landmark contract with Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondán to supply an all-electric power solution for fast 40-meter urban passenger ferries transporting up to 540 passengers each across Lisbon’s Tagus river. The ten new ferries will be operated by the public ferry company Transtejo, S.A. and will replace the existing fleet serving this route when they enter service between 2022 and 2024.
ou may assume you’re making a responsible, even laudable choice by sipping a glass of locally produced organic and biodynamic wine. And you may be. But so much more goes into a wine’s carbon footprint than simply how and where it was produced.
A wine’s carbon footprint, as it turns out, has much less to do with vineyard practices—although those are indeed important for the quality of the wine and the health of its workers and surrounding community—than it does with how it’s packaged.
Brands may need to consider ethical values, ingredient transparency or more unique benefits to differentiate from competitors and command a price premium. Gender is at the heart of the category right now, with men expecting more sophisticated messaging and women balancing femininity with feminism.
For 320 years my family has lived in the southeastern U.S., which has provided a quality of life good enough to have them want to stay that long. The next several years are critical for determining the quality of life for our future generations in the southeast, as well as everywhere else on the planet. 2021–2030 has been declared by the UN, the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.
The Welsh Minister for Environment, Hannah Blythyn, will today (8 August) visit the National Eisteddfod in Cardiff to see first-hand the actions being taken to help reduce waste on the ‘Maes’.
The true definition of sustainability extends to all areas of our life. This includes making sustainable choices when it comes to our finances.