Diversity Key to Unlocking Maritime Sustainability
Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou, CEO of Tototheo Maritime and President of WISTA, argues that a changi…
Source: maritime-executive.com
Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou, CEO of Tototheo Maritime and President of WISTA, argues that a changi…
Source: maritime-executive.com
Going forward with Xi Jinping’s goal of making the country a ‘major power with pioneering global influence’ by 2049, China has been leveraging its technological prowess and geopolitical heft to shape the global technological environment and standards to serve its commercial and strategic interests, a media report said. China has adopted a state-directed strategy to influence international standards-setting, and use them as a foreign policy tool to enhance its global standing, the Times of Israel reported, adding that, the Xi administration has employed a dual-track approach to set the international technological standards
In her first piece for Impakter, writer Elena Latici delves into what Outlander can teach us about sustainability, pushing us into asking ourself questions like: “What can we live without?”…
Is burning plastic waste a good idea? No. TreeHugger has long been a fan of Elizabeth Royte, author of Bottlemania and Garbage Land: On the secret trail of trash. She knows her stuff when it comes to single-use plastic. As part of a National Geographic series on Planet or Plastic, she looks at the question: Is burning plastic waste a good idea? She notes that the Europeans think so, and consider it a renewable resource: It considers energy generated from burning any kind of carbon-based municipal waste renewable and thus eligible for subsidies. But plastics aren’t renewable in the sense that wood, paper, or cotton are. Plastics don’t grow from sunlight: We make them from fossil fuels extracted from the ground, and each step in that process has the potential to pollute.
KEEN, Inc., the footwear brand on a mission to make outside inclusive and accessible to all, today announced that Good Housekeeping awarded the brand the Good Housekeeping 2021 Sustainability Innovation Award for its Detox the Planet initiative that keeps perfluorochemicals (PFCs) and per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) out of its footwear. PFCs/PFAS, a class of about 5,000 fluorinated chemicals also referred to as “forever chemicals” are often used in water repellent finishes in every-day products. These toxic chemicals enter the environment where the chemicals, components and finished products are manufactured, through contaminated water or waste, and spread easily, posing health risks to humans and animals.
ISCN Student-led virtual session28th May 202015:00-17:00 CEST (GMT+2)Check your time zone here: https://everytimezone.com/s/5b8b7286In this interactive session, we will explore the role of students in our efforts to accelerate climate action and sustainability in higher education!
Sustainability and Gen Z: Milano Unica explores the future of fashion…