With entries now open for edie’s Sustainability Leaders Awards 2020, this new feature series showcases the achievements of the 2019 winners and reveals their secrets to success. Up next: The winner of our Employee Engagement & Behaviour Change…
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During an Erasmus philosophy course in Barcelona, I came across the philosophy of animal rights activist Peter Singer and realised that there was a huge ethical problem – around slaughtering animals for food- about which little was being done. This insight stayed with me for years. After leaving McKinsey I planned to take a year off, but I quickly met Daan Luining and Mark Kotter. Daan had a great idea, Mark had a distinctive technology and I had the commercial insight to do something with the ethical problem. Together we founded Meatable. Industrial meat farming is unsustainable.
Electronic waste is currently growing at an alarming rate and may reach worrisome rates by 2020. These E-waste facts will both shock and interest you!
Our latest report, commissioned from the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Building on the initial recovery measures announced by the Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer, this event will debate what an inclusive, resilient and sustainable growth strategy for the UK should look like after COVID19. As the UK recovers from the economic and social impacts of the pandemic, this event will look at the lessons learnt from past recoveries and will examine why and how the government can align its recovery plan with the UK’s net zero target and other environmental goals.
Go Green in the City challenges students to find innovative solutions for smarter, more energy-efficient and sustainable cities…
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The computer science, robotics and engineering classroom is one of three classrooms made from recycled shipping containers in the new Beck Family Research Center on the Maclay School campus Wednesday, May 15, 2019. Tori Schneider/Tallahassee Democrat Maclay School’s push to enhance student research opportunities in a sustainable, eco-friendly way made its debut Wednesday with the unveiling of the new Beck Family Research Center.