Nestle Reaches Major Sustainability Milestone
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Researchers from the Wyss Institute have developed a new smart fabric that can inflate and deflate based on temperature-dependent liquid-vapor phase changes.
At a time when there is an urgent need to act more transparently, organizations across the globe are under mounting pressure to integrate more sustainable practices throughout their supply chains to limit unnecessary waste and conserve the use of resources. Doing so is no easy feat. In a world that is undeniably reliant on expansive, complex supply chains, embedding end-to-end sustainability is a major undertaking. That said, those that do so successfully are likely to create long-term value by better enabling productive and efficient operations.
PM Modi promised to crack down on single-use plastic from October 2019 with a plan to completely ban it by 2022.
The shift to Industry 5.0 could lead to job losses if workers are not retooled and reskilled, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has warned. In a special supplement titled, “Capturing the Digital Economy: A proposed measurement framework and its applications,” experts also said shifting to Industry 5.0 from Industry 4.0, however, would still lead to increased consumption and job opportunities if workers are able to adapt. “Data suggest that, while effects of technology improvements observably reduce labor demand as a result of substitution, positive job impacts coming from consumption and new labor requirements may compensate,” the ADB said.
Rum brand Mount Gay has partnered with sea-conservation charity Oceana to launch the More Taste, Less Waste campaign to support the…
Here’s a recent news headline: “Bear attacks couple, dog on Blue Ridge Parkway, officials say.” Here’s a second headline covering the same incident: “Spots along Blue Ridge Parkway closed after bear attacks 2 during picnic in NC mountains.”
But if you take a quick glance at either story, it’s clear that the headlines and the coverage are a fair bit misleading. The couple was picnicking with their large German Shepard, when the unleashed dog charged the bear and started barking. As one news report notes, “The bear acted defensively toward the dog and the couple, likely aggravated by the dog, officials said.” It’s also worth noting that the couple and the dog are perfectly safe.