Top 3 corporate sustainability trends of 2019
Top 3 corporate sustainability trends all business leaders should watch in 2019, identified through one-on-one conversations with companies across industries.
Source: business.edf.org
Top 3 corporate sustainability trends all business leaders should watch in 2019, identified through one-on-one conversations with companies across industries.
Source: business.edf.org
Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co KG aims to create packaging solutions from renewable raw materials that are in harmony with both humans and nature and are recyclable. With a view to achieving this goal, the company, employing almost 1,700 staff and boasting a brand awareness of 99% in Germany, actively monitors changes in consumer behaviour, changes which have grown exponentially in recent months.
French drinks group Pernod Ricard has revealed its 2030 Sustainability and Responsibility plan, which addresses environmental issues, social responsibility and combatting alcohol abuse…
Webb comes from a career of more than 8 years in early-stage venture capital and is now a student in the Sustainability Science program at Columbia University.
Scientists have developed a hardened wood material that, when sharpened, is three times sharper than a stainless steel dinner knife, according to the new study on the work. The research comes from the University of Maryland’s Teng Li and a team that developed a new method to generate extremely hard wood. Among other things, the development may lead to more sustainable building materials. Wood contains between 40- and 50-percent cellulose, with the rest of the material compromised of binders called lignin and hemicellulose. While cellulose has a greater strength-to-density ratio than materials like metal and ceramic, the binder materials make wood overall weaker than man-made counterparts.
Solar panels are very reliable and long-lasting investments that save consumers money and require little to no maintenance for 25-35 years. However, given the scale of deployment over the last 15-20 years, there is and will continue to be a growing demand for effective processes for removal, dismantling and recycling or reuse of solar panels at the end of their useful life. Solar panels are removed from operation either from degradation after decades of use, system upgrades, damage from extreme weather, remodeling, or damage during transit. To date, broken or unused solar panels were being stockpiled by solar contractors, dumped in hazardous waste landfills, or worse, illegally dumped. Up until 2021, solar panels were classified as Hazardous Waste by the State Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC). In January of 2021, solar panels were reclassified as Universal Waste, making it easier and less expensive for waste management companies to haul and process solar panels for recycling.
In support of the UAE’s vision and progressive economic revival after the pandemic era, the region’s top retailer LuLu Group launched its newest hypermarket inside the world-class retail destination, Dubai Festival City Mall. H.E. Omar Al Futtaim, Vice Chairman and CEO of Al-Futtaim Group, presided over the inauguration of the new store. He was welcomed by Mr. Yusuff Ali M.A., LuLu Group Chairman & Managing Director, Mr. Ashraf Ali M.A., the Executive Director of LuLu Group, and the senior management of the Group.