by Claudia Cahalane | Circular Economy, Creative Economy, Editor's Picks, Europe, Global, Impact Economy, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, SDGs, Systems Change, Tech for Social Good
“What I’m a little bit annoyed about,” says multi-award-winning circular economy designer and artist Christien Meindertsma, “is when people call what I use ‘waste wool.’ In reality, I’m mostly working with virgin wool—a beautiful, noble...
by Judithe Registre | Asia, Editor's Picks, ESG Investing, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Regions, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, SDGs, Stakeholder Capitalism, Systems Change, Tech for Social Good
May Tan is a seasoned leader with over three decades of experience in banking and finance. Currently serving as an Independent Non-Executive Director of CLP Holdings in Hong Kong, she also sits on several prestigious boards across Asia and internationally. A qualified...
by Rachel Lim | Asia, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Island Nations, North America, Oceania, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 14 - Life Below Water, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, SDGs, Tech for Social Good
Beneath the tranquil azure of our oceans lies a crisis of staggering proportions. Despite the fact that marine ecosystems are profoundly important for human well-being — providing us with food and medicine, buffering coastal infrastructure from severe climate events,...
by Paul Sheehan | Editor's Picks, Europe, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, SDG 16 - Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
Global migration has risen steadily over the past two decades, with the UN recording 281 million people living outside their countries of origin in 2020, a 62% increase from 2000 levels. Much of this peripatetic migration has been fostered by globalization and...
by Brigit Helms | Africa, Asia, Circular Economy, Editor's Picks, Impact Economy, Island Nations, SDG 1 - No Poverty, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
The way that climate change affects human beings is almost entirely through water, either too much or too little. The climate crisis is a water crisis at its core. — Tim Wainwright, chief executive of WaterAid Climate change is triggering dramatic extremes in the...