by Kevin Chin | Asia, Circular Economy, Editor's Picks, Global, Impact Economy, Scaling Solutions, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
Our resource-intensive world centers on the linear economic model of ‘take, make, use and waste’ and the plastic industry epitomizes this convention, extracting resources from the earth to make plastic packaging that is most likely used once, then thrown...
by Mark Horoszowski | Circular Economy, Creative Economy, Global, Impact Economy, Intrapreneur, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Stakeholder Capitalism
This past March, the world celebrated its first “Sustainable Procurement Day”. There were no fireworks, no celebrations, and unless you are a procurement nerd immersed in spreadsheets with sustainability data, you likely didn’t even notice that...
by Robert Hurst | Asia, Creative Economy, Editor's Picks, Gender Lens, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, SDG 1 - No Poverty, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
As part of a series of “fireside chats” sponsored by R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund, Amneh Shaikh-Farooqui of Polly & Other Stories and Afshan Abbas of Fuchsia Shoes conversed from opposite sides of the globe about the artisans of Pakistan, the final frontier for impact...
by J.R. Siegel | Circular Economy, Creative Economy, Editor's Picks, Global, Impact Economy, Island Nations, Scaling Solutions, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 14 - Life Below Water, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Systems Change
By the year 2040, the amount of new plastic waste entering the ocean will nearly triple. Today, thin-film plastic is responsible for ~46% of all plastic in the ocean, with 4.5 billion thin-film plastic bags ending up in the ocean every year, and billions more going to...
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