Climate: will plastic be the new coal?
“If plastic were a country, it would be the world’s fifth largest greenhouse gas emitter." Thus begins Judith Enck, president of the American NGO Beyond Plastics, in presenting a report with exp...
Ellen MacArthur Foundation: the climate needs the circular economy
Climate action needs the circular economy. Jocelyn “Joss” Blériot, director of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the most active think tank dealing with reducing the use of raw materials, maximiz...
Plastic waste from Covid-19: over 8 million tons generated worldwide
The fight against single-use plastic consumption has never been harder than in the past two years. With the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the (human) world's hunger for plastic has transformed fr...
Measuring the impacts of companies on the ocean, for a sustainable Blue Economy
The ocean is the largest carbon sink on the planet, and if managed sustainably it can aid in climate change mitigation and adaptation. But its ability to regulate climate is weakened by the direct a...
Built by Nature: Accelerating Europe’s Timber Building Transformation
In the coming years, widespread use of wood in construction could radically change the appearance of our cities. This is the hope of Laudes Foundation, founder of Built by Nature, a new organisation...
Rockwool: Circular and Fireproof Insulation
The construction sector, also thanks to recent regulatory provisions, is decisively directing its efforts toward circularity. Rockwool products can provide an important contribution and they also im...
The Circular DNA of the Construction Sector
Energy-intensive, raw material-grubbing, massive waste and emission producer and much more, the construction sector has a lot to be blamed for, but luckily the circular economy – from single const...
Unreal Estate: a New Way of Building
Our buildings are immobile goods. Silent behemoths, slowly changing over the years. Every so often, they are torn down. More frequently, they are renovated, to limit their decay. More rarely, we reg...
What is the New European Bauhaus?
100 years after Bauhaus, a movement that radically changed art, design and architecture in Germany and beyond, the European Commission has launched a New European Bauhaus to rethink our lifestyles a...
Covestro open a new area of application for CO2 in plastics production: the automotive industry
In addition to mattresses, sports floors and textile fibres, Covestro has opened up a further area of application for the use of CO2 in plastics production: now foams for the automotive industry can...
Reusable packaging: the Loop system conquers supermarkets all over the world
The Loop system is a great idea, and it was clear from the start. Large retailers are finally starting to understand it now. The platform for reusable packaging invented by Tom Szaky, CEO of the Am...
More Shadows Than Light on the Future of Food in Europe
Not enough care for the climate and biodiversity, and an imbalance that favours larger farms that aim to perpetuate industrial approaches. This, in short, is the assessment of European trade associa...
LanzaTech and Twelve partnered to produce world’s first polypropylene from CO2
Carbon transformation company Twelve and biotechnology company LanzaTech partnered to transform CO2 emissions into polypropylene, a key polymer used for medical devices including syringes and IV bag...
Circular Economy in the hospitality industry
The hospitality sector consumes 5% of global water use, emits 1% of global GHG emissions and accounts for 20% of the tourism industry total carbon emissions. Hospitality private actors overwhelmingl...
Climate change: why activists are putting a premium on insurers
Small talk needs a new conversation starter. As weather events batter people, property and productivity from sea to rising sea, the physical reality of the connection between weather and climate cha...
The Slum Economy: an alliance between circular and informal
According to the United Nations, today, over a billion and a half people live in informal settlements and by 2030 that figure could soar to 3 billion. So, the issue of future circular cities is inex...
Foooood! Eating is a political act
Every time we lift our fork to our mouth, we do so with blind faith toward the products we have on our plate. The hygiene of food supply chains is ever more guaranteed by stringent protocols, the ca...
The Wizard and the Prophet or How to Feed 10 Billion People
The future of our planet depends on the approach we choose to solve problems. As Charles C. Mann illustrates in his latest book, The Wizard and The Prophet, there are two dominant visions: one, that...
Global Chemical Leasing Award 2021: live streaming on September 15th
The fifth Global Chemical Leasing Award ceremony will be held on 15 September 2021 from 15:00 to 14:45, CEST (Austria, UTC+2). This year’s live event will be organized in a hybrid format: it will ...
Why Every Roof in Japan Could Have Solar Panels Soon
In line with their ambitious 2030 emissions reduction goal, Japan seeks to expand its national solar power generation capacity. By doing this, the densely populated nation may soon see every house, ...