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The new era of beauty: from volume to (sustainable) value

The new era of beauty: from volume to (sustainable) value

This article is part of our Beauty and Cosmetics feature: discover it here After a period of intense dynamism, momentum in the beauty sector is beginning to slow, prompting brands to seek new growt...

Organic ingredients, green chemistry, transparency: the future of cosmetics for COSMOS

Organic ingredients, green chemistry, transparency: the future of cosmetics for COSMOS

This article is part of our Beauty and Cosmetics feature: discover it here The beauty industry results in a significant environmental footprint: it accounts for 2.2% of global industrial carbon emi...

The New Italy-China Circular Economy Forum Accelerates Cooperation

The New Italy-China Circular Economy Forum Accelerates Cooperation

There is one thing that every European company today seems to prioritise: establishing new ties with the Chinese superpower. At the start of 2026, President Xi Jinping reached a series of important ...

Gruppo CAP boosts green infrastructure investments through 2037

Gruppo CAP boosts green infrastructure investments through 2037

Water infrastructure, renewable energy and circular economy projects are becoming increasingly central to the long-term strategies of Italian public utilities. Against this backdrop, Gruppo CAP has ...

A farewell to Carlo Petrini, the visionary who brought political dignity to food

A farewell to Carlo Petrini, the visionary who brought political dignity to food

“Those who sow utopia reap reality”: this is the phrase that Carlo Petrini often repeated, and it perhaps sums up his life spent turning ideas once considered on the fringes into global ...

Biodiversity Day 2026, acting locally for global impact

Biodiversity Day 2026, acting locally for global impact

Biodiversity is increasingly recognised as one of the most strategic resources for the stability of ecosystems, economies and public health systems worldwide. Yet global biodiversity loss continues ...

Italy’s Solar Power Surge Reshapes the National Energy Mix

Italy’s Solar Power Surge Reshapes the National Energy Mix

Italy’s electricity demand continued its upward trend in April 2026, reaching 23.9 billion kWh, a 1.9% increase compared with the same month in 2025. According to data published by Terna, the ...

Putin in China: the friendship is solid, but the pipeline remains on hold

Putin in China: the friendship is solid, but the pipeline remains on hold

The timing couldn’t have been better. Although Vladimir Putin’s visit to China had been planned for some time, the fact that it took place on May 20, just six days after Donald Trum...

Startup: NitroCapt develops sustainable nitrogen fertilisers

Startup: NitroCapt develops sustainable nitrogen fertilisers

NitroCapt, a Swedish agri-tech company, aims to transform one of the most polluting sectors of agriculture: the production of nitrogen fertilisers. Winner of the prestigious $2 million Food Planet P...

Understanding contemporary China: the interviews of RM62

Understanding contemporary China: the interviews of RM62

In the 62nd issue of Renewable Matter, we invited three experts to the Think Tank roundtable discussion to offer us an in-depth perspective on some of the key issues facing present-day China, s...

Under the Same Sky

Under the Same Sky

The first Chinese character I ever learnt to write was tiān 天, which means “sky” or “heaven”. Perhaps because it’s easy to remember. It is made up of the charac...

Ecological Civilization as Ideology

Ecological Civilization as Ideology

The maturation of domestic environmental policies, programs and institutional capacity has contributed to the emergence of an ideology of Chinese global environmentalism that China has begun to depl...

The Chinese Century

The Chinese Century

Back in the day, when you wanted to glimpse into the future, you’d head to San Francisco or Las Vegas. Today, you travel to Shanghai, Hong Kong, Chengdu or Hangzhou. Robotics, AI, renewable en...

High Altitude, High Responsibility: the

High Altitude, High Responsibility: the "Alpeggio Project"

Every year, with the arrival of the first autumn chills, the mountains of Trentino prepare for a moment of celebration: the Desmontegada. This is the moment when livestock herds, which have spe...

Trump-Xi: A summit of ambiguities - one meeting, two interpretations

Trump-Xi: A summit of ambiguities - one meeting, two interpretations

Maybe it was the visit to the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, a symbol of good harvest and prosperity in the Chinese imperial tradition. Or perhaps it was simply the international situation and economi...

Slow Tourism in Trentino: Good for the Mind and Body

Slow Tourism in Trentino: Good for the Mind and Body

Spending at least 120 minutes per week surrounded by nature is associated with good health and mental wellbeing. A study involving 20,000 people by the University of Exeter confirmed this, noting th...

GRI Introduces New Sustainability Standard on Soil Pollution

GRI Introduces New Sustainability Standard on Soil Pollution

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is undergoing a significant process of innovation. A key part of this process is the introduction of new standards covering ESG issues that had previously not b...

Sludge: from disposal to recovery. Is the era of the euro-per-tonne fee coming to an end?

Sludge: from disposal to recovery. Is the era of the euro-per-tonne fee coming to an end?

This article is part of the thematic channel The Water Observer: subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water For years, the price of sewage sludge was a margi...

CBAM: the challenges of international accreditation

CBAM: the challenges of international accreditation

This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer: subscribe to the newsletter Who monitors emissions from a steel mill in Wuhan on behalf of Europe when we import material...

SUM 2026 Brings Circular Economy Research to Procida

SUM 2026 Brings Circular Economy Research to Procida

From 20 to 22 May 2026, the island of Procida, near Naples, will host the ninth edition of SUM 2026 – The International Multidisciplinary Symposium on Circular Economy and Urban Mining. The of...