Adopting a culture of ultra-fast fashion is what not to do if you want humanity to have a future wearing clothes. Right now the industry comes with a critically high price tag, causing 10% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. But is one of the world’s worst emitters changing its appearance. According to journalist and …
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Students at Aryabhatta College, Delhi University are behind innovative social entrepreneurship organisation, Enactus Aryabhatta, which runs projects focused on building a community that is socially, economically and environmentally sustainable. I caught up with the Enactus Aryabhatta team to learn more about three of these projects. And first up they told me about Project Palaash and …
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On April 20-21, 2023, we will be welcoming you again to our annual EU-Startups Summit in Barcelona! This year, the event will be bigger and better than ever before and we’ll have lots of exciting speakers, panel discussions, networking activities, pitch competitions and much more. The EU-Startups Summit will gather over 2,000 founders, startup enthusiasts and investors… …
Journalist and author, Lucianne Tonti is the the fashion editor of The Saturday Paper and a regular contributor to The Guardian where she writes the weekly series Closet Clinic. Lucianne has also written her first book: Sundressed: Natural Fabrics and the Future of Clothes – which she spoke with me about on Inside Ideas this …
Resourcify is a pioneer in helping companies to digitise waste management and recycling. It’s platform gives companies end-to-end control and transparency of their waste management program and access to Resourcify’s network of independent recyclers. Thousands of companies like McDonald’s and Bosch are using Resourcify to help them transition into the circular economy. Founded in 2015,… …
GreenTech is one of the biggest growth areas in the innovation and startup space, on a global level. It’s a market area that has the potential to shape and influence our future for the better, and investors and entrepreneurs are actively promoting development in this space. This report, powered by Net Zero Insights, aims to give an… …
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Europe aims to be the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 as set out in the European Green Deal. One of the key pillars of the European Green Deal is the circular economy action plan to reduce Europe’s dependence on new resources and create sustainable growth. Fueling this transition are innovative European startups. One of these… …
London-based Raylo has just raised over €124 million to fuel a circular, subscription-based approach to tech products. The fintech startup has also earned itself B-Corp certification for its more sustainable approach to tech ownership. When it comes to consumer goods, there are two defining trends that stand out at the moment: sustainability and affordability. It… …
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With great gusto, the French government is building a new ecological model where the sustainability specifications of consumer products, such as garments, shoes and home textiles, are clearly flagged to shoppers. The broader vision behind new legislation is that industry and consumers will gradually switch away from the wastefulness of linear consumption, towards more sustainable, …
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Over the course of 2022, the word sustainability cemented itself in our vocabulary and we all became more and more aware of the need to embed more sustainable and conscious decisions into our everyday lives as the reality of the climate crisis became even more apparent and concerning. In the grand scheme of things, consumers… …