Open source as a common good: the Fiware Global Summit is back

The eighth edition of the Fiware Global Summit is making a stop in Spain, more precisely in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, from the 14th to the 15th of September.It is one of the reference events for i...

How fashion brands can ensure a more sustainable supply chain

A sustainable supply chain relies on three contributory factors: social, environmental and financial. The trend towards throwaway fashion has meant that the industry has not previously been particul...

The Power of Water

Mitigation and adaptation to climate change are pushing States such as the Netherlands to equip themselves with actual water diplomacy. Blue gold is thus becoming a precious factor connecting intern...

Water

When pondering on the complexities of sustainable development, sometimes we fail to include a priority index. Should climate change or pollution from microplastics rank first? Is it more important t...

50 years of Environment

World Environment Day is turning 50 years old. It was established by the United Nations on June 5th, 1972, at the first Conference on the Human Environment, which opened at that time in Stockholm. T...

A Global Roadmap for an Inclusive Circular Economy

On the occasion of Stockholm+50 - a major environmental event taking place on 2–3 June 2022, following on from the original UN Conference on the Human Environment that took place in 1972 – the I...

This is how the circular economy can help stop biodiversity loss

In recent years there has been increasing talk of the climate crisis, and despite the importance of the debate, this is overshadowing a phenomenon that, if possible, is even more alarming: the loss ...

An inter-regional network for the circular bioeconomy in the Alps

Seven nations and as many as forty-eight regions and self-governing provinces. The Alpine macro-region unites under the banner of a single agreement – the EU Strategy for the Alpine region – the...

Sustainable finance: investments for the circular economy are moving forward

Circularity Capital, a private equity firm established in 2015 that specializes in investing in circular economy companies, announced a few weeks ago the closing of its largest circular economy inve...

The Invasion of Second-hand Clothes in Africa

Not just vintage. Second-hand business models earn more shares in the fashion market than ever, with a positive impact on the ecological footprint. Every day, though, part of what the West decides n...

Against Batman Syndrome: Circularity Requires Collaboration

When we think about what it will take to transform our global economy, it is easy to suffer from one of two thought distortions. The first is an overwhelming sense of existential dread. Something li...

Tomra at the plastics challenge

Optimizing the use of resources by recovering, enhancing, reusing and recycling them. This has been the mission of Tomra, the Norwegian giant of the circular economy with offices and branches all ov...

Even Leonardo DiCaprio is investing in the circular economy: the launch of the Regeneration.VC fund

Empower all consumers in the fight to reclaim our planet. This is the motto on the homepage of Regeneration.VC, a new venture capital company that has recently closed a first round of 45 million dol...

Does the Devil Wear Rentals?

The rental of clothes is one of the circular business models that could make the fashion industry more sustainable. However, a Finnish study aimed at calculating the carbon footprint of the practice...

Circular economy and digital passport for batteries: Battery Pass launched in Germany

At the intersection of the energy transition and the sustainable products revolution, the battery supply chain is one of the strategic hubs of the green revolution in the economy. Its more sustainab...

Sustainable packaging: Walmart launches the Circular Connector

"We don't have time to waste." With this imperative tagline, American retail giant Walmart launched its Circular Connector last April 11th. The goal: to accelerate innovation in the field of sustai...

The Circular Transition is in Town: New York’s Circular City Week is Back

Circular City Week, the largest festival of the circular economy in the United States, returns to New York City from the 2nd to the 8th of May 2022. The events, both live and online, will feature so...

IPCC: climate action works, we can halve emissions by 2030

It’s not too late. Reaching the goals of the Paris Agreement and limiting global warming to 1.5°C by the end of the century is still possible. Provided, however, that we act now, mobilize every s...

The Sustainable Products Revolution: the New European Commission Proposal

Ecodesign, circular textiles, regulations for construction products, greenwashing, and consumer power. These are the main points addressed in the new set of proposals presented on the 30th of March ...

Ukraine: all lithium reserves and mineral resources in war zones

Geologists call it the Ukrainian shield. That land in the middle which starts from the northern border with Belarus up to the shores of the Azov Sea, in the south of Donbass. According to the studie...