Green turn for the Swedish furniture giant. Ikea turns in the direction of the circular economy and announces that it will start selling spare parts for wardrobes, sofas, beds and drawers, to try to be more sustainable and reduce...
Although we hear more and more talk of sustainable investments, there is still a lot of work to do, especially in terms of information on the subject. Today I want to dispel 3 myths concerning this category of investments...
Ford Motor Company and McDonald’s USA will soon be giving vehicles a caffeine boost by using part of a familiar staple in the morning routine, coffee beans, in vehicle parts such as headlamp housing. Every year, millions of pounds of coffee chaff...
84% of companies consider themselves to be "very or fairly" sustainable, but only 30% envisage production bonuses for managers who achieve sustainability objectives, and in most cases there is a lack of investment and dedicated organisational policies in line...
Over one hundred events, but digital. From 3 to 15 November, the twenty-four edition of Ecomondo is, in some ways, historic. For the first time, thanks to the current national health emergency linked to Covid-19, the Rimini exhibition event...
Over 6 trillion cigarettes are produced each year globally, resulting in 1.2 million tonnes of toxic waste dumped into the environment. RMIT University researchers have previously shown fired-clay bricks with 1% recycled cigarette butt content are as strong as normal...
The crisis generated by the pandemic is one of the most serious in the history of modern society. Considering the extent of the economic damages, it is necessary to identify a strategy able to guarantee positive results both in...
Have you ever looked at the labels of any product (e.g. milk carton) and noticed the FSC logo? Have you ever wondered about the effects of our economic choices on the environment? FSC's mission starts with the desire to...
The term "greenwashing" is not a recent one. As early as 1986, environmentalist Jay Westerveld used this term to describe his experience in the Fiji Islands. The hotel on the island communicated to protect the coral reef by suggesting...
There is a small, very light element that will take Europe by the hand to accompany it towards climate neutrality by 2050. It is hydrogen, which will play the lion's share in the decarbonization process envisaged by the European...

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