GDP is dead
Despite our continual pursuit of economic development, people are still suffering from hunger and extreme poverty in many parts of the world.
Sustainable Ecosystems: Self-Sustaining, Adapting and Thriving
What Are Sustainable Ecosystems and how do they work? Maintaining sustainable ecosystems depends on multi-faceted components and their ability to interact in unity (Chapin, Torn, and Tateno, 1996); Like many small pieces of a puzzle, fitting together to form a larger picture. Many natural ecosystems are self-sustaining, consisting of complex layers that operate on multiple
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Environment, Lifestyle, Society, Sustainability
Keep your rubbish
Today, there is growing concern about the impact of waste on the environment and human health. One well-known example is plastics in the
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Environment, Government, Sustainability
The environmental impact of fast fashion
An interesting article by Fast Company, “We have to fix fashion if we want to survive the climate crisis”, relentlessly and justifiably criticizes the fashion industry for the high environmental impact of the fast-fashion phenomenon. They have developed a very important business model based on the manufacturing of extremely cheap garments in countries with low
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Environment, Lifestyle, Society, Sustainability
Global Biodiversity at a Tipping Point
What is biodiversity? Biodiversity is the web of life; it encompasses the total variety of all living things on earth, including you. It can be measured on three levels, ecosystems, the species they contain and the genetic diversity within the species (WWF, 2018). Therefore, biodiversity includes an incredibly vast and diverse scale, from microscopic bacteria
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Environment, Sustainability
Improved Air Quality during COVID-19 Lockdown
The first report of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was released by the World Health Organization (WHO) from the Wuhan province of China in January. Ever since the outbreak of the virus, the world has changed significantly. It has had a major impact on the lives of people and the environment. With the number of cases
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Coronavirus, Environment, Sustainability
Measuring Corporate Sustainability Accounting
Corporate sustainability accounting is a necessary tool to measure environmental, social, economic, and governance performance of enterprises; particularly multinational enterprises in line with sustainability.
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Business, Sustainability
Greenhouse gases. Is it just a lot of hot air?
What are Greenhouse Gases? How do they work? Over the past decade, environmental awareness has drastically increased, it has made mainstream news, our social media feeds, billboards and lunchtime discussions.
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Environment, Sustainability
Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals, also known as SDGs, are the globe’s most exceptional plan to ensure the longevity of life on Earth and consists of 17 sustainable goals in the pursuit to build a better world for people and our planet by 2030.
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Government, Innovation, Sustainability
“Zero Hunger”, goal number #2 worldwide
After decades of steady decline, the number of hungry people, as measured by the prevalence of undernutrition, began to rise slowly again in 2015.
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Environment, Sustainability