Protecting the environment with style! Who said it was impossible to dress in style while preserving the environment? Fashion and environmental responsibility are not irreconcilable. There are so-called eco-friendly clothes that promote: reduced consumption the reuse, recovery and repair of clothing The bad impact of textiles on the environment comes mainly from the use…
Netherlands: Start-up turns food waste into vegetable leather In order to raise awareness about food waste, Fruitleather Rotterdam decided to give a second life to waste. It is during a visit to a market that the founders of the start-up fond that traders throw daily more than 3500 kg of fruit and vegetables in the streets…
Volvo becomes the first premium car maker to go all electric Starting 2019 onwards, all vehicles manufactured by veteran automaker Volvo will either be hybrid or electric. According to Håkan Samuelsson, Volvo Car Group’s president and CEO, “We are convinced that the future of Volvo is electric.” Committed to electrification Electric vehicles are quickly…
This Rwandan factory is revolutionizing how humanitarian aid is done In 2007, Feike Sijbesma, the CEO of the Dutch vitamin and nutritional-supplement company Royal DSM, attended the World Economic Forum, where he heard in a breakout session with several African leaders that the humanitarian aid that flows into the continent from western countries does as much…
Despite slowdown, India could achieve double-digit growth with more jobs for women The numbers just came in , and India’s economic growth rate is the lowest it’s been in two years. But according to a new report by the World Bank, it could achieve double-digit growth if it brings large numbers of women into the…
LEGO reaches 100% renewable energy goal 3 years early After expending almost $1 billion in investments, LEGO has finally achieved its target of balancing 100% of the energy used by all of its factories, offices, and stores worldwide, with clean renewable energy three years earlier than anticipated. Their most recent investment was buying a 25% stage…
US businesses are speeding toward a low-carbon world While Trump’s administration grapples with its position on climate change, it’s worth stepping back to see the wider picture in the US. It is vital for the US to lead on the Paris Agreement on climate change. This is, of course, the global commitment made in 2015…
Solar Sister: future is bright for Africa’s women entrepreneurs There is an enormous business opportunity for solar energy in sub-Saharan Africa, and it can be harnessed by the most unlikely entrepreneurs: women in some of the poorest and most remote communities. This is according to Katherine Lucy, the CEO and founder of Solar Sister. Since 2009, the nonprofit…
Young entrepreneurs are using instagram to bring e-commerce to Gaza In the war-torn and isolated region, a new generation of internet-savvy youth are finding ways to developp economic activities online. If you want a personalized notebook in the Gaza Strip these days, 24-year-old Mohammed Hammed is your guy. The Islamic law student and self-taught graphic…