Sustainability

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Preserving nature
Conservationists are digitising historical and geological specimens and artefacts

NATURE STAKEHOLDERS
Progressive businesses are paving the way forward by electing nature as a legal stakeholder

Sustainability experience hubs
A new wave of Hyperphysical Stores offering sustainability-focused CX are coming to the fore
Right to Repair laws take on big tech

Right to Repair laws take on big tech:

New repairability laws are encouraging eco-aware business models. But will corporate power comply?

 Media : Technology : Sustainability
Alternative Seafood Market

Alternative Seafood Market:

As concerns about marine consumption grow, alternative seafood companies are attempting to meet environmental demands while delivering...

 Food : Sustainability : Seafood
Laundry tech is reshaping circular fashion

Laundry tech is reshaping circular fashion:

Wajahat Hussain and Richard Toon have created a solution to address the shrinking lifespan of garments. We discuss how Biorestore is...

 Fashion : Sustainability : Technology
Leisurewear’s circular future

Leisurewear’s circular future:

Jun Kamei, founder and CEO of UK-based Amphico, on how material innovation will accelerate the leisure sector’s move to a sustainable...

 Leisure : Sustainability : Materials
Solar Sustenance

Solar Sustenance:

The sun is rising once again as a source of inspiration for food and drink brands, which are exploring solar sustenance as a long-term...

 Food : Drink : Sustainability
How to curb clothing consumption?

How to curb clothing consumption?:

Journalist, lecturer and sustainability adviser Olivia Pinnock explores the need for de-growth in the fashion industry.

 Fashion : Sustainability : Society
Towards ecology-first economics

Towards ecology-first economics:

Dutch professor Kees Klomp on society’s economic delusion and how we can reconfigure the system to create a better future.

 Society : Sustainability : Economics
Retail’s New UX Sustainability Hubs

Retail’s New UX Sustainability Hubs:

As consumer demand for value-driven retail increases, a new wave of Hyperphysical Stores offering sustainability-focused customer...

 Retail : Sustainability : Fashion
Adaptive Appetites

Adaptive Appetites:

As inflation and supply chain fragility sends food and drink prices soaring, consumers and companies are adapting rapidly – embracing...

 Food : Drink : Society
Dutch Design Week 2022: Designing a better future

Dutch Design Week 2022: Designing a better future:

Creatives at Dutch Design Week 2022 confronted the critical topics of today to envisage a better tomorrow.

 Dutch Design Week 2022 : Society : Technology
Dutch Design Week 2022: Expedition Æqualis by Dutch Invertuals

Dutch Design Week 2022: Expedition Æqualis by Dutch Invertuals:

We round up the five best research projects exhibited at design collective Dutch Invertuals’ Expedition Æqualis, which aims to rebalance...

 Dutch Design Week 2022 : Society : Sustainability
Nature Stakeholders

Nature Stakeholders:

As companies face growing criticism for climate inaction, some organisations are paving the way forward by electing nature as a legal...

 Sustainability : Nature : Faith In Nature
Digital Conservation

Digital Conservation:

Conservationists are using technology as a form of safeguarding through the process of digitising historical and geological specimens...

 Design : Sustainability : Technology
The Paralysis Paradox

The Paralysis Paradox:

At a time of global dissonance, shared solutions and radically disruptive innovation will emerge from science, technology and business...

 Society : Sustainability : Technology
A new definition of beauty lies in sustainable materials

A new definition of beauty lies in sustainable materials:

Mario Cucinella, curator of the Design With Nature exhibition at Milan Design Week, on why sustainable materials are key to the future...

 Design : Architecture : Sustainability
Why brand futures lie in decolonising sustainability

Why brand futures lie in decolonising sustainability:

Moussa Mchangama, co-founder of sustainable and ethical consultancy In Futurum, discusses why sustainable action must be approached from...

 Sustainability : Lifestyle : Fashion
Milan Design Week 2022: a resilient future

Milan Design Week 2022: a resilient future:

At Milan Design Week, designers and brands envisaged a resilient society, built through nature-informed architecture and...

 Design : Architecture : Media And Entertainment
Plant-based leathers will redefine luxury

Plant-based leathers will redefine luxury:

Joey Pringle, co-founder of alternative leather manufacturer Veshin Factory, explains how plant-based leathers can disrupt the luxury...

 Fashion : Sustainability : Luxury
Neo-collectivism

Neo-collectivism:

Society is facing a mass re-organisation. United by values of empathy and community, consumers are shunning individualism in favour of...

 Society : Retail : Workplace
Sustainable Fashion Market: India

Sustainable Fashion Market: India:

Driven by glocal changemakers, India’s sustainable fashion market is growing rapidly – with a focus on circularity, heritage and innovation.

 Fashion : Luxury : Sustainability
Biomimicry Hotels

Biomimicry Hotels:

Giving back to the land they have historically taken from, these regenerative hotels are being built by their natural environments –...

 Sustainability : Travel & Hospitality : Luxury
Carbon Wears

Carbon Wears:

Emission-to-textile innovators are helping fashion brands to create new products while reducing the environmental impact of both the...

 Fashion : Sustainability : Carbon
Second-life Bridal Market

Second-life Bridal Market:

As a historically unsustainable category, the wedding sector is ushering in greener options to cater for brides’ increasingly...

 Retail : Weddings : Bridal
Nature-hacking Market

Nature-hacking Market:

Urbanites are becoming active stewards of nature by harnessing regenerative technologies to help plants thrive and build more resilient...

 Media & Technology : Technology : Sustainability
Five fresh innovations in waterless beauty

Five fresh innovations in waterless beauty:

From dissolvable sheets to freeze-dried skincare, explore the new experiences for customers using waterless beauty and personal care...

 Beauty : Wellness : Sustainability
How STH BNK is nurturing retail’s Eco-venient future

How STH BNK is nurturing retail’s Eco-venient future:

It’s time for landlords to embrace experimentation, flexibility and transparency, says David Monaghan, general manager of commercial and...

 Retail : Sustainability : Health & Wellness
Repurposed Roadwear

Repurposed Roadwear:

Car brands are combining fashion and material innovation to promote sustainable practices in mobility’s green age – without sacrificing...

 Mobility : Fashion : Sustainability
Convertible Clothing Market

Convertible Clothing Market:

As the sustainable fashion landscape evolves, brands are experimenting with long-lasting garments that adapt, change or grow with wearers.

 Fashion : Design : Sustainability
Eco-venience Retail

Eco-venience Retail:

Accelerating e-commerce and demands for expedited delivery are forcing a new framework that puts eco-conscious practices at the centre...

 Retail : Sustainability : Technology
Family in 2030: Climate communities

Family in 2030: Climate communities:

In this scenario, we meet an intergenerational Muslim family finding meaning and hope amid the impacts of the climate crisis on the city...

 Scenario : Society : Climate Crisis
The destinations living our slow tourism future

The destinations living our slow tourism future:

Decelerated tourism is rapidly becoming a reality, as destinations adjust their travel marketing and take tactical approaches to...

 Travel : Hospitality : Sustainability
What’s next for sustainability? Collective action

What’s next for sustainability? Collective action:

As global heating reaches boiling point, Andres Colmenares, co-director of IAM, asks how brands can address a global crisis of...

 Sustainability : Technology : Media
Travel in 2030: Slow Honeymoons

Travel in 2030: Slow Honeymoons:

In this fictional future scenario, we meet Ming and Hui, a Generation Z couple who are struggling to balance their climate commitments...

 Travel : Sustainability
Designing for the future’s Equilibrium Cities

Designing for the future’s Equilibrium Cities:

The Future Laboratory and creative network Dutch Invertuals are exploring how design can foster Equilibrium Cities – urban zones where...

 Design : Sustainability : Creatives
Eco-motional Fashion

Eco-motional Fashion:

As climate anxieties abound, a new wave of change-makers are paving the way for a more positive, human-centric approach to sustainable...

 Fashion : Sustainability : Sustainability Futures
Climate Newsrooms

Climate Newsrooms:

Global news organisations are launching dedicated climate crisis verticals, as the media recognises its role in being part of positive...

 Media : Society : Climate Crisis
Bio-based Activewear

Bio-based Activewear:

Performance apparel and exercise accessories are going plant-based as the need for sustainable, non-toxic alternatives to synthetic...

 Athleisure : Sustainability : Material Innovation
The future of fashion is… farming?

The future of fashion is… farming?:

Allbirds’ head of sustainability, Hana Kajimura, says it’s time for the industry to reduce carbon impacts through collaborative,...

 Fashion : Sustainability : Manufacturing
It’s time for sustainability to get spiritual

It’s time for sustainability to get spiritual:

CogDis is an ethical consultancy with spirituality and imperfection at its core. Here’s how its founders are guiding brands on their...

 Sustainability : Fashion : Youth
Rail Travel Re-ignited

Rail Travel Re-ignited:

As flying shame and a desire for slower travel take root among consumer mindsets, the ease and romanticism of train travel are reviving...

 Travel : Transport : Sustainability
Criteria Retail

Criteria Retail:

From groceries to homeware, retail brands are communicating their social and eco-values to customers by setting strict criteria for...

 Retail : Society : Sustainability
Local Food Market: Australia

Local Food Market: Australia:

Amid pandemic-hit imports, a renewed sense of community and concerns about sustainability are driving positive new directions for...

 Australia : Drink : Food
The brands making the dairy aisle more sustainable

The brands making the dairy aisle more sustainable:

Demand for dairy alternatives is here to stay. As consumers seek balance between sustainability, health and taste, plant-based...

 Plant-based : Sustainability : Non-dairy
Elastic Architecture

Elastic Architecture:

Environmental crises have led architects to design adaptive buildings that can morph in line with the needs of our communities and planet.

 Architecture : Travel : Sustainability
Five design responses to the climate crisis

Five design responses to the climate crisis:

Brands are using design mechanisms to communicate about environmental issues in a bid to increase awareness and action from consumers.

 Design : Eco Design And Sustainability : Sustainability
Offset Sellers

Offset Sellers:

Amid accelerating e-commerce, new services are helping retailers to make carbon offsetting a more accessible and convenient part of the...

 Retail : Sustainability : Carbon Offsets
Interactive Eco-labels

Interactive Eco-labels:

To inspire greener behaviour among customers, fashion brands are elevating their product labels to promote transparency and product...

 Fashion : Sustainability : Retail
Post-conscious Travel

Post-conscious Travel:

Sustainable travel has been bastardised. A new wave of innovators are trading in buzzwords to redefine what it means to travel consciously.

 Travel : Hospitality : Tourism
The Urgent Company accelerates sustainability

The Urgent Company accelerates sustainability:

Industrialised food systems are broken. Paul Kollesoff, co-founder of The Urgent Company, explains how a more intelligent CPG eco-system...

 Food : Sustainability : Drink
China Green Retail Market

China Green Retail Market:

Propelled by the impact of the pandemic and shifting mindsets of Millennial and Gen Z consumers, China’s tone is changing when it comes...

 Retail : China : Sustainability
It’s time for a regenerative travel revolution

It’s time for a regenerative travel revolution:

Conscious tourism is no longer enough. Amanda Ho, co-founder of Regenerative Travel, explains why travel brands should adopt a model of...

 Travel : Tourism : Hospitality
Decarbonising Diets Market

Decarbonising Diets Market:

A growing awareness among consumers of their individual carbon footprint is fuelling a raft of innovations in low-carbon and...

 Food : Drink : Sustainability
Four innovators shaping bio-positive fashion

Four innovators shaping bio-positive fashion:

Sustainability demands are pushing forward material innovation in the fashion sector, resulting in a series of smarter processes, from...

 Fashion : Retail : Material
Climate-adaptive Wineries

Climate-adaptive Wineries:

As the wine industry adapts to extreme weather and wildfires, threatened vineyards are turning tainted grapes into experimental wines...

 Wine : Climate Change : Sustainability
Transforming pollution into greener diamonds

Transforming pollution into greener diamonds:

Future luxury goods could lie in unexpected places, says Aether Diamonds, a company turning pollution into glittering stones.

 Luxury : Sustainability : Manufacturing
Fashion 2030: Hacked, tracked and rationed

Fashion 2030: Hacked, tracked and rationed:

As fashion counts the cost of its planetary impact, we future-gaze to 2030 and posit an era when fast fashion is not only traced – it’s...

 Fashion : Technology : Sustainability
Anti-travel Airlines

Anti-travel Airlines:

Under pressure to diversify revenue streams, airlines are creating customer experiences that aren’t limited by travel restrictions.

 Travel : Airlines : Tourism
The youth voices of Intersectional Environmentalism

The youth voices of Intersectional Environmentalism:

With one-size-fits-all sustainability goals excluding people of colour, Gen Z are combining social justice with environmental activism.

 Youth : Sustainability : Intersectionality
Aerial wants to simplify travel carbon offsetting

Aerial wants to simplify travel carbon offsetting:

Aerial app co-founder Andreas Homer on his ambition to make tracking our travel carbon footprint as intuitive as counting calories or...

 Travel : Sustainability : Hospitality
Open-source Sustainability

Open-source Sustainability:

Open-source platforms are providing materials insight and education for designers, developers and architects to make their output...

 Design : Materials : Sustainability
Eco To Go

Eco To Go:

Packaging innovators are targeting the food delivery sector with re-usable and earth-friendly alternatives to single-use cartons and boxes.

 Food : Packaging : Materials
Deadstock Designers

Deadstock Designers:

As the pandemic leaves fashion brands with a glut of unsold apparel, designers are shifting focus to dead stock and agile new waste...

 Fashion : Retail : Design
DIY Dressing Market

DIY Dressing Market:

With sustainability increasingly front of mind, consumers are getting creative with their clothing and opting for DIY fashion over new...

 Fashion : Sustainability
Product design is failing its problem-solving purpose

Product design is failing its problem-solving purpose:

In the era of circular economy enthusiasts, designers should stop rehashing existing products and begin designing true era-appropriate...

 Design : Sustainability : Technology
It’s time for brands to engage with de-growth

It’s time for brands to engage with de-growth:

The pace of the last decade combined with a tumultuous 2020 is driving people towards radical community models – and brands must do the...

 Society : Sustainability : Design
Low-impact Interfaces

Low-impact Interfaces:

To cut the carbon emissions of our online consumption, designers are exploring how to simplify UX and UI design to be greener and more...

 Technology : Sustainability : Design
The rise of resilience residences

The rise of resilience residences:

Shelter and safety are aligning with luxury living as designers create high-end homes for a future affected by climate change and disasters.

 Luxury : Future Cities : Sustainability
Why travel could become a one-trip industry

Why travel could become a one-trip industry:

Yvonne Küpper of FairAway Travel, on travel brands’ sustainable responsibilitis, the impact of Covid-19, and how to avoid greenwashing.

 Travel Experience : Travelling : Tourism
Post-purpose Brands

Post-purpose Brands:

Pushing back against purpose-washing and jumping on the bandwagon, brands will embrace imperfection and focus on betterment. With more...

 Retail : Branding : Purpose
Food Waste Innovation

Food Waste Innovation:

From food-sharing to upcycling, the growing need to create innovative and sustainable solutions to food waste presents a range of...

 Food : Retail : Sustainability
Eco-ambitious Retail

Eco-ambitious Retail:

Brands are self-imposing sustainability goals on their businesses that – while initially financially impactful – validate them as...

 Retail : Sustainability : Brand 2020
Tech brands must address the environmental emergency

Tech brands must address the environmental emergency:

The challenge for tech firms over the next decade is to make the transition from profitability to solidarity, says Andres Colmenares,...

 Digital : Sustainability : Media

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Six tech brands developing DIY repairable devices Big Ideas

Six tech brands developing DIY repairable devices

Spurred on by growing right-to-repair movements, tech brands are slowly meeting consumers’ long-standing demands for DIY repairable devices.

Mobile Phones : Sustainability : DIY
Colossal 3D-printed project brings affordable housing to Kenya News

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The largest 3D-printed neighbourhood to date is under development in Kenya, and aims to provide a cost-efficient and environmentally friendly solution to the country’s housing crisis.

Architecture : Design : Sustainability
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Four Seasons Maui launches Camp Manitou kids and teen concept

Four Seasons Resort Maui is launching an adventure offering for kids and teenagers that celebrates the natural wonders of Hawaii.

Youth : Travel & Hospitality : Sustainability
Ganni repurposes fabric waste in new recycling scheme News

Ganni repurposes fabric waste in new recycling scheme

Danish fashion brand Ganni has unveiled an in-house recycling initiative to upcycle production waste into new garments.

Sustainability : Fashion : Technology
French beauty firms invest in inventory of African cosmetics News

French beauty firms invest in inventory of African cosmetics

French luxury firm LVMH and beauty industry coalition Cosmetic Valley are investing in cosmetics conservation project Cosmetopoeia.

Beauty : Health & Wellness : Africa
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With trailblazing in-house biotech and lab-grown ingredients, Hæckels is evolving into more than just a beauty brand.

Beauty : Sustainability : Technology
Ashaya creates recycled sunglasses from waste crisp bags News

Ashaya creates recycled sunglasses from waste crisp bags

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Sustainability : Fashion : Technology
Not your parents’ car Micro Trends

Not your parents’ car

Targeting the so-called car-averse Gen Z, the automotive sector is using innovative design and technology to forge new connections with young people.

Mobility : Youth : Sustainability
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Woods Bagot designs new futures for trains

Experiential tourism company Journey Beyond has commissioned architectural firm Woods Bagot to scale up its transcontinental rail service.

Luxury : Travel & Hospitality : Design
Above&Below’s AR artwork uncovers soil science News

Above&Below’s AR artwork uncovers soil science

An artwork is immersing viewers in the unseen and largely unknown inner workings of soil at a microscopic level, with help from augmented reality.

Design : Food & Drink : Sustainability
Crate propels sustainable packaging to next level with label-less wine News

Crate propels sustainable packaging to next level with label-less wine

Australia’s Fourth Wave Wine is taking sustainable packaging to the next level, with the launch of the world’s first label-less wine, Crate, designed by drinks branding specialist Denomination.

Design : Food & Drink : Sustainability
Ebay to host sneaker swap pop-up in London News

Ebay to host sneaker swap pop-up in London

Online marketplace eBay has announced it is opening a first-of-its-kind pop-up sneaker swap shop in London.

Fashion : Sustainability : Retail
Dubai hotel turns air into water with Airowater partnership News

Dubai hotel turns air into water with Airowater partnership

Delta Hotels by Marriott, part of Dubai Investment Park, has joined forces with Indian air purifier company Airowater to convert H2O from the air into drinking water for guests.

Technology : Travel & Hospitality : Sustainability
Nokia’s DIY repairable smartphone stands out from MWC contenders News

Nokia’s DIY repairable smartphone stands out from MWC contenders

Ahead of the opening of Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023, Nokia launched its first affordable DIY repairable smartphone.

Technology : Society : Sustainability
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