Celebrating Canada’s nature leaders: Finalists announced
OTTAWA, Sept. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Canadian Museum of Nature, Canada’s national museum of natural history and natural sciences, is pleased to announce the finalists and the Lifetime Achievement recipient for its 2021 Nature Inspiration Awards. The 24 finalists will be celebrated and winners announced during an onlineContinue Reading
Netflix ‘Seaspiracy’ Doc Shifts Debate on Ocean Plastics
Consumers are becoming increasingly aware of packaging’s environmental impact, and they are using this knowledge to inform their purchasing decisions. One significant development is an evolving consumer understanding of sustainability, a term that has become too vague and can feed into suspicions of “greenwashing.” The general umbrella of “sustainable” isContinue Reading
‘Corporate colonization’: small producers boycott UN food summit | Global development
Hundreds of civil society groups, academics and social movements are boycotting the first UN global food summit amid growing anger that the agenda has been hijacked by an opaque web of corporate interests. Called the people’s summit by UN organisers, groups representing thousands of small-scale farmers and Indigenous communities, whichContinue Reading
PM Modi meets leading American CEOs; encourages them to invest in India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met a group of five top American corporate leaders on a one-on-one basis from a range of diverse sectors ranging from drones to 5G, semiconductor, and solar and encouraged them to step up their investments by highlighting the vast opportunities in India.Continue Reading
Should I Buy Water in a Plastic, Metal, or Glass Bottle?
Illustration: Elena Scotti (Photos: Shutterstock, PixelSquid) Welcome to Burning Questions, a series where Earther answers the most common asks we get on how to address climate change. Many people want to do something, anything to help address the climate crisis. We answer your questions about how to help change yourContinue Reading
#SeeYouInCourt: Climate litigation heats up | Environment | All topics from climate change to conservation | DW
As the pivotal COP26 climate conference nears, there is a sense of betrayal within the climate movement that setting more targets is becoming futile. The Paris climate agreement not only lacks ambition, but commitments are simply not being met. Fossil fuel companies meanwhile have been able to maintain business as usual,Continue Reading
SPDB and Huawei Launch the SPDB Finwarehouse, Incorporating Digital Finance into Warehousing
SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPD Bank) and Huawei presented the SPDB Finwarehouse Solution at HUAWEI CONNECT 2021. The solution is one of the biggest milestones in joint innovation for financial digitalization. It is also a step towards consolidating the Bank of Things, as theContinue Reading
Electric Vehicle Plastics Market 2021 Industry Key Trends, Demand, Growth, Size, Review, Share, Analysis to 2028
DataM Intelligence The Global Electric Vehicle Plastics Market are expected to grow at a CAGR during the forecasting period (2021-2028). The Global Electric Vehicle Plastics Market is expected to grow at a CAGR during the forecasting period (2021-2028).” — DataM Intelligence CLEVELAND, OHIO, UNITED STATE AMERICA, September 23, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/Continue Reading
The environmental crisis you haven’t heard of yet
The creation of synthetic fertilizers in the early 20th century was a turning point in human history, enabling an increase in crop yields and causing a population boom. But the overuse of nitrogen and phosphorus from those fertilizers is causing an environmental crisis, as algae blooms and oceanic “dead zones”Continue Reading
Citi Releases Latest Treasury Diagnostics Report
LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Citi has released its latest findings from Treasury Diagnostics, its global corporate benchmarking survey designed to help companies assess their treasury, working capital, and risk management practices. The Report, which surveyed the opinions of over 475 large companies from a diverse range of industries and geographies, is titled ‘BalancingContinue Reading