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Resource Efficiency

Resource efficiency offers huge 'overlooked' climate benefits, study finds
Resource efficiency offers huge 'overlooked' climate benefits, study finds

Less waste, healthier diets, and shifting from sales to rental offer huge climate benefits, WRAP estimates

  • Recycling
  • 26 March 2021
From stations and supermarkets to fast fashion and takeaway boxes, the plastics crackdown continues
From stations and supermarkets to fast fashion and takeaway boxes, the plastics crackdown continues

The initial headline-grabbing pledges to phase out single use plastic may have become old news, but the new normal is seeing hundreds of companies quietly advance their plastic reduction strategies

  • Waste
  • 26 February 2020
Survey: Consumers keen to drop brands that damage the environment
Survey: Consumers keen to drop brands that damage the environment

Global survey commissioned by financial giant ING finds appetite for enhanced environmental performance among consumers, but warns green progress is hampered by confusion about sustainability options

  • Recycling
  • 06 February 2020
Why batteries can and should have 'passports' soon
Why batteries can and should have 'passports' soon

Benedikt Sobotka of the Global Battery Alliance makes the case for battery passports to boost quality and improve circularity in the energy storage industry

  • Energy
  • 29 January 2020
'Business as usual is dead': Global resource use smashes past 100 billion tonnes
'Business as usual is dead': Global resource use smashes past 100 billion tonnes

Only fraction of metals, minerals, fossil fuels, and biomass extracted each year is reused, tipping planet towards ecological disaster, report warns

  • Recycling
  • 21 January 2020
'Circulytics': Ellen MacArthur Foundation launches new service to help firms slash waste levels
'Circulytics': Ellen MacArthur Foundation launches new service to help firms slash waste levels

New tool will give companies a free assessment of their progress towards more circular business models

  • Waste
  • 14 January 2020
SDG12: How do we achieve a better future for all?
SDG12: How do we achieve a better future for all?

A more circular economy can help us hit SDG12 and many of the UN goals, argues Joss Bleriot from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation

  • Waste
  • 03 December 2019
SDG12: Can sustainable consumption save capitalism from itself?
SDG12: Can sustainable consumption save capitalism from itself?

The UN's goal to deliver sustainable production and consumption requires a drastic transformation of current business models - can the green economy deliver?

  • Waste
  • 07 November 2019
Circularity and the 45 per cent climate solution
Circularity and the 45 per cent climate solution

Can the circular economy close the gap on climate emissions? A new report says it can

  • Management
  • 13 October 2019
We shouldn't be surprised about the public's energy efficiency blind spot
We shouldn't be surprised about the public's energy efficiency blind spot

The public needs reminding that saving energy is good for the planet, argues Andrew Warren

  • Policy
  • 10 October 2019
BlackRock launches its first circular economy fund, teams up with Ellen MacArthur Foundation
BlackRock launches its first circular economy fund, teams up with Ellen MacArthur Foundation

World's largest asset manager promises to work with Ellen MacArthur Foundation to explore how investment flows can drive circular economy

  • Investment
  • 09 October 2019
Charity shops team up to squeeze out rogue recyclers
Charity shops team up to squeeze out rogue recyclers

Major charity store chains have said they will only pass unsold stock on to accredited recyclers

  • Management
  • 09 September 2019
Is it always circular to turn a product into a service?
Is it always circular to turn a product into a service?

Even when goods are sold as rental or subscription services to extend their lifespan, other factors still matter in determining whether they're circular

  • Technology
  • 06 September 2019
Don't bin your bras: M&S briefs bra fitters to promote recycling service
Don't bin your bras: M&S briefs bra fitters to promote recycling service

UK's number one underwear retailer enlists in-store bra fitters to encourage women to bring in their old bras for recycling

  • Recycling
  • 13 August 2019
The circular economy giant you've never heard of is planning a major expansion
The circular economy giant you've never heard of is planning a major expansion

CHEP transports goods in reusable pallets, crates and boxes around the world - and it's just lifted the lid on a major expansion plan that promises corporates greener, smarter, more efficient supply chains

  • Supply chain
  • 05 August 2019
What the unicorn IPO of The RealReal says about the circular economy for fashion
What the unicorn IPO of The RealReal says about the circular economy for fashion

Transitioning away from extractive systems needs innovative business models, product life extension and success stories

  • Technology
  • 02 August 2019
Burberry unzips luxury collection made from waste plastic and discarded fishing nets
Burberry unzips luxury collection made from waste plastic and discarded fishing nets

Luxury brand has redesigned its classic 'car coat' to feature nylon made from plastic scraps

  • Supply chain
  • 02 August 2019
Cascade and Tide join Loop packaging re-use scheme
Cascade and Tide join Loop packaging re-use scheme

Two of America's best-known detergent brands will now be available to US customers in reusable packaging

  • Technology
  • 19 July 2019
Three steps to create a circular economy
Three steps to create a circular economy

Successful circular cities have these three things in common, reports Circle Economy's Joke Dufourmont

  • Technology
  • 19 July 2019
Prepping for take-off? Shell and BA step up backing for waste-based jet fuel plant
Prepping for take-off? Shell and BA step up backing for waste-based jet fuel plant

Velocys secures new investment to help complete plans for Lincolnshire biorefinery project

  • Transport
  • 16 July 2019
MPs to probe problem of e-waste in face of mounting crisis
MPs to probe problem of e-waste in face of mounting crisis

The UK is one of Europe's worst offenders for illegally exporting electronic waste to developing countries

  • Policy
  • 27 June 2019
Wrap up your woollies: Green packaging innovator launches circular economy scheme
Wrap up your woollies: Green packaging innovator launches circular economy scheme

Woolcool is encouraging customers to send back its wool boxes and liners to be cleaned and re-used

  • Supplier
  • 27 June 2019
HP pledges to deliver 100 per cent green power by 2035
HP pledges to deliver 100 per cent green power by 2035

Computing giant unveils raft of environmental pledges, including renewable electricity target and goal to boost recycled plastic use in computers and printers

  • Technology
  • 20 June 2019
Report: 'Urban consumption' responsible for one tenth of global emissions
Report: 'Urban consumption' responsible for one tenth of global emissions

Consumption levels in cities must be cut in half by 2030 to keep 1.5 degree target alive, according to C40 Cities research

  • Supply chain
  • 12 June 2019
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