Future of the Environment

Sustainable consumption and the Fourth Industrial Revolution

How can nations develop without damaging the environment and widening inequalities? Image: REUTERS/David Gray

Sarita Nayyar
Managing Director; Chief Operating Officer, USA, World Economic Forum
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People rescue garment workers trapped under rubble at the Rana Plaza building after it collapsed, in Savar, 30 km (19 miles) outside Dhaka April 24, 2013. An eight-storey block housing garment factories and a shopping centre collapsed on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people and injuring more than 500, the Ntv television news channel reported. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj
The Rana Plaza building after it collapsed in April 2013 Image: REUTERS/Andrew Biraj
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