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SDIS2021
This simple framework can drive responsible consumption
Both corporations and consumers need to drive more responsible consumption. New research from JD.com and Kearney provides a simple framework for doing it.
China
These are the world's biggest e-commerce markets
China is the world's biggest e-commerce market, with online sales worth $1.3 trillion in 2020, and projected to increase to almost $2 trillion by 2025.
Retail, Consumer Goods and Lifestyle
Mood, music and money: what our Spotify playlists reveal about the emotional nature of financial markets
Researchers are using big data to measure the correlation between our mood, the music we listen to and the resulting effect on the world's financial markets.
Future of Consumption
Future of Reusable Consumption Models
This World Economic Forum report provides an alternative plastic waste-reduction model and presents the Reuse Viability Framework, a tool to help decision-makers address key questions abo...
Future of Consumption
This is the most sustainable way to use fashion - and it’s not renting clothes
Renting clothes leads to the highest carbon emissions. Researchers have discovered that out of five options, including discarding and recycling, renting clothes is the worst.
Future of Consumption
Majority of consumers willing to pay more for goods which use scarce natural resources - Ipsos survey
Most people surveyed agree that businesses should be taxed and products appropriately labelled to help protect our dwindling natural resources - even if it pushes up prices.
Leadership
P&G's Europe president on scaling better consumer products for a more sustainable planet
On the latest Meet the Leader, P&G's Europe president Loic Tassel explains how planet-friendly products are developed in Europe and how the market serves as a "lighthouse" for regulat...
Cities and Urbanization
It takes a village to build a healthy city. These projects show why
Three cities: Austin, Jersey City, and Mumbai illustrate successful strategies to promote health and wellbeing in cities.
Retail, Consumer Goods and Lifestyle
How the creative manufacturing and handmade sector can craft a post-COVID-19 future
With the right support, this sector can build more resilient supply chains, create inclusive growth and ensure the makers are rewarded more directly.
Long-Term Investing, Infrastructure and Development
Volcanic rock could cut concrete carbon emissions by two thirds – here’s how
Replacing one of concrete’s main ingredients with volcanic rock could cut carbon emissions by nearly two-thirds, a new study says.
Sustainable Development
These 5 beer companies are taking steps to protect the planet
Barley crops are under threat from increased droughts and extreme heat, due to climate change. Beer will become increasingly expensive and in short supply as a result.
Retail, Consumer Goods and Lifestyle
3 reasons why consumer demand matters for the post-COVID-19 recovery
The post-pandemic consumer is more important than ever to economic recovery from COVID-19. But how will the pandemic have changed their spending habits?
Cities and Urbanization
This designer says 3D textiles could 'replace concrete and cement'
The novel 3D weaving technology could create temporary additions to buildings to respond to weather changes, such as balconies or louvres.
Future of Consumption
How an Afghan e-commerce platform is helping female entrepreneurs
Click.af was started in 2016, but the e-commerce platform started shipping globally last year and it's hoped will be a boost to female entrepreneurship.
COVID-19
4 questions you need to ask of your post-COVID-19 supply chain
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of our global supply chains. Post-pandemic, here's how businesses can handle difficult strategic decisions.