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Suits you - and the planet: Why fashion needs a sustainability revolution
At the Sustainable Development Impact Summit, two pioneers explore how the make the fashion industry more sustainable, from consumers to manufacturers.
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.
Global Health
Want your fitness programme to succeed? Set your own goals
Setting your own exercise goals and pursuing them immediately, could help result in long lasting changes, according to a new study looking a step counts.
Mental Health
Regular exercise may lower risk of developing anxiety by almost 60%
A study using data from the world’s largest long-distance cross-country ski race shows that exercise may lower the risk of developing anxiety by near 60%.
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.
Information Technology
Have we passed the peak of the smartphone era?
The smartphone market has slowed in recent years, with shipments of Apple, Samsung and others at 1,292 million units in 2020, its lowest total since 2013.
COVID-19
What are the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic? These 5 trends give us a glimpse
One major impact of ongoing lockdowns has been rapid digital acceleration, which is set to change how we work and live in the future.
Big Data
How to create a transparent digital economy and rebuild consumer trust
It's time that companies and regulators strengthened data privacy and enhanced transparency to build trust and protect the benefits of digital innovation.
Plastics and the Environment
This start-up can turn dirty nappies into sustainable plastics
Israeli startup UBQ Materials says its science can recycle household waste, including food, dirty diapers and mixed plastics, into new plastic products.
Future of Food
Can you eat to save the climate?
From complex labels to opaque sourcing and unclear carbon impact, consumers find it hard to know if their food choices are environmentally sustainable.
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.
Circular Economy
Which global consumers are helping to save the planet?
Public and private sector must lead the way in reducing carbon emissions but consumers can contribute through environmentally friendly lifestyle choices.
Retail, Consumer Goods and Lifestyle
When was each sport added to the Olympics? This chart shows you
More than 30 new sports have been added since the start of the modern Olympics. This year’s Tokyo Games will debut skateboarding, climbing and surfing.
Climate Change
How business can build people-powered climate action
Decarbonization is not just an issue for governments and business. Change can also be driven by society.