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The Blue Economy: Importance of Ocean Conservation

Green Tech Challenge

This calls for consumer behaviour change, impact innovation in the business sector, policy change and law enforcement by governments. Organic straws, food containers made from bamboo, banana leaves used to package fresh produce, and reusable shopping bags. Intentional implementation of ocean conservation by EVERYONE.

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Guarding against 'greenwash': Inside the fight against misleading corporate green claims

Business Green

Meanwhile, soaring demand for planet-friendly products and services has led to an explosion in new types of 'green' goods, from plant-based sausages and e-scooters to carbon offset schemes and heat pumps, each one touting its environmental and sustainability credentials.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Among other challenges, Lyft’s scooter rentals mostly have flopped, but the company isn’t giving up on micromobility. Mattel seeks for all products and packaging to comprise recycled or recyclable materials by 2030, and in June it brought sugarcane-plastic toddler stacking rings to market.

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'We want to make the bus cool': Inside Arrival, the $13bn British electric vehicle start-up

Business Green

Those initial waves of investment have enabled plans to build three production plants in the US and UK as the company works to deliver on a landmark order of 10,000 vans for package delivery giant UPS, and start production and trials for its zero emission "smart" bus, which is due to emerge later this year.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

Among other challenges, Lyft’s scooter rentals mostly have flopped, but the company isn’t giving up on micromobility. Mattel seeks for all products and packaging to comprise recycled or recyclable materials by 2030, and in June it brought sugarcane-plastic toddler stacking rings to market.

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'We want to make the bus cool': Inside Arrival, the $13bn British electric vehicle start-up

Business Green

Those initial waves of investment have enabled plans to build three production plants in the US and UK as the company works to deliver on a landmark order of 10,000 vans for package delivery giant UPS, and start production and trials for its zero emission "smart" bus, which is due to emerge later this year.