Sustainable Business
Decarbonizing the global food system is a big step towards mitigating climate change
Agriculture alone accounts for a third of global emissions, and its impacts could increase further still.
New AI-enabled tech helps to protect Africa’s banana crops
The Tumaini database is free for farmers and other stakeholders to use and has been downloaded from the Google App store 2,500 times.
Even babies consume large amounts of microplastics
In all, infants consume as many as 1.6 million polypropylene microplastic particles on average every single day.
Post-pandemic recovery plans fail to address biodiversity loss
"Only a small number of countries are addressing the biodiversity crisis in the serious manner it deserves."
Kenyan farmers turn to avocados in the face of a changing climate
Compared to coffee, a popular cash crop, avocado is more tolerant of variations in precipitation.
Digitalization can help post-COVID European economies become greener
“For us, the 2030 target is ambitious, it’s achievable and it is beneficial for Europe,” a senior EU official says.