Tag: Sustainability
Engine No. 1’s big win over Exxon shows activist hedge funds...
Mark DesJardine, Penn State and Tima Bansal, Western University
One of the most expensive Wall Street shareholder battles on...
Valentine’s Day: COVID-19 wilted the flower industry, but sustainability still a...
Paul D. Larson, University of Manitoba
Cut flowers are a multi-billion-dollar business globally, closely linked to social events and...
Why eco-labelling is so difficult during the COVID-19 pandemic
Graeme Auld, Carleton University and Stefan Renckens, University of Toronto
We’ve all, at some point, bought an eco-labelled product.
The eco-labels we come to trust are...
Taking fish out of fish feed can make aquaculture a more...
Pallab Sarker, University of California, Santa Cruz
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
Aquaculture, or fish farming, is the...
Secondhand clothing sales are booming – and may help solve the...
Hyejune Park, Oklahoma State University and Cosette Marie Joyner Armstrong, Oklahoma State University
A massive force is reshaping the fashion industry: secondhand clothing. According to...
Vegan leather made from mushrooms could mould the future of sustainable...
Mitchell P. Jones, Vienna University of Technology
Seven millennia since its invention, leather remains one of the most durable and versatile natural materials. However, some...
The sun is setting on unsustainable long-haul, short-stay tourism — regional...
James Higham, University of Otago
Unprecedented border closures and the domestic lockdown have paralysed New Zealand’s $40.9 billion a year tourism industry. In the process,...
It’s time to rethink the disrupted US food system from the...
David R. Montgomery, University of Washington; Jennifer J. Otten, University of Washington, and Sarah M. Collier, University of Washington
The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
