A few nations have noticed a decrease in bird variety agreeing with the multiplication of Cellular Mobile Base stations (GSM 900 or 1800). The most noticeable illustration of this effect comes from the UK where an enormous decrease in a few types of metropolitan birds was noticed, including the sparrows. The sparrow populace in the [...]
2019 was a pivotal year as global leaders began to recognize environmental challenges as more worrying than economic downturns. Environmental risks dominated the WEF 2020 Global Risks report released in January 2020 occupying the top five sports in terms of risk likelihood and claiming three of the top five spots in terms of risk impact [...]
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors have gained significant interest from and traction with investors and regulators over the past few years. This rapid increase comes from solid research showing the strong correlation between companies that manage ESG factors well and lower long-term risk and higher financial performance. ESG-integrated funds have historically outperformed their counterparts [...]
It is hard to contest that 2020 has been a year unlike any living generation has seen: a deadly pandemic, economic recessions, national shutdowns, a record-breaking hurricane season, locust swarms, fires, and riots, amongst many other events. The last decade was the hottest on record; the last five years alone was the hottest stretch ever [...]
Businesses are a key factor in economic growth, job creation, innovation, and driving trends across the globe. That being said, business activities can also harm communities and the environment. Taking this into consideration, the UN embarked on a multi-year project to develop the United Nations Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights (UNGP) which were [...]
ISO 14001:2015, Environmental Management System stipulates the requirements for an environmental management system that an organization can use to improve its environmental performance. EMS is projected for use by an organization seeking to manage its environmental responsibilities in a methodical manner that contributes to the environmental support of sustainability. EMS helps an organization to achieve [...]
Awareness of the increasing levels of waste from fossil-fuels based materials has been growing over recent years. Steps are in place to improve the sustainability of our industries. Consumers are advised to reduce the amount they buy, and everyone is advised to reuse the resources they have. As a last resort, materials can be recycled [...]
Green Urban Planning Green urban planning is a process of integrating Ecology, Economy, and Socio-economy in urban planning. It is a long-term process where the administrative authorities set goals for urban transformations. The key goal of green urban planning is to improve ecological biodiversity and make the cities climate-resilient. The Urban Climate is changing and [...]
Sustainability is such an all-encompassing concept that it can sometimes sound like an empty buzzword. Indeed as one sustainability officer said, a challenge in making progress on sustainability is “the joke that nobody knows what it all means”. Because the concept seems to speak to such large global issues, it also may appear that individual [...]
Regeneration as the Pathway to True Sustainability. A quick Google search for fashion products using the word sustainable yields hundreds of responses. Consumers are seeking out "sustainable" products from "sustainable" businesses at an increasing rate. Progress has been made in the fashion industry in some areas to minimize the net impact of manufactured goods, but [...]
