Megatrends

EU’s climate strategy can spur ‘just’ and resilient labour market

EU’s climate strategy can spur ‘just’ and resilient labour market

On the eve of the release of the EU's recovery strategy, a group of business leaders have called for the bloc's climate-neutral target to be coupled with a "just transition" that could deliver job growth against future climate, demographic and technological megatrends.

From climate change to urbanisation: BlackRock’s five megatrends that will disrupt society

Forget ticking boxes, the first step in saving the world is all about mindset change

Can sustainable businesses ride the new waves of consumerism in Asia?

The Global Goals: Can the ‘long-term North Star’ guide businesses to value creation?

Working towards the SDGs through political and economic flux: Three recommendations for business

Innovation shift: Why radical change must focus on entire value chains

What will increased migration and the climate crisis mean for business?

Pushing back on plastic pollution: Six steps to tackling one of sustainability’s biggest issues

Plastics and biodiversity: Forum for the Future spotlights sustainability’s biggest challenges

Former Ikea boss Steve Howard: Big businesses must go all-in on sustainability

Ikea's former chief sustainability officer Steve Howard has urged today's business leaders to be bold and set 100% targets to achieve a sustainable future in the face of rising global megatrends.

Earth Overshoot Day: How businesses can ‘move the date’ to create a sustainable future

Today (1 August) marks Earth Overshoot Day, the date when humanity consumes more from nature than the planet can renew in a year. The urgent need to "move to the date" back is clear and edie explains how businesses can help by reinvigorating approaches to corporate sustainability.

edie at 20: How did sustainability become so business-critical?

edie at 20: Is sustainability finally coming home?

What can blockchain do for corporate sustainability?

The fruits of the Fourth Industrial Revolution continue to accelerate how businesses act within society; but nestled in alongside automation and the Internet of Things, can little-known blockchain truly revolutionise sustainability?

What does the future hold for sustainable manufacturing

Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Designing for the future and adapting to global megatrends

The Body Shop heads back to its hometown of Brighton to host a sustainable design workshop, while the chief sustainability officer of United Technologies discusses how businesses are adapting to sustainability megatrends in this latest episode of the edie podcast.

Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Designing for the future and adapting to global megatrends

The Body Shop heads back to its hometown of Brighton to host a sustainable design workshop, while the chief sustainability officer of United Technologies discusses how businesses are adapting to sustainability megatrends in this latest episode of the edie podcast.

Compete and collaborate: The balancing act that will accelerate corporate sustainability

EXCLUSIVE: Businesses that thrive in the low-carbon economy will be those that can balance the necessity of collaboration to tackle global megatrends with an inherent competitive nature that drives efficiency improvements.

Sustainability megatrends: edie explores the future of sustainable business

EXCLUSIVE: What will the world look like in five, 10, 50 or 500 years' time? That is the crucial question underpinning edie's latest in-depth report into five global megatrends that are shaping the future of corporate sustainability.
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