Results for Technology & Innovation
ecommerce pollution solutions: from truck platooning to smart lockers
February 27, 2019By 2021, estimates indicate that e-commerce will make up 18 percent of total sales in the U.S., 20 percent of sales in the UK, and 30 percent of sales in China. This growth doesn’t show any sign of […]
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Full transportation history as simple as QR codes and smartphones
February 27, 2019January 2019 saw the launch of a new tracking platform, developed by WWF and BCG Digital Ventures, called OpenSC. It uses product QR (Quick Response) codes that consumers can scan with a smartphone to automatically display information revealing […]
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February 26, 2019- Large shareholders vote against excessive CEO pay
- Start-up gets ready for factory robots working alongside humans
- SEAT and IBM develop phone app to encourage greener city travel
- Accenture and Mastercard launch blockchain-enabled supplier 'tip' scheme
- World's food supply under 'severe threat' from loss of biodiversity, UN warns
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February 20, 2019- Nissan panel to recommend outside director to chair board
- Honda says up to 7,000 jobs at risk from closure of UK plant
- Centrica steps up investment in 'intelligent home' vision
- Majority of European firms have no CO2 reduction targets
- UK plans to make plastic packaging producers pay for waste disposal
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February 13, 2019- NGOs push to expel Brazil miner Vale from UN pact over dam disaster
- Global energy demand to decouple from economic growth by 2035 – study
- US Senate passes a sweeping land conservation bill
- Electric cars are already cheaper to own and run, says study
- Vodafone announces winners of UK Techstarter accelerator
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February 07, 2019- Facebook Messenger users to get 10-minute 'unsend' window
- Major funds launch toolkit to help investors measure SDG impact
- Google pays more money in European privacy fines than in taxes
- UK worst offender in Europe for electronic waste exports – report
- US companies demand regulation of proxy advisers
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February 06, 2019- Top Senate Democrats propose limits to corporate buybacks
- ING Research: The Race to a Circular Economy Heats Up For U.S. Companies
- CDP: Corporate demand for supplier transparency increased eight-fold since 2008
- UK greenhouse gas emissions dip, but transport remains biggest emitter
- German cabinet to hold secret session on Huawei's role in 5G network
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January 30, 2019- UK department store, Selfridges, launches insect-based food range in response to demand
- YouTube to curb recommending conspiracy videos
- U.S. senator asks J&J for documents on safety of talc-based baby powder
- Tommy Hilfiger unveils 'world's first' 100 percent recycled jeans
- OECD urges Australia to step up carbon emissions cuts
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January 29, 2019- Social impact startup leverages customer spending data to help them "shape the world”
- UK fund management body proposes standard definitions for responsible investment
- TCFD uptake “slower than it should be” says ex-SEC chair Schapiro
- Investors press fast food giants to 'urgently' improve supply chain sustainability
- Unprecedented demand from corporates for clean power, research indicates
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January 25, 2019- Australian business execs and academics call for urgent national debate on AI ethics
- Circular food 'revolution' could unlock $2.7 trillion per year, Ellen MacArthur study finds
- Consumer goods giants launch global recycling service
- Robot era shouldn't mean end to workers' rights, says UN agency
- European airline emissions grow despite targets