The circular economy meets decommissioned wind turbine blades

The current design makes blades difficult to recycle, but innovators are experimenting with ways to repurpose them for things such as playgrounds or to make them from different materials that can be reused at end of life. Read More

The right way to spend patient capital for food reform

Investments alone won’t change farming at scale. That will only happen when farmers hold their land — and futures — in their own hands.   Read More

How circular thinking could ease inflation

Circular thinking is the ultimate exercise in long-term thinking and efficiency — a way to mine our past to fund our future. Read More

Want data about a product’s sustainability? There’s a browser extension for that

Finch rates products from 0 to 10, with 0 in the red (aka not great) and 10 being green. But is any product really green? Read More

Will climate change cause another dust bowl?

Improved agricultural practices and widespread irrigation may stave off another agricultural calamity in the Great Plains. But scientists are now warning that two inescapable realities — rising temperatures and worsening drought — could still spawn a modern-day Dust Bowl. Read More

Inside Mars' zero deforestation palm oil strategy

The food giant reveals how a simplification of a once sprawling palm oil supply chain has helped the company to ensure it can deliver on its sustainable sourcing pledges Read More

Ex-Reddit CEO raises $30M to offer ‘reforestation in a box’

Terraformation's moonshot-y idea: turn desertified landscapes and degraded land into new forests, using water supplied by desalination processes powered by solar panels and native seeds that improve biodiversity.  Read More

Utilities plus telcos: The case for an arranged marriage

Some of the immediate benefits? Try energy efficiency, climate sustainability, investor profitability and a solution to the digital divide. Read More

HSBC shareholders back coal financing phase-out

Campaigners welcome AGM vote but warn bank's commitment must be followed up by robust framework for delivering global 2040 coal financing phase out Read More