COVID-19 could accelerate a global shift from planes to trains

UBS analysis suggests the pandemic is set to curb air travel growth 10 percent over the next decade as high-speed rail flourishes. Read More

Coronavirus has exposed the fragility of auto-centric cities

We need to develop neighborhoods that ensure access to food, healthcare, education and jobs — without relying on personal vehicles. Read More

A roadmap for restoring our life support system

The noted ecologist explains how we can use the same interconnectedness that is spurring catastrophe to promote health and sustainability. Read More

Why Earth Day needs to be an official company holiday

It demonstrates to others that you place the planet above profits, and you’re willing to prove it. Read More

Shell unveils net-zero emissions plan

The oil giant updated investors on sweeping new strategy to deliver net-zero emissions across its entire value chain by 2050. Read More

Biodiversity, pandemics and the circle of life

Addressing biodiversity, like so many other things, seems to have been shunted aside by the coronavirus outbreak. It would make much more sense to keep it front and center. Read More

PepsiCo CSO: We can’t ‘lose sight’ of the long-term crisis

Simon Lowden on the company’s new science-based commitment, food security amid COVID-19, and why key climate action partnerships are stronger than ever. Read More

Why the pandemic could give business leaders a broader mandate for sustainability

Let this be the beginning, not the peak, of a corporate transformation journey, so that once society is beyond the immediate threats, we move into a refreshed approach to capitalism. Read More

Utopia? Imagining the food system of 2050

What’s implausible in 2020 may be plausible by mid-century. Read More

What's your energy strategy for an empty office or retail space?

Asking these five questions during the COVID-19 shutdown could help your organization reset its power consumption habits to more energy-efficient levels for the future. Read More