Sustainable nutrition in the workplace – a multifaceted opportunity for...
Photo credit: Larry HoffmanThe 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on climate change have made it crystal clear that businesses everywhere have a huge role to play in rapidly...
View ArticleDemocratising genetic engineering with new programming language
Image Credit: flickr / John Woo It has been possible for well over a decade to design a DNA sequence, insert it into a living cell and change that cell’s behaviour. But this has been confined to the...
View ArticleCity cleaners in Peru team up with vultures to track illegal waste sites
In Peru’s capital, vultures are being fitted with cameras to track illegal dumping grounds. Lima has just four official landfill sites to manage the waste of nine million residents. There is a growing...
View ArticlePutting sustainable protein on the dinner table
This week Forum for the Future launches The Protein Challenge 2040. It is the culmination of a year of enquiry by a really unusual coalition of food companies, retailers, feed companies and NGOs into...
View ArticleTracking obesity in Asia: one size does not fit all
An obesity epidemic could be about to happen in Asia – and businesses and government are unpreparedA new report released by the World Health Organisation has presented worrying statistics on child...
View ArticlePart 7 of 7: A Polluted Postscript
This is the final installment of Jonathon Porritt's seven-part Post-Paris scene blog seriesOn my last morning in Abu Dhabi, looking out of the window of one of this bewildering city’s multiple...
View ArticleSweet deal soured: Colorado’s School of Medicine returns $1 million of...
By Will IngramThe University of Colorado's School of Medicine is returning a $1 million gift of funding to The Coca-Cola Company as a result of unwelcome public attention after a New York Times...
View ArticleHuman vocal chords built from scratch
By Will IngramThe first human vocal chords have been grown in the laboratory by a team of scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The international group published the work in Science...
View ArticleHow can we make our food system more resilient?
A new £14M programme from the Global Food Security (GFS) is giving top food researchers the chance to win funding for interdisciplinary, system-wide proposals that could help pave the way to a...
View ArticleSwapping showers for a daily spray of live bacteria
By Juliette AplinChemical engineer Dave Whitlock hasn’t showered in over 12 years. Instead, he has been spraying himself twice a day with a bacterial mist. According to those who have met him, he does...
View ArticleHow exoskeletons are shaping the future of health care
By Ben HorneForecasters expect a new multi-billion-dollar industry by 2025, following dramatic growth of the rehabilitation and elder-care exoskeleton market.From the 1960s, research into mechanical...
View ArticleAn innovative fund for supply chain resilience
In this guest blog post, Tom Morton, ClimateCare’s Project Director in Nairobi, introduces a new model to finance health solutions in farming communities. Food supply chains face a volatile future....
View ArticleGene transfer to block viruses
A team of researchers has begun the first clinical trial of a genetic approach to blocking viruses.The technique, known as immunopophylaxis by gene transfer (IGT), was first revealed by virologist...
View ArticleAddressing India’s sanitation crisis
India has one of the worst sanitation records on Earth. Improving the situation will require wide-scale collective action, as Forum for the Future’s Louise Armstrong reports. There is a sanitation...
View ArticleFive wellness trends to look out for in 2015
As January – the month of resolutions and earnest self-betterment plans - draws to a close, Alisha Bhagat looks at how the continuing growth of health and wellness trends will pan out in 2015. From...
View ArticleGut instinct: will brands tend our microbial gardens?
Magazine Issue: The Future of BrandsJon Turney explores what the 'century of biology' might mean for brands.Do you get your daily dose of bacteria? If the answer is ‘yes’, the chances are that is...
View ArticleThe Protein Challenge 2040
Locale: Asia PacificIndiaUnited KingdomUnited StatesCategories : corporate social responsibilityeco friendlyProject team: Alisha BhagatIvana GazibaraJacqueline CulletonJessica RosenMark DriscollSimon...
View ArticlePersonal care: a systems approach
Top retailers come together to put the personal care sector on track for a sustainable future.On 4 September, 2014, Target and Walmart co-hosted the first Beauty and Personal Care Products...
View ArticleCarbon reduction: not just a long-term lifesaver
Anna Simpson offers brands a tip for 2015, as ClimateCare celebrates ten years of investment in improved cooking methods.While mainstream acceptance of climate change and its risks – both immediate and...
View ArticleCarbon reduction: not just a long-term lifesaver
Anna Simpson offers brands a tip for 2015, as ClimateCare celebrates ten years of investment in improved cooking methods. While mainstream acceptance of climate change and its risks – both immediate...
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