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Reflections and predictions 2016

  • Women wearing smog masks

    The five ethical stories that will define the next decade

    From the use of antibiotics in farming to China’s environmental tipping point – a look at the issues that could define the next ten years
  • FRANCE-PARIS-COP 21-AGREEMENT-ADOPTED<br>13 Dec 2015 --- (151212) -- PARIS, Dec. 12, 2015 (Xinhua) -- French Foreign Minister and President of the COP21 Laurent Fabius (3rd R), United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (4th R), French President Francois Hollande (2nd R) and Christiana Figueres (5th R), executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) celebrate the adoption of the agreement during the final conference at the COP21, in Le Bourget, Paris, Dec.12, 2015. The historic Paris agreement on climate change is fina --- Image by © Zhou Lei/Xinhua Press/Corbis

    How to help your company prepare for climate change in 2016

    Aman Singh
    With the Paris agreement on the books, it’s time to look at how climate change – and its mitigation – will impact businesses, and how they can adapt
  • Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India.<br>DRM98D Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. mdggates

    Top five sustainable technology trends of 2015

    A cheap water filter and an energy-producing home are some of the most promising technologies we saw this year for reducing our carbon footprint
  • New educational pavilion 'Climate, Animals, People' in Wroclaw's Zoo<br>epa05074232 Visitors during the opening of the new educational pavilion 'Climate, Animals, People' in Wroclaw Zoo in Wroclaw, Poland, 18 December 2015. The pavilion, part of the 'Two poles-the whole World' project, is a multimedia exhibition to draw attention on climate change, including global warming and its consequences, as well as the protection of species occurring on the poles. The building with an area of 300 square meters cost about 600 thousand euros. EPA/MACIEJ KULCZYNSKI POLAND OUT

    Did our 2015 sustainable business predictions make the grade?

    Matt Wheeland
    Every December, we ask top sustainability professionals for their forecast of the year ahead. Here’s how last year’s predictions measured up
    • The biggest climate stories of 2015

    • Eco-condoms to Ikea's veggie balls: the top 5 ethical living stories of 2015

    • VW and Exxon: indicative of a polluted corporate culture that must change

      Pavan Sukhdev
  • A woman spreads muddy water on the façade of Brazilian mining company Vale headquarters

    From VW to Brazil's mining disaster: 5 corporate scandals that defined 2015

    Fiddling the figures on sustainability claims and fudging responsibility – a roundup of some of the biggest scandals and what they mean for sustainability
  • Cooper Union

    2016: sustainable buildings go from being green to being good for you

    Rick Fedrizzi
    Next year, builders and businesses will realize that buildings that are good for worker are also good for the bottom line
  • An ExxonMobil petrol station

    Top sustainability stories of 2015 – in pictures

    From Davos and predictions of a chocolate crisis to the MRSA superbug in supermarket pork and the VW emissions scandal
  • A poster by street artist Bill Posters depicting David Cameron as a Formula One driver covered in sponsorship logos

    The art of effective protest: from flamenco flash mobs to craftivism

    Environmental and social campaigners are getting creative by using illustration, craft and dance to put sustained pressure on business and governments
  • Activists protest for clean air at the European council in Brussels<br>16 Dec 2015, Brussels, Belgium --- Brussels, Belgium. 16th December 2015 -- Activists protest for clean air and for a solution of the dieselgate affair by pretending to be choking with plastic bags over their heads at the European council in Brussels. -- Activists gathered in front of the European council in Brussels to demand clean air. They ask for a solution of the #Dieselgate affair by Volkswagen. They pretended to be choking by putting plastic bags over their heads. --- Image by © Frederik Sadones/Demotix/Corbis

    2016: the year consumers stop caring about sustainability - and business starts

    Jonah Sachs
    For years, consumers have propelled the push for sustainability. But if the market turns its attention elsewhere, will companies stay the course?
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