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5th annual Sustainability Week US

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The earth’s resources are precious and finite. Reusing, repurposing and recycling materials takes the pressure off of natural systems while reducing pollution and waste across supply chains. Smart cities and intelligent business practices are critical to closing the systemic loop. 

Circular Economies

of the global economy that is now circular, down from 9.1% in 2018

of the nine key planetary boundaries that measure environmental health have been broken

reduction in global material extraction and consumption needed to bring human activity within safe limits of the planet

of e-waste documented as formally collected and recycled

By the numbers ...

Circular Economies - Template: Default

Can we recycle our way out of plastic pollution? How can we design products to last longer and have multiple lives? How can a circular economy drive job growth and create new market opportunities? Explore a new way of thinking that reevaluates the meaning of value itself.

Spotlight

All eyes are on finance at this year’s COP29 climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan.

The “stand and deliver” COP

Deputy executive editor at The Economist, Kenneth Cukier, moderated a conversation at Cannes on “Sustainability as a Growth Driver" featuring Laura Maness, Global CEO at Grey, Robert Haigh, Head Of Strategy & Sustainability at Brand Finance, Khensani Nobanda, Chief Marketing Officer at Nedbank.

What is the most important element to drive sustainability within an organisation: facts or passion?

The clarion call to reduce waste is not new, yet it is more urgent than ever. Humans are devouring resources 1.7 times faster than the planet has the capacity to rejuvenate itself. The culprits are manifold and ubiquitous: from fast fashion to single-use plastics, all designed for short-lived ease but ultimately destined for landfills.


A problem of excess: buying less to save more

Will Attenborough, Climate finance strategist on how to get insurance companies thinking beyond prioritising financial returns and the action needed moving forward in the next ten years.

In conversation with Will Attenborough

What&#39;s new

To accelerate recycling in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, governments must focus on prioritising waste streams. Priority streams for the region include food waste, construction and demolition waste and e-waste, according to Bee’ah’s chief executive officer Mr Al Huraimel. Recycling of traditional waste streams— including paper, glass and aluminium—have well-developed business models that waste management companies can adopt.

Towards Zero: Rethinking recycling in Saudi Arabia and the UAE

Is Sustainability in Fashion?

Saudi Arabia has experienced rapid economic growth, population growth and development over the past 50 years Yet as with many rapidly growing countries, these dramatic changes have been environmentally detrimental.

Boosting Circularity Across Saudi Arabia

The concept of what constitutes a smart city is vague, and ranges from a narrow definition of technology to one that considers quality of life more broadly across a range of areas, such as education, the environment, safety and governance.

Circular Economies

Spotlight

Closing the loop on plastics: true circularity needs full value-chain collaboration

Closing the loop on plastics: true circularity needs full value-chain collaboration