Chanel’s new global CEO a welcome change to fashion’s old-hat traditions
Leena Nair has been chosen to head Chanel as global CEO, the first woman and youngest person ever to do so. One small step for a fashion house, one huge step for an exclusionary – and often archaic – industry. Luxury fashion house Chanel named Leena Nair, a...
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Commercial interest in biomaterials tipped to explode in 2022
In the synthetic age, profitability and sustainability have long butted heads. Biomaterials have been touted as the saving grace for green manufacturing for years, but only now are the building blocks coming into place for 2022. It goes without saying that the prospect of forming low-carbon economies is nigh-on impossible...
NGOs sue UK government for lax net-zero climate plans
The UK government is being sued by climate NGOs for failing to include policies needed to deliver COP26 emission cuts. They argue the current strategy relies too much on speculative technologies. Already in hot water over a number of parties that may or may not have happened, the UK government...
The EU’s continued problem with empty ‘ghost’ flights
A technicality requiring airlines to use 50% of their airport slots – or face losing them to competitors – leads to thousands of empty flights a year. In Brussels, where the custom is particular bad, pressure is on to stop immediately. When facing the public, western governments appear staunchly determined...
Arsenal’s No More Red campaign has a powerful anti-knife crime message
Striving to make disillusioned young people aware of youth centres and other safe spaces, Arsenal and Adidas’ No More Red campaign has a powerful anti-knife crime message that the nation needs to hear. For the first time since the 1930s, Arsenal donned an all-white strip last night in their third-round...
Shell’s explosive undersea oil search threatens whale mating season
The world’s most lucrative fossil fuel company plans to seek out new undersea energy reserves during peak whale mating season off the coast of South Africa. As if Shell’s practices couldn’t get any worse, the company has just begun a new oil-seeking venture off the coast of South Africa -...
The 2022 mission to clean-up electric battery production
Precious metals like cobalt and nickel are vital components of electric batteries, but extracting them is a dirty and dangerous. As the demand for green tech grows in 2022, are we any closer to fixing the labour and sustainability issues? 2022 is going to have to be a big one for vehicle manufacturers, if we’re going to meet any of the clean transport pledges made at COP26. Whilst the majority of...
Russia orders the disbandment of human rights outfit Memorial
In what’s being decried as yet another assault on Russian democracy, the state has ordered the liquidation of human rights group Memorial. Civil society within Russia has had a complicated history to say the least, and many are worried the authoritarian regime of decades past is creeping back. This week, Moscow city court ordered the dissolution of the nation’s most prominent human rights institution, Memorial International. Now officially deemed a ‘foreign...
Extinction Rebellion sabotages Amazon’s Black Friday shipments
Protestors blocked fifteen Amazon warehouses across the UK, Germany, and The Netherlands ahead of Black Friday. In recent months, the activist group Extinction Rebellion has ramped up their efforts significantly. They’ve regularly taken to city streets, made appearances at COP26, and now, are blockading streets around Amazon warehouses ahead of the busiest shopping weekend of the year – and with good reason. Although snagging a deal on Black Friday feels like a...
European supermarkets pull Brazilian products linked to deforestation
Amid concerns regarding the Amazon rainforest’s destruction and in an effort to cut CO2 emissions, Sainsbury’s, Carrefour, and Lidl are among the grocery stores taking action. At this November’s Cop26 summit, more than 100 world leaders vowed to end deforestation by 2030 – a commitment that governments and private companies backed with $19 billion. However, given how poorly these strategies have worked in the past, it’s unsurprising that forest loss...
