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The future of Sustainability
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- 2016first covered
- 1 Jun 2026latest update
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- Frankfurt Airport installs the world’s first Solar FenceEarth and energy
- AI will consume as much water as a Billion people by 2030 warns UNEarth and energy
- Global growth in solar smashes all previous records for any energy sourceEarth and energy
- Google’s new Texas data center will cool itself without any waterComputing
- Researchers make Cellulose for packaging from air for the first timeIndustry and manufacturing
- These metal munching bacteria might help solve mining’s toxic waste problemEarth and energy
- These new organic batteries are trying to dethrone LiON batteriesEarth and energy
- The EU’s Carbon Border Tax is a world first for sustainable global manufacturingIndustry and manufacturing
- Nescafé’s new 3D printed biodegradable pop up store embraces regenerative architectureIndustry and manufacturing
- Privacy advocates cry foul after WEF publishes plans for personal carbon trackingConnected society
- Researchers have replaced concrete aggregate with rubber in world firstIndustry and manufacturing
- DNA tags in clothing fabrics are helping identify conflict cottonSecurity and privacy
- Volvo uses the world’s first green steel to make itself a dump truckIndustry and manufacturing
- BMW unveils the iVision, the world’s first Circular Economy car conceptTransport and mobility
- Reaching Net Zero emissions by 2050 could cost over $92 Trillion says BloombergEarth and energy
- Swedish company unveils the world’s first carbon free “Green steel”Industry and manufacturing
- DOE creates Digital Twins of every building in America to reduce CO2 emissionsEarth and energy
- Bacteria manage to recycle plastic into vanilla flavouring in weird world firstEarth and energy
- Green Bitcoin alternative Chia causes global hard drive shortagesConnected society
- David Attenborough backs new technology that can recycle all plasticsEarth and energy
- Airbus just unveiled three new radical zero-emission concept aircraftTransport and mobility
- BHS’s recycling robot is coming to help save the planetEarth and energy
- Innovation Shouldn’t Cost The Earth | AccountancyAge, Brussels | Matthew Griffin | Sustainability Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Promising solar energy breakthrough could replace blast furnacesEarth and energy
- World first as astronauts 3D print beef in spaceIndustry and manufacturing
- Scientists develop the world’s first infinitely recyclable plasticIndustry and manufacturing
- Adidas unveil world’s first fully recyclable sneakers that last you a lifetimeIndustry and manufacturing
- Artificial Photosynthesis breakthrough turns Carbon Dioxide into plasticIndustry and manufacturing
- BIG unveil Oceanix their floating city concept backed by the UNEarth and energy
- Colorful bio-engineered bacteria could end fashions obsession with toxic dyesIndustry and manufacturing
- “Green” concrete could help cut global greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percentIndustry and manufacturing
- Food breakthrough lets researchers grow fish meat on demandIndustry and manufacturing
- Coffee without the coffee beans, “Molecular Coffee” has arrivedIndustry and manufacturing
- All new UK homes will be off the gas grid by 2025 says UK governmentEarth and energy
- Aleph Farms serves up the world’s first lab grown steakIndustry and manufacturing
- Emirates boss says future aircraft will be windowlessTransport and mobility
- A powerful battery breakthrough from MIT could usher in electric planesEarth and energy
- IBM breakthrough uses AI to make blockchain more energy efficientConnected society
- Virgin Atlantic completes world’s first biofuel trans Atlantic flightEarth and energy
- Scientists make biodegradable plastic from sugar and carbon dioxideIndustry and manufacturing
- Scientists produce smart windows that generate their own electricityEarth and energy
- Scientists use electro-charged nanoparticles to create liquid mirrorsIndustry and manufacturing
- Biodegradable plastics made from “Tree glue” could hit the shelves in five yearsIndustry and manufacturing
- New omniphobic material reduces maritime fuel consumption by upto 80 percentIndustry and manufacturing
- Milk and dairy products without the cow, Perfect Day re-invents dairyIndustry and manufacturing
- One in a billion enzyme that breaks down plastic found in Japanese dumpEarth and energy
- Google reportedly mulls investing in a hypersonic tunnelling boring companyEarth and energy
- Chinese scientists unveil a new material that heals itself like human skinIndustry and manufacturing
- ORNL’s new super fast ultrasonic dryer uses 70 percent less energyEarth and energy
- China launches the world’s first fully electric cargo shipTransport and mobility
- World first as scientists manage to make carbon fiber using plants, not oilIndustry and manufacturing
- Washing machines get a whole lot greener thanks to new Xeros polymer bead systemEarth and energy
- New solid state coolant could spell the end of exploding batteriesEarth and energy
- The Future of Sustainable Cities | ChangeNOW, Paris | Matthew Griffin | Smart Cities Keynote SpeakerArticles
- GE’s 3D printed engine sets new 3D printing recordIndustry and manufacturing
- From line to plate, Tuna gets its own blockchainConnected society
- The end of fossil fuels, Asia and Europe draw up a Global Energy GridEarth and energy
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