DEBATE: Is carbon the new calorie when it comes to product labelling and transparency? Is carbon the new calorie when it comes to product labelling and transparency? Bracken Darrell, chief executive of Logitech, says YES. Nutritional information on food and drink packaging has been empowering consumers for decades. Now, carbon is the new calorie. Consumers deserve to understand the carbon impact of the products they buy — the impact [...]
DEBATE: Is there any point to the World Economic Forum in Davos? Is there any point to the World Economic Forum in Davos? Ella Robertson, managing director of One Young World, says YES. Now in its fiftieth year, it might look like business as usual at the World Economic Forum. But with public scrutiny mounting every year, the pressure to keep the mountain air-induced rhetoric real is [...]
DEBATE: Should we charge clothing brands for the cost of recycling to combat the environmental impact of fast fashion? Should we charge clothing brands for the cost of recycling to combat the environmental impact of fast fashion? Mary Creagh, MP and chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, says YES. Fashion shouldn’t cost the earth. But our desire for fast fashion means that carbon emissions, water use, and chemical and plastic pollution are destroying our [...]
