By Anders Lorenzen Research carried out by LinkedIn, the global professional networking, social media and job board platform, has revealed the upsurge in demand for sustainability professionals. Looking at the biggest trends in the job market leading into 2024, the platform has found that in a top 25 list of the fastest-growing jobs in the UK, Sustainability Manager topped that […]
Ukraine starts 2024 with record-warm temperatures
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Opinion: Any company promoting Black Friday cannot be truly sustainable
Shoppers rush into a store as the door opens for the Black Friday sale. Photo credit: By Powhusku from Laramie, WY, USA CC BY-SA 2.0 – via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen Today the frenzy consumerist festival Black Friday officially begins, that to begin with was held on the last Friday of November, and has now grown far beyond this with […]
The Circular Economy of Cannabis: Turning Waste into Resources
As sustainability grows more attractive to consumers, cannabis companies are beginning to focus on minimizing waste by composting and repurposing the byproducts of cannabis production and adopting mindful packaging. Since the legalization of cannabis, the industry has become one of the fastest-growing markets in the US — but it’s also become a massive waste source, with farming, manufacturing, and packaging […]
COP28: A coalition of companies unite around ditching fossil fuels from the final agreement
An Offshore Support Vessel and a deepwater drillship at work during exploratory phase of a new offshore field. Photo credit: Public Domain, via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen Just over a month out from another crucial UN climate summit, COP28 – this year held in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – a divide has been building up between two sectors of […]
Analysis: Green jobs take off in China
<img data-attachment-id="13827" data-permalink="https://agreenerlifeagreenerworld.net/2023/06/28/analysis-green-jobs-take-off-in-china/qingdao-china-may-4-2022-technicians-inspect-a-rooftop-photovoltaic-power-generation-project-at-an-enterprise-in-qingdao-east-chinas-shandong-province-may-4-2022-in-recent-years-shandong/" data-orig-file="https://agreenerlifeagreenerworldsite.files.wordpress.com/2023/06/a-rooftop-photovoltaic-power-generation-project-at-an-enterprise-in-qingdao-shandong_2j6tj38.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1533" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"Alamy Stock Photo","camera":"","caption":"2J6TJ38 QINGDAO, CHINA – MAY 4, 2022 – Technicians inspect a rooftop photovoltaic power generation project at an enterprise in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province, May 4, 2022. In recent years, shandong Qingdao cieme area actively encourage enterprises to promote rooftop photovoltaic power generation projects, help enterprise reasonable use production workshop roof […]