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Valuing online choices can aid policymakers’ decisions

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Quantifying digital consumption.

Prospects for global supply chains in 2021

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Cost-control is no longer the overriding consideration, given regulatory and investor demands to address environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns, and consumer demands…

Firms to assess human and physical capital needs ahead

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Many may be compelled to reconsider not only their supply chains but also their corporate governance style and the amount of tax they are willing to pay to support state-financed…

‘Right to repair’ schemes will boost sustainability

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Extending product life through legislative means will stem the flow of new products and bolster ‘circular economy’ initiatives, whereby materials are diverted from landfill and…

Sustainability will be as key to food tech as outcomes

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Food tech -- using technology to improve how food is grown, produced, distributed and consumed -- is critical to meeting consumption needs, and to reducing if not reversing the…

Business models for tourism and airlines will change

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The initial answers will come from the leisure segment, which is set to recover faster than business travel. For major airlines, reliance on business customers and travel hubs are…

Costs rise as urban climate harm outpaces policymaking

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Cities account for 70% of the carbon emissions from global energy use according to UN-Habitat, and more frequently are suffering increasingly visible and disruptive climate…

Waste management is key to sustainable global growth

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Global waste management.

Climate needs and debt to hit lower-income states hard

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Debt distress is related to both global financial conditions -- such as the strength of the US dollar -- and growing climate vulnerabilities. Greater attention and funding to…

Technology will revolutionise agriculture and retail

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Food technology.