Contributors to this issue of UNIDO’s Making It magazine look at the circular economy from a variety of angles, from Ken Webster’s introduction to systems thinking to Ewa Lewandowska’s argument for social equality to be included in the design of the new circular economy. The issue also takes a look at the design and re-design aspects of circularity, and introduces the Rizhao eco-industrial park, one of the best examples of the impact of Chinese government policies that encourage industrial symbiosis as part of its circular economy drive.
This paper examines how climate-related damages impact the stability of the global banking system.
The State of Sustainable Markets 2019: Statistics and Emerging Trends provides a snapshot of substantial growth of sustainability standards for bananas, cocoa, coffee, cotton, oil palm, soybean, sugarcane, tea and forestry products.
This paper highlights the role of national development bank (NDBs), drawing from case studies of the Brazilian Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social and the Development Bank of Southern Africa.
This report Freshwater Risks & Opportunities: an Overview and Call to Action for the Financial Sector points out there has been a proliferation of tools and approaches that assign financial numbers to water risks in recent years.