In recent years, increased expectations from investors, regulators, employees, and customers have put significant pressure on companies to increase their sustainability efforts.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are not just another sustainability framework, but the only universally agreed blueprint to turn meaningful ambition into transformational change. However, businesses report difficulties in integrating the SDGs into their core strategies and in understanding, reporting, and managing their impact on the Goals.
Launched in 2018, the WE Empower UN SDG Challenge is a first-of-its-kind global competition for women entrepreneurs who are advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Global food insecurity persists despite increased production, highlighting the need for sustainable solutions like "Smart Foods" such as buckwheat, which is nutrient-dense, climate-resilient, and rich in bioactive compounds. Leveraging buckwheat’s genetic potential and diverse applications can promote health benefits and help address future nutritional challenges.
In a bid to tackle the world’s growing demand for sustainable protein, South Korean scientists have successfully grown beef cells inside rice grains. The process involves enzyme-treating rice to support cell growth, then infusing it with bovine cells that develop into a pinkish, meat-like grain. Researchers say the hybrid food could offer a low-cost, low-emission alternative to traditional livestock farming — a potential breakthrough as nations grapple with climate pressures and food security challenges.
This perspective explores nature-based solutions that can be adopted to mitigate and adapt to soil salinization, along with their challenges and implementation limitations
This paper conducts an analysis utilizing data from 163 countries, revealing that an upsurge in global food commodity prices entails trade-offs with 13 SDGs, while exhibiting synergies with a few others.
Diet has a large impact on greenhouse gases with those that consume more animal protein seen as generating higher emissions. This study examines Asian diet preferences and finds that most are unpersuaded to shift their diet, but self-enhancement framing can be helpful.
Digestate is a widely-used liquid alternative to mineral fertiliser, but nutrients readily leech from it, limiting its application. Here, the authors use a porous silicon material to enhance digestate, improving nutrient retention and crop yields.
This chapter aligns with UN SDG goals 2 and 3 by discussing the phytochemicals and medicinal properties of certain indigenous foods
This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 2 and 9 by highlighting the role AI can play in identifying crop improvement methods for sustainable agriculture.
