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Defining Sustainable Economic Systems – Development vs Growth

Richard Matthews

Sustainable economies like these can help us to realize the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This blend of free markets and state control is the dominant economic system in the vast majority of developed nations in the world today. The inspiration economy.

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ESG Explainer: Walking the Walk on Plastic Packaging

Chris Hall

Later this month, an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee will meet in Senegal to begin work on developing the instrument, which the UN hopes to be in place by 2024. The UK produces more plastic waste per person than almost any other country, it adds, with much of it sent overseas for disposal. What actions are governments taking?

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