Circular Economy

As demand for lithium soars, there's an untapped trove of the precious mineral in the millions of e-cigarette batteries that end up in landfill

Circular Economy | Summer 2023

Knight Bites: 6 ways to win our battle with plastic pollution by 2040

CK Staff

From eliminating single-use plastic to ramping up refill models and engineering sustainable alternatives, here are six system-changing solutions to our plastic woes

Circular Economy

Europe’s bid to ban single-use packaging riles up the McDonald's machine

Natalie Alcoba

Fast-food lobbyists are pushing back on rules designed to cut the rising tide of waste

Circular Economy

Saving forests one piece of clothing at a time

Natalie Alcoba

Canadian non-profit gets major boost to save forests by turning discarded fashion into new clothes

Circular Economy | Spring 2023

Petrochemical industry influence looms over treaty to end plastic pollution

Alex Robinson

Environmentalists are hopeful that upcoming negotiations in Paris will break free from the sway of lobbyists

Circular Economy

How unchecked consumerism helps drive climate change

Jennifer Ellen Good

Making an effort to buy less during the holidays could have a meaningful impact, as recent research shows that across a product’s life cycle its total embedded carbon emissions are 6.3 times its weight

Circular Economy

Waste pickers push to be heard in global plastics treaty negotiations

Patrick O'Hare and Lucia Fernandez

Big brands recently committed to improving the rights of informal plastic recyclers. Now waste pickers are hoping global treaty does the same.

2025 Global 100 list: World’s most sustainable companies are still betting on a greener world

Why are financial advisers shunning green funds?

The world’s most sustainable MBA programs are producing a generation of changemakers