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Sustainability

Stat: Heatwaves put £4.4bn ($5.99bn, €5.14bn) strain on UK economy

Repeated heatwaves have cost the economy an estimated £4.4bn ($5.99bn, €5.14bn) in lost output from May to the end of July 2026, according to green think tank Verdant.

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Travel & Hospitality

Foresight Friday: Alice Crossley, principal strategic foresight analyst

Every Friday, we offer an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about. This week, principal strategic foresight analyst Alice Crossley unpacks how the climate crisis is turning up the heat on the travel industry.

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Fashion

Foresight Friday: Rose Coffey, senior strategic foresight analyst

Every Friday, we offer an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about. This week, senior strategic foresight analyst Rose Coffey explores fashion as personal climate infrastructure.

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Travel & Hospitality

Stat: How climate awareness is altering travel behaviour

According to Booking.com’s Travel & Sustainability Report, travellers are rethinking where, when and why they travel as extreme weather reshapes holiday planning.

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Health, Wellness & Sport

Stat: How rising temperatures are rewriting the rules of movement

Rising temperatures could lead to 470,000 to 700,000 additional deaths worldwide each year by 2050, as extreme heat drives populations toward sedentary behaviour.

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Retail

Stat: India’s skincare boom is playing out in physical stores

According to Vyansa Intelligence, offline retail channels dominate the Indian skincare market with nearly 75% share in 2026, reinforcing The Future Laboratory’s I-Beauty report, which positions India as the next global beauty powerhouse.

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Food & Drink

The Big Idea: Future Food Tech 2025: Resilience by Design

Future Food-Tech London (24–25 September) highlighted the urgent need for resilient, inclusive and innovation-driven food systems.

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Beauty

I-Beauty: The Next Beauty Powerhouse

India is setting the pace for the future of beauty, creating a scalable, culturally intelligent model that blends heritage with science and local insight with global ambition.

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Luxury

Luxury travellers prioritise value, experience and climate-conscious choices…

Luxury travel is set to evolve in 2026, with affluent travellers seeking deeper meaning, personalisation and sustainable choices, according to Virtuoso’s latest Luxe Report.