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Browsing Whole System Thinking

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Luxury

Why lab-grown diamonds are the future of luxury jewellery

As luxury consumers become more interested in the provenance of their purchases, Alan Frampton, director of ethical brand Cred Jewellery, says it’s time to embrace laboratory-grown diamonds.

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Viewpoints

Will modular design soon be mandated?

With electronics brands reluctant to invest in modular design, legislators are taking matters into their own hands.

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Beauty

Pollution capitals: Mexico City

Mexico – With almost 9m inhabitants, the Mexican capital is one of the key potential markets for pollution products.

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Food & Drink

Milan Salone 2017: Butchering the future

Milan – Designer Carolien Niebling has re-invented the humble sausage in a bid to prepare humanity for a future protein shortage.

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Retail

Archie Wilkinson: Pavegen

How their technology is making retail both more sustainable and more interactive.

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Design

Disposing of plastic cutlery

France – The French government has outlined plans to ban all cups and cutlery made from conventional plastic.

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Food & Drink

Alec Lee: Food’s synthetic future

The Ava Winery co-founder on why we should be constructing our food at the molecular level.

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Food & Drink

Meet the Disruptors: Toast Ale

London – We are pleased to announce our first batch of Disruptors for our forthcoming Global Futures Forum, and Trash-to-Table brand Toast Ale is one of them.

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Marketing & Branding

Sustainability Market

Business is adopting a Whole-system Thinking approach that replaces the ruthless pursuit of profit with a tripartite system that gives equal weight to financial, social and environmental obligations, risks and opportunities.