Sally Fox’s Cotton Has the Power to Change the Fashion Industry

Nearly 56 years ago, during the Summer of Love, Sally Fox inadvertently laid the seeds for her career as a groundbreaking cotton breeder. A then-11-year-old Fox, accompanied by her older sister, went to Northern California’s first-ever Renaissance Faire and spent her babysitting money on a drop spindle from “these cool people.” From there, she was … Read more

ESG compliance: Everyone wants to board India’s growing ESG compliance gravy train

“There are only a few professionals in India who have actually conducted a reasonable assurance on sustainability reporting and on the application of the conflict-of-interest requirement, the number of firms available for a company to choose from becomes very limited. There is also a lack of standard approach to reasonable assurance,” Jayaram said. Synopsis Since … Read more

On Her 90th Birthday, Jane Goodall Tells Us Her Wish

Goodall is frank about the climate crisis, and the younger generation’s pervasive sense of doom when it comes to the future. “Of course they’re quite right, too,” she says. “We have really destroyed the planet. And we’re getting to a point of no return, but we still have a window of time. Why do you … Read more

Renault-Nissan Automotive India secures recognition from DQS for water conservation efforts

Automobile manufacturer Renault Nissan Automotive India Pvt Ltd on Friday said it has received Platinum category recognition for its efforts on water conservation from internationally accredited body DQS. Germany-headquartered DQS is an internationally accredited ISO certification agency specialising in audits, assessments and training across the globe. The firm conducted a rigorous audit at RNAIPL factory … Read more

Future of vehicles is electric, India’s import duty sops a positive, say Audi top execs

India’s decision to temporarily lower import duty on electric vehicles priced upwards of $35,000 to 15% for carmakers investing at least $500 million on domestic manufacturing “might help accelerate localisation of premium electric cars” and drive demand, a top Audi executive said. The policy “shows that the government seems to be very committed to sustainability, … Read more

In Her Debut Book, Willow Defebaugh Meditates on a World—And a Life—In Transition

One essay, for example, considers the slow and highly complex metamorphosis of certain insects, such as dragonflies, to reflect on the importance of incremental evolution in the climate movement and our lives more broadly. “We grow imperfectly, incompletely,” she writes. “I’m talking about the subtle shifts, the months of molting, swimming beneath the surface, wondering … Read more

Former NBA Star Rick Fox Is Making a Play for Carbon-Neutral Concrete

Rick Fox has spent a lot of time in Hollywood, so naturally he has more than one origin story. Canadian-born, Bahamian-raised Fox played professional basketball in the NBA in the 1990s and 2000s, starring for the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers. After retiring from the sport in 2004, he became a full-time actor, appearing … Read more

Stop Planting Trees, Says Guy Who Inspired World to Plant a Trillion Trees

In a cavernous theater lit up with the green shapes of camels and palms at COP28 in Dubai, ecologist Thomas Crowther, former chief scientific adviser for the United Nations’ Trillion Trees Campaign, was doing something he never would have expected a few years ago: begging environmental ministers to stop planting so many trees. Mass plantations … Read more