Sustainability Essentials

No issue is more pressing on the global agenda than climate change. With so many companies and institutions chasing solutions, explore the vera latest in sustainability news, covering all key areas, with the addition of five diverse in-depth topics that further highlight key underlying issues.

Latest blog posts in Sustainability Essentials

By Isabella Moulton & Martin JacobszJul 9, 2021

Top Sustainability Articles of the Week - Climate Change is Also Putting Coffee at Risk

With patterns of increasingly extreme and unpredictable weather, the livelihood of coffee farmers around the globe is under fire. Whether you realise it or not, coffee is a highly sensitive crop, which is easily affected by changes in weather.
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By Isabella MoultonJul 7, 2021

What’s the problem with electric cars? They’re still cars.

Though electric cars are certainly an improvement from their gas-guzzling cousins—aka the original automobile, there are still some serious issues being overlooked.
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By Kylie QuinnJul 7, 2021

Top Sustainability Facts: Women and Climate Change

When looking at climate change we need to do so through a gender lens, and not by squinting into the sun.
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By Kylie QuinnJul 7, 2021

Sustainability Glossary Term: Climate Injustice

Climate and environmental injustice is a civil rights issue. It’s an injustice that communities across the globe are being harmed by the effects of climate change.
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By Kylie QuinnJul 7, 2021

#GenderMainstreaming: Sustainability Hashtag of the Week

A strategy must be put in place to realize (and embrace!) gender equality. This is what gender mainstreaming is trying to achieve. It’s about promoting equality between women and men and fighting discrimination.
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By Kylie QuinnJul 7, 2021

Climate Change Impacts Gender Equity

Globally, climate change has a far more adverse impact on populations that are reliant on natural resources to survive. Ironically, these are also the communities that have the least capacity to respond to natural disasters, like drought, floods, landslides and hurricanes.
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By Isabella Moulton & Martin JacobszJul 1, 2021

Top Sustainability Articles of the Week - Sustainability News

These innovations are meant to keep up with our world’s increased need for food, due to an expanding population.
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By Isabella Moulton & Martin JacobszJul 1, 2021

Top Sustainability Articles of the Week - Sustainability News

Gates along with his agribusiness partners believe wealthy countries should shift completely to synthetic beef, creating more sustainable food that has massive benefits for climate change.
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By Kayang Gagiano Jul 1, 2021

Will Climate Change Kill Coffee?

Today, coffee is grown in more than 70 tropical countries globally and enjoyed all over the world as a caffeinated beverage. It’s also the second most traded global commodity after oil, making it our planet’s most valuable agricultural product in the realm of commercial agriculture.
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By Kayang Gagiano Jul 1, 2021

Top Sustainability Facts: Coffee Industry under threat from Climate Change

Coffee is a highly sensitive crop. It demands very specific growing conditions, and just the right balance of sunshine and rainfall, to yield well-balanced, flavorful beans.
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