Retail
Company provides zero-waste bulk-buy service for stores
A French startup hopes to encourage less packaging with its customisable in-store dispensers.
Manufacturing Innovations
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Fashion & Beauty
Sustainable handbags that consumers assemble at home
The handbag collection, designed by Japanese studio Nendo, is distributed in flat form and can be assembled at home without any equipment.
Retail
Instacart shares data trove to ease widespread grocery shortages
A new analytics tool from Instacart aims to help ease the pressure put on the grocery supply chain by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sustainability
Waste-processing solution decomposes any kind of solid waste into carbon
The company uses carbonisation technology and a hydrocyclone process, providing a sustainable alternative to current waste-management processes.
Science
Process tests the authenticity of products
A New Zealand-based company tests radioactive isotopes to determine the provenance of different products.
Manufacturing
Recycled leather retains the appearance and feel of the original
Recyc Leather™ uses smart recycling on natural leather fibres, to create a material that is highly durable and retains the properties of traditional leather.
Manufacturing
Chemical manufacturing process that uses solar energy
Researchers are working to replace energy-intensive chemical manufacturing processes with solar-driven reactions.
Manufacturing
French company produces biodegradable plastic from milk
Lactips’ milk-based water-soluble pellets mimic plastic and can be used for waste-free, edible packaging.
Manufacturing
A global blockchain platform for business transparency
The World Economic Forum’s new blockchain-based Sustainability Map connects businesses of all sizes around the world.
Manufacturing
Startup creates robots to fully automate warehouse and distribution tasks
Berkshire Grey’s robots pick, pack, and sort for omni-channel fulfilment, and can react to changing situations in real-time.
Manufacturing
An app for tracing coffee beans and thanking farmers
The app links the consumer to the farmer, making it easier to ensure the coffee is sustainably grown and responsibly sourced.
Architecture & Design
Gallery re-imagines plastic use in ‘the future of craft’
The show is an opportunity to consider the future of craft while reflecting on makers’ unusual uses of materials.