2014 Earth Hour City Challenge – The global celebration of the most lovable sustainable cities; Cities around the globe have received special recognition by WWF for impressive actions on climate change. We all love our cities differently. But here are four reasons why they play a big role in a renewable and sustainable future: smarter transportation, … Read more
How thoroughly are businesses addressing sustainability issues? Companies have largely accepted the importance of addressing sustainability issues, yet a large gap persists in translating that awareness into action. So says a new global study by MIT Sloan Management Review (MIT SMR) and The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The study titled “Sustainability’s Next Frontier: Walking the … Read more
10 Most Expensive Luxury Asset Acquisitions Of All-Time list compiled by Wealth-X shows that luxury yachts are the most popular luxury asset acquisition. Eight of the 10 billionaires in the list own these luxury vessels. According to the ultra high net worth (UHNW) intelligence provider, billionaires from Oracle CEO Larry Ellison to Russian tycoon Alisher Usmanov have … Read more
Driverless cars, digital health care, robotics and the future of video distribution and consumption are the five areas that promise to have a dramatic impact on the $203 billion consumer electronics (CE) industry in 2014. These are “5 Technology Trends to Watch” identified by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), each year listing some of the … Read more
The definitive guide to the state of the superyacht industry. Italy is still by far the number one yacht-building nation, but The Netherlands and Turkey have consolidated their places, according to ShowBoats International magazine’s Global Order Book for 2014, the definitive tally of yachts 80 feet (24 metres) and longer under construction. 735 new yachts … Read more
Arctic Report Card 2013: Melting ice, below-average snow cover, declines in wildlife population – the new normal in the modern-day Arctic. In 2013, multiple Arctic climate indicators relaxed from some of the extremes seen in 2012, but remained within the bounds of the new, warmer state seen in the past decade, according to … Read more