Sustainable Business and Sustainable Cities
The Value of Biodiversity While there is a growing recognition that biological diversity is a global asset of tremendous value to present and future generations, the number of species is being significantly reduced by certain human activities. The Convention on Biological Diversity is the international legal instrument for "the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of...
Join Liverpool's most exciting business community. Do you want your business to change the world? Come and join this rapidly growing global movement through the first B Corp hub outside London. The 2030hub is bringing this energised business model and community to the North West. With brands like Kickstarter, Ben & Jerry's, Method, Triodos Bank,...
This time, in partnership with Innovation Agency and Health Innovation Exchange, we’ll be talking all things Innovation & Collaboration. Speaking at the event, we have: Dr Andrew Rose, Sector Manger for Life Sciences and Health for the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) - How the Health Innovation Exchange programme can connect businesses in the City Region...
The 2030 SDGs Game is a multiplayer, in-person, card-based game that simulates taking the “real world” into the year 2030. Designed in Japan in 2016, this experience has become a powerful and impactful social phenomenon in Japan, earning extensive media coverage and reaching over 12,000 participants last year. 2030 SDGs Game events are held in...
Every year, on 31 May, WHO and partners mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), highlighting the health and other risks associated with tobacco use, and advocating for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption. The focus of World No Tobacco Day 2018 is "Tobacco and heart disease." The campaign will increase awareness on the: link between...
The Global Day of Parents is observed on the 1st of June every year. The Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 2012 with resolution A/RES/66/292 and honours parents throughout the world. The Global Day provides an opportunity to appreciate all parents in all parts of the world for their selfless commitment to children and...
Why celebrate the bicycle? The bicycle is a simple, affordable, reliable, clean and environmentally fit sustainable means of transportation; The bicycle can serve as a tool for development and as a means not just of transportation but also of access to education, health care and sport; The synergy between the bicycle and the user fosters...