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With their degree in spatial design, designers Koen Meerkerk and Hugo de Boon use their talents to serve a cause close to their hearts by launching Fruitleather Rotterdam, an initiative that offers an innovative solution to food waste. Transforming mango fibers into vegan leather, the company offers an ecological alternative to the traditional leather industry.
Raising awareness about food waste, Fruitleather Rotterdam targets the 45% of fruits destined for consumption that are discarded annually. At the same time, the leather industry, generating 10% of all global carbon emissions, faces the issues of animal slaughter and material cleaning processes.
Fruitleather Rotterdam’s innovative approach considers fruit waste as a valuable raw material, resulting in a versatile material used in the production of shoes, fashion accessories, furnishings, and more.
🍃 Let’s fight food waste and give a second life to forgotten mangoes!
Thank you for this beautiful initiative!
While 2022 defied expectations to set new records and establish itself among the benchmark years for the hotel industry, 2023 did not disappoint by making the sector’s good performances seem normal.
2023, a transition year before an auspicious 2024? Many appointments have been made. The Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, the UEFA Cup in Germany, or the America’s Cup in Valencia herald promising prospects and reveal great opportunities for the European hotel industry in a context of inflation reduction and probable interest rate cuts. After two years of outperformance, the previously very high RevPARs are expected to start converging towards the inflation level.
Excellent news! Renewable energy installations surged by 50% in 2023, according to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA). China led this growth with a 66% increase in new wind installations. In total, 507 GW were commissioned, with 75% coming from photovoltaic solar.
Over the next five years, the IEA predicts the “strongest growth” in renewable energy in 30 years. An acceleration that brings us closer to the goal, set at COP28, of tripling global capacity by 2030. Additional financing is needed, especially for emerging countries. Under current market conditions and policies, global capacity could only double by 2030 according to the IEA.
Energy transition is progressing, but intensified efforts are essential to meet our climate goals.