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Commodity Market Outlook Q1 2023: Lower Prices Expected in 2023
Justinas Liuima
This is the first of a new series of quarterly articles, highlighting key trends across energy, food and metal commodity markets. Commodity price volatility and supply shocks have ripple effects on the entire value chain, affecting business activities, costs and prices of end products. As a result, businesses are forced to adapt their strategies to manage the risks associated with commodity market fluctuations, while consumers’ behaviour shifts amid the cost-of-living crisis.
Energy and Mobility in a Future Sustainable City
Ekaterina Tretyakova
Rapid urbanisation negatively impacts the environment as cities generate most global greenhouse emissions. Energy and transport being the main contributors to air pollution, are the key areas of sustainable urban development. While consumers are trying to decrease energy consumption, businesses invest in green technologies and governments plan a new generation of sustainable cities. This article analysis the examples of big-scale carbon-neutral urban projects and the problems of their realisation.
Oral Health, Clean Beauty and Sustainability: What's Next for Oral Care
Janaki Padmanabhan
As beauty and wellness continue to converge, the oral care segment is seeing continued focus on oral health, on ingredients, and on premiumisation. Innovation in sustainability, purpose and ingredient sourcing are driving growth. Here, we uncover the best prospects for the oral segment globally, while also highlighting the most significant challenges.
Sustainability in Wipes: Trends in Hygiene and Beauty
Per Brandberg
Here we examine how sustainability is driving innovation in wipes in the tissue and hygiene space (in which the main concerns are related to biodegradeability and environmentally-friendly disposal) and BPC (in which the main concerns are packaging recyclability and free-form/ingredient claims).
Five Key Trends Shaping the Sustainability Agenda in 2023
Jorge Zuniga
Given the current challenging economy, it is essential that companies keep abreast of sustainability trends as they evolve, and understand the direct impact on business performance to remain competitive. Euromonitor International has identified five key trends affecting the global sustainability agenda in 2023.
Davos 2023: How Global Risks are Playing Out for Business and Consumers
Euromonitor International
The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland shines a light on the global economy and the big themes shaping the world. The central theme for 2023 is “Cooperation in a Fragmented World”, as the global economy is experiencing a polycrisis, with multiple interconnected risks weighing on economies, business and consumers.