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STR Sustainability Trends Report
2021
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Welcome
  • State of Sustainability
  • About this report
01 Economy & Finance
  • 1.1 Key trends
  • 1.2 What does “building back better“ really mean?
  • 1.3 Cutting out the greenwash from sustainable investment
02 Natural Solutions
  • 2.1 Key trends
  • 2.2 Regenerative food systems — from fringe to centre-stage
  • 2.3 A raft of natural solutions for net zero and biodiversity
03 Energy
  • 3.1 Key trends
  • 3.2 Accelerating the transition to zero-carbon energy
  • 3.3 New frontiers in energy access
04 Health & Wellbeing
  • 4.1 Key trends
  • 4.2 Wellbeing and mental health in the wake of COVID-19
  • 4.3 New breakthroughs with huge potential to save lives
05 Mobility & Buildings
  • 5.1 Key trends
  • 5.2 Towards the regenerative city
  • 5.3 The race to electrified mobility reaches a tipping point
06 Value Chains & Circularity
  • 6.1 Key trends
  • 6.2 Rethinking value chains for sustainability and resilience
  • 6.3 Signs that the circular economy is finally taking shape
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Spotlight topic:

12 results
  1. 01 Economy & Finance

    1. The economic pain of COVID-19 has been unequally distributed, within and between rich and poor countries
    2. Economic strategy has undergone a revolution in the past year
    3. A new age of government? Spending, if done wisely, can have huge social benefits
    4. Shareholder resolutions in favour of tackling climate change are more popular, but progress is mixed
  2. 04 Health & Wellbeing

    1. Some COVID-19-induced changes will be permanent and could help improve health outcomes
  3. 05 Mobility & Buildings

    1. Fundamental assumptions about how we live and work in cities were put to the test by COVID-19
    2. In many countries, cities were hit especially hard by the pandemic
    3. This has been a huge opportunity for experimentation in city life and how we live and work at home
    4. The pandemic has also turned transport upside down
    5. The idea of the “15-minute city” has taken hold, but there is a long way to go
    6. A large-scale shift to WFH could help reduce emissions in car-driving communities
    7. City density enables lifestyles which are less resource-intensive
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