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Pak Iyus is a hijab producer in Bandung, Indonesia. At the height of his business between 2015 and 2017, he was able to produce 150,000 garments per day; however, his production has decli...
Just over 20 years ago, the dotcom bubble burst, causing the stocks of many tech firms to tumble. Some companies, like Amazon, quickly recovered their value – but many others were left in...
With a narrow window of opportunity to rethink our world after the pandemic, the World Economic Forum is bringing together innovators from around the world for our inaugural - and virtual...
COVID-19 has upended the world and our global society at a pace and in a manner that are both unprecedented. In this era of uncertainty, start-ups play an ever more important role by brin...
Farmers are the stewards of our planet’s precious soil, one of the least understood and untapped defenses against climate change. Because of its massive potential to store carbon and foun...
The world might have been focusing on the coronavirus, but there’s another crisis that hasn’t gone away: climate change.
1. AI-optimized manufacturing
Behind the achievements of those working on the COVID-19 front line there are many organizations and entrepreneurs doing what they can to help.
The World Economic Forum today announced its 2020 Technology Pioneers, future headline-makers addressing global issues with cutting-edge technology. From artificial intelligence (AI) to c...
Manufacturing is an industry of skills. Every factory runs on the back of hundreds of specialized skill sets, any one of which may take years to master.
Across the tech sector, the gap between imagination and reality remains too wide. Nobody disputes that new technologies have the potential to make the world a more sustainable, healthy, s...
More than 2 billion tons of waste is generated around the world every year – and disposing of it presents a huge challenge. In Brazil, for example, 41.3% of all waste is improperly dispos...
Between 191 BC and 1915, it became 10,000 times more efficient to move a ton of grain from Egypt to Rome. But the last 20 miles, from the seaport to Rome’s inland location, became just fi...
Feeding a rapidly expanding population without depleting the Earth’s finite resources, is one of the major challenges of the 21st century.
What do you think of when you think of orange peel? Probably not a lot - it keeps the inside safe and juicy, right?
