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STR Sustainability Trends Report
2020
Site by Applied Works
Welcome
  • Introduction
  • State of sustainability
01 Health
  • 1.1 Key trends
  • 1.2 Growing momentum in personalised healthcare
  • 1.3 Emerging lessons from the healthcare response to COVID-19
02 Energy
  • 2.1 Key trends
  • 2.2 COVID-19 and the transition to low-carbon energy
  • 2.3 Net-zero commitments for oil and gas
03 Buildings & Mobility
  • 3.1 Key trends
  • 3.2 Electric vehicles at a tipping point
  • 3.3 Technology is enabling the next generation of ultra-efficient buildings
04 Economy & Finance
  • 4.1 Key trends
  • 4.2 Climate change risk (and opportunity) is being integrated into financial services
  • 4.3 Economic faultlines and the need for an inclusive recovery
05 Consumer
  • 5.1 Key trends
  • 5.2 Will the pandemic change consumer attitudes to sustainability?
  • 5.3 Towards an inclusive and resilient transition in food systems
06 Trade & Travel
  • 6.1 Key trends
  • 6.2 COVID-19 may rework global supply chains, with uncertain sustainability implications
  • 6.3 Long-distance travel and transport is a key frontier for sustainability
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15 results
  1. Welcome

    1. The world economy has entered a period of unprecedented economic instability
    2. There is still time (just) to address the serious risks building up in the climate system.
  2. 01 Health

    1. More emphasis needed on prevention rather than cure
    2. Data governance is a major challenge for the whole healthcare sector
    3. The crisis has exposed a worrying lack of global cooperation
  3. 02 Energy

    1. 2020 has highlighted the resilience of renewable energy
    2. Meeting these net-zero goals may require a huge scaling up of CO₂ removal including “nature based solutions”
  4. 03 Buildings & Mobility

    1. Better buildings also have a range of economic and social benefits
  5. 04 Economy & Finance

    1. There are still huge gaps in economic opportunity and security. Many people do not have access to modern financial services
    2. Moves are under way to integrate climate-related risk in the finance sector
    3. Companies are responding to calls from regulators and investors to provide enhanced climate-related risk disclosures
  6. 05 Consumer

    1. Consumer companies’ approach to the pandemic could define consumer attitudes for years to come
    2. Despite the initial rush on supermarket shelves, food supplies have so far been resilient to the COVID-19 shock
    3. Food insecurity is rising fast due to inability to pay, a major indirect effect of the pandemic
  7. 06 Trade & Travel

    1. A sharp reversal of globalisation could push more people into extreme poverty
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