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By Making It on 20 July, 2013
Novozymes’ CEO explains how bio-based products are improving manufacturing processes and saving resources.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged biotechnology, Denmark, detergents and plastics, green industry, Green Industry Platform, Investing in partnerships, new innovation, Peder Holk Nielsen, resource scarcity, sustainable future, textiles
By Making It on 28 November, 2012
A Kenyan firm that uses recycled plastic to manufacture durable and environmentally friendly fencing posts.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Cartier Women’s Initiative Award, Cécile Ney, Charles Kalama, ecopost, fencing, Good Business, green industry, Industrial Development, injection moulding, Kenya, lorna rutto, Making It magazine, nairobi, plastic, plastic extrusion technology, recycled, red cedar trees, timber posts, UNIDO, United Nations Environment Programme, waste
By Making It on 17 September, 2012
Making It speaks to K. M. Rezaul Hasanat, CEO of the Viyellatex Group, the Bangladeshi textiles and apparel manufacturing company
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Bangladesh, Bangladeshi textiles and apparel manufacturing company, Calvin Klein, carbon neutral, Dhaka, effluent water, energy, energy-saving technology, environmental protection, Global Reporting Initiative, Good Business, Green Business Entrepreneurship, green industry, Industrial Development, K. M. Rezaul Hasanat, labour standards, Making It, manufacturing garments, Puma, rainwater, shareholders, steam, sustainability, sustainable development, Sustainable Energy for All initiative, sustainable industrial development, sustainable initiative, tea production, Tommy Hilfiger, UN Private Sector Forum, UNESCAP, UNIDO, United Nations Global Compact, Viyellatex Group
By Making It on 5 September, 2012
Approximately 1.3 billion young people in the world today are between the ages of 15 and 24. That’s a quarter of the world’s population of working age. However, young people are disproportionately affected by unemployment, underemployment and vulnerable employment. Even during periods of economic growth, many economies have been unable to absorb large youth populations […]
Posted in The Magazine | Tagged Aiesec, akihiko tanaka, alcorta, Arab Spring, arnold schwarzenegger, ashden awards, business, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Dar es Salaam, david satterthwaite, developing countries, East Asia, economic growth, economy, ecopost, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, environment, girl effect, global green synergy, green industry, hester eisenstein, IIED, imed drine, Industrial Development, Industrial Development Organization, innovation, Kenya, lorna rutto, Making It, Making It magazine, maria eitel, mei yi, MENA, nairobi, Paul Hohnen, saphon, sarah markes, sockket, soft power, Street Level, sustainability, sustainia, unemployment, UNIDO, United Nations, wider, women entrepreneurs, youth
By Making It on 15 May, 2012
A country feature on Slovenia, with an exclusive interview with His Excellency Danilo Türk, President of the Republic.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Balkan, Danilo Türk, deregulation, Elan, European Union, g20, globalization, Gorenje, green economy, green growth, green industry, innovation, Krka, Litostroj, Ljubljana, Making It, Mokronog, OECD, Pipistrel, Revoz, rio+20, Seaway, Slovenia, UNIDO, Yugoslavia
By Making It on 4 April, 2012
Soogil Young explains how the Republic of Korea is leading the way in de-linking economic growth and environmental degradation
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged business-as-usual, carbon emissions reduction, climate change, co2, COP15, Copenhagen, development, EACP, East Asian Climate Partnership Initiative, economy, environment, Framework Act for Low-Carbon Green Growth, Global Green Growth Institute, green business boom, green economy, Green Growth Strategy, green industry, green innovation, Green Investment Korea Forum, green revolution, Green Technology Centre, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas emission, Incheon, issue 9, Making It magazine, National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Target, OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, President Lee Myung-bak, Presidential Committee on Green Growth, renewable energy, Republic of Korea, Songdo International Business District, Soogil Young, South Korea, UNEP
By Making It on 24 February, 2012
Corinne Schoch asks if militarizing climate change might harm those communities most affected by the problem
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum, Hot Topic | Tagged Africa, agricultural yields, Al Gore, Ban Ki-moon, Barack Obama, climate change, Climate Change Group, Cold War, Corinne Schoch, Darfur crisis, development, economic downturn, economy, environment, global security community, green industry, HIV/AIDS, human security, humanitarian responsibility, IIED, Industrial Development Organization, institutions, International Institute for Environment and Development, international security, IPCC, issue 9, Making It, migration, militarizing climate change, NATO, Nicolas Sarkozy, our low-carbon future, policy, political instability, poor governance, population, productivity, resource efficiency, resources, social cohesion, sustainable industry, UN Security Council, UNDP, UNIDO, United Nations, water resources
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