Net-zero emissions

According to the European Union, which aims to build a circular and climate-neutral economy by 2050, the circular economy is 'a model of production and consumption which involves sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing, and recycling existing materials and products as long as possible'.

More recently, investors and governments are requiring ever more accurate, granular, and verifiable emissions data throughout the lifecycle of individual products or services, and not just general estimates of a company's overall emissions.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has announced that 2023 was the warmest year on record, with the average global temperature rising to 1.45℃ above pre-industrial levels.

The United Nations estimates the world's population will reach 9.7 billion in 2050, up nearly 25% from 2020.

The emergence of COVID-19 has unsettled our lives, our society, and our economy.

The world remains in the throes of a viral pandemic that has greatly restricted social and business activity and placed a chokehold on personal consumption.

Every day, the world's population increases by about 220,000.

At the Group of Twenty (G20) Summit held in Osaka, Japan in June 2019, the global environment and the waste problem—which threatens our health—were raised, with one point of focus being measures to counter marine plastic contamination.

With the evolution of digital technologies, it has become challenging for organizations to keep pace.

In recent years, biotechnology has advanced at a frenetic pace in innovations in the field.

The world population is expected to climb to 9.8 billion by the year 2050—with 80% of us concentrated in metropolitan areas.