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CDP triumphs in challenge to help the British Antarctic Survey reach net zero
CDP’s concept to help British Antarctic Survey reach net zero led to triumph in a Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership challenge.
Tag: Sustainability
Analysis
Ten ways to reduce E-waste in product development
From making products modular to using apps over embedded electronics, we look at ways innovators can help reduce electronic waste.
Case Study
Technology to enable a new home monitoring service
We designed and manufactured an ingenious connected sensor to prove the monitoring technology to market leaders in home automation. The unrivalled performance and ease of use of the sensor, together with positive trial results led to a successful new product launch.
Analysis
Making it last: Why testing is vital to product sustainability
How long do we expect a product to last? Many sophisticated technology products, such as phones and tablets, are routinely replaced after a few years as specifications evolve rapidly. But what about a chair or a toaster? There are a huge range of products that we only replace when they…
Analysis
CDP on inhalation trends and what we learned at DDL2020
We look at the themes from the virtual Drug Delivery to the Lungs conference and how these mirror the work being done by CDP.
Analysis
The future is smaller, faster, cheaper… and more energy efficient
Power electronics technology is enabling big advances in electric transportation and smart energy delivery, as well as playing an important role in meeting the ever-increasing demand for global connectivity and data storage. In this blog, we explore some of these opportunities and the up and coming technology solutions that are…
Analysis
Circularity in context
Picture the scene: a room full of executives are watching a presentation on company strategy (actually, let’s move with the times… they’re all at home, watching on Zoom). A simple, elegant image of a circle dominates the screen. Will they support the adoption of circularity principles across the business? In…
Analysis
Packaging – perceptions & preferences during the pandemic
James reveals how innovation will be essential in balancing consumer needs in a new era of packaging that can reassure, add value and minimise environmental impact.
Analysis
Plastics: the great sustainability challenge
When Sir David Attenborough highlighted the extent of plastic pollution, public opinion fundamentally shifted. The concern crossed over to become a mainstream issue. This mind shift caused a significant packaging revolution with plastic being phased out, but has this come at a cost? Are we making more environmentally safe products,…
Analysis
The 2020s decade and the changing climate in innovation
Mike, Matt and George try to predict the challenges, innovation opportunities & technologies that will shape the next ten years.
Analysis
Why are music festivals leading the sustainability agenda?
In 2019 the music festival industry experienced a sea change in their attitude to single-use plastic, with many large live events making the decision to ban it altogether. As the festival season draws to a close, CDP’s Matt Morris, mechanical engineer, sustainability expert and live music fan, looks at what…
Analysis
A future for food; the need for innovation in agriculture
Currently agriculture is facing challenges from many directions. Modern hyper-intensive farming (demanding the highest crop yield from monocultured crops with less regard for long-term fertility or ecosystem metrics) is interrelated with the great environmental threats; destabilising climate change, biodiversity, oceanic dead zones and poor global soil health. In turn these…