Industry

Artificial fertilisers revolutionised human nutrition. But new food technologies also have unforeseen consequences. 

What will a just transition mean for Europe’s automotive industry amid growing market competition between the EU, the US, and China?

A closer look to greenwashing policies and fossil fuel legacy in Norway, debunking their presumptions of being climate leaders.

Chemical industries manufacturing and selling toxic chemicals have escaped EU regulations despite mounting evidence on their harms.

The EU tried in vain to create the world economy in its own image. Now it is turning to industrial policy to assertively protect its model against the policies of others. A new European industrial policy could democratise, accelerate, and make the green and digital transitions more just. To achieve these benefits, it requires European not national funding, needs to boost additional investment rather than the profits of established firms, and must be transparent, conditional, and inclusive.

EU trade policy offers carbon-heavy industries an implicit subsidy to pollute, undermining efforts to tackle climate change.

Villagers have mobilised to fight both for their homes and for more ambition in German energy policy.

We sat down with Molly Scott Cato, Green MEP and economist, to discuss the EU’s sustainable finance package, alternatives to the current banking model and the role of speculation in Brexit.

A report from Finland on textiles and the clothing industry’s future in a circular economy.

An analysis of the possibilities for organised labour in an age of automation and climate change.