Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

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Technology; Water and sanitation, Global

Selling the science of sustainable beauty

RX,

February 2022

Cathy Laporte, portfolio director for the in-cosmetics Group, part of RX, discusses the growing momentum towards a more conscious beauty industry, and in-cosmetics’ role in driving sustainable innovation and growth.

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Features

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Green economy; Industry; Sustainable consumption and production, Global

Emerging Freshwater Pollutants. Analysis, Fate and Regulations - Chapter 7: The fate of emerging pollutants in aquatic systems: An overview

Emerging Freshwater Pollutants. Analysis, Fate and Regulations, 2022, Pages 119-135

Links to SDG6 and the theme of WWD as it covers the presence of emerging pollutants in aquatic systems such as rivers, lakes, groundwater, glaciers, wetlands, the ocean poses significant risks to human and environmental health.

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Water and sanitation; Sustainable consumption and production; Inorganic Pollutants, Global

Racial Disparities in Clinical Outcomes on Investigator-Initiated Breast Cancer Clinical Trials at an Urban Medical Center

Clinical Breast Cancer, Volume , 2022

This Study explores the racial disparities that exist in the emergency departments of 4 hospitals, when they are most prevalent, and how patients' sociodemographic characterstics impact image acquisition time, raising awareness for SDGs 3, 9 and 10.

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Institutional Frameworks and international cooperation for Sustainable Development; Diversity and inclusion; Employment decent work for all and social protection, Global

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Field Measurements for Passive Environmental Remote Sensing: Instrumentation, Intensive Campaigns, and Satellite Applications - Chapter 5: Oceanographic buoys: Providing ocean data to assess the accuracy of variables derived from satellite measurements

Field Measurements for Passive Environmental Remote Sensing: Instrumentation, Intensive Campaigns, and Satellite Applications, 2023, pp 79-100

This chapter aligns with Goal 14: Life Below Water and Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure by describing the advancements in scientific data collection capabilities afforded by the innovation and use of oceanographic buoys.

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Oceans & Seas; Science, Global

Recycled Plastic Biocomposites - Chapter 11: Marine-based reinforcing materials for biocomposites

Recycled Plastic Biocomposites, 2022, pp 229-245

This chapter aligns with Goal 14: Life Below Water and Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure by highlighting some of the many beneficial biocomposite applications of marine-derived byproducts.

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Oceans & Seas; Industry, Global

Towards sustainable transport in developing countries: Preliminary findings on the demand for mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) in Metro Manila

Elsevier, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Volume 155, January 2022

Explanatory image about the integration of different transport modes in a MaaS scheme.

Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is a recent concept that is gaining momentum in both the scientific world and the private sector.

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Sustainable cities and human settlements; Sustainable transport, Global

Mapping (in)visibility and structural injustice in the digital space

Journal of Responsible Technology, Volume 9, April 2022, 100024

A study of the risks from emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, and their disproportionate impact on particularly vulnerable individuals or groups in a community. The authors identify and map types of harms or injustices experienced in the digital space to understand how they are translated into rights violations by adjudicative bodies. Racial structural injustice is one aspect of the research.

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Diversity and inclusion; Technology, Global

Sustainable Nanotechnology for Environmental Remediation - Chapter 10 - Use of nanotechnology for wastewater treatment: Potential applications, advantages, and limitations

Wajid Umar, Muhammad Zia ur Rehman, Muhammad Umair, Muhammad Ashar Ayub, Asif Naeem, Muhammad Rizwan, Husnain Zia, Rama Rao Karri,

Chapter 10 - Use of nanotechnology for wastewater treatment: potential applications, advantages, and limitations,

Editor(s): Janardhan Reddy Koduru, Rama Rao Karri, Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak, Erick R. Bandala,

In Micro and Nano Technologies,

Sustainable Nanotechnology for Environmental Remediation,

Elsevier,

2022,

Pages 223-272,

ISBN 9780128245477,

https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824547-7.00002-3

This chapter contributes to SDG 6 by introducing technologies for wastewater treatment.

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Global

Microplastics and road markings: the role of glass beads and loss estimation

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Volume 102, January 2022

Assesses road markings as a source of microplastic pollution

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