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The Lux Research 2022 Foresight Report illuminates the most impactful technologies and digital trends in sustainability that will change the landscape of business in 2022 and beyond, inspiring the next wave of innovations and igniting the sustainable strategies that will propel your business.
While action on sustainability is real, it remains critical for innovation leaders to cut through the hype and find the breakthroughs that can deliver on sustainability at scale and with meaningful impact. In this webinar, we leverage Lux’s Sustainable Innovation Model to look back at the key developments of 2021 and highlight what to look for in 2022 and beyond.
Kevin Pang, VP, Technology Innovation and Strategy at Lux, spoke with Arij van Berkel, Ph.D., VP and Group Director of the Energy team and Holly Havel, Senior Research Associate on the Energy team, to delve a little deeper into some of the most interesting takeaways from The Lux Research 2022 Foresight Report in the Energy space.
Kevin Pang, VP, Technology Innovation and Strategy at Lux, discusses some of the most interesting takeaways from The Lux Research 2022 Foresight Report in the Digital space, with an eye towards sustainability. Kevin is joined by Shriram Ramanathan, Ph.D., Research Director of Lux's Digital team, and Kristin Marshall, an Analyst on the Materials team who leads Lux's coverage of bio-based materials and chemicals.
Kevin Pang, VP, Technology Innovation and Strategy at Lux, spoke with Michael Holman, Ph.D., VP and Group Director of the Manufacturing and Materials team and Tiffany Hua, Senior Research Associate on the Manufacturing and Materials team, to further discuss some of the most interesting takeaways from The Lux Research 2022 Foresight Report in the Materials and Manufacturing space.
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The chemicals industry largely flew under the radar at COP26 — despite an expanded focus on industrial decarbonization. Despite not being one of the industries called out for "Glasgow Breakthroughs," the chemicals industry was indirectly called out in two important announcements. In this post, Lux takes a look at the key points coming out of COP26 for the chemicals industry.
MORNINGSTAR - Historically, most battery recycling efforts offered low recovery rates for cathode active materials while consuming unsustainable amounts of energy and chemicals to do so, but new approaches have opened the door for large-scale battery recycling, according to new data from Lux Research.
Coming out of COP26 it appears that for now, the CPG sector will need to tackle their issues alone, as most funding and action appears earmarked to energy and industrials. In this blog, Lux summarizes the key points emerging from COP26 for the CPG industry.
C&EN - In a recent report, Kristin Marshall, analyst at Lux says, biobased acrylics will remain a small market because they will be more expensive. She can imagine a niche diaper brand using more expensive biobased chemicals, but many parents will want the cheapest option. For now, that still involves petrochemicals.
