The Problem With Self-Serve Research

We examine the implications of U.S. tech protectionism, using Huawei’s struggle and recent breakthrough in chip-making as a case study, and extrapolate the potential consequences for the sustainable transition.

Is reusability a way to reduce plastic waste and promote sustainability? Or is it just more greenwashing? Anthony, Karthik, and Mike discuss Starbucks’ new reuse campaign and then talk to the CEO of Muuse, which is putting reuse into practice in Singapore.

This post discusses the UN’s recent “zero draft” on plastic pollution, which outlines potential regulations on plastic production, emphasizes extended producer responsibility, and offers a somewhat ambiguous stance on chemical recycling, suggesting forthcoming stringent measures for the chemical industry.

Mike, Karthik and Anthony render judgement on Apple’s recent sustainability claims and discuss the possibility of UN regulation on the plastics industry. Then, Adam Litle, the CEO of Sound Agriculture, joins to discuss biostimulants and the challenges of innovating in the agriculture industry.

In this blog post, we discuss how the electrification of trucks offers competitive payload capacities to diesel counterparts for short hauls, with longer ranges seeing a slight reduction, though regulatory concessions in the U.S. and Europe largely mitigate these differences.

In this episode, the CEO of Sublime Systems Leah Ellis joins to talk all about the process of trying to disrupt one of the most challenging industries: cement. Plus, the hosts sound off on AI and pumped hydro.

In June 2023, Lux Research hosted a forum in Chicago titled “3 Steps to Bridging the Innovation Gap,” which brought together innovation leaders and executives across a diverse set of value chains and organizations.

In this blog post, Anthony Schiavo discusses how the proliferation of AI-generated content may lead to a polluted information economy.