Sustainability

FIFA World Cup 2026 to break records with 3.7 million tons of carbon emissions, Israeli firm finds

The tournament is being staged across three different countries, Canada, the US, and Mexico - a first in World Cup history, meaning teams and fans will have to travel extensively between host cities.

Soccer Football - World Cup - AFC Qualifiers - Third Round - Group A - Iran v United Arab Emirates - Azadi Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran - March 20, 2025.
"Consumers are shifting away from fast fashion toward more sustainable choices, prioritizing quality, ethics, and environmental responsibility over cheap, disposable trends."

The rise of sustainable fashion: Why consumers are rethinking fast fashion

Rises on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange – Green Screens.

The scarcity doctrine and Israel’s historic weakness as a global strength - opinion

Harvesting coffee cherries that contain the coffee beans used to make coffee.

Strauss coffee initiative brews opportunity for women farmers in the Global South


Australian startup makes a meatball from woolly mammoth

The purpose of the project is to draw attention to the potential of cultured meat and move people away from meat-eating.

Skeleton of a mammoth, in the George C. Page Museum, Los Angeles, California

Mekorot head announces establishment of International Water Forum at UN Water Conference

The forum will convene once a year and will focus on the global effort to solve the global water shortage, which has affected numerous countries worldwide.

 Mekorot head announces establishment of International Water Forum at UN Water Conference

TikTok star Maya Dagan joins L’Oréal team

 Maya Dagan

Israeli food-tech is relatively fine amid wider market slowdown - report

A report has found that interest in food-tech and specifically alt-protein is still present despite greater slowdown through the Israeli tech market.

 Trays of Mush Foods' mycelium-based alternative protein ready for grilling and rapid consumption

Arçelik to receive recognition in the Corporate Knights’ 2023 Global 100 Index for the third year

Arçelik is the global leading consumer durables and electronics manufacturer and the owner of Beko and Grundig,

 Beko, saving the environment

Technion, Good Food Institute unite to establish Sustainable Protein Research Center

The SPRC will facilitate academic research in the alternative protein field, adding more value to an already burgeoning market.

 A campus view of the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, on February 19, 2019.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signs bill legalizing ‘human composting’

This makes New York the sixth state in the US to legalize the eco-friendly burial method.

Materials in a compost pile

FreezeM raises €6.3M for tech that will enable fly breeding for food

The company’s technology can be used to better position black soldier flies as an alternative protein source for animals and humans

 A black soldier fly.

Qatar World Cup: FIFA’s $200b. missed opportunity for sustainability - opinion

FIFA cannot touch the world or build a better future without putting a sincere emphasis on sustainable practices that directly and indirectly impact all of us.

 WALES AND England play their World Cup match in Al Rayyan, Qatar on Tuesday. Stadium requirements are stringent: a regulated minimum capacity, specific grass types, instructions on retractable roofs and rules on where to allow extra space on the pitch.

IIASA, a world leader in sustainability to hold a symposium in Israel for the first time

The symposium will be led jointly by the Israel Committee for IIASA and the Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology, as well as faculty members and researchers from all Israeli universities.

 Dr. Vered Blass