ICONS Innovation Stories

2023 was likely the hottest in 100,000 years. With more than half of the world’s population living in urban areas, cities can still reverse this trend.  Many of them are already testing pioneering and promising solutions, but none will achieve climate neutrality on its own. It’s all about joining forces.

The music that frames this podcast is the Third movement of the Cello Concerto in C Major by Franz Joseph Haydn, performed by Theresia Orchestra and cellist Magdalena Duerr under the direction of Claudio Astronio.

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Dreaming Big by Ozi

ICONS Innovation Stories is a podcast by ICONS. This episode was produced as part of the European project NEUTRALPATH.

Today, 55% of the world’s population lives in urban areas. This is an unbearable burden for a planet where cities are already accountable for 75 % of global CO2 emissions, but cities can also be a crucial driver for change. It’s just about getting smarter.

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The music that frames this podcast is the Third movement of the Cello Concerto in C Major by Franz Joseph Haydn, performed by Theresia Orchestra and cellist Magdalena Duerr under the direction of Claudio Astronio

You also heard:

Voyager by Onycs

Tech Inspiration by Unisoundspro

Driving Ambition by Ahjay Stelino

Run by KV

Dreaming Big by Ozi

ICONS Innovation Stories is a podcast by ICONS. This episode was produced as part of the European project NEUTRALPATH.

On this episode we’re focusing on bioplastics, and their use in children’s toys.

The toy industry is a huge consumer of conventional, fossil-based plastics…but gradually, and thanks to pressure from both consumers and regulators, toymakers are making their products more sustainable – and bioplastics are an important element in the expansion of this part of the bioeconomy.

This podcast is about fashion…and if there’s one thing for sure, our individual taste in clothes is as varied as our taste in food – no two days are ever quite the same.

It’s that sense of personal style and identity that the fashion industry both creates and responds to.

And the bioeconomy presents opportunities for sustainability and circularity to become fashionable too.

Have you ever come back from the supermarket and thought to yourself: is all this food packaging really necessary?

Well, food packaging is the subject of our second All Things Bio podcast, and it’s one of the four pillars of this Horizon project, co-financed by the European Union.

The word bioeconomy is becoming familiar to the most. It reminds of terms like circular economy, natural environment and natural resources. 

But what exactly is the bioeconomy and how does it affect our everyday lives?