“If the ocean dies,” said Paul Watson, founder of the activist group Sea Shepherds, “we die.” The oceans aren’t in hospice care yet, but they qualify for a bed in the intensive care ward. And we’re also on the waiting list. Only about half the oxygen we breathe comes from trees and other ground-rooted plants....
25 search results for: Unilever
Bigs going green in takeover rush
Businesses that specialize in healthy living, green building, ecotourism and natural products are the new takeover targets. This year, about 7 percent of those companies have been in the gunsights of corporate giants seeking a piece of the US’ $290 billion annual market for things eco-friendly. Unilever, the European consumer-products conglomerate, just paid more than...
New energy goes mainstream
An unprecedented diversity of energy sources and players will come to market in 2015. This breadth of sources reflects the underlying, long-term trend of the world’s shift away from fossil fuels. In US oil and gas, the focus is still on shale development. Producers are beginning to open up the Utica Shale, several thousand feet...
Hits and misses on some Trends 2000 forecasts
Here’s a scorecard on some of the bold predictions made more than a decade ago in Gerald Celente’s groundbreaking book, Trends 2000 (Warner Books, 1997), and how those forecasts are evolving today. In this Trending feature, we hold Celente accountable. Prediction: The health/fitness/nutrition trend will go into an accelerated growth stage driven by an aging...
Hits and misses on some Trends 2000 forecasts
Prediction: The health/fitness/nutrition trend will go into an accelerated growth stage driven by an aging baby-boom population.Result: Back then Whole Foods was not a national name. Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers were all people knew about losing weight. Nutrition was something that only “health nuts” cared about. The fitness biz has now become a staple...