Sustainability
Saving the Med’s red coral: Chanel speaks exclusively on groundbreaking CSM partnership
“We didn’t anticipate 23 publications. We didn’t anticipate such success with coral cultivation. We hoped. But the scale of what’s been achieved — it’s extraordinary,” Chanel’s Frédéric Grangié tells Cassandra Tanti.
More than that, some of the research has begun to show unexpected relevance in other fields, including medicine. “Because red coral is an animal, like us, there are fascinating insights into its microbiome that may apply to human health. It’s opened doors we never imagined when we started,” he adds.
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Café de Paris commits to using sustainable seafood
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Solutions outlined in new climate report
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Get involved in waste reduction week
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SBM Offshore debuts Wave Energy Converter
SBM Offshore introduced a new state of the art system that uses the energy from waves to produce electric power at a demonstration yesterday afternoon. The Wave Energy Converter S3 uses...
Microplastics and coral
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Festival for the Earth returns for 4th year
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