Julie’s Bicycle, BOP Consulting and the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC) have partnered to publish the UK’s first review of the Creative Industries and Net Zero. Creative Industries and the Climate Emergency “brings together for the first time a sector by sector overview of the creative industries, and the huge amount of activity taking place to work towards net zero” looking across architecture, design, fashion, film, galleries, games design, museums, music and publishing. Download the report here

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Six months ago, the Ingka Group (the largest Ikea franchisee) and H&M invited applications to Atelier100, a programme supporting the design and manufacture of goods created within 100km (62 miles) of London. Now, the work of 13 London-based creatives selected for the project has gone on sale in Atelier100’s Hammersmith store. According to Atelier100, the design project looks to a “future of making that is rooted in local supply, manufacturing and distribution”, aiming not only to reduce carbon impact but also to “build local supply chains, strengthen local production networks and support local economies”. Design Week has the story here

Bloomberg Green reports on how Climate Change is impacting the world’s perfume industry. “Climate change threatens the future of perfume as we know it…Drought, shifting seasons, and more frequent extremes of frost, rain, hail, and high temperatures are changing crop yields, ingredient quality, and even how much scent different plants produce. As those impacts continue, everything about how certain smells are made may need to be rethought.” Read it here

A reminder that the Design Council’s Design for Planet Festival runs from November 8 to 9. The full programme (including URGE’s Alexie Sommer talking about Design Declares!)  is available to watch for free online. Details here

And a reminder from the redoubtable Juice Media of why Lula’s victory in the Brazilian Presidential election is important for all of us

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