John Flannery’s breakup plan will trim General Electric down to three businesses, all of which are built around the manufacture and sale of equipment that shares the common theme of spinning around and making electricity.

When it comes right down to it, are all these corporate scandals the result of a lack of intelligence? Specifically, of the artificial variety?

Few people consider used plastic to be a valuable global commodity. Yet China has imported 106 million tons of old bags, bottles, wrappers and containers worth $57.6bn since 1992, the first year it disclosed data. So when the country announced last year that it finally had enough of everybody else's junk, governments the world over knew they had a problem. They just didn’t know exactly how large it was.

Dell is tracking where its products end up after they are collected — via the company’s U.S. consumer takeback program.

C&A Foundation announced $1.5m in funding for five circular fashion initiatives worldwide to bridge the gap in implementing circular business models throughout the global apparel value chain.

A chemical compound commonly used to boost crop yields could be the answer to helping the world increase its consumption of renewable energy.