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Sustainability Daily Podcast — January 20, 2026
Welcome back! Today’s podcast episode was created from the following stories: a mix of climate-smart infrastructure, inclusive economic policy, and the technologies reshaping energy efficiency and digital commerce.
Lessons From Fast-Growing LMS Vendors: Business Growth Strategies That Work
In a crowded LMS market, leaders are winning by narrowing their ideal customer profiles, positioning around measurable outcomes, and building demand and trust before trying to capture it. The playbook emphasizes a revenue-aligned go-to-market system, expansion-ready pricing, and tracking the metrics that truly drive growth, like pipeline velocity and retention.
Solving AI’s energy challenge: sustainable data centers for a competitive UK future
As AI accelerates data center buildouts, the UK can square competitiveness with net-zero by designing for an efficiency–affordability–sustainability flywheel. Innovations such as 800V DC power distribution, advanced cooling, right-sized capacity, and local energy hubs—paired with transparent carbon accounting—can harness offshore wind and cut operational costs without sacrificing reliability.
Jupiter International bags solar pump project in Maharashtra, strengthens position in sector
Jupiter International secured a ₹64.95 crore empanelment to manufacture and maintain off-grid solar water pumps under Maharashtra’s MTSKPY program. The initiative replaces diesel irrigation with clean energy, improves water access and farmer incomes, and leverages India’s local PV manufacturing base to accelerate agricultural decarbonization.
Sakaja Rolls Out Permit Waivers for Select Entrepreneurs
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja is waiving business permit fees for first-time entrepreneurs, cutting startup costs and encouraging youth-led enterprise. Coupled with micro-capital disbursements and education support, the move aims to speed formalization and broaden opportunity across the city’s growing small-business economy.
Body lotions glide to growth on online channels: report
Redseer finds body lotions reached roughly 30% online penetration in 2025—well ahead of beauty overall—and are on track for 50–55% online by 2030, with quick commerce capturing up to half of digital sales. Growth is led by masstige price points and clinically validated, ingredient-centric formulas, signaling how trust and speed are reshaping personal care.
Silicon as a Platform Market Projected to Reach US$ 103.26 Billion by 2035, Supported by Investment in Photonic Technologies Says Astute Analytica
Astute Analytica projects silicon-as-a-platform to surge from $14.85B in 2025 to $103.26B by 2035 (21.4% CAGR), driven by photonics, co-packaged optics, and leading-edge nodes powering AI data centers. Optical interconnects and SoC integration promise higher bandwidth and better energy efficiency, with Asia Pacific holding a commanding share.
