Top Stories of the Week: April 4-8

                                         A roundup of this week's top stories:

• “Europe has not been smart”: IE meets Prof. Marco Taisch

  IE speaks to Prof. Marco Taisch about supply chains, the war in Ukraine and how producers can reach the demands of the emerging generation of Sustainability Natives...

• HYBRIT green steel given €143m EU funding

  Good news for the European green steel sector as the HYBRIT initiative, a joint venture by SSAB, Vattenfall and LKAB, has been given a €143 million injection from the EU Innovation Fund...

• EU calls on tech giants to help address healthcare talent crunch

  A new EU-backed initiative has been launched in a bid to find new talent in the increasingly digitalised and data-driven healthcare, pharmaceutical and medical manufacturing sectors...

• Drone scarecrows? The Swedish firm looking to preserve nature & protect crops

  A new type of AI-powered agricultural drone developed by Swedish tech startup FLOX Robotics is set for commercial rollout following the completion of its first delivery to a local farmer...

• Game On! VR therapy gets first trials

  Those who have anxiety about seeing a therapist in person could soon have their fears allayed as automated virtual reality (VR) therapy has just entered first-stage clinical trials...

• InstaVolt finishes its largest UK charging hub

  Banbury, Oxfordshire is now home to one of the largest EV charging hubs in the UK, with eight new 150KWh ports complimenting the town's existing systems as charging supplier InstaVolt lays the finishing touches to its largest site to date...

• The EU wants to end fast fashion by 2030

  The European Commission has revealed its plans for taking on fast fashion, textile waste and the destruction of unsold garments as part of a strategy to make textiles more durable, repairable, reusable and recyclable...