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#121293
2019-06-13

Big brands breaking pledge to not destroy forests: Report

A rainforest area the size of Spain will be destroyed by firms growing consumer staples like palm oil in the decade to 2020, industry's self-imposed deadline to end deforestation, Greenpeace said Tuesday.

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#121302
2019-06-13

Grocery store urges customers to rethink plastic with embarrassing bags

East West Market hopes humorous bags like ‘Wart Ointment Wholesale’ will persuade shoppers to shun single-use plastic bags

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#121328
2019-06-17

Primates lose ground to surging commodity production in their habitats

The global trade of products that come at the expense of tropical forest is driving many primate species closer to extinction, a new study suggests.

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#121363
2019-06-20

What is the role of business in tackling the climate crisis?

We can't reach the Paris Agreement climate goals without business on board. Some companies are taking the lead, but big polluters still fall way behind.

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#121404
2019-06-26

How a paper company is restoring tropical forest in Sumatra

Wildlife thrives in one of Sumatra’s largest intact peatland forests, and an unlikely coalition of NGOs and businesses is ensuring it remains that way.

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#121416
2019-06-27

Major Japanese restaurant chain introducing bamboo straws to help reduce plastic and save forests

Japan has been getting more into the reduction of single-use plastics recently and major izakaya (Japanese pub) chain Watami is gearing up for a big change to follow suit.

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#121437
2019-07-02

Leading global organisations join forces to elevate the business call to protect and restore nature

A new global coalition is calling for action to reverse nature loss and restore natural systems on which economies, well-being and prosperity depend.

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#121549
2019-07-11

The real victims of the palm oil industry are orangutans

Many people are lured to Indonesia and Malaysia because of the palm oil industry. But orangutans like Hope are the real victims, says Hannah Beech

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#121561
2019-07-12

Indian steelmakers face water issues

India’s steelmakers, more accustomed to securing raw materials such as iron ore and coal, are keeping another key resource in their sights: Water.

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#121596
2019-07-16

Two new platforms offer the latest knowledge on green finance and green business

New York, 16 July 2019 – A global partnership of some of the world’s largest organizations today launched two new knowledge platforms – the Green Industry Platform and the Green Finance Platform – at the High-level Political Forum for Sustainable Development in New York.

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#121707
2019-07-25

Berlin Search Engine Uses Profits to Plant Trees

For every 45 inquiries conducted on its search engine, Berlin startup Ecosia has a seedling planted somewhere on the world.

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#121762
2019-07-31

Holiday Inn will stop providing mini plastic toiletries to help save the oceans

Grab the last of those mini hotel shampoos while you still can — Holiday Inn is ditching its tiny toiletries in more than 5,600 hotels. The hotel chain announced Tuesday that it's working to reduce its plastic waste.

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#121765
2019-08-01

Chiquita acts on biodiversity

The banana giant has provided an update on efforts to reduce its global impact on the environment, including partnering with local farming communities

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#121800
2019-08-06

Forestry companies warned over environmental policies

Forestry companies that manage huge areas of rainforest in the tropics have failed to commit themselves to policies of “zero deforestation,” according to an analysis of their environmental policies by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).

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#121982
2019-08-21

Going 'nude': UK supermarkets test plastic-free zones

British supermarkets are starting to go "nude".

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#122313
2019-09-23

The corporate veil is being pierced by this generation': The CEO of a $55 billion company reveals how Gen Z is forcing people to take stand on climate change

Emmanuel Faber, the CEO of $55 billion food and beverage giant Danone, is leading a coalition for an industry at a crossroads.On Monday, 19 companies with combined annual revenues of more than $500 billion, including Danone, Kellogg Company, Mars, and Nestlé, launched the "One Planet Business fo ...

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#122315
2019-09-23

"One Planet Business for Biodiversity" (OP2B) - a business-led, agriculture-centric coalition - was launched today at UN Climate Action Summit in New York

Today, nineteen forward-thinking, agriculture-centric companies, together with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), launched a new initiative to protect and restore biodiversity within their supply chains and product portfolios. This coalition – named "One Planet Busin ...

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#122322
2019-09-23

Sustainable dairy project finds ways to lower emissions, boost profits

A six-year-long, nationwide research project has concluded with solutions to help the dairy industry reduce greenhouse gas emissions while boosting profitability.

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#122350
2019-09-24

Firmenich Is One of 19 Global Companies Joining Forces to Protect Biodiversity for Healthy People and a Healthy Planet

Firmenich, the world's largest privately-owned Perfume and Taste company, announces the launch of "One Planet Business for Biodiversity" (OP2B) at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York. A founding member of OP2B, Firmenich is one of 19 likeminded companies determined to restore biodiversity f ...

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#122366
2019-09-25

Why you should stop buying new clothes

The fashion industry is one of the most polluting industries in the world, producing 20% of global wastewater and 10% of global carbon emissions—and it's estimated that by 2050 this will have increased to 25%. A staggering 300,000 tonnes of clothes are sent to British landfills each year.

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#122403
2019-09-27

Episode 190: Ambition, angst and action at Climate Week, Danone CEO prioritizes biodiversity

ENGIE Impact, part of the giant French energy company ENGIE, is a consulting and analytics company that already manages energy and wastewater services for more than 1,000 clients. Next up: a new offering it has dubbed zero carbon as a service. We talk with Clinton Moloney, managing director of s ...

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#122422
2019-09-27

Haribon calls for biodiversity conservation

CLIMATE change is not an issue separate from biodiversity loss, as one inevitably affects the other. Haribon Foundation reiterated this in a position paper as it expressed its solidarity with millions of people across the planet at the global Climate Strike to demand immediate and concrete actio ...

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#122436
2019-09-30

Climate Week 2019: Huge commitments, big money and collaboration

During 2019’s Climate Week, companies, foundations and others have made dozens of announcements of commitments, partnerships, new research and more to address the climate crisis.

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#122468
2019-10-01

Abel Tasman becomes first certified Zero Carbon tourism operator

AbelTasman.com is announcing today that they have become the first certified Zero Carbon tourism operator in the Abel Tasman after being awarded this status by not-for-profit enterprise Ekos.

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#122469
2019-10-01

Idris Elba signs MOU with government of Sierra Leone to develop Bonthe Island

The Government of Sierra Leone and Sherbro Alliance Partners – a development company owned by film actor Idris Elba and Sierra Leonean entrepreneur – Siaka Stevens, have today 30th September 2019, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in New York, to establish a strategic ...

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#122471
2019-10-01

Danone cultivates multinational effort to restore biodiversity

A diverse group of 19 multinational companies — including food giant Danone, cosmetics queen L’Oreal and data powerhouse Google — are digging deep to plant the seeds for a global push to protect and promote biodiversit

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#122494
2019-10-02

5 ways you can use your buying power to protect our biodiversity

Science tells us the ecosystems that support rich biodiversity are collapsing. The world is staring at a biodiversity crisis, with more 1 million species threatened with extinction within decades.

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#122555
2019-10-07

Unilever to halve use of new plastic

Anglo-Dutch commercial giant Unilever said Monday it will cut its use of new plastic by half by 2025 as pressure grows on multinational companies to do more for the environment.

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#122645
2019-10-15

Sycomore AM launches Next Generation fund

Sycomore Asset Management, the €8bn French manager, has launched a balanced fund focused on companies with business models deemed compatible with sustainable growth objectives.

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#122646
2019-10-15

UN, WWF and world’s insurers unite to launch first insurance industry guide to protect UNESCO World Heritage Sites

The first guide for the insurance industry to protect our world’s priceless and irreplaceable assets was launched today at a major event by UN Environment’s Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) in São Paulo, Brazil, convening leading insurers, investors and banks.

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#122647
2019-10-15

Sustainability: The New World Order

The responsibility of saving the planet is not a single entity’s responsibility, but everyone’s duty. It is time we joined forces to save the planet. After all, we have only one.

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#122656
2019-10-15

Firms ignoring climate crisis will go bankrupt, says Mark Carney

Companies and industries that are not moving towards zero-carbon emissions will be punished by investors and go bankrupt, the governor of the Bank of England has warned. Mark Carney also told the Guardian it was possible that the global transition needed to tackle the climate crisis could result ...

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#122666
2019-10-15

Government tables 'groundbreaking' Environment Bill

Long-awaited legislation to deliver new environmental regulator and legally binding green targets

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#122697
2019-10-21

Guerlain and Unesco save the bees

The purpose of the partnership is to preserve bees and biodiversity to ensure food security around the world.Guerlain and Unesco unite to save the bees. The partnership between the French perfume and cosmetics house and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization aims to ...

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#122812
2019-10-31

Hanson receive biodiversity award at 2019 MPA event

Hanson was presented with the award due to their work on the restoration scheme at their Manor Park quarry, in London, UK, which involved creating lakes, ponds, wet woodland, swamp, marsh, fen and reed beds. The project, undertaken in partnership with The Parks Trust, Milton Keynes, UK, has tran ...

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#122841
2019-11-01

Restaurants put climate change on the menu

San Francisco restaurateurs Anthony Myint and Karen Leibowitz may have been ahead of their time with their environmentally minded restaurant. The Perennial, which closed in February after three years of business in the city’s challenging Mid-Market neighborhood, tried to tackle climate change th ...

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#122842
2019-11-01

To meet climate goals, oil producers must slash production

The world’s biggest publicly traded oil and natural gas companies would have to cut production by roughly 1/3 on average by 2040 to meet the goals of the Paris climate deal, according to a new report.

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#122877
2019-11-06

Why the fight against nature loss should be a business priority

Nature is essential to both global economic prosperity and individual business success. We cannot have a sustainable future for people and economies if we do not address nature, climate and people in an integrated way.

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#122911
2019-11-07

'To truly embed sustainability, businesses must redefine value itself'

That is according to The Capitals Coalition’s chief executive Mark Gough, whose mission is to help support more than 50 businesses as they attempt to integrate their positive and negative impacts on people and the planet with their financial approach.

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#122919
2019-11-08

McLaren and Biotecture complete work on Europe’s largest living wall

In the July 2019 issue of Pro Landscaper on pages 84-85 we looked at Europe’s largest living wall that was underway to be installed. McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Ashford has revealed its £90 million expansion, delivered by green infrastructure company, Biotecture, and McLaren Construction is now ...

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#122920
2019-11-08

Protecting Biodiversity in West Africa’s Offshore Oil & Gas Development

In September 2019 BirdLife Africa successfully conducted an oil and gas workshop in Senegal. The aim of this workshop was to map out vulnerable marine and coastal areas in West Africa that are under threat offshore oil and gas activity.

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#122921
2019-11-08

“Creating a more beautiful and more responsible world”: Guerlain partners with UNESCO for major sustainability initiative

French beauty house Guerlain has partnered with UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) for a major sustainability initiative to preserve bees and biodiversity.

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#122947
2019-11-11

From coffee to cosmetics, companies are looking for ways to protect the plants their products are made from

“The food system that we’ve built over the last century is a dead end for the future,” said Emmanuel Faber, CEO of French food and beverage corporation, Danone, at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in September. He lambasted the current overreliance on technology and the fact that two-thi ...

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#123019
2019-11-15

Climate Change Tracker: Fashion forward

From G7 pacts to UN charters to buying second hand clothes, here are the different ways that the fashion industry is trying to cut its carbon footprint

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#123034
2019-11-18

CDP: Consumer goods giants won't meet 2020 'net-zero' deforestation targets

Despite work by some leading consumer goods companies to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains, broad failures to deploy ambitious forest and land-use practices mean the sector will not meet its 2020 commitment to 'net-zero' deforestation.

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#123063
2019-11-19

Gucci took action on climate change. Now it’s daring other companies to do the same

If we want to avoid the most devastating consequences of global warming—things like mass starvation, frequent natural disasters, and the drowning of coastal cities—we’ll need to radically transform the way we live. Last year, the United Nations convened a group of 91 scientists who analyzed more ...

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#123078
2019-11-20

Climate change risks need new risk management approach: Experts

BERLIN — Climate change imposes significant economic costs, and risk managers should adapt their processes to improve their organizations’ resilience to climate-related risks, a panel of experts said.

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#123082
2019-11-20

UN chief calls for ‘green and clean’ development in message for Africa Industrialization Day

As African countries gear up to implement an historic free trade agreement, the UN Secretary-General is urging leaders to pursue economic growth that benefits both people and the planet.

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#123095
2019-11-25

Maharashtra to promote corporate social responsibility in bi ..

NAGPUR: In a first of its kind initiative with the objective to enhance investment under corporate social responsibility (CSR) for biodiversity, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board (MSBB) and leading technical agencies have developed high pote ...

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