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#1186512018-10-24
It's a ball to keep microfibers out of the ocean
I thought I was serving as a good ocean steward by not throwing plastic bottles on the beach or buying endangered or overfished sea creatures. It turns out I was right, but only partly.
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#1187022018-10-26
Breitling announces first watch made from recycled ocean plastic
Swiss fine watchmaker Breitling, long known for its popular line of diving watches, has further announced its commitment to the health of the oceans with its first watch created from recycled marine plastic. The Superocean Heritage II Chronograph 44 Outerknown has been created in collaboration w ...
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#1187942018-11-02
Supermodel Arizona Muse Calls On Fashion To Take Responsibility For Biodiversity
Arizona Muse, the American supermodel who has graced the cover of almost every international edition of Vogue, wants fashion companies to consider their impact on biodiversity.
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#1189332018-12-07
Africa cocoa industry failing on deforestation pledge – campaigners
Tens of thousands of hectares cleared in Ghana and Ivory Coast since vow to end practice
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#1189462018-12-10
Why companies should pay for biodiversity
In "The Lorax," an entrepreneur regrets wiping out all the make-believe truffala trees by chopping them down to maximize his short-term gains.
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#1189532018-12-10
Stella McCartney, Burberry among fashion brands uniting against climate change
The multitrillion-dollar business of fashion, with its complex and long supply chain, is worryingly vexed with problems contributing to climate change.
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#1190042018-12-13
Envision Plastics launches recycled plastic packaging collection
The first hotel bathroom beauty range made from recycled plastic has hit the market. Envision Plastics and Nurture Hospitality Group (NHG) are responsible for developing the packaging, which are created from discarded plastic in Haiti, Caribbean.
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#1190562018-12-17
10 minutes with Josh Henretig, Microsoft
Josh Henretig: It's a cross-company program that takes Microsoft's deep investments in artificial intelligence research and technologies, adds on our commitment to using technology to address big, societal challenges to then deliver AI resources in the hands of organizations working at the inter ...
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#1191832018-12-21
Ethical Fashion: Top Three Eco-Friendly Sneakers
Fur was officially banned last season at London Fashion Week so perhaps leather is next? Whether or not that happens, it's clear that ethical clothing and accessories are becoming more prevalent. Upmarket brands like Alice Temperley have met the challenge of using ethically sourced materials
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#1192422019-01-04
Sense and sustainability: How wine producers are protecting the Environment
“At Zonin1821, we are strongly focused on promoting a green culture. The Tuscan estates in our portfolio, Castello di Albola and Rocca di Montemassi, were among the first in Italy to obtain the Equalitas certification, which focuses on the environmental, social and economic sustainability of win ...
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#1195722019-01-24
Sacrificing Atewa Forest in China bauxite deal not acceptable – Prof. Oteng-Yeboah
A retired Professor, Department of Plant and Environmental Biology, University of Ghana, Legon, Professor Alfred Apau Oteng-Yeboah, has expressed concern about the fact Atewa, a globally significant biodiversity area with multiple benefits and great potential for ecotourism, is one of the natura ...
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#1195742019-01-24
Carrefour Italia is using blockchain technology for citrus fruits
Carrefour Italia is the first big retail chain that applied the blockchain technology to food traceability. First, the company used it for the chicken supply chain. At Marca 2019 fair, the business announced the use of that system for Tarocco orange variety and Carrefour-quality Sicilian lemons ...
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#1195842019-01-25
Adidas to produce 11 million pairs of shoes containing recycled plastic in 2019
Adidas has planned to double its production of shoes containing recycled plastic waste, from five million to 11 million pairs of shoes.In collaboration with environmental organisation Parley for the Oceans, plastic waste is intercepted on beaches before it can reach the oceans.
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#1197202019-02-01
Adidas to double production of ocean plastic trainers in 2019
Sportswear giant Adidas has confirmed that it will produce more than twice as many pairs of trainers made using ocean plastic this year than it did in 2018, as consumer demand for products and packaging free from virgin plastic grows.
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#1197502019-02-04
Turning indigent communities into custodians of the wild
It is not possible to get more right than the Tourism Business Council’s Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa in Business Day a week ago.Tourism has become SA’s lifeblood. In one sense, it’s more important than gold ever was. Not as a bigger proportion of the economy but as crucial evidence in these moribund t ...
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#1198592019-02-08
Entrepreneurs, tous concernés par la biodiversité !
La biodiversité commence à être intégrée dans les modèles économiques des entrepreneurs comme une véritable source d’opportunités et de développement.C’est pourquoi experts et entrepreneurs ont échangé sur le potentiel de marché de la biodiversité et des innovations de ce secteur, lors de la 4e ...
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#1198682019-02-08
Verizon closes on U.S. telecom industry’s first Green Bond to fund environmental initiatives
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) today announced the close of the U.S. telecommunications industry’s first Green Bond.An amount equal to the net proceeds of the $1 billion offering will be used to fund a variety of new and existing green investments made during the two years prior ...
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#1199222019-02-12
Chocolate could be extinct by 2050, but some companies think genetic engineering could save their supply
The world's chocolate supply is dwindling. As our global sweet tooth begins to outpace cocoa production, major chocolate companies like Mars Inc. and Barry Callebaut expect to see an industry deficit of 4.4 billion pounds of chocolate by 2030. And by 2050, the cacao seeds used to make chocolate ...
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#1199822019-02-18
The Body Shop re-wilds 10 million sq. mts of forest through ‘Enchanted by Nature’ campaign
Through a partnership with the Woodland Trust, The Body Shop is helping to build multiple mini bio-bridges in the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley, an ancient woodland on the English-Welsh border. This project may also benefit one of the UK’s rarest mammals, the pine marten
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#1200182019-02-19
Don't feed the monster!' The people who have stopped buying new clothes
A growing movement eschews fast fashion in favour of secondhand clothing. Is this the biggest personal change that can be made for the environment?
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#1200762019-02-25
Business and biodiversity
At the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting in Davos last month, the evidence of mounting threats to nature, and of nature’s contributions to people, featured higher on the agenda than ever before. The task for business leaders around the world is to embrace this evidence and start acting ...
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#1200912019-02-26
Sooner or later, we'll have to stop economic growth — and celebrate
Both the U.S. economy and the global economy have expanded dramatically in the past century, as have life expectancies and material progress. Economists raised in this period of plenty assume that growth is good, necessary even, and should continue forever and ever without end, amen. Growth deli ...
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#1201312019-02-27
Qatar Airways launches staff training programme to tackle global wildlife crime
Qatar Airways has launched an industry-leading training programme focused on preventing illegal wildlife trafficking.The bespoke e-learning package, developed by Qatar Airways to enhance employee awareness regarding the illegal trafficking of wildlife, is targeted at those roles within the airli ...
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#1201422019-02-28
Crony capitalism meets sustainability
“We are thrilled that Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. is joining the movement of hundreds of brands embracing standardised recycling labeling with How2Recycle. By telling people exactly how to recycle their packaging, Johnson & Johnson is empowering parents to take proper action while making the ...
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#1201512019-02-28
2020 will be an ocean year: Reasons for hope
In the last decade, the level of buzz around the idea of a "blue economy" has been growing, so much so that, in just a few days, it will take centre stage at the World Ocean Summit in Abu Dhabi - and for good reason. A blue economy is underpinned by the idea that a sustainably managed, healthy o ...
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#1202272019-03-06
Nestlé outlines plan to support Cocoa & Forests initiative
Nestlé has laid out an action plan to help end deforestation and restore forests in its cocoa supply chain in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. It says the plan is part of the company’s commitment to support the Cocoa & Forests Initiative, a new public-private partnership bringing together the government ...
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#1202532019-03-07
Oceanic Society, SC Johnson to Drive Engagement on Ocean Conservation
To commemorate its 50th anniversary in 2019, Oceanic Society and SC Johnson have announced a partnership to build public awareness around Oceanic Society’s conservation goals through a global engagement campaign centered on five exclusive explorations of key ocean habitats.
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#1204142019-03-19
Sandals Foundation Commits To Engaging 100,000 In Conservation
As the Caribbean ecosystem becomes more vulnerable, Sandals Foundation has committed to engaging 100,000 people in environmental conservation over the next 10 years.
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#1205232019-03-27
Firms to pay for using animals in ads: UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), FINCH and founding partner Mars, have asked businesses using animals in their advertisements to contribute a percentage of their media spend to conservation and animal welfare projects.
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#1205382019-03-27
Banning exotic leather in fashion hurts snakes and crocodiles in the long run
We are all familiar with the concept of "fake news": stories that are factually incorrect, but succeed because their message fits well with the recipient's prior beliefs.
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#1205792019-03-29
How Ikea, Adidas and Corona are helping consumers clean up their act
"Responsible consumerism" is in the midst of a marketing moment as consumers are becoming increasingly aware of their impact on the planet and looking to brands to hold a mirror up to society.
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#1206172019-04-02
4 beauty labels playing a part in reforestation
Between them, they have already contributed to the replanting of 88 million trees around the world. We’re looking at the beauty labels taking a stand against deforestation, replanting trees in order to help maintain the water table, quality of air, and quality of life alike.
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#1207342019-04-11
Starbucks spearheads £1m initiative to boost paper cup recycling
A £1m fund to help expand and improve paper cup recycling facilities across the UK will be launched on Thursday by the coffee giant Starbucks and environmental charity Hubbub.
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#1207512019-04-12
There She Grows, Earth Day and Cloud Farm
The new collection that British fashion designer Stella McCartney showed at Paris Fashion Week in March is blazing a trail for high end brands in the world of responsible fashion merchandising. The show, which took place at the Opera Garnier on the 4th of March, featured a range of upcycled garm ...
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#1209652019-05-06
11 ocean-friendly companies like Patagonia and Adidas that are removing plastic from our seas and transforming it into cool new products
From sunglasses to skateboard wheels, the array of products being made from recycled ocean plastics is growing so rapidly it's dizzying.
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#1209672019-05-06
Biodiversity warning shows the need for economic change
Let’s start a countdown to see how long it takes for big business to react.
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#1212762019-06-12
Business as Usual Will Not Save the Planet
The United Nations’ 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) were explicitly designed to engage the private sector in addressing the world’s most pressing challenges.
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#1212782019-06-12
IKEA to Use Ocean Plastic in New Products
Ikea has recently reported plans to have a more positive impact on the world’s oceans by proactively engaging in projects that will help to clean plastic waste and prevent future pollution.
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#1212932019-06-13
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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#1213022019-06-13
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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#1213282019-06-17
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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#1213632019-06-20
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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#1214042019-06-26
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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#1214162019-06-27
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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#1214372019-07-02
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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#1215492019-07-11
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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#1215612019-07-12
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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#1215962019-07-16
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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#1217072019-07-25
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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#1217622019-07-31
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.