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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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#1255122020-11-03
Building the business case for biodiversity
When businesses review their balance books, the contributions of nature to profits and losses are usually egregiously absent. No company operates in a vacuum. Whether it’s wind, waves or coal providing power; soil microbes boosting crop fertility; or ocean systems helping maintain a stable clim ...
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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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#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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#1309252021-10-18
Business leaders call on governments to do more to tackle global biodiversity crisis
Business leaders have urged world leaders to do more to tackle the global biodiversity crisis. In an open letter, signed by the chief executives of H&M , Unilever and nine others, governments are told they risk a “dead planet” if they don’t take meaningful action on mass extinctions of wildlife ...
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#1342702022-05-04
Businesses are contributing to the Paris Agreement for nature. Here’s how
The latest round of negotiations on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework was recently concluded in Geneva. For the first time at a United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting, leading businesses turned out in force in support of more ambition.
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#1230342019-11-18
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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#1249022020-03-26
Calls grow to delay all spring lobster fishing in eastern Canada
Maritime lobster processors are calling for a minimum two-week delay in the opening of the spring fishery in all lobster fishing areas in eastern Canada. It's the latest reaction to collapsed demand after measures to curb the spread of coronavirus shut down markets like restaurants and cruise sh ...
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#1267172021-01-26
Can banks reverse course to become a solution to global deforestation?
Banks have faced increasing criticism in recent years over their ongoing financial support for environmentally destructive industries, but by tweaking their practices they could become part a critical part of the solution to escalating deforestation and habitat destruction worldwide.
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#1245822020-03-09
Can the private sector make it a super year for nature?
The beginning of the year has been full of news about business and the health of our planet. In January, BlackRock Chairman Larry Fink released his annual letter to CEOs that doubled down on his earlier exhortations for business to start considering its impacts and risk in a world with a rapidly ...
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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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#1285262021-05-11
Champions League final switch good for environment but football must do more
It was bad enough in 2019 when tens of thousands of football supporters from the United Kingdom traipsed across Europe to watch two English clubs, Tottenham and Liverpool, play the Champions League final at Atlético Madrid’s stadium in Spain. More easily, cheaply and comfortably they could have ...
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#1284212021-05-05
Chanel collaborates with Cambridge University on sustainability
Chanel is collaborating with the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) to focus on sustainability solutions and leadership. The three-year partnership will initially work on building an education and sustainability leadership programme, innovative operational pro ...
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#1246132020-03-10
Chiquita Announces New Updated Sustainability Report
Chiquita, the leading banana company, honors its global responsibility by continuing its sustainability practices that have led the industry for nearly three decades.
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#1217652019-08-01
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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#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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#1318992021-11-24
Circular business models present ‘significant opportunity’
A new report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) suggests circular business models have the potential to unlock huge environmental and financial gains for brands and retailers. The non-profit estimates the market for rental, resale, repair and remake services – currently valued at around ...
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#1230192019-11-15
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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#1224362019-09-30
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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#1230782019-11-20
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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#1244132020-02-27
Climate change: Pressure on big investors to act on environment
Ever wondered if your bank or insurance company is funding the coal industry? Or whether your pension fund is backing oil companies drilling new wells in the Arctic?
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#1340552022-04-13
Consumers should cut new clothes purchases by 75% to make wardrobes sustainable
If things don't change fast, the fashion industry could use a quarter of the world's remaining global carbon budget to keep warming under 2℃ by 2050, and use 35% more land to produce fibres by 2030.
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#1324742022-01-13
Corporates sustain deforestation crisis
Influential companies and financial institutions are undermining global action on climate change and risking damage to their own businesses by failing to tackle the problem of tropical deforestation, Global Canopy reveals in its annual Forest 500 report released today.
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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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#1277292021-03-16
Cutting through complexity: Can biodiversity be embedded into corporate strategies?
In recent months, the importance of biodiversity in combatting the climate crisis has reached a new level understanding, with policymakers and academics peering into this complex topic to try and outline how the private sector can champion it. Here, edie hears from the businesses that have alrea ...
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#1325732022-01-18
Dairy giant Yili Group, Huawei come out top in China for hitting UN’s sustainable development targets, Hurun Report finds
Yili Group and Huawei Technologies have been ranked top among Chinese companies for their commitment to hitting United Nations sustainable development goals, as the country increasingly shifts its focus towards environment, social and governance (ESG) efforts.
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#1224712019-10-01
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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#1320642021-12-06
Data point: World Soil Day
Soil erosion costs the global economy US$8bn a year, and reduces agri-food production by 33.7m tonnes, leading to increases of up to 3.5% in world food prices
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#1258582020-11-25
Diageo will use 30% less water in every drink it makes as a part of its 10-year sustainability action plan
Diageo, manufacturers of Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff and Guinness, has announced a range of 25 bold and ambitious goals in its ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’ plan, aimed at making a positive impact on the world by 2030, in the ‘Decade of Action’ to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Develop ...
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#1319492021-11-26
Digital technologies rescue food from landfill
Food waste has reached colossal proportions and the magnitude of the problem requires equally massive resources with the potential to supply sustainable answers. What better than the dynamic digital databases and advanced analytics we literally have access to “at our fingertips”.
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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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#1235242019-12-19
EPA launches report on Biodiversity Offset Business Scheme
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in collaboration with Advocacy for Biodiversity Offsetting Group (ABOG), have held a dissemination forum on a pilot testing of Biodiversity Offset Business Scheme (BOBS) developed for Ghana.
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#1335842022-02-28
EU-Africa Business Forum wants action for sustainable garment sector
The 7th EU-Africa Business Forum 2022, jointly organised by the African Union (AU) Commission, the European Union (EU) and European business organisations recently, launched the Joint EU Africa Business Declaration to influence policymaking and business activities, and reconcile concrete actions ...
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#1282232021-04-22
Eco-Friendly Concrete Solutions for the Protection of Marine and Coastal Infrastructure
The adverse effect that human activity is having on the planet is becoming more apparent each day. Ecological damage is one of the most pressing issues that world leaders and companies seek to address at the moment. Finding sustainable solutions for marine and coastal infrastructure is one issue ...
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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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#1250122020-04-08
Environmental cost of 'fast fashion' is not sustainable
Urgent fundamental changes to 'fast fashion' clothing items which are treated by many as disposable is needed to stem a devastating impact upon the environment according to scientists.
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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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#1224032019-09-27
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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#1305062021-09-22
Equilibrium/Sustainability — Presented by The American Petroleum Institute — Bezos promises $1 billion for biodiversity
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos announced on Monday that he would put $1 billion into conserving critical landscapes in places like the Amazon and the Congo Basin, The New York Times reported.
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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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#1318782021-11-24
Ethos to push biodiversity, digital responsibility in engagement strategy
Ethos foundation’s international engagement platform – Ethos Engagement Pool (EEP) International – will address digital responsibility and biodiversity as topics in its dialogue with companies in 2022.
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#1260952020-12-08
European Business & Nature Summit 2020: Green economic recovery to reshape business for nature and people
The European Business & Nature Summit has taken place virtually. Organised by the EU Business@Biodiversity Platform of the European Commission and other partners, and with the participation of Commissioners Sinkevičius and McGuiness, the Summit aims to strengthen the growing movement of companie ...
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#1320242021-12-02
European Business and Nature Summit streamlining biodiversity into business
Organized by the EU Business@Biodiversity Platform of the European Commission and other partners, the summit aims to strengthen the growing movement of companies across Europe and beyond that are putting nature and people at the centre of their recovery strategies.
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#1322042021-12-17
European stores pull products linked to Brazil deforestation
Several European supermarket chains are dropping Brazilian beef products linked to destruction of the Amazon rainforest and tropical wetland, the US activist group Mighty Earth said Thursday.
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#1242712020-02-20
Experts suggest blue ocean strategy for Ceylon Tea
Strategy experts suggest that Sri Lanka’s tea industry should consider adopting the blue ocean strategy for profitably and sustainability.
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#1300752021-08-19
Facebook pledges to restore more water than it uses by 2030 as part of effort to combat climate change
Facebook announced plans Thursday to restore more water than it consumes by the year 2030, the company’s latest initiative targeting climate change.
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#1232642019-12-04
Fashion is belatedly trying to save Earth’s biodiversity
In August, dozens of brands signed up for the Fashion Pact, a Kering-led initiative where labels pledged to minimise their harm to the environment. The fashion industry has made numerous commitments to sustainability in recent years, but the accord was notable because brands agreed to measure th ...
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#1291802021-06-10
Fashion label Chanel invests US$25 million in new climate adaptation fund
French fashion house Chanel is backing a new climate adaptation fund that aims to raise US$100 million by 2025 to invest in projects to promote sustainable agriculture, protect forests and support small-scale farmers in developing countries.
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#1287322021-05-20
Fashion's green future of seaweed coats and mushroom shoes
From making algae-sequin dresses, dyeing clothes with bacteria to planting trackable pigments in cotton, an emerging tide of technological innovations offers the fashion industry a chance to clean up its woeful environmental record.
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#1333542022-02-21
Fast Fashion Pollution and Climate Change
‘Fast Fashion’ is a term used to define a highly profitable and exploitative business model that is “based on copying and replicating high end fashion designs”. The clothes are mass-produced, with workers often working in inhumane conditions, and are purposefully designed to be frail with a limi ...