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#1319472021-11-26
Qatar - Green business after COP26
Climate science clearly shows that future prosperity and equity lies in only one direction: toward a nature-positive, zero-carbon global economy
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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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#1269292021-02-09
Refreshing: Coca-Cola introduces 100% recycled bottles in the US
Coca-Cola Co. is introducing 100% recycled plastic bottles in the U.S.—a major shift in its sustainability strategy.The company responsible for more plastic pollution than any other, according to the Break Free From Plastic Campaign, once advocated for plant-based bottles that don’t use fossil-f ...
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#1285032021-05-07
Regenerative Agriculture, Coming Soon to a Timberland Shoe Near You
Regenerative agriculture was once a backwater of experimental farming strategies. Now Timberland, and its parent company VF Corporation, have pushed it into the limelight by announcing the first regenerative rubber supply system in the apparel industry.
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#1245872020-03-09
Reinventing Industry And Technology To Regenerate Nature
There are precious few people who can inspire a mindset shift amidst the climate crisis, articulating a practical new paradigm for society and industry.
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#1250102020-04-08
Reports: EU eyeing stronger corporate reporting rules for climate and pandemic risks
Green corporate reporting rules that could see European firms having to disclose the risks they face from climate change, biodiversity loss, and pandemics, in addition to linking executive bonuses to carbon targets, are currently being weighed up by the EU Commission, according to reports.
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#1317482021-11-17
Resilience in diversity: Financing nature and biodiversity
Greece, Turkey and California were aflame in heatwave induced wildfires, Canada was caught under a heat dome and a year’s worth of rain poured over Germany, Belgium, China and Sudan within a couple of days- devastating communities with floods in its wake. The message is clear, we are in a planet ...
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#1228412019-11-01
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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#1276222021-03-09
Retailers join calls for ‘urgent’ action to restrict harmful tuna fishing methods
Global condemnation is growing at the increasingly widespread use of harmful “fish aggregating devices” (FADs) in the fishing industry, as retailers including Sainsbury’s, Marks & Spencer and the German chain Edeka joined calls for restrictions.
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#1326782022-01-20
Rolex supports Mission Blue's ocean preservation efforts in the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica
Thanks to the support of Rolex, ocean conservation organisation Mission Blue is able to unveil its latest Hope Spot in Costa Rica, which will allow humpback whales and other ocean giants to breed peacefully in the warm seas off the Osa Peninsula.
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#1281762021-04-22
Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative to Preserve Ocean Ecosystems
Through its Perpetual Planet initiative, Rolex is lending its support to the effort to preserve ocean ecosystems for posterity.
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#1320492021-12-03
SCOR strengthens biodiversity commitment
French reinsurer SCOR has joined act4nature international, an alliance of companies committed to accelerating concrete business action in favour of nature and biodiversity.
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#1284062021-05-05
SHEBA® unveils Hope Reef: World's Largest Coral Restoration Program Announced
Leading cat food brand SHEBA® has begun work on the world's largest coral restoration program, which aims to restore more than 185,000 square meters of coral reefs around the world by 2029
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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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#1323222022-01-05
Samsung Collaborates With Patagonia To Keep Microplastics Out of Our Oceans
We’ve all seen the heartbreaking images of once beautiful beaches that are now covered in plastic waste. This problem means that birds, turtles and other forms of sea life are now required to share their habitats with endless mounds of bottles, straws and other discarded plastics.
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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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#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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#1319092021-11-24
Singapore keen to partner European businesses in low carbon solutions, green finance: Gan Kim Yong
The Republic is keen to partner European businesses to make strides in low carbon solutions and green finance as it establishes itself as a regional carbon service hub, said Trade and Industry Minister Gan Kim Yong on Friday (Nov 19).
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#1253362020-04-30
So You Want To Save Humanity? Manage Nature Like A Business
In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, any economic stimulus measures must safeguard nature or governments risk exposing humanity to further pandemics.
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#1319272021-11-25
Social media firms can tackle wildlife trade
Wildlife trading on social media is a complex issue – but tech firms can take steps to tackle it, according to new research.
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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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#1304172021-09-14
Spanish rosé that helps protect coral reefs launched
Bodegas Peñascal in Valladolid has launched an ‘ethical’ rosé at its carbon-neutral winery that donates 10% of its profits to the conservation of coral reefs.
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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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#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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#1351112022-06-29
Summer of Sustainability: Adidas Turns Plastic Bottles into New Eco-Friendly Sneaker Line
adidas is putting their best foot forward towards sustainability with its latest ORIGINALS collaboration with Parley, a launch featuring colorful Nizza sneakers and sportswear made from recycled materials.
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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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#1226472019-10-15
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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#1223222019-09-23
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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#1226452019-10-15
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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#1234312019-12-12
Tesco to help customers visualise the environmental impact of their shopping
The metric will track the environmental impact of 20 of Tesco’s most frequently sold own-brand items across seven issues: climate change; deforestation; sustainable diets; sustainable agriculture; marine impact; food waste and packaging waste.
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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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#1272922021-02-23
The CLIC™ Chronicles: Yves Rocher – a beauty brand on a sustainability mission. Discover their journey with Bris Rocher, Group CEO
The Rocher Group has been committed to protecting the natural environment and working sustainably for over 50 years. What was the starting point?
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#1234082019-12-12
The Drinks Business Green Awards 2019 winners
While judging the awards, we discovered that South Africa has emerged as a pioneer in the promotion of biodiversity in vineyards; and brewers, distillers and cider makers in the UK are collectively doing their bit to lessen their impact on the environment, from dramatically reducing their water ...
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#1238742020-01-22
The Dutch businessman on a mission to unite companies over climate change
While global leaders take to the stage at Davos in the Swiss Alps, one of the world’s most prominent businessmen is busy behind the scenes – trying to bring together the heads of major companies to tackle climate change and inequality.
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#1319032021-11-24
The Environment Act and the role of 'biodiversity net-gain'
The biodiversity net-gain requirement is among the most important conservation policy initiatives of the last two decades, argues Environment Bank chairman and founder Professor David Hill CBE
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#1276262021-03-09
The Fashion Pact launches new push to help curb industry's impact on biodiversity
The Fashion Pact has announced the launch of a series of initiatives geared at curbing the sector's impact on biodiversity loss after securing a $2m grant from the Global Environmental Facility.
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#1284082021-05-05
The Role of Businesses in Environmental Efforts
With decennial arctic ice drops of 13.1 percent and rising temperatures, per NASA figures, more countries and businesses have deemed it imperative to stop or slow down climate change. While adopting ecologically mindful practices would require spending from the private sector,
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#1236862020-01-13
The State of Green Business, 2020
Today, we publish our 13th annual State of Green Business report, examining the key trends and metrics about corporate sustainability: how, and how well, companies are making progress in assessing and minimizing their impacts and embracing a range of strategies that move them forward in signific ...
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#1223132019-09-23
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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#1246742020-03-16
The hidden risks nature loss poses for businesses
As last year's news headlines have made all too clear, nature is in a state of emergency. In May following the most comprehensive scientific investigation into the planet’s health, a report (PDF) by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) soun ...
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#1336482022-03-02
The most ‘sustainable’ garment is the one that shows its wear, proudly
To attempt to buy “sustainable” clothing in 2022 is to face a carnival’s worth of smoke and mirrors — that is, if you’re buying new.
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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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#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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#1305592021-09-23
These 8 business leaders are championing a nature-positive economy – Here's why
We know, now more than ever, that our fate as a species is deeply connected with the fate of our natural environment. Nature loss has tangible business and economic impacts. Over half the world’s total GDP is moderately or highly dependent on nature and its services and is therefore at risk. We ...
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#1244702020-03-03
These stylish handbags were made from plastic fished out of the ocean
Rothy’s, the brand known for trendy shoes made from recycled water bottles, has just unveiled a collection of handbags and accessories. Like the shoes, the bags are made from recycled plastic. Only this plastic was fished out of the ocean.
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#1353672022-07-20
This Supplier Engagement Program Promotes Pollinators and Biodiversity
The urgency of environmental challenges like climate change and biodiversity loss is mounting. Scientists are sounding the alarm of a sixth mass extinction, with 30 to 50 percent of all species on Earth expected to be lost by the middle of this century. And the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
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#1248252020-03-25
This is a wake-up call. We must live within our planetary boundaries to avoid future pandemics
Paul Polman argues that companies must rapidly transition to a way of doing business that does not destroy biodiversity and natural capital or there will be more Covid-19s Covid-19 has brought into sharp focus the limits of unchecked globalisation as governments around the world seek to contain ...
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#1279642021-04-07
Timberland aims for net-positive impact on nature through regenerative agriculture and circular design
US outdoor wear company Timberland has set a target to have a net-positive impact on nature, with regenerative agriculture and circular design playing key roles in this strategy. The company aims to have 100% of its materials sourced from regenerative agriculture and 100% of its products designe ...
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#1319462021-11-26
To Drive Forward Agricultural Practices With Positive Impact on Climate and Biodiversity, Rémy Cointreau Supports a Multi-year Programme to Measure Soil Health on Wine Growing and Cereals
Faced with the reality of climate change, the Group now has a dual responsibility to not only protect its terroirs but also to promote them as a “solution”. It must ensure its living soils play their full part in combating global warming by cultivating their biodiversity and maximising their pot ...
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#1276842021-03-15
To fix fashion’s sustainability problem, we need a little less conversation and a little more action
You can’t have a conversation about fashion these days without touching on the topic of sustainability. The industry’s environmental impacts — from greenhouse gas emissions to microplastics, biodiversity loss and water ecotoxicity — are well-known by consumers and companies alike. But awareness ...