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#1228422019-11-01
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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#1257722020-11-19
Tom Ford Launches A Million Dollar Sustainability Prize And A Watch Made Entirely From Ocean Plastic Waste
The statistics are truly alarming. More than eight million tons of plastic enter the oceans each year, the equivalent of dumping a garbage truck full of the stuff into the seas every minute. By 2050, there will be more plastic in the oceans than fish.
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#1245692020-03-06
Top UK firms face tougher climate disclosure rule
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s top listed companies must disclose how climate change affects their business, using globally agreed guidance, or explain to investors why they have not, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) proposed on Friday.
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#1239552020-01-27
Trend: Companies warm to nature-based solutions
In the never-ending quest to stave off the worst impacts of climate change, experts are turning to a solution that’s as old as the trees: actual trees.
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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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#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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#1290932021-06-04
Two-day events of COP15 meeting on biodiversity to conclude in Kunming
A subsidiary event of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) kicked off Sunday in Kunming, the capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province. Co-hosted by the Secretariat Office of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Ministry ...
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#1230822019-11-20
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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#1226462019-10-15
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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#1225552019-10-07
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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#1251842020-04-21
Uptick for renewable electricity generation in 2019
While the ongoing health, political, economic and social impacts of the coronavirus pandemic continue to preoccupy people across the world, as recovery plans are discussed and taking shape, decision makers are encouraged to use this as an opportunity to set our societies on a more sustainable de ...
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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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#1334002022-02-21
Vinexposium announces detailed plans for Bordeaux Wine Week
In a press conference held during last week’s Paris show, Vinexposium revealed plans for a sharp focus on sustainability and technology during the upcoming Bordeaux Wine Week.
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#1239312020-01-24
WEF and PwC Report Makes the Business Case for Nature
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has released the first in a series of three New Nature Economy (NNE) reports to be published this year. The series will make the case for why the nature crisis is crucial to business and the economy; identify a set of priority socioeconomic systems for transformati ...
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#1270622021-02-12
We need to talk about consumption
I know, it’s not the most popular of subjects. But on the heels of last week’s GreenBiz 21 conference, the annual gathering of corporate sustainability professionals, I can’t help but address the elephant in the room. (Or as the World Resources Institute appropriately dubbed it, the latest eleph ...
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#1240722020-02-03
What Is Blockchain For? Helping Oil Companies Meet Their New Green Targets
Pressure is growing on the sector to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions - and campaigners will want to see evidence that companies are doing what they claim
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#1345012022-05-17
What happened at the biodiversity COP, and why it matters to business
We’re nearly halfway through 2022 but are already seeing a world on fire, both literally and figuratively. Climate change is causing heatwaves, challenging food production, disrupting supply chains and threatening livelihoods. The demands on business are compounded by the escalating conflict in ...
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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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#1329342022-02-03
What’s the best way to tackle COVID and climate change? Anthropology, says the woman who predicted the global financial crisis
In 2005, Gillian Tett wrote her colleagues at the Financial Times a memo arguing that the paper should devote more time to covering those submerged parts of the ‘Financial Iceberg’, such as credit and derivatives.
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#1260272020-12-07
When it comes to biodiversity, businesses are at a loss
You’ve heard it called the "nature crisis," an "ecological collapse" or the "sixth mass extinction." Regardless of the label, there is no doubt that the accelerating decline of biological diversity will have dangerous repercussions for ecological resilience and human health and security.
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#1253622020-05-01
Where fashion’s transparency falls short
The resounding message from Fashion Revolution’s annual Transparency Index: many apparel brands are becoming more transparent, considered by many to be a proxy for how aggressive their sustainability efforts are.
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#1263692020-12-21
Why Impact Asset Managment screens its portfolio for deforestation exposure
Julie Gorte is senior vice president for sustainable investing at Impax Asset Management LLC and Pax World Funds. She oversees environmental, social and governance-related research on prospective and current investments as well as the firm’s shareholder engagement and public policy advocacy.
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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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#1258142020-11-24
Why investors are betting on biodiversity
Those of you whose memories still stretch all the way back to the beforetime — January and February — may recall that 2020 was to be a "super year" for biodiversity. Plans called for several global events focusing on the role of nature in mitigating the climate crisis, protecting us against the ...
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#1275222021-03-04
Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet
Last summer, the investment arm of northern Europe’s largest financial services group dropped Brazilian meat giant JBS from its portfolio. Nordea Asset Management, which manages roughly $280 billion, gave several reasons for the decision, including JBS’s links to farms involved in Amazon defores ...
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#1345022022-05-17
Why should biodiversity be part of the ESG mix?
In responsible investing, numerous environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics can play into risk and performance. To date, the “E” in ESG has been dominated by climate change. Biodiversity, another aspect of the environment, has been called the missing piece of the ESG puzzle.
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#1228772019-11-06
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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#1223662019-09-25
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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#1242012020-02-17
Wine, corks and ecosystems
Ten years ago there seemed to be a huge shift away from corks and towards screw-caps. One reason for this is wine taint, or what many refer to as 'corked' wine, where a bacteria - Trichloroanisol - gives wine a damp cardboard aroma and destroys the wine's pleasurable characteristics.
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#1341342022-04-20
With key ingredients at risk, YSL Beauty expands biodiversity conservation
Its new programme, Rewild Our Earth, aims to protect entire regions that produce key ingredients, raising the bar on what biodiversity conservation work can look like in the context of a corporate supply chain.
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#1238312020-01-21
World Economic Forum urges business to act quickly on climate change
The president of the World Economic Forum (WEF) has cautioned companies that they “only have a very small window” in which to act effectively on climate change
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#1255842020-11-06
World’s Largest Banks Funding Biodiversity Loss
It is easy to descry companies engaging in activities that drive biodiversity loss, but there is another player that is equally, if not more responsible. Both direct and indirect involvement with corporations’ activities in global food production, mining, fossil fuels and other harmful environme ...
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#1346842022-05-25
World’s largest vats for growing ‘no-kill’ meat to be built in US
The building of the world’s largest bioreactors to produce cultivated meat has been announced, with the potential to supply tens of thousands of shops and restaurants. Experts said the move could be a “gamechanger” for the nascent industry.
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#1299252021-08-13
‘Your outfit is killing the planet’: the company putting a label on fashion’s climate impact
Your outfit is killing the planet.” That’s the message footwear and clothing company Allbirds is using to raise consumer awareness about the fashion industry’s link to the climate crisis. Figures are debated, but an estimated 10% of annual global carbon emissions originate from the fashion industry.
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#1229212019-11-08
“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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#1293342021-06-15
“Either We All Win Or We All Lose” – Read Gucci’s Powerful Message To The Fashion Industry
As the Italian fashion house releases its first Impact report, we speak exclusively to the brand’s CEO and president, Marco Bizzarri, about Gucci’s sustainability commitments.