CDP published a new report today analyzing water data from 62 companies involved in the fashion, apparel, footwear, and home textiles industry. Only seven companies demonstrated awareness of water pollution across their entire value chains. “Interwoven Risks, Untapped Opportunities” pulled data from brands, manufacturers, and retailers in the industry that disclosed through CDP’s 2019 water…
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How the climate crisis will crash the economy
The chickens are coming home to roost. Even before the western United States became a regional inferno, even before the Midwest U.S. became a summertime flood zone, even before an annual hurricane season so bad that the government is running out of names to attach to them, even before Colorado saw a 100 degrees Fahrenheit…
Unpacking Packaging: The Nuances of Material Health
İzlemek için: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y0eJBKfuns&feature=emb_title How can businesses balance material health, regulatory compliance and public perception when selecting packaging materials? The health and safety implications of materials used in packaging has become a growing concern for consumers, brands and retailers. This discussion unpacks some key questions and nuances in material health, addressing regulatory compliance, evolving public perceptions…
Google Becomes First Major Company to Claim a Carbon Footprint of Zero
Google is claiming its carbon footprint is now zero. The tech giant says it was able to achieve this by investing in “high-quality” carbon offsets. Here’s how Google says it is helping build a carbon-free future for everyone: Eliminating its entire carbon legacy, effective today. Becoming the first major company to make a commitment to…
New Report Shows it’s Possible to Have a Carbon-Free Economy by Around Mid-Century
A coalition of 45 leaders from global energy producers, energy-intensive industries, financial institutions, and environmental advocates argues in a new report that the world can achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century. It also lays out steps needed in the next decade to achieve that objective. In the report, “Making Mission Possible — Delivering A Net-Zero Economy,” the Energy…
Science Based Targets Initiative Developing Global Standard for Corporate Net-Zero Targets
SBTi has released a new paper that lays the foundations for establishing credible, science-based net-zero targets for the corporate sector. Today, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) launches a process to develop the first science-based global standard for corporate net-zero target-setting, to ensure that companies’ targets translate into action that is consistent with achieving a net-zero world…
Nestlé Invests Millions in New Sustainable Packaging Initiatives
Nestlé began ramping up efforts to reach the company’s 2025 sustainable packaging goals. This includes investing millions of dollars in a fund that supports the transition from virgin plastics to food-grade recycled plastics in the US. By 2025, Nestlé aims to make all of their packaging recyclable or reusable, and to reduce its use of…
In a COVID-19 World, Brands Need to Earn Customers’ Trust Through Sustainability
At the end of July, the US Department of Commerce reported that the United States experienced the sharpest economic contraction in its modern history. Amidst this seismic disruption, few would expect fashion brands and retailers to be spending money on sustainability programs. A recent survey from the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol found otherwise. Just over half of the 138 company executives…
Carbon pricing works, and this proves it
Putting a price on carbon should reduce emissions, because it makes dirty production processes more expensive than clean ones, right? That’s the economic theory. Stated baldly, it’s obvious; however, there is perhaps a tiny chance that what happens in practice might be something else. In a newly published paper, we set out the results of the…
What does ‘climate risk’ actually mean?
If you stick around the world of sustainable business long enough, you’re sure to see an immutable march of memes — terms that rise up and become popularized, often without agreed-upon definitions. Then, over time, they become used, and overused, to the point where they lose much of their meaning. Or, at least, they can…
