Videoyu İzlemek için: https://youtu.be/LtrQeqN4hDQ Dow’s director of sustainability Julie Zaniewski comes from a consumer packaged goods space. Her focus on design, packaging and consumer engagement is being brought upstream into the chemical giant. “Flexibles” can be challenging, but being able to break down siloes is critical to sustainability success and innovation. Source: https://www.greenbiz.com/video/dows-director-sustainability-julie-zaniewski-designing-materials-recyclability
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16 companies rethinking packaging
The United States generates almost 80 million tons of packaging waste each year, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency. When landfilled or incinerated, this waste pollutes the environment and poses health risks (PDF) to humans and wildlife. Packaging is also the main source of the plastic pollution that is clogging the ocean and expected to exceed the weight of all fish by…
Levi Strauss & Co. Signs $2.3M Deal to Cut Water Use and Emissions
Levi Strauss & Co. recently signed a $2.3 million cooperation agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. This deal is expected to help the denim maker meet its goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and water use in its supply chain. By 2025, LS&Co. committed to achieving a 90% reduction…
A circular city remains a destination of the future, but many are traveling there
Cities can be carbon-emitting beasts, but they’re also hotspots for innovation and political action. Efforts to create circular cities laser-focus systemic change at the local level, seeking to reinvent urban centers as living demonstration projects of sustainability at scale. A circular city, in a short definition, is one that eliminates waste, keeps goods and their…
Turkey Materials Marketplace (TMM) 5. Etkileşim Toplantısı’na gözlemci olarak katıldık…
İş Dünyası ve Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Derneği (SKD) tarafından Eski Büyükdere İskelesi‘nde gerçekleştirilen Turkey Materials Marketplace (TMM) 5. Etkileşim Toplantısı‘na gözlemci olarak katıldık; Döngüsel Ekonomi’nin oluşumundaki hızlanma ile vizyoner yaklaşımları içselleştirdik. SKD koordinasyon ekibine misafirperverliği için çok teşekkür ederiz. S.E.Ç. Sürdürülebilirlik Danışmanlığı
Reporting Matters Türkiye 2018 Raporu Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Derneği (SKD) tarafından yayımlandı
Yapılan araştırmalar yalnızca 2030 yılına kadar 4 trilyon dolar değerindeki varlığın, iklim değişikliği nedeniyle risk altında olduğunu gösteriyor. Öte yandan WBCSD’ye üye 115 şirket özelinde yapılan analizde şirketlerin %41’i iklim değişikliği risklerini açıkça raporlarında tartışırken, yalnızca %9’u iklim değişikliğinin yarattığı fırsatlara değindiği belirtiliyor. Raporu okumak için: http://www.skdturkiye.org/files/yayin/reporting_matters__2018_2.pdf Kaynak: http://www.skdturkiye.org/yayin/reporting-matters-2018
It’s time to include developing nations more holistically in circular economy discussions
We’ve all heard of the “circular economy,” but too often the narrative has been dominated by talk of high-tech innovations and redesigning business models to prevent excessive consumption. Those are the priorities in industrialized nations, but how should developing countries go about implementing a circular economy? That’s the question posed by a new research paper…
In Rhode Island, Mission to Improve Ocean Health Is Starting on Land
“If we’re going to solve for beach and ocean cleanliness, as well as climate change and ocean acidification — and we certainly have to do it all — then we have to acknowledge that the health of our soil is crucial.” — Dave McLaughlin, Healthy Soils Healthy Seas Rhode Island If you are reading this…
Pepsi, Nestlé Waters, Suntory to Add Support for Enzymatic Recycling Tech from Carbios
A handful of major brands have come together to help bring a new technology to market that the companies say will help increase the availability of high-quality recycled plastics. Nestlé Waters, PepsiCo and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe have joined a consortium formed by Carbios and L’Oréal to use Carbios’s enzymatic technology for the recycling of plastics. This biological…
VF Corporation Signs UN Climate Change’s Fashion Industry Charter
VF Corporation became the latest apparel company to sign the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action this week. The UN charter aligned with the Paris Agreement launched in December and now has more than 40 signatories. The global apparel, footwear, and accessories company has nearly 70,000 associates and reports $12.4 billion in revenue. The North…
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