2019 Progress Report (Climate Action 100+) assesses the ;progress that 161 focus companies, representing over two-thirds of global industrial GHG emissions, have made on climate-related topics, as part of their engagement with the Climate Action 100+ initiative. Key findings include: 70 percent have set long-term emissions reduction targets. 9 percent have emissions targets that are in…
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Trending: Ratcheting Up to Sustainable Activewear, Inside and Out
Allied Feather & Down — creators of industry-leading responsible down sourcing is announcing the relaunch of its proprietary TrackMyDown.com website, an educational transparency tool designed to provide consumers and brands with all of the information they may need about the down lining their jacket or sleeping bag. After helping to create the now globally recognized Responsible Down Standard (RDS) within…
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…
Greta Thuberg için Mural Çalışması… Bristol’da…
“İklim Değişikliği’ne karşı gerçekleştirdiği farkındalık aktiviteleriyle tanınan Greta Thunberg için Bristol kentinde yapılan mural çalışmayı tematik açıdan çok beğendik ve sizlerle paylaşmak istedik.” ( S.E.Ç. Sürüdürülebilirlik Danışmanlığı )
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…
United Nations World Water Development Report 2019
Commemorating World Water Day, a pivot event will be hosted on 19 March 2019 at the Palais des Nations, home of the United Nations Office at Geneva. During the event, the United Nations World Water Development Report 2019 will be launched and the winner of the Stockholm Water Prize announced. Source: http://www.unwater.org/launch-of-the-un-world-water-development-report-commemoration-of-world-water-day/
Coca-Cola Shares Water Management Strategies: Q&A with Jon Radtke
Water management has become one of the biggest challenges sustainability professionals face. In 2016, a World Bank report found that good water management could lead to a 6% increase in global GDP by 2050, while bad management – or simply business as usual in some places – could lead to sustained declines in GDP via losses in…
The challenges of global water supply and demand
The nexus of the environment and conflict — that is, environmental security — has become an important paradigm in national security planning. Indeed, Kaplan suggests that water and other environmental factors represent the core foreign policy challenge in this century. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) reinforced this notion when it identified environmental factors and resource…
Largest Seafood Companies Assessed Against Sustainable Development Goals
The World Benchmarking Alliance plans to assess the 30 largest seafood companies globally against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. A public evaluation of their draft methodology takes place now through December. Aviva, Index Initiative, and the United Nations Foundation launched the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) of business, nonprofit, and government organizations in late September…
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