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Quality data is crucial to accelerate progress on the SDGs

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At the midpoint in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, greater multi-stakeholder action is essential to achieve the Global Goals. To help organizations report on progress, a new publication offers the most comprehensive inventory yet for the disclosures that relate to each SDG goal and target, drawing from international frameworks and standards. A fully updated […] ... lees meer

Climate Group opens Europe office in Amsterdam

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International non-profit Climate Group has opened a new European office based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.  Headquartered in London, Climate Group also has offices in Beijing, New Delhi and New York. Its mission is driving climate action, fast, and in focusing on systems with the highest emissions, such as energy, transport, built environment, heavy industry and […] ... lees meer

Circular Investment recognized as a 2022 Best For The World™ for exceptional impact on its customers

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Circular Investment, has been named a 2022 Best for the World™ B Corp™ in recognition of its exceptional positive impact on its Customers. Best for the World is a distinction granted by B Lab to Certified B Corporations (B Corps) whose verified B Impact Scores in the five impact areas evaluated in the B Impact […] ... lees meer

Shell Chemicals Park Moerdijk accelerates transition to become net zero emissions and more sustainable chemicals

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Shell Chemicals Park Moerdijk, a subsidiary of Shell plc, today announced a new investment that supports its plan to transition the chemicals park into a site able to serve the changing needs of our customers. Customers want more low-carbon products and products made using recycled material. Shell Moerdijk will build a new pyrolysis oil upgrader […] ... lees meer

Climate Impact Partners has been named a 2022 Best for the World™ B Corp™

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Climate Impact Partners has been named a 2022 Best for the World™ B Corp™ in recognition of its exceptional positive impact on its customers. Every year, Best for the World recognizes the top-performing B Corps creating the greatest positive impact through their businesses. The company earned this honor because of the impact from its programs that […] ... lees meer

Confoil and BASF cooperate to develop certified compostable dual ovenable paper tray for packaging of ready-to-eat meals

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The Australian food packaging manufacturer Confoil and BASF have cooperated to develop a certified compostable and dual ovenable food tray based on paper. The paper tray is coated on the inside with BASF’s ecovio® PS 1606, a partly bio-based and certified compostable biopolymer especially developed for coating food packaging made of paper or board. The […] ... lees meer

Survey finds sustainability leadership is now defined by evidence of integration and impact

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A new survey from the SustainAbility Institute by ERM and GlobeScan finds that sustainability leadership is increasingly being measured by evidence of action, impact, and above all the integration of sustainability into business strategy. The GlobeScan / SustainAbility Leaders survey, which questioned more than 700 sustainability professionals across 73 countries in March and April 2022, reveals a significant evolution […] ... lees meer

DSM Engineering Materials launches new, more sustainable and 100% biobased version of its flagship product Stanyl®

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Today, DSM Engineering Materials announces the launch of a new, more sustainable version of its flagship product Stanyl®: Stanyl® B-MB (Bio-based Mass Balanced), with up to 100% bio-based content. Using the maximum possible levels of biomass-waste feedstock, it enables DSM Engineering Materials to halve the carbon footprint of this product line and, in turn, of the […] ... lees meer

Global soy exporters adopt new measures to eliminate deforestation and native vegetation conversion in Brazil’s Cerrado region

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Exporters disclose their soy volumes free of deforestation and Cerrado grassland conversion Cerrado Region, Brazil 21 June 2022 – Six of the world’s largest food and agribusiness companies have developed a new method to disclose deforestation- and conversion-free soy purchases from Brazil’s biodiversity-rich Cerrado region, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) announced today. […] ... lees meer

TIAS full-time MBA students win international award with SDG stories

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The full-time MBA students of TIAS participated in AIM2Flourish: an international, UN supported platform for sharing stories about business innovations that create value for both business and society. Business students around the world are participating in AIM2Flourish and using Appreciative Inquiry (strength-based interviews) and the UN Global Goals as a lens to search out and […] ... lees meer

Vodafone is bringing over 1 million old cell phones back into the green cycle

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Vodafone moves beyond compliance: for every new mobile phone sold to consumers in the German market, Vodafone guarantees to put one used device back into circulation – over 1 million a year. The concept, also known as ‘One for One’ is executed by award-wining Dutch social enterprise ‘Closing the Loop’. Context The tech industry’s interest […] ... lees meer