Henkel published its 31st Sustainability Report, detailing its achievements and progress in 2021 while also outlining its new 2030+ Sustainability Ambition Framework. “Sustainability is deeply rooted in our company DNA and integral to how we do business. Together with strategic priorities such as innovation and digitalization, sustainability is at the heart of our Purposeful Growth agenda,” […]
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Royal Philips today provided an update on its key Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) achievements in 2021 as it continues to deliver innovative health technology solutions around the world. These 2021 ESG achievements include 1.7 billion lives improved by Philips’ healthcare and personal health products, services and solutions, 16% of sales derived from circular revenues, […]
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The new international research and demonstration project SYSCHEMIQ is receiving a €9.6 million financial boost from the European Union’s Horizon Green Deal program. The program is intended to facilitate the systemic transition to a circular economy in the region. SYSCHEMIQ is the first concrete project within the Chemelot Circular Hub program and encompasses the Limburg […]
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The second Network Impact Report from Ecovadis showcases how they are continually working to measure and scale impact across their ratings network. EcoVadis set out 15 years ago to help companies use sustainability intelligence to make business decisions that not only improve their bottom line but also communities, people’s lives and the planet we all […]
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Suppliers that successfully establish their environmental impacts through accurate measurement are proven to be equipped to set ambitious, timebound goals to reduce them. It is therefore concerning that in 2021 – two years into the Decade of Action – only 2.5% of reporting suppliers have approved science-based targets. CDP’s latest supply chain report finds that […]
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In February 2022, over 100 companies, investors, business associations and initiatives released a joint statement urging the EU to swiftly adopt a legislative proposal on mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence (mHREDD), within the Sustainable Corporate Governance initiative. Signatories to the statement including Aviva, Danone, Ericsson, IKEA, Hapag-Lloyd and VAUDE express concern about the […]
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The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and Deloitte have launched a new guidance to support the global business community in advancing workplace cultures that protect and nurture the highest standards of employee wellbeing. This new resource Healthy People, Healthy Business: Embedding a culture of employee health and wellbeing was developed in collaboration with more […]
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The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has launched its Social Transformation Baseline Assessment of 1,000 companies from its SDG2000. These are the world’s most influential companies, representing multiple sectors, including food and agriculture, technology and heavy industries, such as oil and gas, automotive and electric utilities. These companies have a key role to play in addressing […]
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Governments and companies worldwide are pledging to achieve net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases. What would it take to fulfill that ambition? In a new report, McKinsey looks at the economic transformation that a transition to net-zero emissions would entail—a transformation that would affect all countries and all sectors of the economy, either directly or indirectly. […]
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The Sustainability Institute by ERM published the ‘2022 Sustainability Trends Report’. The 10 key sustainable business trends for 2022 are: 1. Integrating ESG – because every part of the business needs to be accountable, skilled and excited by the opportunity of new sustainable business models, products and services 2. Valuing Human Capital – because Covid has reminded […]
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More than 70 leading businesses and financial institutions have called for a legally binding UN treaty on plastic pollution in a pre-UNEA statement. The statement is an indictment on the severity of our current plastic crisis, which merits immediate and concerted global efforts that tackle the problem at its root and throughout its lifecycle, in […]
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The worlds we collectively inhabit — corporate sustainability, sustainable finance, the circular economy, climate tech — are all reaching inflection points, growing and changing faster than many could have imagined. Along the way, they’re roiling industries, companies, jobs and career paths — mostly for the better but also in a be-careful-what-you-wish-for kind of way. The […]
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