Recent studies estimate more than 2% of the global greenhouse gas emissions stem from the fashion industry. With the global average temperatures projected to rise by 3 degrees Celsius this century – well beyond the 1.5 degrees Celsius goal of the Paris Agreement – disruptive solutions and unprecedented actions are needed to curb emissions and […]
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AkzoNobel is proud to be one of the first recipients of the Terra Carta Seal, which was launched today at COP26 by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. The Terra Carta Seal is a major new award which recognizes global companies that are driving innovation and demonstrating their commitment to – and momentum towards […]
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The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) today launches the “Business Manifesto for Climate Recovery (Manifesto)” and calls for the development of a new Corporate Determined Contributions (CDCs) mechanism to capture private sector progress in the global climate recovery. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment Report was unequivocal about the severity of […]
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The Coca‑Cola Company’s sustainable packaging journey crosses a major milestone this week with the unveiling of its first-ever beverage bottle made from 100% plant-based plastic, excluding the cap and label, that has been made using technologies that are ready for commercial scale. The prototype bottle comes more than a decade after the company’s PlantBottle™ debuted as […]
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Fairphone, de Nederlandse sociale onderneming die een markt ontwikkeld voor ethische smartphones, start op 1 november 2021 met de verkoop van haar nieuwste audioaccessoire, de Fairphone True Wireless Stereo (TWS)-oordopjes. De TWS-oordopjes zijn gemaakt van 30% gerecycled plastic, Fairtrade-goud in de toeleveringsketen en een langere levensduur van de batterij. Met behulp van lessen uit het […]
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Royal Philips today announced an additional ambitious action to combat climate change. The company is stepping up its acclaimed supplier sustainability program with the goal of at least 50% of its suppliers (based on spend) committing to science-based targets (SBTs) [1] for CO₂ emissions reduction by 2025. If successful, this major push to decarbonize the […]
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The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), the global body enabling businesses to set emissions reduction targets in line with science, today launches the world-first Net-Zero Corporate Standard. To combat this, the SBTi’s Net-Zero Standard is the world’s first science-based certification of companies’ net-zero targets in line with the Paris Agreement’s goal of keeping planetary warming […]
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The circular economy is a key sustainability strategy being adopted by world and industry leaders in their fight against climate change. While the circular economy is still in its infancy in terms of data and metrics, there are indicators that it is a growing phenomenon and tech industries, such as IoT for asset tracking, are […]
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With partners like Heathrow Airport, Rotterdam The Hague Airport and Stuttgart Airport already on board, SkyNRG and CHOOOSE are launching a new carbon emission reduction solution called “Fly on SAF”. The solution enables airlines and travel companies to seamlessly integrate the offering of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and Carbon Offsets into their customer experience. “Fly […]
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Otrium, the Dutch based premier fashion outlet marketplace today announces a partnership with Good On You, the leading reputable source for fashion brand sustainability ratings. The partnership gives Otrium’s three million members around the world more information on the brands that go the extra mile on sustainability, with a focus on people, planet and animal […]
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Findings from a new report ‘Responding to Humanity’s Code Red‘ by GlobeScan and the SustainAbility Institute by ERM show that sustainability experts remain pessimistic about our ability to avert major damage from climate change and about the prospect of meeting the Paris Agreement goals. While the public and private sector are both crucially important to progress, expert survey respondents […]
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A disorder-structured device made of pulverized coal can be used as the basis of sun-powered, sustainable water desalination. The invention developed by Dutch start-up PERA Complexity, named D-SAL, could sustainably provide fresh water to the 475 million small farmers living in coastal and rural drylands, the poorest and most at-risk group of the 3.6 billion […]
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