Today, World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) announces an update to the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment, expanding its scope to recognise enhanced leadership action in tackling embodied carbon emissions from the building and construction sector. To accompany the Commitment update and its reduction-first approach to decarbonisation, WorldGBC has also published Advancing Net Zero Whole Life Carbon: […]
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Pondera, a Dutch renowned consulting company and project developer in renewable – energy, and SolarDuck, a key player in the floating offshore solar market, signed a memorandum of understanding detailing the development of 555 MWp of offshore solar projects over the coming years. The companies plan to develop these projects between 2023 and 2025. Near […]
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The MDPI Sustainability Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 World Sustainability Award: Prof. Dr. John Elkington and Prof. Dr. Jianguo Liu. The recipients were selected from the nominations received over the course of the year, and were voted by the Selection Committee made up of the two permanent members: Dr. Shu-Kun Lin, […]
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Arcadis, the leading global design & consultancy organization for natural and built assets, published today a new research report called “Supercharging Net Zero”, which uses economic modeling to examine how the international energy sector can lead the way to achieving net zero greenhouse emissions. The report confirms that, if the global energy sector fails to rapidly decarbonize and increase […]
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The Circulars Accelerator is an action-oriented, six-month accelerator program for early-to-growth-stage companies developing innovations towards a more circular economy Our linear economic system is unsustainable, we consume 75% more resources each year than the earth can naturally regenerate. By 2050 we will require 3 earths each year to sustain consumption, we need to act now. Programs […]
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DLL, a Dutch based global asset finance company for equipment and technology, launches a new Sustainability Report ‘Pathways to Sustainable Business Models’ aiming to inform and inspire businesses striving to mitigate the impacts of climate change. The report shares regulatory trends, market insights and highlights actions that companies can take to reduce Green House Gas […]
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The EU Parliament yesterday told Frans Timmermans vice chair of the EU Commission that his “Green Deal for Food” (Farm to Fork Strategy) is not green enough. Taxes are needed to include environmental costs in food prices (eg give food related GHG emissions a price). Healthy food has to become cheaper with a 0% VAT […]
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Royal DSM has received full regulatory approval from the Brazilian and Chilean authorities to commercialize Bovaer®, its novel methane-reducing feed additive for ruminants. These first market authorizations, covering beef, dairy, sheep and goats, mark a significant milestone for DSM. Intense collaboration among scientists and external partners across the globe has made Bovaer® a reality. That […]
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SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, has announced the successful roll-out of another project as part of its TRUCIRCLE™ program to accelerate the implementation of a circular plastic economy. Allied Bakeries, a major UK based supplier of bakery products, has introduced bread bags made by St. Johns Packaging using SABIC’s certified circular polyethylene (PE) in the […]
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Last year, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) announced bold commitments to substantially reducing its climate impact from business travel (more than 80% of its total footprint) by embracing lessons learned about virtual and hybrid work during the global pandemic. To further reduce the firm’s climate impact and to support the development of a more robust SAF […]
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The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights filed a criminal complaint in Germany against several high-profile textile brands and retailers. Hugo Boss, Lidl and other companies are allegedly directly or indirectly abetting and profiting from alleged forced labor of the Uyghur minority in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in western China and might […]
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New research from GlobeScan and the SustainAbility Institute by ERM finds that sustainability experts believe the global pandemic will help draw attention to environmental issues—but will also deepen socio-economic challenges such as poverty and inequality. The GlobeScan / SustainAbility Leaders Survey has tracked global expert opinions on the evolution of the sustainability agenda since 1997. The 25th edition of this report […]
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