Amazon and Global Optimism announced that 13 new signatories, Atos, Brooks, Canary Wharf Group, Coca-Cola European Partners, ERM, Groupe SEB France, Harbour Air, ITV, Microsoft, Neste, Rubicon, Unilever, and Vaude, have joined The Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040, a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement’s goal of 2050. Signatories to […]
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The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) published the Europe Sustainable Development Report 2020, the second independent quantitative report on the progress of the European Union, its member states, and other European countries towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), agreed by all UN member states in 2015. The Europe […]
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Five years after the signature of the Paris Agreement, the LVMH Group is holding LVMH Climate Week. The week-long online event invites the Group’s 160,000 employees to share the priorities of the new LIFE 360 (LVMH Initiatives For the Environment) program, setting an ambitious environmental roadmap for the coming 3, 6 and 10 years. The […]
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Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) zal het verminderen van uitstoot van de business versnellen door de absolute uitstoot van broeikasgassen (BKG) in de hele waardeketen – met inbegrip van scope 1, 2 en 3 – met 30% te verminderen tegen 2030 (vs. 2019) en een traject uitzetten om tegen 2040 klimaatneutraal te kunnen zijn, in overeenstemming […]
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Today, the LEGO Group has committed to reducing its absolute carbon emissions by 37% by 2032 to ensure the company plays its part in limiting the effects of climate change1. The target has been approved by the Science Based Target initiative as consistent with levels required to keep global warming to below 1.5°C, the most […]
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ROCKWOOL, the world’s leading manufacturer of stone wool products, announces ambitious, science-based global decarbonisation targets that have been verified and approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Key elements of ROCKWOOL’s decarbonisation plans include: Reducing factory absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 38 percent by 2034 (relative to baseline year 2019) [1] Reducing non-factory, absolute […]
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EcoVadis, the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, joined over 200 forward-thinking companies as the newest Innovator Member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). EcoVadis will participate in WBCSD’s SOS 1.5 project, a climate action roadmap designed to help companies reach net-zero carbon emissions before 2050. This announcement follows EcoVadis’ […]
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The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has today launched the first-ever corporate Digital Inclusion Benchmark, assessing the top 100 most influential technology companies’ progress in improving access to technology, enhancing digital skills, fostering trustworthy use, and innovating openly and ethically. The benchmark divides companies into three categories (hardware, telecommunication services, and IT services) and 33 global economies. They […]
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SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, has collaborated with DSM and Viscofan in the development of an innovative multi-barrier film for meat casings. The film combines layers of a SABIC’s certified circular polyethylene (PE) from its TRUCIRCLE™ portfolio and a circular polyamide (PA) from DSM Engineering Materials in a more sustainable packaging solution without […]
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Eastman announced ambitious 2030 sustainability commitments Tuesday in tandem with the publication of its 2020 sustainability report. The report highlights the company’s commitment to sustainable innovation and establishes goals to address three difficult, long-term and potentially devastating challenges that will affect our rapidly growing population: climate change, the plastic waste crisis and social inequities. Eastman’s […]
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E-magy, a Dutch cleantech scale-up has developed a unique technology platform for nano porous silicon that significantly boosts the performance of next generation lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs). E-magy is one of the first movers in this space and is one of the few players with a fully operational pilot line in place. From […]
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Solability published The 2020 Sustainable Competitiveness Index! Sweden tops the GSCI for a 5th consecutive year, followed by Iceland, Denmark, Finland, & Switzerland UK is ranked 15, Germany 22, The Netherlands 25, US 32, China 39 North-East Asia (South Korea, Japan, China) keep dominating the Intellectual Capital sub-index, while Scandinavia tops the Social Capital sub-index […]
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