The recipients of the 2020 United Nations Global Climate Action Awards were announced yesterday, shining a light on some of the best examples of what people across the globe are doing to combat climate change in a year that has cast darkness upon so many. The 2020 winners of the UN Global Climate Action Award […]
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The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), together with its more than 200 global leading member companies, is raising the bar of business commitment to sustainability through the set of new criteria put forward as part of WBCSD’s membership conditions. These criteria were accepted by a strong majority of the leaders of WBCSD member companies during last week’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), based on the unanimous recommendation by the […]
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The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch non-profit organization developing advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic, today presented their plan to go full circle in their mission: creating a product from the plastic they recovered from the ocean to help fund the continued cleanup. The organization has taken its first batch of plastic certified […]
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Microsoft Corp. employees who fly between their global headquarters in Redmond, Washington, and California on Alaska Airlines will fly more sustainably thanks to the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to cover their business travel. The SAF, supplied by SkyNRG, and produced from waste oils, is an important option for the aviation industry to reduce […]
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HP Inc. today announced the expansion of its Planet Partners supplies return and recycling program to 68 countries, including Argentina, Chile, and Papua New Guinea. Expanding HP’s OEM printing supplies recycling program into new markets furthers the company’s long-standing commitment to driving a circular and low carbon economy with its partners and customers. The HP […]
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Unily is pleased to announce the launch of its newest report, the Future the Sustainable Workplace in the age of COVID-19 and Climate Change. In partnership with renowned sustainability expert, Dr. Leyla Acaroglu, Unily explores how sustainability and climate change are shaping how we work and live, and how the pandemic is presenting opportunities to […]
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ArcelorMittal Europe announced on 13 october the details of the CO2 technology strategy that will enable it to offer its first green steel solutions to customers this year (30,000 tonnes), scale up this offering in coming years (to reach 120,000 tonnes in 2021 and 600,000 tonnes by 2022), deliver its 30% CO2 emissions target by […]
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Today, Project Drawdown has announced the launch of Drawdown Labs – a consortium of private sector partners (e.g. Google and Intuit) working to go beyond ‘net zero’ to scale climate solutions in the world, within and outside their own operations. “Our planet’s climate challenge demands organizations work together in new ways to discover, design, and […]
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The Wall Street Journal published a new ranking that aims to give a comprehensive data-driven overview of the world’s most sustainably managed companies. Philips took the #2 position in this WSJ ranking. Philips is recognized for doing business sustainably and responsibly and for its transparency through its environmental and social disclosures and programs. “Companies that are […]
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Electric cars will treble their market share in Europe this year as a result of EU car CO2 targets, new analysis shows. Despite the pandemic, EV sales have surged since 1 January, just as the emissions standards kicked in, and will reach 10% this year and 15% in 2021. Transport & Environment (T&E), which analysed sales […]
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Fewer of the world’s biggest exporters are actively investigating and punishing companies paying bribes abroad, according to a new report released today by Transparency International. Exporting Corruption 2020: Assessing Enforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, finds that active enforcement against foreign bribery significantly decreased since 2018. The share of global exports from countries that actively […]
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Ingka Group is excited to announced that it will take part in Count Us In, a global movement aiming to mobilise one billion people to take practical steps to reduce carbon emissions and challenge leaders to act more boldly on climate. Count Us In was launched at TED Countdown, a global initiative to champion and accelerate […]
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