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Cargill joins new research center that will lead the way for decarbonizing shipping

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Cargill today joined leading players across the global maritime industry to launch the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping in Copenhagen, Denmark. The center will focus on developing new fuel types and technologies, a significant action to accelerate the industry’s commitment to decarbonize shipping by 2050. This effort is part of Cargill’s overall […] ... lees meer

IEA offers world governments a Sustainable Recovery Plan to boost economic growth, create millions of jobs and put emissions into structural decline

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The International Energy Agency presented yesterday Sustainable Recovery Plan focusing on a series of actions that can be taken over the next three years to revitalise economies and boost employment while making energy systems cleaner and more resilient. Set out in a Special Report on Sustainable Recovery from the IEA’s flagship World Energy Outlook series, the plan offers an […] ... lees meer

Senbis expands pilot facilities for sustainable plastics

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Over the next three years, Senbis in Emmen, the Netherlands, will be investing €5.5 million through its new subsidiary SPIC Facilities BV, in a testing facility for the development of sustainable plastics. ‘We will be acquiring an impressive range of machinery that will make successive polymer production processes available at different scales: from grams and […] ... lees meer

Companies need to set more ambitious targets to achieve Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

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On the occasion of its 20th-anniversary Leaders Summit, the United Nations Global Compact, in partnership with DNV GL, released a new report looking back on 20 years of corporate sustainability progress among its business participants. The UN Global Compact 20th-Anniversary Progress Report: Uniting Business in the Decade of Action uses data from its annual survey of […] ... lees meer

European chemical companies top the new sustainability ranking ChemScore, followed by a mix of US and Asian companies.

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ChemScore is a corporate benchmark tool – released today by the environmental NGO ChemSec – that looks at the level of sustainability in the product portfolio of the 35 biggest players in the chemical industry. ChemScore aims to capture and rank the world’s largest chemical companies’ efforts to reduce their production of hazardous chemicals, and […] ... lees meer

Ahold Delhaize publishes inaugural Human Rights Report

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Ahold Delhaize today announces the publication of its inaugural Human Rights Report. The report is an important milestone to show what steps Ahold Delhaize and its great local brands are taking to safeguard human rights, both within the organization and across the supply chain, as well as increase transparency on the highest priority human rights issues […] ... lees meer

Unilever sets out new actions to fight climate change, and protect and regenerate nature, to preserve resources for future generations

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Today, Unilever set out a new range of measures and commitments designed to improve the health of the planet by taking even more decisive action to fight climate change, and protect and regenerate nature, to preserve resources for future generations. Unilever will achieve Net Zero emissions from all our products by 2039. We will also […] ... lees meer

WeTransfer behaalt B Corporation certificering en wil klimaatneutraal worden

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WeTransfer, het Nederlandse techbedrijf dat verschillende producten aanbiedt gericht op de creatieve sector, maakt vandaag bekend dat het een Certified B Corporation is geworden. Dit maakt WeTransfer een van de weinige internationale techbedrijven met het prestigieuze keurmerk voor organisaties die hoge standaarden hanteren op duurzaam, sociaal en juridisch gebied.  Als onderdeel van deze aankondiging kondigt […] ... lees meer