The global environmental organization Greenpeace has recognized SBA Group company Utenos trikotažas as the first and so far the only textile company in the world to work entirely according to its textiles procurement standard. Greenpeace has already started to produce its own t-shirts at the Lithuanian company. The new Greenpeace standard embodies all existing best practices […]
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Ahold Delhaize announced new long-term targets for its Healthy and Sustainable growth driver. Entering the last year of fulfilling its 2020 sustainability targets, the company has established a new set of ambitions to inspire customers to make healthier and more informed choices, to increase product transparency, and to eliminate waste. “Food-related diseases and the impact […]
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Today a study for the European Commission by BIICL, Civic Consulting and LSE Consulting was published by the European Commission. The study focused on due diligence requirements to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for abuses of human rights, including the rights of the child and fundamental freedoms, serious bodily injury or health risks, environmental damage, […]
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Many of the world’s largest mining companies risk the perception that they are ‘SDG-washing’ through selective reporting of their impacts on these universal goals. Companies often highlight in their Sustainability Reports the positive contributions they make to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, while generally omitting any mention of negative impacts that would impede achievement of […]
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European companies reported a total of €124 billion in new low carbon investments last year but should double low carbon capital expenditure (CAPEX) to be consistent with the EU’s new climate target, new analysis reveals. The report ‘Doubling Down: Europe’s Low Carbon Investment Opportunity’, released yesterday by non-profit CDP and global management consulting firm Oliver Wyman, finds 882 […]
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The Rainforest Alliance is unveiling an end-to-end strengthening of its pioneering Cocoa Certification Program, which is the world’s largest scale initiative to drive more sustainable cocoa farming. These new measures mark the first stage of Rainforest Alliance’s enhanced certification program for all sectors that will be published in June and rolled out in the subsequent […]
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Bain & Company today announced it has made a minority investment in EcoVadis, the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings for global supply chains. The collaboration will accelerate and deepen both companies’ offerings for improving the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of their collective clients. Focused on creating “the highest levels of value” […]
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The presale of the book ‘7 Roles to Create Sustainable Success – A Practical Guide for Sustainability and CSR Professionals’ by Carola Wijdoogen starts with a discount of 5 euro. The book can be pre-ordered till March 2020 through the website 7roles.com. The book will be published in May 2020. The Dutch Original book ‘MVO […]
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Starting March 1, 2020, Delta Air Lines is committing $1 billion over the next 10 years on its journey to mitigate all emissions from its global business going forward. The airline will invest in driving innovation, advancing clean air travel technologies, accelerating the reduction of carbon emissions and waste, and establishing new projects to mitigate the […]
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As You Sow and Corporate Knights today released their sixth update of the Carbon Clean 200™, a list of the 200 publicly traded companies that are leading the way among their global peers to a clean energy future. Key findings include: Clean200 has outperformed its fossil fuel counterpart, the MSCI ACWI Energy Index, by a […]
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Contributing nearly 40 % of global CO2 emissions from energy, the building sector has enormous potential to clean up our world. A new International Standard helps the industry do just that by optimizing how buildings are used as well as effectively reusing and recycling their components when their time is finally up. ISO 20887, Sustainability […]
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BP today set a new ambition to become a net zero company by 2050 or sooner, and to help the world get to net zero. The ambition is supported by ten aims: Five aims to get BP to net zero: 1. Net zero across BP’s operations on an absolute basis by 2050 or sooner. 2. […]
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