G-Star RAW has introduced a range of stretch denim icons for Spring 2020. Each product in the range, which includes the brand’s best-selling icons: 3301 jeans and jacket, D-Staq, Janeh, Kate, Tedie jeans and Scutar jacket, is Cradle to Cradle Certified at the Gold level. Each item in the icons range is produced using only renewable energy […]
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Danone announced a €2 billion climate acceleration plan. The accelerated investment will support new bold commitments to advance some of the Company’s Goals for 2030. Danone’s CEO Emmanuel Faber says: “2019 has been a year of strong progress for Danone both in terms of the delivery and the transformation of our company. The sequential acceleration […]
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The financial year 2019* marks an important break in the trend as the climate footprint of the IKEA value chain decreased while maintaining business growth, decreasing to meet the baseline level of FY16. The IKEA Sustainability Report FY19 is released today and outlines progress from across the IKEA value chain and franchise system against the […]
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The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has launched a new online learning platform to support businesses in raising awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within their organizations. By spending 10 – 15 minutes navigating this platform, users will undergo a crash-course in the SDGs and their relevance to business, setting them up […]
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The UN Global Compact recognizes that procurement teams have a key role to play in creating sustainable supply chains. Companies that commit to advancing decent work conditions in their supply chain not only prevent risks of adverse impacts but can also significantly improve lives and lift millions out of poverty. To help empower procurement officers […]
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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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