EcoVadis, the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, released today the third annual edition of its Global CSR Risk and Performance Index. The report offers comprehensive insights into the supply chain sustainability performance of more than 30,000 companies worldwide, evaluated by EcoVadis across the calendar years of 2016 through 2018. EcoVadis scores are based […]
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30 companies and institutional investors have signed up to the UN Global Compact Sustainable Ocean Principles committing to take action to secure a healthy and productive ocean. The signatories to the principles include the container ship and supply vessel operator A.P. Møller – Mærsk, food and beverage company PepsiCo, ABN AMRO Bank and Norges Bank Investment Management, which […]
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Vodafone and Dutch based Fairphone today announced a strategic partnership to offer the more ethical, reliable and sustainable Fairphone 3 to Vodafone retail customers in European markets including the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain and Ireland by the end of 2019. Vodafone and Fairphone will also collaborate on best practice and share knowledge on key industry […]
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The third edition of Feeding Ourselves Thirsty reveals improved scores in water management practices from industry giants such as Mars, Incorporated and Unilever, but finds insufficient corporate action overall in an increasingly water-stressed world. Major food companies need to adopt far stronger practices to reduce their demands and impacts on limited water resources, according to a […]
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Zalando, Europe’s leading online platform for fashion and lifestyle, commits to carbon neutrality in its own operations and all deliveries and returns as of today. This includes self-operated properties, parcel transportation and packaging. The pledge is part of Zalando’s new sustainability strategy “do.MORE” which aims for a net-positive impact for people and the planet. With […]
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The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch non-profit organization developing advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic, unveiled today its invention to prevent the unrelenting flow of plastic pollution into the world’s oceans. The Interceptor™, under development by The Ocean Cleanup since 2015, complements the organization’s founding mission by attacking the flow of plastic garbage […]
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The Procter & Gamble Company is announcing that it reached its 2020 goal of purchasing 100% renewable electricity in the U.S. and Canada. The Company exceeded its original goal by extending the purchase of 100% renewable electricity to Western Europe. These three markets are among its largest and represent over 70% of P&G’s purchased electricity. […]
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Coca-Cola, Nestlé, and PepsiCo are the top 3 most identified companies in global brand audits for the second year in a row, according to a new report “BRANDED Volume II: Identifying the World’s Top Corporate Plastic Polluters.” Four hundred and eighty-four cleanups in over 50 countries and 6 continents, organised by the Break Free From Plastic […]
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The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) today launched the Seafood Stewardship Index ranking 30 of the most influential seafood companies in the world on their commitments, transparency and performance to meet the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Dutch based companies Nutreco and Parlevliet & Van der Plas ranks in the top 10. The […]
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The Dutch based company Veramaris, the producer of breakthrough feed ingredient for fish farming wins $200,000 innovation prize for development of natural marine algal oil that preserves ocean resources. A company producing sustainable feed used in commercial fish farms has won a $200,000 prize in the “F3 Fish Oil Challenge”, in which it’s estimated over […]
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All companies should take responsibility for their carbon emissions, and consumers have the right to spend consciously on products that align with their concern about climate change. This is the belief of Climate Neutral, a new independent non-profit organization in the US whose mission is to enlist brands to measure, reduce, and offset the carbon […]
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Sweden takes the lead in measuring diverse environmental impacts of consumption. A new accounting method could strengthen Sustainable Development Goals followup. A Swedish government-commission study shows how countries can measure progress on sustainable consumption, a priority under the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A series of papers present the method, headline findings for Sweden, and […]
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