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Let’s rid our work environments of the toxic smoke of dysfunction

GreenBiz

Yes,” she said. As environmental sustainability leaders, you are, by nature, systems thinkers. You craft upstream solutions. You see the forests, not just the trees, and work to improve the ecosystems so the individuals in them can thrive. Sponsored Article. He looked up from his computer. Don’t worry. Leadership.

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The net zero backlash has arrived

Business Green

Yes, the businesses that have set those goals are coming under special scrutiny, never mind that only about 20 per cent of the world's 2,000 largest corporations have yet done so, according to the University of Oxford. Yes, they can absorb some atmospheric carbon, he says, "but only to a point.". Not a company or a country.

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Sustainable business in 2021: Five things we learned

Business Green

Amid disheartening and discouraging Covid and climate news, there are a lot of reasons for hope, writes Joel Makower. The Covid-19 pandemic, horrific as it's been, has been reasonably kind to the worlds of sustainable business and climate tech. Likely yes. Nature and biodiversity met the bottom line.

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How to Select a Sustainability Certification for Your Business

Green Business Bureau

In this article, we have organized the world’s top sustainability certifications by purpose, procedure, and cost so that you know how to select a sustainability certification with confidence. OVERVIEW OF SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATIONS. These standards are constantly revised to reflect changing global priorities and regulations.

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Logging is destroying southern forests — and dividing US environmentalists

Grist

In the fight against climate change, the $300-billion U.S. logging and woods products industry has positioned itself as a purveyor of “natural climate solutions.” In 2020, the CEOs of dozens of forestry businesses announced “an agreement of principles” stipulating that logged forests are beneficial for the climate.

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COP27: 10 things businesses have learnt from the Sharm El Sheikh Summit

Business Green

he COP27 Climate Summit finally closed early on Sunday morning , delivering both an historic deal to introduce a new Loss and Damage fund and recriminations over governments' continuing failure to accept unabated fossil fuels need to be phase out in the coming decades.

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The Estée Lauder Companies' sustainability leader on racial justice, 'sector-agnostic' solutions

GreenBiz

The Estée Lauder Companies' sustainability leader on racial justice, 'sector-agnostic' solutions. As with many companies heavily dependent on nature for product ingredients, Estée Lauder Companies is developing biodiversity action plans and becoming far more attuned to its role in deforestation, afforestation and reforestation.