DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

DeSmog analysed examples of more than 100 influencers being paid to promote fossil fuel firms worldwide since 2017, from the US to Malaysia, in campaigns that have reached billions of people. The campaign was co-hosted by US-based science influencer Astronaut Abby and won World Media Group’s 2021 Corporate Influencer Award.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 21, 2020

Verizon, NRG, Oliver Wyman share tips on TCFD scenario planning and reporting Aaron Mok Tue, 07/21/2020 – 00:30 More than 1,000 global leaders have implemented recommendations from the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure as part of their climate action plans. 2 degrees Celsius.”

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Two food startups explain how their decarbonisation approaches differ from those of big businesses. This was inspired by when we arrived (at) COP 25 in Madrid three years ago and understood that this is where the world is going," said Lee Recht, VP of sustainability at Aleph Farms, at the VERGE Net Zero virtual event early in December.

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Andrew Winston

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Of course there was backlash -- an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal accused Fink of wanting "lower returns" for the sake of corporate social responsibility.which was pretty much exactly backwards. Fink is saying that purpose and sustainability drive value, not destroy it. I think you know where I stand. It’s good news.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2022

How are these two brick and mortar retail giants tackling Scope 3 emissions in their supply chains? But along with their similarities, each company's approach to sustainability highlights two very different ways of engaging their suppliers, particularly on Scope 3 emission reductions. Their supply chains are vast and complex.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021. These 20 C-suite executives have steered their companies forward through much disruption, providing inspiration for the possibilities of advancing sustainability, social responsibility and circular business models — sometimes all at once. Elsa Wenzel. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15.

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2022

Water pricing typically bears no relation to how scarce water is or the realities on the ground," said Alexis Morgan, global water stewardship lead for the World Wildlife Fund. A seldom used approach. Water pricing, however, is a practice that is much less common among corporations than carbon pricing.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

With Our Responsible Journey, Samsonite strives to lead the lifestyle bag and travel luggage industry across key sustainability indicators, including the use of recycled materials in its products and packaging and achieving carbon neutrality across its owned and operated facilities. We report our progress annually in Samsonite’s ESG report.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Elsa Wenzel takes a deep dive into the latest literature on how to develop new zero building projects. Designed and executed with care, net-zero carbon goals can offer more than sustainability window dressing for commercial buildings in the decades to come. Risk and adaptation. operations at the U.K.-based Defining net zero.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 29, 2020

Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni Heather Clancy Mon, 06/29/2020 – 02:30 June 22 marked the publication of the fifth annual GreenBiz 30 Under 30 , our report celebrating rising young professionals in the field of corporate sustainability. Sustainability must be a must have and not a nice to have.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

As such, in 2022 81% of S&P 500 companies reported their own emissions (scope 1), and the emissions of the electricity they bought (scope 2). We then deliver an 8-step process to track, measure, and report the GHG emissions associated with your business and related operations. C) within reach.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

With this in mind, the Green Business Bureau wanted to help you understand your options for sustainability certification, and with that, learn how to become B Corp Certified. With over 500 initiatives to choose from – compared to B Labs 250 – GBB raises the bar in sustainability certification. What is B Corp?

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

VF Corp leans in to the circular economy and regenerative ag Deonna Anderson Wed, 12/16/2020 – 09:58 With about 20 brands such as The North Face, Vans and Timberland under its umbrella — including its recent acquisition of popular streetwear brand Supreme — VF Corporation is big.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 19, 2022

In this Green Business Bureau article, we explain what scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions are, to help you understand the GHG Protocol emission classification system. The aim was to clarify what business emissions need to be measured and managed, and how. Pressure for accurate business carbon reporting mounts.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 20, 2021

Fracking sand company Fairmount Santrol had a very clever corporate slogan for being in the business of selling products for oil and gas wells: “Do Good, Do Well.”. Fairmount Santrol — which merged with another company in late 2017 and was renamed Covia — was the second largest frac sand supplier in the U.S. .

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 27, 2022

SUSTAINABILITY IN THE SKIING INDUSTRY. In this Green Business Bureau article, we address the focal environmental challenge for the ski industry, namely climate change. We then explain the benefits of sustainability for skiing, before offering 5 sustainability tips with real-world examples of sustainable ski resorts.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Previous reporting from openDemocracy and the Guardian found that, between 2017 and December 2021, £89 million had been given to UK universities from some of the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies. Shell declined to comment on record for this article. These partnerships have shown no sign of abating.

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Green Market Oracle

MAY 14, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to supply chain vulnerabilities and this article reviews many of the lessons that have been learned as well as their implications for our climate mitigation and adaptation efforts. Sustainability Supply chain risk mitigation is a key component of sustainability.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

This article was published alongside new additions to DeSmog’s Agribusiness Database , where you can find a record of companies and organisations’ current messaging on climate change, lobbying around climate action, and histories of climate science denial. Meat companies themselves have also stepped up their climate-friendly advertising.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 12, 2022

ESG compliance lays out the standards and responsibilities of an organization, to meet the environmental, social , and governance (ESG) needs appropriate to a business, which is communicated with ESG reporting. If you read our previous article “ What is ESG Reporting and Why Is It Important?

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Grist

JUNE 29, 2022

The industry claims that forests that are felled sustainably — for construction, say, or for burning to produce electricity in utility-scale power plants — can provide jobs and energy, stimulate the economy, and even reduce society’s net carbon emissions. This rosy view of logging, however, is hotly contested.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021 Elsa Wenzel Mon, 01/11/2021 – 02:15 The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. Many leaders in this cohort happen to have climbed the ranks at one company for decades.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Our honorees for 2021 are intrepid startup founders, tenacious corporate innovators and determined public servants. The corporations among them include Credit Suisse, Deloitte, Foodstuffs, Gensler, Google, Ignitis Group, National Grid, Starbucks, Unilever and UPS. in childhood.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Clearwater began operating in November 2017, according to one drilling industry news site. For the past several decades, most of this waste has simply been pumped back underground — an approach fraught with problems. Geological Survey report noted. To put it simply,” the report states.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Her energy secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg this week announced that the UK’s zombie fracking industry would be resurrected, despite a much-awaited report saying that there was still “limited” understanding of the UK’s shale gas reserves and the impacts of extracting them, with earthquake forecasting remaining a “scientific challenge”.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

Our honorees for 2021 are intrepid startup founders, tenacious corporate innovators and determined public servants. The corporations among them include Credit Suisse, Deloitte, Foodstuffs, Gensler, Google, Ignitis Group, National Grid, Starbucks, Unilever and UPS. in childhood.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

When it comes to those shaping the corporate climate movement — either from within companies or as part of NGOs and policy organizations that recognize the critical role businesses must play in addressing the climate emergency — I’m grateful to say it’s becoming easier to find women with a seat at the decision-making table.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

We are proud to introduce our fifth annual cohort of twentysomethings who are sustainability leaders within — and without — their companies, nonprofits and communities. Grateful appreciation to the World Business Council for Sustainable Business and the Yale Center for Business and the Environment for helping us spread the word.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2020

We have a framework for action - the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. All proponents of a particular SDG see it as the cornerstone in the sustainable development hierarchy - and goal 16 is no exception. We must keep our promises for people and planet".

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Mr. Sustainability

JUNE 27, 2020

Everything depends on how long it lasts, but if this goes on for a long time, it’s certainly going to be the mother of all financial crises. One that can propel us to a sustainable all-time economic high. How do we Create these Roaring 2020s? I feel like the 2008 financial crisis was just a dry run for this.”

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2020

How carbon-smart farming is catalyzing the big bucks needed to transform the way America eats. I’ve come to Stone House Farm from Brooklyn to learn more about how regenerative agriculture — the nature-based approach to farming generating all kinds of buzz around its climate mitigation potential — actually works.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Most worryingly, reports have indicated that China is looking to ramp up coal production in response to a series of blackouts. All told, as the recent landmark report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) again confirmed, it still amounts to a global warming trajectory that breaches both the 1.5C

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