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Corporate Giants Promote Climate Action, But Work With Oil Lobbyists in State Capitols

DeSmogBlog

The research, conducted by the non-profit Global Energy Monitor and shared with DeSmog, found thousands of cases in which high-profile corporations engage in lobbying in state capitols, hiring the same lobbyists that do work for powerful fossil fuel companies. A future that does have humanity living in harmony with nature.”.

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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

Eco-Friendly, Ethically-Sourced Building Materials. Not only does reclaimed lumber give that rustic, farmhouse look and possess some unique history within its grain, but it also helps preserve our carbon-sequestering forests and rejects monoculture tree farms that do not support biodiversity or ecological health. RECYCLED STEEL.

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Sustainability Guide for Food and Dining in the Workplace: Creating the Right Policies, Programs and Culture

Green Business Bureau

Compared to vegetable production, livestock farming and the manufacturing of animal products requires more water, land, and energy. Further, meat and dairy intensive diets can lead to several different health problems such as cardiovascular disease and certain cancers. and these travel miles add up to huge amounts of carbon emissions.

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Sustainable Food Management Checklist: Getting Started Guide for the Office Cafeteria

Green Business Bureau

Listed below are the five main ways foods supply chains negatively harm our environment. Additionally, conventional farming practices reduce the levels of carbon retained in the soil – an important medium for carbon sequestration. Our food supply chain demands an extravagant amount of energy.

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Mapped: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets

DeSmogBlog

To identify the powerful actors most actively lobbying against these key EU regulations and policies, DeSmog analysed corporate reports, lobbying records, official position papers, responses to public EU consultations, media events, and meetings held with various EU bodies over the past two years. Europe’s Green Deal.

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Investors Challenge ‘Blind Spots’ in Climate-Friendly Ratings for Ad and PR Giants

DeSmogBlog

And DeSmog can also reveal that a growing group of ethical investors are demanding that ad and PR companies come clean about their true climate impact. MSCI ranks all five as ‘ESG Leaders’ for carbon emissions. million project for an oil and gas lobby called the Canadian Energy Centre. It scores WPP, Publicis and IPG as AA.

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My exclusive interview with ChatGPT about AI, climate tech and sustainability

Business Green

I wanted to see how much it knew and how well it could contextualise the broad and complex range of technologies under the climate tech umbrella - everything from clean energy to water treatment to e-bikes to carbon capture - and what it understood about corporate sustainability in general. And it's just getting started.