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Luxury in the new normal: Leadership and innovation in 2020 and beyond

GreenBiz

The crisis also has multiplied the insecurity of some workers and left some precious material supply chains, such as cashmere and exotic skins, even more vulnerable. . Design teams are working together online and using virtual sampling. Showrooms and fashion weeks have gone digital.

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Microsoft, Tiffany help carve out new responsible mining standard

GreenBiz

Protesters hold these companies responsible for violations happening a long way down their supply chains. percent across categories such as fair labor, occupational health and safety, community health and safety, security arrangements and cultural heritage preservation. The supply chain is extremely lengthy and confusing. "In

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Food waste startup backed by Oprah Winfrey snags $250 million

GreenBiz

Apeel can extend the life of fresh produce, which is critical to our food supply and to our planet too.". The company is working with suppliers, retails and growers — "ranging from smallholder farmers and local organic growers to the world's largest food brands and retailers." . Some of its partners include Kroger (the largest U.S.

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Recycling e-waste should be a legal requirement in the EU, says report

Envirotec Magazine

The report by the CEWASTE consortium – led by the Switzerland-based World Resources Forum – says this requirement should apply to certain e-waste categories, including: End-of-life circuit boards, certain magnets in disc drives and electric vehicles, EV and other special battery types, and fluorescent lamps.

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Former Walmart exec brings ride-share technology to fresh produce transport

GreenBiz

It’s one of the few categories that still drives shoppers to buy in-store. But some points in the supply chain for fresh produce are still stuck in the dark ages. Technology working to reducing empty mileage . Supply Chain. Supply Chain. Tue, 10/27/2020 - 01:00. Transportation & Mobility.

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GHG Protocol: Scope 3 Emissions Explained

Green Business Bureau

That includes GHGs released across an organization’s supply chain (both upstream and downstream emissions). To expand on these definitions, we’ve produced a series of articles, with each piece covering a specific corporate emissions category. Identify resource and energy risks within a supply chain.

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New NRDC report details ways to make the battery supply chain greener

Charged

As demand rises for battery raw materials, EV industry players are working to reduce the environmental costs of extraction. The NRDC paper focuses on the most effective, and most logical, strategy to limit the damage from battery supply chains: using less minerals.