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New Report Calls Out Chemical Recycling as a ‘False Solution’ to the Plastics Crisis

DeSmogBlog

The plastics and petrochemical industries’ latest purported solution to the plastic pollution crisis – chemical or “advanced” recycling – is essentially a public relations and marketing strategy designed to distract from the urgent need to curb plastic production, a new report contends. There is no legal definition of chemical recycling.

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

Bespectacled, tall, and barrel-chested, with blonde hair and a beard punctuated by gray, Cole stood confidently before a classroom of conference attendees at a University of Oregon environmental law symposium in 2008, less than a year before his death. Abascal gave Cole a desk and a phone, and Cole got to work. Early Influences.

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Continuing to fight the fashion revolution

Business Green

As the idea of 'fast fashion' proliferated, clothing supply chains lengthened under relentless pressure on costs with emerging economies offering lower wages, weaker labour laws and tax breaks to win contracts from major brands.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The automaker’s sustainability goals include sourcing energy only from renewable sources and getting at least half the materials in its vehicles from recycled, bio-based or renewable origins — by 2030 in the U.S. The H&M Foundation and CO:LAB venture capital arm share a focus on advancing textile recycling. and globally by 2040.

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What Is B Corp? B Corp Certification Guide + Quick Assessment

Green Business Bureau

From a Bootstrapped startup in 1993, the organization grew with modest revenues of $70 million by year five, and more than $285 million in revenue by 2001, and was the second for basketball footwear in the market. Are, and how, are human rights and environmental laws enforced in your country? Why is meeting this initiative important?

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

” The automaker’s sustainability goals include sourcing energy only from renewable sources and getting at least half the materials in its vehicles from recycled, bio-based or renewable origins — by 2030 in the U.S. The H&M Foundation and CO:LAB venture capital arm share a focus on advancing textile recycling.

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New Harvest 2019: Envisioning a food system built around cells, not animals 

AFN Sustainable Protein

scientists have been working on culturing cells to make meat since 2001 when NASA scientists cultured goldfish cells to make a fish filet. Illumina is largely credited with breaking Moore’s Law in genomics by introducing next-generation sequencing. 1 – Cell ag needs an Illumina moment. It took $2.7

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