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How to Select a Sustainability Certification for Your Business

Green Business Bureau

Becoming certified allows companies to stand out from competitors who may not be doing the same level of social good in their operations and policies. Green America uses the power of consumer choice and business practices to help build an economy that values people, planet, and peace over profit. GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATIONS.

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SDG15: The fight for life on land

Business Green

We often take the land for granted, even though - or perhaps because - it is literally the foundation of everything we do, from the materials that make up our homes, workplaces, and transport systems to the source of our food, water, and medicines. Essentially, without biodiversity, we would not exist, let alone develop". Cristiana Pa?ca

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Can a tiger change its stripes? Meet the pulp and paper giant bankrolling a huge Sumatran rainforest reserve

Business Green

Comprising 130,000 hectares on the Kampala Peninsula, alongside another 20,000 hectares on nearby Padang Island to the north, RER was set up a decade ago to restore and protect an area of unique, biodiverse, peatland-rich rainforest that is twice the size of nearby Singapore which lies just over 100 miles eastward.