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How to Select a Sustainability Certification for Your Business

Green Business Bureau

Selecting the right sustainability certification for your business can be a tedious process requiring thorough research and understanding which program will best suit your needs and budget. General business sustainability certifications. GENERAL BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATIONS. OVERVIEW OF SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATIONS.

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Climate Intelligence: The Digital Fabric for Climate Action

Better Ventures

Thus far we have made investments towards reducing the climate impact of our food, industrial production, and energy systems, and we are eager to make more. Business Intelligence is the use of historical and current data to provide actionable insights to drive immediate and future business decisions. Why Climate Intelligence?

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Against the grain

Envirotec Magazine

Rivers, for example, though we would expect this to be a catchment-specific issue, said David Tompkins, a soil scientist with Aqua Enviro, during the November event. It also investigated how to measure plastics levels in composts, digestates and soils, and what process interventions are available to reduce it.

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

Green Business Bureau

Creating better businesses with B Corp Certification and beyond B Corp Certification presents a set of guiding principles that support organizations to minimize their impact on the environment and society. Hence, certified B Corps often experience bottom-line benefits helping the business thrive. What is B Corp?

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Recycling firm fined £20k following illegal export of household waste from Scotland

Envirotec Magazine

Saica Natur UK Limited pled guilty on 21 September 2021 at Airdrie Sheriff Court to transporting waste collected from households (code Y46) to China in contravention of Article 36(1) of the Waste Shipment Regulation (EC1013/2006) and Regulation 23 of the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007 (the Waste Shipment Regulations).

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On the Future of our Food

Mr. Sustainability

Soil degradation. Food is basically a combination of energy, water and nutrients. Some plants and micro-organisms can make food ‘out of thin air’ by simply rearranging carbon, water and oxygen molecules using energy from the Sun. Introduction Climate Change. Deforestation. Loss of biodiversity. Water scarcity. Animal suffrage.

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Where Does All The Radioactive Fracking Waste Go?

DeSmogBlog

And since 1997 about one million barrels worth of oilfield waste has been brought to Lotus’s disposal site, situated off a dusty desert road located 19 miles west of Andrews, Texas (and just several miles from a massive solar array financed by Facebook and which provides energy to Shell’s fracking operations). Credit: Justin Hamel ©2021.

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