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How to Select a Sustainability Certification for Your Business

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This includes such topics as human rights, climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts, labor practices, anti-corruption measures, diversity initiatives, financial services industry stability commitments and more. These standards are constantly revised to reflect changing global priorities and regulations.

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The Rise of the ‘Climate Friendly’ Cow

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New research published in Nature Climate Change in March, which was able to pinpoint the warming caused by livestock emissions for the first time, has added to the pressure. In 2006, he famously challenged the methodology of the UN’s landmark Livestock’s Long Shadow report. They’re all getting bigger.

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On the Future of our Food

Mr. Sustainability

Introduction Climate Change. Soil degradation. According to Livestock’s Long Shadow , a United Nations report, world meat consumption has the highest negative impact on the climate. Bottom line; lab-grown meat might be the biggest impact on reducing or eliminating climate-change and relieving animal suffering.

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The Sierra Club's Top 20 Cool Schools

Green Market Oracle

Sierra has been ranking the environmental performance of colleges since 2006. Home to the Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, UMass Amherst works with regional researchers and graduate science students to develop tools needed to help fish, wildlife, and ecosystems adapt to the impacts of climate change.

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

Green Business Bureau

Resolutions to global challenges such as climate change, poverty, inequality, biodiversity loss, habitat destruction, resource depletion, racism, and exploitation need the backing of our economic system. B Analytics is important as it allows investors, fund managers, non-profits, and large corporations accelerate market change.