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COP26 Hires Law Firm That Defended Fossil Fuel Giants Over Environmental Disasters

DeSmogBlog

In 2013, DLA Piper defended ExxonMobil over an alleged 2006 gas leak in Baltimore, Maryland, and in 1989 it defended Occidental Chemicals Corporation over the historic burying of toxic waste in Love Canal, Niagara Falls — considered one of the biggest corporate environmental disasters in history. billion ($2.16 billion ($1.65

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ESG vs Sustainability: What’s the Difference?

Green Business Bureau

The actually acronym ESG was first mentioned in the 2006 United Nation’s Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) report consisting of the Freshfield Report and “Who Cares Wins.” ESG criteria became incorporated in the financial evaluations of companies. ESG Framework.

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New York Sustainability: Tax Credits, Grants and Green Funding

Green Business Bureau

New York City supports green business enterprises, green tech startups, and ethical entrepreneurs, and as such, there are several tax credits, green financing, and grants available for purpose-driven leaders. The exemptions apply to sales made and services rendered on or after June 1st 2006. Biofuel production credit.

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Bearing and seal maker shares net-zero manufacturing journey

Envirotec Magazine

As such, it has an ethical imperative to adopt practices that lead to carbon neutrality. By developing and deploying a range of measures – including greater energy efficiency, avoiding waste and electrifying processes that currently use gas – it can be done. We find that waste reduction almost always reduces carbon emissions.

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ESG Reporting: What Is ESG Reporting and Why Is It Important?

Green Business Bureau

Examples of ESG-related risks include: Environmental : Climate change, greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), deforestation, biodiversity, waster, waste, and pollution. The PRI is a group of investor signatories that began in 2006, supported by the United Nations. trillion in assets under management (AUM). trillion in AUM.

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How to Select a Sustainability Certification for Your Business

Green Business Bureau

Founded in 2006, ILFI works with individuals, organizations and institutions around the world to develop sustainable strategies for transforming the built environment. This ensures both safety for consumers and ethical treatment of animals alike. What It Certifies: cosmetics, household products.

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

In a video recording of the event , Cole asserted that where fossil fuel energy is extracted, refined, transported, used to generate power, and disposed of in toxic waste dumps, it “is highly correlated to low income communities and communities of color.”. Almost all aspects of our energy economy thus have environmental justice implications.

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