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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

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Natura, which issues a regular environmental profit-and-loss statement , went carbon-neutral in 2007 and became the first public B Corporation in 2014. Logan Green has cited growing up with Southern California traffic and carpooling as a student in Zimbabwe for inspiring the launch of Zimride in 2007. million acres the 4.4

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I think they’re a little bit wary, because blockchain technology isn’t easy. But our Capital Markets Authority is now working with three other blockchain companies, so they’re trying to understand, and they’re setting up regulatory sandboxes for these companies. We’re going to apply too.

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

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For instance, in 2007 Australia introduced the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme (NGERS) to set mandatory emission reporting. The method combines well-established best practices from the financial sector and cost accounting with recent advancements in climate science and blockchain technology.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

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Natura, which issues a regular environmental profit-and-loss statement , went carbon-neutral in 2007 and became the first public B Corporation in 2014. It uses blockchain to trace sourcing in India for guar, used in shampoos. Since 2007, Cisco has reduced its GHG emissions by 55 percent since 2007. million acres the 4.4

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How carbon-smart farming is catalyzing the big bucks needed to transform the way America eats

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million to fund its marketplace, which uses blockchain technology to pay farmers for carbon sequestration. The number of individual organic farms has surged as well — climbing by more than 50 percent from 10,903 farms in 2007 to 16,585 farms in 2017 — according to the U.S. In January, Seattle startup Nori raised $1.3

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