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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. No doubt those conversations will be at play in Starbucks’ 50th year.

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

Green Business Bureau

Certification is shown to attract and engage top talent, increase credibility and build trust, slash costs, meet the demands of a consumer majority, and protect a company’s mission in the long term. By 2007 , 82 businesses were certified by B Lab. The story of B Lab, however, really starts back in 1993 with Jay Coen Gilbert.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. No doubt those conversations will be at play in Starbucks’ 50th year.

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The link between climate change and the health of Canadians

Clean Energy Canada

Climate change is already negatively impacting the health of Canadians, impacts that will become more severe in relation to the extent of warming that occurs. iv] Medical students in Canada are joining the climate strikes, demanding stronger climate action to address public health issues. [v]. ” December 10 2007.

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A Texas Community Is Being Bombarded by Cancer-Causing Benzene. State Officials Have Known for Nearly Two Decades

DeSmogBlog

In 2007, the TCEQ raised its annual guideline from an average of 1 ppb to 1.4 As the global demand for plastics has grown, Texas also has become a hub for the petrochemical industry, which uses benzene in its production processes. On the afternoon of April 19, 2007, however, K-Solv grabbed just about everybody’s attention.

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How the Electric Utilities Industry Created One of the ‘Largest’ Propaganda Campaigns in U.S. History

DeSmogBlog

The book documents how today’s prevailing anti-regulatory and anti-government postures that deride Big Government and cheer for Big Business did not arise simply from grassroots demands. But it also had a textbook answer: putting a price on carbon. Congress from ratifying the Kyoto protocol to the U.N.

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Illinois’ Path to 100% Clean Energy May Mean Escaping From PJM’s Capacity Market

GreenTechMedia

While the details are complex and still in development, their result would be to force administratively set minimum prices on future wind and solar resources, energy efficiency, demand response, and nuclear power plants in PJM's capacity market. The Fixed Resource Requirement opt-out: how it works.

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