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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 billion ($2.4

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Digital technology, green finance in vogue among fashion’s sustainability trendsetters

GreenBiz

For example, blockchain platform Provenance helps trace and certify supply chains to enable ethical procurement decisions. Just last year, The Carlyle Group made its first foray into the industry by acquiring a stake in Jeanologia, and Permira acquired a majority stake in the ethical fashion brand Reformation.

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Comic Relief gets serious about tackling the climate emergency

Business Green

Comic Relief faced a storm of criticism in 2013 when it emerged it was investing in arms and tobacco companies. Since then it has prioritised ethical investment, stating in last year's report that the organisation recognises "the importance of investing responsibly and sustainably".

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Biophilia and Biophilic Design: Incorporating Sustainability Into The Built Environment

Green Business Bureau

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 26(5), 999–1014. The anatomy of human destructiveness. Greenwich, CT. [2] 2] Wilson, E. Harvard University Press. [3] 3] Clowney, D. Biophilia as an Environmental Virtue. 4] Calabrese, E. F., & Dommert, A. Biophilia and the practice of Biophilic Design.

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More than 500 fashion retailers back supply chain deforestation pledge

Business Green

But since launching CanopyStyle in 2013, the non-profit said it has managed to shift almost 50 per cent of viscose production towards production at low risk of originating from ancient and endangered forests. Other new signatories to the CanopyStyle initiative include John Lewis and Partners and Wax London.

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability: What’s the Difference?

Green Business Bureau

Both corporate sustainability and CSR help companies run in a way that allows them to be ethically profitable, but never at the expense of others. His book Social Responsibilities of the Businessman advocates the ethics and responsiveness of business to societal stakeholders. There are subtle differences between the two concepts.

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Washington bans wildlife-killing competitions

AGreenLiving

These two events alone led to the killing of 1,427 coyotes between 2013 and 2018. To make matters worse, the ethics of the games also allow the winners to post images and videos on social media with piles of coyote carcasses. Unfortunately, these events are often celebrated and the winners crowned as heroes.

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