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Inside Beautycounter’s quest to transform its mica supply chain

GreenBiz

People buy it just like they buy cocoa from West Africa: It has that special profile that they're looking for. A Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation in 2016 found children "dying in crumbling, illegal mica mines … but their deaths were covered up." It's one of the highest quality, if not the highest quality, in the world.".

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Sport Industry Sustainability: 5 Simple Steps to Kick-Start Your Sustainability Program

Green Business Bureau

To give you some perspective on the importance of sustainability in the sports industry we consider the carbon footprint of the 2010 South Africa World Cup, the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, and the 2016 Rio Olympics together. Look to collaborate with ethical brands as such to create sustainable clothing merchandise.

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Why Google products are getting an eco-focused upgrade

Business Green

With consumer recycling queries on Google Search increasing by over 150 per cent since 2016, we recognise that people want to recycle but can struggle to find the right places to do so - let alone what can be recycled where. Matt Brittin is president of Google for the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions.

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Dozens of Ad & PR Industry Directors Have Ties to Heavily Polluting Industries

DeSmogBlog

Hawkins spent 19 years as a senior member of the energy investment divisions at Citigroup and Credit Suisse , respectively the 2nd and 20th largest private financers of fossil fuel projects from 2016 to 2022, according to BankTrack. Five out of Dentsu’s nine directors have ties to polluting companies or sectors.

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

GreenBiz

This is not because food is more expensive in Africa than it is in the United States. The average American spends $2,392 per year on food while the average Kenyan spends $543 per year on food (World Economic Forum, 2016). Au contraire, it is the reverse. Conscious consumers give me hope. People voting with their dollars.

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The State of Green Business report 2021

Sustainability Consulting

It ranges from 10 percent of GDP in advanced economies to more than 30 percent in South Asia and the Middle East and North Africa. In 2016, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a U.N. ESG is also focusing on human rights. Driving this shift includes internationally recognized standards, such as the U.N.’s

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Inside Beautycounter’s quest to transform its mica supply chain

AGreenLiving

“People buy it just like they buy cocoa from West Africa: It has that special profile that they’re looking for. A Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation in 2016 found children “dying in crumbling, illegal mica mines … but their deaths were covered up.” None of them attend school.

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