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How effective stakeholder engagement shaped Samsonite’s ESG strategy

GreenBiz

In March, Samsonite announced "Our Responsible Journey," a new global sustainability strategy that outlines its commitments across four priority areas: Product Innovation; Carbon Action; Thriving Supply Chain; and Our People, including engagement, development, diversity and inclusion.

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Petroleum Association and Controversial Waste Management Firm Sponsoring Events at Flagship Environmental Journalism Conference

DeSmogBlog

The agenda for the conference, which is being hosted in Boise, Idaho, shows that the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) and the waste management company Veolia North America are sponsoring two of the “beat dinners” hosted on Friday, April 21 — the third day of the event.

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Today’s wind turbine blades could become tomorrow’s bridges

Grist

Meanwhile, General Electric recently announced it has begun turning decommissioned wind turbine blades into cement, while scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory are cooking up new materials that could make the blades of the future far more recyclable than today’s state of the art. Bank’s team is betting we can.

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How effective stakeholder engagement shaped Samsonite’s ESG strategy

AGreenLiving

Samsonite is proud of its 110-year history of industry leadership in the innovation, quality and durability of its products. For example, Samsonite North America launched its first product made with post-consumer recycled PET fabric, in January 2018, one month after I started.

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The Lead-Acid Battery’s Demise Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

R-Squared Energy

Following my recent article – Lead-Acid Batteries Are On A Path To Extinction – I received an email from Battery Council International (BCI), the trade association for lead battery manufacturers, recyclers and suppliers. billion annual impact to the economy – and have experienced a 20% direct job growth since 2016.

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The U.S. Plastics Pact launches new initiative to redesign the plastics value chain at Circularity 20

GreenBiz

recycling market has been in free fall since 2018, when China, Malaysia, Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries announced that they would no longer import many types of recyclable material scraps. Recycling alone can't solve the circular economy, but the circular economy can help solve the problem on waste and recycling.

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The U.S. Plastics Pact launches new initiative to redesign the plastics value chain at Circularity 20

AGreenLiving

recycling market has been in free fall since 2018, when China, Malaysia, Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries announced that they would no longer import many types of recyclable material scraps. Of course, the U.S. So what will this new collaboration look like?