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Ethical beef? Fresh range goes UK-wide with 'wildlife-friendly' red meat

Business Green

Online ethical grocer Fresh-range announces it is to expand its operations to cover England, Wales, and most of Scotland. There has been widespread coverage of the outsize environmental impact of eating lamb and beef in recent years, but now a new range of products is aiming to try and make red meat ethical again.

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5 reasons Home Depot and Lowe’s must weed out toxic weed killers

GreenBiz

A campaign led by Friends of the Earth and allies calling on Home Depot and Lowe’s to stop selling Roundup and other glyphosate-based products has been supported by over 100 organizations and over 157,000 consumers. In May 2019, Costco announced it would stop selling Roundup and other glyphosate-based products. Environmental risk.

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Olli Ella releases capsule wardrobe made with organic cotton

AGreenLiving

One company, Olli Ella, is solely focused on creating long-lasting, versatile and ethically made clothing, with a capsule wardrobe for every body type. Related: Good Clothing releases capsule collection made from hemp and organic cotton The newest collection features 10 items, including dresses, bloomers, a jumpsuit and a top.

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Is the golf industry doing enough to combat climate change?

GreenBiz

Currently, five golf organizations have joined: the United States Golf Association (USGA); Waste Management Phoenix Open; The International Golf Federation; World Minigolf Federation; and Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore. Nonprofit organizations such as the National Links Trust , recent bid winners to take over operations of Washington, D.C.’s

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Community investments pay dividends

GreenBiz

In 2019, the Business Roundtable redefined the purpose of a U.S. B Lab, the organization behind the voluntary standard, offers an assessment tool that can start companies on their journey toward strategic community investment. corporation as being "to promote an economy that serves all Americans." In a survey of 2,511 registered U.S.

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PaperTale app shows the ethics and sustainability of clothing with a simple scan

AGreenLiving

Related: Good Clothing releases capsule collection made from hemp and organic cotton The smart tag provides transparency of the process so consumers can see the tale of the clothing they purchase. The campaign ends December 13, 2019 with production set to begin in January if it is fully funded. PaperTale Images via PaperTale.

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Fighting deforestation should be a top priority for 2021, and here’s how it can be

GreenBiz

More than 1 million acres of forests have been lost since 1990, leaving the global stock at near 10 million acres, according to a July report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). CDP’s recent " Zeroing In on Deforestation Report " urged consumer products and food companies to devote more energy to this issue.

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