The Environmental Blog

APRIL 30, 2021

Firstly, educating yourself on environmentalism and sustainability is a good place to start. Individuals have undertaken degrees in sustainable energy and environmental practices and are now working for infamous engineering companies. Consider these tips to become more environmentally friendly in 2021! Reduce waste.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2023

An apocalyptic “meh” seemed to greet the government’s bumper package of energy- and climate-related policy announcements and documents released on 30 March, which appeared short on new ideas and sources of funding. Hydrogen: Not a time to get blue? The EU has a CBAM nearing approval, and due to begin imposing levies in 2026.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 27, 2022

A three-year £10 million large-scale demonstrator project focused on the capture, recovery and recycling of plastic packaging currently lost to landfill and incineration is being led by resource recovery expert Fiberight. Rigid plastics recycler Moulding Solutions will be the key off-take partner for recycling the recovered rigid plastics.

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 12, 2021

If you want to make your business more sustainable in 2021 and bounce back from the current economic crisis, reducing your business waste is a great place to start. Reduce your packaging. Use this as your opportunity to make your packaging more eco-friendly. Ditch plastics and consider using reusable glass containers.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 5, 2022

Trends in corporate sustainability have been mostly consistent — an expanding climate crisis, lightning-speed growth in clean tech, rising pressure from many stakeholders, and more. I’ve left out some large stories, because it’s unclear if they’re blips or part of a larger more permanent shift toward sustainability. Here we go.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2021

Food giant announces roll out of new recyclable paperboard multipack sleeves as part of £25m investment in sustainable packaging innovations. The packaging is now available across Heinz Soups and will be launching across all Heinz canned products in the UK in Autumn 2021, the company confirmed. "It

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 12, 2020

Sustainable fleets are at an inflection point. It's still early days for many of these markets, and sustainability goals remain one of the top drivers for fleets to buy these vehicles. Thus efficiency tools — such as aerodynamic packages, anti-idling and driver education — are still important. Katie Fehrenbacher.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Fighting deforestation should be a top priority for 2021, and here’s how it can be. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:00. As 2021 begins, more companies are seeing their strategies for addressing deforestation deep down into their supply chains scrutinized. . "We Heather Clancy.

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GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2021

Ecosystems for good: How collaborator networks achieve sustainability. Tue, 07/06/2021 - 02:00. Case in point: sustainability. Digital ecosystems and the orchestration of large value networks are emerging as our only real chance to reach the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Golnar Pooya. Shockingly, 2.2

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

Mon, 03/22/2021 - 02:00. Since the world was introduced to the first meal kit over a decade ago, the industry has matured in size and familiarity, but it also has endured notable criticism surrounding packaging and its perceived impact on the environment. For meal kits, packaging waste was one of those unintended consequences.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Kraft Heinz sustainability chief reflects on 'interdependence'. Food company Kraft Heinz has been relatively quiet about its corporate sustainability strategy in the five years since it was formed through the merger of food giants Kraft and Heinz — stepping out in early 2018 to provide an update. Heather Clancy.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

5 sustainable packaging developments to watch in 2021. Mon, 01/04/2021 - 01:15. For companies with sustainable packaging goals, 2025 is fast approaching. That’s the year when many have pledged to become zero waste, or to use 100 percent reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging. Meg Wilcox.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

More pieces of IKEA's sustainability puzzle come together. That's one of the challenges we've identified that we feel like we can make a big impact on within our whole strategy," said Jenn Keesson, sustainability manager at IKEA U.S. . Deonna Anderson. Wed, 11/25/2020 - 08:00. Black Friday is upon us. We have a lot of goals by 2030.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

PepsiCo CSO on embedding sustainability into 'day-to-day business'. Mon, 02/01/2021 - 02:00. Even though the foundation is a separate entity, there is a close link between its mission and the company’s sustainability goals, according to senior executives. I've got history in sustainability, but I'm a business guy.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The top 25 most sustainable fleets. But the beverage maker has a big sustainability plan and is taking a first-mover approach to decarbonizing its dedicated fleet of around 1,600 vehicles. What's more, it also plans to electrify its own employee fleet by 2021. Katie Fehrenbacher. Mon, 10/26/2020 - 02:00. despite the U.S.'s

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15. These 20 C-suite executives have steered their companies forward through much disruption, providing inspiration for the possibilities of advancing sustainability, social responsibility and circular business models — sometimes all at once. Elsa Wenzel.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 15, 2022

Sustainable manufacturing as a strategic approach for factories and warehouses. The pressure mounts for manufacturers to step up and use the principles of sustainable manufacturing. With this in mind, manufacturing organizations need to realize the environmental impact of their operations, to create sustainable manufacturing processes.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

To maintain competitive advantage and create new sources of value, companies must transform their business models for sustainability - Boston Consulting Group David Young explains how this works in practice. Link to drivers of value and competitive advantage. Scale the business model innovation.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2023

billion since 2021. Fusion Futures will invest in all of these aspects – a truly concerted programme that will support economic growth and high-quality jobs as well as advancing fusion as part of a future sustainable energy mix.”

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Food delivery giant builds on partnership with CLUBZERØ to offer business customers reusable packaging. Office food delivery platform, Just Eat for Business has announced that it is to expand its partnership with sustainable packaging business CLUBZERØ to provide more customers in London with access to reusable packaging.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2020

The National Brownfield Land Institute in Wolverhampton is one of the eight shovel ready projects to benefit from the £66m funding package. (L-R): 6m towards Coventry City of Culture to support various initiatives to make the most of the opportunities presented by 2021 – including the creation of a new heritage park.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 3, 2021

Wed, 03/03/2021 - 07:26. FedEx — which uses over 180,000 vehicles to deliver packages across continents and operates the world's largest cargo airline — has been implementing sustainability practices for years, but the announcement represents a major acceleration of the company's commitments. Katie Fehrenbacher.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Industry Voice: Dow's Angels Domenech explains how innovative plastic packaging and recycling processes can drive down food waste, plastic waste and emissions. Dow products and technologies support the food packaging industry, including meat and cheese, fruit and vegetables, snacks and cereals, coffee and confectionery, and even pet food.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2022

In the consumer’s eye, businesses are focused on “making an impression instead of making a change” in the context of sustainability. At Green Business Bureau , we want to help businesses rebuild consumer trust through honest sustainability communications and marketing. Defining corporate greenwash.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2021

UK-based cereals company is set to reach 100 per cent recyclable packaging well ahead of 2025 deadline. The parent company behind Weetabix has announced that 99 per cent of its packaging will be widely recyclable by next summer, while it works towards reaching a 100 per cent target ahead of the 2025 deadline proposed by the UK Plastics Pact.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Pete May, Co-Founder & Board Member at GreenBiz, interviewed Jeff Greene, R&D Technical Director of Sustainable Packaging at Gillette, during Circularity 21 (June 15-17, 2021). View original here: Gillette’s Jeff Greene on the latest consumer trends for sustainable packaging.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

To maintain competitive advantage and create new sources of value, companies must transform their business models for sustainability - Boston Consulting Group David Young explains how this works in practice. Link to drivers of value and competitive advantage. Scale the business model innovation.

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Business Green

JULY 8, 2021

Shortlisted companies can now reserve their place at the BusinessGreen Leaders Awards 2021, which will take place in central London on the evening of September 22nd. Green Packaging Project of the Year. Greener Packaging. Riverford Organic Farmers - Box Zero and Packaging Pledge. Seedlip - Mushroom Packaging.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

” “In the last three years of reporting, the UK Plastics Pact has doubled the recycled content in packaging, and driven the significant elimination of unnecessary (84%) and hard to recycle (90%) components in packaging. In practice, not all plastic packaging will be recycled through local authority collections by 2025.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The winners of the 2021 Houston InnovationMap Awards have been announced, and Greentown Houston members brought home the gold! Cemvita Factory received the 2021 Spacetech Business award and Topl received the Female-owned Business award. Applied Bioplastics was selected for the Fall 2021 Texas Venture Labs Cohort.

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Andrew Winston

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

[One of my recurring topics…how the demand for the “business case for sustainability” is perhaps holding us back now. That is, how we can we move sustainability into a category of things we just do in business — like safety, quality, investing in people, and so on. This appeared last month in MIT SMR.]

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Speaking at Transforming Transportation 2021, co-hosted by WRI and the World Bank, sustainable mobility leaders from around the world. Plummeting bus and train ridership, lost jobs, overflowing warehouses, more inequality: 2020’s disruptions to the transport sector were widespread and deep. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Iceland managing director Richard Walker calls on government to make plastic packaging tonnage disclosure mandatory in order to tackle plastic pollution crisis. Last year, Lidl's total plastic packaging footprint stood at just over 60,000 tonnes, the figures show. Our message is clear.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 7, 2021

Tetra Pak’s Luana Pinheiro on food safety and creating the world’s most sustainable package This video is sponsored by Tetra Pak. John Davies, Senior Vice President & Analyst at GreenBiz, interviewed Luana Pinheiro, Sustainability Transformation Manager of Tetra Pak Americas, during Circularity 21 (June 15-17, 2021).

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 16, 2022

Creating certified sustainable coffee. Summit Coffee views sustainability broadly to consider the community and the environment, while also focusing on developing positive and collaborative relationships across their entire value chain. Taking an all-encompassing approach to sustainability. Summit Coffee Co. Summit Coffee Co.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2023

Selecting the right sustainability certification for your business can be a tedious process requiring thorough research and understanding which program will best suit your needs and budget. OVERVIEW OF SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATIONS. General business sustainability certifications. Green building certifications.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

Fri, 03/12/2021 - 01:30. Despite positive steps towards a sustainable COVID-19 recovery from a few leading nations, the world has so far fallen short of matching aspirations to build back better," said Brian O'Callahan, lead researcher at the Oxford University Economic Recovery project. Cecilia Keating.

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