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Inside Beautycounter’s quest to transform its mica supply chain

GreenBiz

The mine in question — actually, thousands of them — can be found in the eastern Indian province of Jharkhand, just over 200 miles west of the cultural hub of Kolkata. Mica is mined in more than 35 countries, but about 25 percent of the world’s supply comes from deposits found in and around Jharkhand, in what has been dubbed the mica belt.

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AB InBev VP: Our quest for 'agile' sustainable development continues

GreenBiz

We really cannot lose these learnings and agility, and I think that's been a great learning and contribution of the pandemic — helping us to be more agile and to be more collaborative," she told GreenBiz during an interview in early May. AB InBev VP: Our quest for 'agile' sustainable development continues. Heather Clancy.

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Petroleum Engineer Turned Climatetech Founder’s Take On the Energy Transition: ‘All I See is Opportunity’

Greentown Labs

Vega also became a champion for diversity and inclusion, founding Baker Hughes’ Women’s Network—for which she received the company’s chairman award in 2006—and serving as a mentor and advisor for professionals and organizations. That is where I felt my calling: ‘I have to do something about this.’”.

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Breaking barriers: Two women on the path to engineering success

Smart Energy International

She recalls how she was “the only woman at leadership level in her company who had her career and children” and inspired Manjula to believe that she could have it all too. However, she also found role models in Professors Alison Noble and Eleanor Stride, whom she encountered during her time doing her PhD at Oxford University.

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Dozens of Christian Organisations Announce Fossil Fuel Divestment Ahead of G7 and COP26

DeSmogBlog

The faith communities come from five continents and eleven countries including Brazil, India, Spain, and the UK. Tomás Insua, one of the organisers of the announcement and executive director of the Global Catholic Climate Movement, said he hoped it would inspire “many others to follow suit.”.

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Collective interest should spur us to deliver at COP27

Business Green

I believe the collective self-interest that helped COP26 to succeed must now drive us to nurture the spirit of global cooperation forged in Glasgow, and honour the Glasgow Climate Pact. That is the essence of the argument I want to make today. Wars, dragged mercilessly on, and tensions mounted between some of the world's great powers.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

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. Many leaders in this cohort happen to have climbed the ranks at one company for decades.