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Ecosystems for good: How collaborator networks achieve sustainability

GreenBiz

One key area where this can have an impact is plastic recycling. Around 90 percent of plastic used is not recycled — and reducing this number is crucial to achieving SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production. . Provide access to clean water. Shockingly, 2.2

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Eco-friendly holiday gifts your partner will love

AGreenLiving

Kimaï Jewelry offers the perfect solution to unethically sourced minerals with its lab-grown diamonds and 18K recycled gold. SOL Organics , for example, takes an ethical approach to its bedding, which is organic, fair trade-certified and tested for harmful substances.

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Tribal Textiles employs local artisans to uplift rural Zambian community

AGreenLiving

On the edge of the beautiful South Luangwa National Park in Zambia, social enterprise Tribal Textiles has made significant strides in uplifting a small rural community with eco-friendly and ethically crafted textiles. All products use locally sourced and sustainable materials with waste repurposed wherever possible.

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Ecosystems for good: How collaborator networks achieve sustainability

AGreenLiving

One key area where this can have an impact is plastic recycling. Around 90 percent of plastic used is not recycled — and reducing this number is crucial to achieving SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production. Shockingly, 2.2 The solution combines sensors with cellular and satellite internet cloud reporting connectivity.

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Havas CEO Yannick Bolloré Staked His Brand on Caring About the Climate. So Why Is His Company Working for Shell?

DeSmogBlog

.” “I believe that when you have the power of making the world a better place by your action, let’s do it”, Yannick Bolloré told Thomas Kolster, an activist advocating for ethical advertising, in a June 2023 video interview about the advertising industry’s role in solving climate change. million) settlement. refinery.

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

In 1987, while in law school at Harvard, Cole traveled to South Africa on a Harvard Human Rights Fellowship and volunteered for the Centre for Applied Legal Studies at Wits University. Luke had high moral and ethical standards and he fit right into our community,” Swan said. It gave him energy to go after the big guys.”.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

Whether in education, nonprofit, business, media, policy or another industry, the individuals who have influenced me the most are the innovators — the leaders and change-makers who are pulsing the world forward," Kirk said in a 2017 Forbes interview. Kennedy Human Rights Leadership Council and the C-200 women’s leadership initiative.