Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Here, in no particular order, are five storylines — and then some — that I found encouraging during the year just ending. Similar efforts are taking place in concrete, another carbon-intensive material. A UN-sponsored biodiversity summit garnered corporate interest , perhaps for the first time.

Sustainability 91

Sustainability Aviation Biodiversity Carbon-negative 91

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 26, 2020

By focusing on reducing their own impacts instead of looking at things holistically, they sometimes end up losing sight of critical pieces and actually driving change. Deforestation is a critical environmental challenge associated with the food system. And like deforestation, it affects much more than the environment alone.

Health 28

Health Organic Sustainability Agriculture 28

AGreenLiving

JUNE 16, 2020

billion based on exchange rates this week) over the next decade in efforts to tackle climate change and deliver on a new goal to ensure net zero emissions across its value chain by 2039. It also outlined its intention to work with other businesses and organizations to standardize emissions data collection, sharing, and communication.

Carbon-neutral 28

Carbon-neutral Plastics Biodiversity Carbon 28

DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2023

McDonald’s is at the forefront of a campaign against new laws to reduce packaging waste in the EU, in what has been described by some insiders as the largest-scale lobbying effort they have ever witnessed in the European Parliament. The call follows mounting pressure from industry over the past year. Reuse has to be like recycling.

Packaging 97

Packaging Law Europe Waste 97

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

More than 1,500 companies are committed to net-zero emissions, triple the number that had made those pledges by the end of 2019. operations by the end of this year.) The effort is part of Champions 12.3, which calls for a 50 percent reduction in food loss and waste by the end of this decade. .

Retail 528

Retail Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Waste 528

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

More than 1,500 companies are committed to net zero emissions, triple the number that had made those pledges by the end of 2019. It expects to reach this goal for its US operations by the end of this year. The effort is part of Champions 12.3, The intention is to align its portfolio with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

Retail 56

Retail Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Waste 56

GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

As I began identifying leaders to include on this third annual list, I was inspired by the introduction to " All We Can Save ," an essay and poem collection co-edited by marine biologist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (who you can find on this year’s list) and Katharine Wilkinson (who we recognized on the first Badass Women list in 2019). .

Sustainability 546

Sustainability Plastics Organic Retail 546