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. Certifications can be issued by government agencies, non-profits or private companies.

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GreenBiz

MAY 19, 2020

AB InBev VP: Our quest for 'agile' sustainable development continues. Like most big companies with a complex multinational footprint, Anheuser-Busch InBev's sales slipped in the first quarter and the beer maker is embracing new financial discipline amid the coronavirus pandemic. Heather Clancy. Tue, 05/19/2020 - 02:37.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Sustainability Program Challenges. Despite the continued CEO efforts and rising customer, employee, investor and political interest, many businesses are struggling to integrate sustainability into the core of their operations. In 2019, a mere 16% of executives stated sustainability as a built-in business function.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 8, 2022

The importance of sustainable event planning. The time is now for event planners to host eco-friendly events using an effective sustainable event planning strategy. Sustainability and eco-friendly event planning guide. Sustainability and eco-friendly event planning guide.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 6, 2021

Your business needs a lot of stuff in order to run – paper, ink, computers, coffee, toilet paper, lightbulbs and the list goes on. If your business is working to become a more sustainable company, that requires you to look at what products you buy and bring into the workspace. Eco-Friendly Office Supplies.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Documents obtained by DeSmog show Copa-Cogeca, a powerful trade body for Europe’s farmers, demanded revisions to the EU’s sustainable farming plan at a private meeting with the European Commission in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Campaign groups say these food scarcity narratives are cynical — and familiar.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 9, 2021

Making community investments count (25:20) Catherine Berman is CEO of CNote , a woman-owned, woman-led organization focused on helping institutions invest in underserved communities. GreenBiz Senior Vice President and Senior Analyst John Davies drops by with a progress report. Have a question or suggestion for a future segment?

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2022

Demand for biofuels has seen significant tracts of land, much of it the Global South, repurposed for energy crop production, a trend that campaigners have blamed for driving deforestation and biodiversity destruction while exacerbating food insecurity. Wood Mackenzie's top biofuels experts offer their take.

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Business Green

JULY 23, 2020

Covid has made clear that there cannot be healthy people on an unhealthy planet,' says Imagine founder and former Unilever CEO. Covid has made clear that there cannot be healthy people on an unhealthy planet," said Polman during his webcast conversation with Joel Makower, co-founder and executive editor of GreenBiz.

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GreenBiz

MAY 14, 2021

Who are net-zero leaders and laggards in food? We’re seeing so many new ideas and initiatives in sustainable food right now that it’s easy to forget to ask how the sector as a whole is doing. But what about the food system companies that aren’t making headlines? Fri, 05/14/2021 - 02:45. It’s been sobering.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

It’s time to speed up the sustainability shift Katie Thompson Levey Tue, 03/23/2021 – 01:45 “I am discovering a whole new respect for chief sustainability officers,” I texted the facilitator of Leading the Sustainability Transformation. Where should a business begin? Here are my lessons learned.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

5 sustainable packaging developments to watch in 2021. For companies with sustainable packaging goals, 2025 is fast approaching. As TerraCycle founder and CEO, Tom Szaky, put it, "The world is waking up, but the systems that are there that allow them to act are going the other way. Meg Wilcox. Mon, 01/04/2021 - 01:15.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 26, 2020

These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health Oliver Camp Mon, 10/26/2020 – 01:30 On the recent World Food Day, the clarion call was clearer than ever: We must fix our food systems to improve human health, drive economic growth and save the planet from environmental collapse.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

Danone's Eric Soubeiran: 'The food system is broken'. Earlier this year, Danone became the first listed company to become an "enterprise à mission," a new type of corporation created by a 2019 French law. If you really want to do sustainability well in a company, you need to know your business well," Soubeiran said.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

A wave of companies are exploring how seaweed can deliver multiple environmental and commercial benefits. Just ask Luis Lombana, CEO of Ficosterra , a Spanish marine biotechnology company that makes fertilisers from an unexpected source: seaweed. Farmers as a group don't typically embrace change. It takes a lot of education.".

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Business Green

APRIL 24, 2020

In mid-March, Chicago-based alternative protein startup Nature's Fynd disclosed a healthy infusion of $80m, bringing its total to $113m. In Pittsburgh, artificial intelligence software company RoadRunner Recycling - which automates routing for commercial recycling processes - secured $28.6m They are in service of helping the climate.".

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

How do you avoid getting distracted and stay focused on the mission? Given the general sense of chaos surrounding all of us, Sustainability Veterans members discussed how we stay centered and focused on the mission while not ignoring the news. As always, our views are both different from and complementary to one another.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 22, 2020

COVID has made clear that there cannot be healthy people on an unhealthy planet,” said Polman during his webcast conversation with Joel Makower, co-founder and executive editor of GreenBiz. “It’s difficult for individual companies now to do what the public at large expects from them. . They might not have the skill.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Creating better businesses with B Corp Certification and beyond B Corp Certification presents a set of guiding principles that support organizations to minimize their impact on the environment and society. With over 500 initiatives to choose from – compared to B Labs 250 – GBB raises the bar in sustainability certification.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 26, 2022

The features of a sustainable food management system. Sustainable food management is a systematic approach that concentrates on reducing wasted food, supporting local communities and employees, and mitigating the environmental impact of operations over the complete life cycle of food items.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Conventional food production of the modern day, along with packaging and distribution, has been tied to environmental, societal and financial burdens in different parts of the world. The key to alleviating the damage our food production system creates starts with the selection and procurement of sustainably grown and produced products.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 20, 2021

The Playbook for Becoming a Sustainable Business. If your company is working toward improving its sustainability performance, you need a strategy, plan and roadmap. There are ten steps we’ve defined at Green Business Bureau to gear your company’s purpose, culture, focus and actions towards sustainability.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Conventional food production of the modern day, along with packaging and distribution, has been tied to environmental, societal and financial burdens in different parts of the world. The key to alleviating the damage our food production system creates starts with the selection and procurement of sustainably grown and produced products.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The case for business sustainability. 90% of executives believe sustainability is important in business. Today, it’s incontestable that instituting a sustainability strategy is good business. That is, more and more studies indicate business sustainability delivers greater prosperity, and designs organizations to last.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 19, 2020

AB InBev VP: Our quest for ‘agile’ sustainable development continues Heather Clancy Tue, 05/19/2020 – 02:37 Like most big companies with a complex multinational footprint, Anheuser-Busch InBev’s sales slipped in the first quarter and the beer maker is embracing new financial discipline amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

With this in mind, in this Green Business Bureau article, we’ll define what Carroll’s CSR pyramid is, before looking at how this pyramid can be adapted to meet today’s social demands. Social activist groups (plus others) throughout the 1950s and 60s advocated social responsibility in Business. What is CSR.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

With this in mind, in this Green Business Bureau article, we’ll define what Carroll’s CSR pyramid is, before looking at how this pyramid can be adapted to meet today’s social demands. Social activist groups (plus others) throughout the 1950s and 60s advocated social responsibility in Business. What is CSR.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 29, 2020

Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni Heather Clancy Mon, 06/29/2020 – 02:30 June 22 marked the publication of the fifth annual GreenBiz 30 Under 30 , our report celebrating rising young professionals in the field of corporate sustainability. Do you think the COVID-19 crisis marks a turning point for the sustainability movement?

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Grist

AUGUST 17, 2023

I live in coastal Sonoma County, California, where Douglas firs grow faster than most other native trees, eventually shading oaks from sun and often killing them. Each of them can live up to 600 years and will drop as many as 3 million acorns during its lifetime, making valley oaks the most important source of food and shelter for wildlife.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 20, 2020

Danone’s Eric Soubeiran: ‘The food system is broken’ Cecilia Keating Mon, 07/20/2020 – 00:30 Earlier this year, Danone became the first listed company to become an “enterprise à mission,” a new type of corporation created by a 2019 French law.

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Andrew Winston

MARCH 26, 2020

[This article was posted on MIT Sloan Management Review last week. I wrote it at the beginning of my family’s stay-at-home journey (we’re on day 15, but who’s counting). It is too early to draw any grand lessons from it all – we need to focus on the emergency and taking care of ourselves and others.

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Charged

MAY 31, 2022

Now that phase is over, and companies are starting to place substantial orders, but they’re running into another hurdle—charging infrastructure needs to be built out, and managing it is a complex affair. Charged spoke with Salim Youssefzadeh, WattEV’s CEO, about the company’s vision of a profitable zero-emission transport fleet.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 7, 2020

How do you avoid getting distracted and stay focused on the mission? Given the general sense of chaos surrounding all of us, Sustainability Veterans members discussed how we stay centered and focused on the mission while not ignoring the news. As always, our views are both different from and complementary to one another.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 25, 2021

Compelled to action: 5 sustainability trends impacting food retail Heather Putnam Thu, 03/25/2021 – 01:30 Authors’ note: Ratio Institute taps Presidio Graduate School ’s students and alumni for sustainability research in the food industry.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 8, 2024

Lobbyists for the world’s biggest meat companies have lauded a better than expected outcome at COP28, which they say left them “excited” and “enthusiastic” for their industry’s prospects. livestock bosses reflected on the conference’s implication for their sector on a virtual panel , fresh from “sharing U.S

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

Just a couple of decades ago, the notion of a major company investing in nature might have seemed absurd – today it is mission critical to the future of the economy. One of its leading proponents is Steven Pinker, whose 2018 book Enlightenment Now was once described by Bill Gates as "my new favourite book or all time".

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 17, 2021

A full list of AGCI’s quarterly research updates covering recent climate change research on clean energy pathways is available online at [link]. A full list of AGCI’s quarterly research updates covering recent climate change research on clean energy pathways is available online at [link]. Source: Bradford et al.

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