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Insights from green banking: What keeps customers from switching banks?

GreenBiz

Put simply, a bank’s capital can flow towards fossil fuels or renewable energy, towards local business loans or financing environmentally damaging projects. Or committed a certain percentage of loans and investments for renewable energy projects. I finished two focus groups in Europe before pausing the project due to COVID-19.

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Ulta Beauty is bringing refillable containers back to the cosmetics industry

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A quick Google search brings up articles from Allure , National Geographic , Forbes , Teen Vogue and 31,800,000 other results about the issue. . Ulta, like Sephora, is planning a Made Without list that will tag products free of parabens, phthalates and 25 other chemical categories. Sponsored Article. Jesse Klein. Zero Waste.

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Benioff-backed software startup helps companies get smarter about climate risk

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But solutions come from understanding the problem — climate intelligence is a new $40 billion market category, which seeks to provide us with answers." . And the idea is to open up the platform to banks, regulators, investors and others involved in financing projects or approving new infrastructure. Sponsored Article.

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The rise (and rise) of sustainability-linked finance

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Last month, German company Henkel, which specializes in chemistry for adhesives, beauty care and laundry products, issued a "plastic waste reduction bond" to fund projects related to the company’s efforts to reduce packaging waste. Green bonds are used to finance projects and activities that benefit the environment.

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Booming secondhand clothing sales could help curb the sustainability crisis in fashion

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secondhand clothing market is projected to more than triple in value in the next 10 years — from $28 billion in 2019 to $80 billion in 2029 — in a U.S. The secondhand clothing market is composed of two major categories, thrift stores and resale platforms. Sponsored Article. Hyejune Park. Fri, 11/27/2020 - 01:00. Pull Quote.

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How the EU’s new ‘toxic-free’ vision could shape your safer chemicals strategy

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Tools such as the Chemical Footprint Project survey and other benchmarking tools can help support these initiatives. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. The European Commission plans to address PFAS and other chemicals of concern with a group approach.

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GHG Protocol: Scope 3 Emissions Explained

Green Business Bureau

To expand on these definitions, we’ve produced a series of articles, with each piece covering a specific corporate emissions category. This article focuses on scope 3 emissions. For more information on the GHG Protocol’s emission scope categories, read the following articles : GHG Protocol: Scope 1 Emissions Explained.