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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021. 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. Elsa Wenzel. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15.

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We need fresh thinking about the role of digital technologies in our food system

Business Green

Greater digitalisation could be one way of improving the sustainability of the system. It has also led to significant declines in biodiversity and soil health. To stay within planetary boundaries and ensure future food security, more sustainable production models will be essential, both at home and across global supply chains.

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Unilever unveils climate and nature fund worth more than $1 billion

GreenBiz

The consumer goods giant unveiled its new Climate and Nature Fund on Monday as it set out a raft of fresh sustainability goals, which include plans to end deforestation in its supply chain and communicate the carbon footprint of every product it sells.

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SDG15: The fight for life on land

Business Green

When well managed the land helps regulate water and air quality, sequester and store carbon, and minimise flood and soil erosion risks. The problem is that terrestrial ecosystems can quickly flip from sources of life-sustaining abundance into actively hostile environments when they are exploited unsustainably. Cristiana Pa?ca

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In focus: How to push climate resilience up the corporate agenda

Business Green

While sustainable business planning to date has largely focused on reducing carbon emissions, the inevitable impact of climate change on economies, livelihoods, and assets, mean it is paramount that businesses think about how they can adapt to climate shocks. There is a compelling business case for such programmes.

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Unilever unveils €1bn climate and nature fund

Business Green

The consumer goods giant unveiled its new Climate and Nature Fund today as it set out a raft of fresh sustainability goals, which include plans to end deforestation in its supply chain and communicate the carbon footprint of every product it sells.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021 Elsa Wenzel Mon, 01/11/2021 – 02:15 The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. In 2019, it issued a $1 billion sustainability bond , the first corporation to do so.