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Mapped: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets

DeSmogBlog

Responding to DeSmog’s findings, Natacha Cingotti, senior health and chemicals policy officer at Brussels-based policy and advocacy group, Health and Environmental Alliance (HEAL), said: “[W]hen working on chemicals- and pesticides-related policies, the imbalance of stakeholders in favour of industry interests is striking.”.

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How to Select a Sustainability Certification for Your Business

Green Business Bureau

The organization is committed to creating a future where buildings are designed and operated with resource efficiency and occupant health in mind. Background: The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) is a global organization dedicated to improving the health of people in buildings and communities around the world.

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U.S. Embrace of ‘Climate-Smart’ Agriculture at COP27 Faces Scrutiny

DeSmogBlog

Overall, the agriculture sector accounts for up to one third of greenhouse gasses – and is also a primary driver of biodiversity loss. A key plank of the EU’s Green Deal, the strategy aims to transform farming and align the sector with the bloc’s climate and biodiversity targets.

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Eco Friendly Retail Packaging Complete Guide (Sustainable Packaging Innovations)

Green Business Bureau

Retail packaging defined: The impact of packaging waste and the rise of the ethical consumer. Retail packaging defined: The impact of packaging waste and the rise of the ethical consumer. “Biodiversity loss can have significant direct human health impacts if ecosystem services are no longer adequate to meet social needs.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

Boma Brown-West, Director of Consumer Health, EDF+Business. We want to call attention to how the biggest environmental impacts and the biggest health impact of products is really due to the products themselves and the creation and the use of a product," Brown-West noted at the time. LinkedIn | Twitter.

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WWF shocking report on wildlife, and why the response will be inadequate

Low Impact

Biodiversity” gained traction as an issue in the 1990s, but seems to have slipped off the public’s radar. Wildlifers come from both sides of the political aisle and from all over the ethical map. Unlike most of the headlines, the report does use the phrase “biodiversity,” which the WWF finds has declined 68%—just since 1970!