Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

First round of negotiations to deliver a new treaty to end plastic pollution was characterised by much the same dividing lines that marred recent climate talks. The mandate agreed by UN member states opens the door to a legally binding treaty that deals with the root causes of plastic pollution, not just the symptoms," she said. "The

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AGreenLiving

MAY 18, 2021

’s plastic waste was sent to Turkey last year, according to a Greenpeace U.K. This is equivalent to 210,000 metric tons of plastic waste. ’s recyclable plastic that is sent to Turkey is either burned or ends up in landfills , roadsides and bodies of water. produces the most plastic waste per person after the U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

It has increased carbon capture and storage, biodiversity, and green jobs through work at its two estates – Bunloit and Beldorney. The company monitors environmental impacts across all aspects of the business, having already switched to 100% green electricity and making additional packaging optional for customers.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2021

A report published this morning by the think tank Green Alliance warns the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs' (Defra) existing waste strategy, which takes a piecemeal approach to tackling different waste streams, such as plastic bags or straws, does not go far enough to tackle the problem and fails to address overconsumption.

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Business Green

APRIL 5, 2022

Year-long research project led by Systemiq asserts window for action is fast closing, but concludes shift towards net zero plastics system is affordable and achievable. Yoni Shiran, program director and partner at Systemiq, said a new, more climate and planet-friendly plastics system was "within reach but will require bold action".

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The global business group today published its new Nature Benchmark , just days ahead of the report being presented at the COP15 Biodiversity Summit in Montreal which kicks off on Wednesday. The urgent first step for companies is to carry out a deep assessment on nature.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 21, 2020

billion denizens, China also produces the largest quantity of plastic. In fact, the University of Oxford-based publication Our World In Data (OWID) has documented China’s plastic production rate at 60 million tons per year. Three avenues are currently available for plastic waste disposal: recycling , incinerating or discarding.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The potatoes are grown with farming methods that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, help improve soil health, and increase local biodiversity, according to Puffin Produce, which is investing in carbon offset projects to neutralise any remaining emissions from the potatoes' production.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

While nature doesn’t come with a clearly labeled price tag, sustainability innovation understands that there is great economic value in preserving ecosystems, natural resources, biodiversity, and cultures and communities around the world. Even Smog Armor’s packaging is designed to be as sustainable as possible. EcoEnclose.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2021

All 36 water samples collected around Europe, including in the Baltic Sea, the English Channel, along the Atlantic coastline and in the Mediterranean Sea, were found to contain microfibres – tiny plastic fibres that enter the environment from manufacturing, washing and wearing synthetic clothes.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2022

Other key areas of focus in the ESG strategy include sustainable farming, driving down packaging waste, and further slashing its water use, the latter of which is backed by a goal to replenish 100 per cent of the water used at Carlsberg breweries in high water risk areas by 2030.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 6, 2021

The Forest Stewardship Council offers certified printing paper with varying weights and sizes, while HP offers an ink cartridge and plastics recycling program. Through their Planet Partners program, roughly 1 million plastic bottles are collected each day and then incorporated into new products. First, let’s talk vegetation.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 26, 2022

At the COP15 Biodiversity Summit which ended last week, much focus was on the depletion of natural capital, the world's stock of natural assets. Corporate measures could also go some way to reversing the loss of biodiversity and address about 60 per cent of chemical and plastic pollution.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Bristol-based food producer Farm Wilder has today unveiled the UK's first range of 'wildlife-friendly' beef and lamb, with packaging that details the animals the farmers are working to protect. If we want to have a countryside bursting with life, it's absolutely crucial we support the farmers working hard to halt species decline.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 14, 2020

The state of our environment today is due to the broadening issues arising from loss of biodiversity, inappropriate means of disposing of waste , overpopulation, the depletion of natural resources, and increased deforestation. Plastic waste deposits in water sources are dangerous to aquatic life.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Swedish brand TRIWA has designed a wristwatch made completely from recycled ocean plastic. The team felt it was crucial to rely on plastic harvested from the ocean to make a statement about damage to the ecology of the marine environment. All packaging is recyclable, and 15% of the sales from each watch go back to Sea Shepherd.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

As part of the latest move, the supermarket outlined a range of further focus areas designed to complement its carbon reduction targets, including initiatives to encourage sustainable diets, boost recycling, secure 'water neutral' status, reduce food waste and plastic packaging, and pursue a goal to become 'net positive' for biodiversity. "We

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

It also plans to deliver over 150 community water projects worldwide to boost access to clean water and sanitation, in addition to supporting over 150,000 smallholder farmers with farming techniques to regenerate the land and improve biodiversity.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2021

The transition to a circular model will be essential to halt the twin trends of biodiversity loss and climate change. The Aldersgate Group's recent report 'Closing the Loop' sets out how critical circular economy measures will be critical to delivering the UK's net zero and biodiversity goals, levelling up agenda, and economic recovery.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

A new report from advocacy group The Changing Markets Foundation appears to reveal how, behind a veil of nice-sounding initiatives and commitments to address the plastics crisis – the plastics industry, consumer brands and retailers have obstructed and undermined proven legislative solutions to the crisis for decades.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2021

Global demand for biomass is likely to exceed environmentally sustainable supplies in the coming years as the drive to decarbonise takes hold across different industries - a situation which risks undermining climate mitigation efforts and causing major damage to biodiversity and the natural world.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Proponents of such materials argue that if sustainably sourced, they offer a more eco-friendly alternative to synthetic plastic-based fabrics such as polyester, and that they can also be made using fewer chemicals and with lower environmental impacts than cotton.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The leaves are harvested every six to eight weeks to give the plant ample time to regenerate and help preserve the local biodiversity. CLAE doesn’t stop there; the Bradley Cactus sneakers are also fitted with laces made of recycled nylon from plastic waste, while the sole is made using 100% natural rubber.

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2023

Industry Voice: Dow's sustainability director Jihane Ball argues the case for a flexible and ambitious UN treaty to tackle plastic pollution worldwide I've worked across many roles over the last 17 years with the materials science company Dow. What is the global plastic pollution treaty and why is it important?

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2020

As L'Oréal embarks on the next phase of its sustainability programme, BusinessGreen speaks to UK operations director Nathalie Bleach about plastic, environmental labelling, its growing delivery business and the firm's 2050 net zero mission. L'Oréal is very proud of its first ever sustainability strategy.

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Low Impact

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Small-scale growers, selling via farmer-focussed supply chains, are better able to deliver public goods due better calibrated supply and demand and to customer understanding of issues such as seasonality, waste and packaging avoidance and trade-offs between crop damage and agrochemical use.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

GreenBiz readers got excited about climate change solutions that ranged from the new, from the emerging potential of hydrogen as an energy source to changes in plastics manufacturing, to the ancient, such as planting trees. Some of the biggest contributors to the plastic crisis are the cosmetics and fashion industries. . Courtesy of.

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2022

Healthy peatlands can also help to prevent floods downstream and contribute towards biodiversity. Coco Grow coir compact compost will be available in one kilo and five kilo bricks and are packaged in recyclable plastic and cardboard. and £8.50 respectively.

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Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2023

And it includes a new set of interim targets for 2028 to reduce different types of waste, including plastic, glass, metal, paper, and food. Natural England Chair Tony Juniper said the new package was "broad and most welcome and important".

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2022

The roadmap also sets out a string of new resource consumption and nature targets for the company, including goals to eliminate all plastic packaging waste within three years, shrink water consumption by 15 per cent, and enhance biodiversity at the sites it manages.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 16, 2020

Climate change, nature degradation, biodiversity decline, water scarcity — all these issues are interconnected, and we must address them all simultaneously," he said. "In If we want to have a healthy planet long into the future, we must also look after nature: forests, soil biodiversity and water ecosystems," he said. "In

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The leader in water, hygiene and energy services sells to a diverse collection of institutions such as hospitals, food and beverage providers, as well as heavy industry including power plants and plastic manufacturers. The Brazilian company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange one year ago, sells beauty and biodiversity as intertwined.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework should drive a step change nature protection natural world - here's why the world's new biodiversity targets matter for businesses. The 10-year plan, with its four broad goals and 23 targets, has a hugely ambitious aim: to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030.

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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.

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

Flood resilience scheme - The flood defence funding comes on top of a new £200m package of "place-based" resilience schemes designed to help recovery in rural, urban, and coastal communities most at risk from flooding, as well as a £120m to repair flood defences damaged in the recent 2019-20 winter floods, it said.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

With countries set to discuss potential blueprint for a Paris Agreement-style treaty for tackling plastic waste this week, leading experts give their views on what it should look like. So could such a treaty ever work in the same way for another, interconnected, cross-border environmental crisis facing the planet: plastic pollution?

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GreenBiz

JUNE 8, 2021

If the sourcing is done carefully, fake fish also should be devoid of the mercury and microplastics that can stem from ocean plastic pollution. Nestlé cites the sustainability benefits of reducing overfishing and protecting ocean biodiversity as motivators of these projects. New Wave Foods.

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