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Why We Need to, Have to, Want to Act on Climate Change

Andrew Winston

Even in the face of the “anti-ESG” movement — a very American phenomenon — there are vanishingly few large organizations around the world that really question the need to address environmental and social issues. I struggle to find the right metaphors to make this real, but let’s think in terms of medical health. degrees Celsius (2.7

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Fenceline Community Groups in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Celebrate Mounting Victories

DeSmogBlog

James’ march was set to take place, Lavigne learned that the town required her organization to post a $10,000 bond to obtain a permit for the march, money the group didn’t have access to on short notice. James, with the help of Tulane’s law clinic, fought to protect their constitutional right to protest in Gramercy.

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Big Oil’s Dangerous Radioactive Secret

DeSmogBlog

My journey into this topic started when an Ohio community organizer told me someone made a liquid deicer out of radioactive oilfield waste for home driveways and patios, which was supposedly “Safe for Pets” and had been selling at Lowe’s. law, it is still considered nonhazardous. much of it toxic and radioactive. And yet, by U.S.

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Understanding Overlapping Corporate Disinformation Campaigns is Critical to Telling the Full Story About Science Denial

DeSmogBlog

Bayer, which now owns Monsanto , announced at the end of July that it will re m ove the harmful pesticide glyphosate — a “ probable carcinogen ” — from its Roundup herbicide products by 2023, as it continues to face mounting pressure from lawsuits about the product’s health impacts. .

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Clean Energy Group announces retirement of Lewis Milford as President; Seth Mullendore named successor

Renewable Energy World

Lew Milford founded CEG in 1998, after working over several years on clean energy and utility restructuring dockets in New England while with the Conservation Law Foundation. Among the accomplishments of these organizations over the last 20 plus years was an early focus to bring new clean energy technologies to underserved communities.

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The Importance of Corporate Political Responsibility

Andrew Winston

Organizations are motivated by pressure from their employees, their customers, their investors, other stakeholders, and their own values — as well as growing clarity about the opportunities (and requirements) of the big economic and tech transitions already underway (like, say, decarbonizing the whole world). Political spending.

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability: What’s the Difference?

Green Business Bureau

A CSR strategy is implemented by an organization to: minimize harm, practice fair business, be responsible along a global supply chain, exercise philanthropy and create a self-oriented human resource management system. Yes, good CSR practices can create a socially sustainable organization. The benefits of CSR.