GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

"I just remember being super mad about knowing that the way society was operating could ruin something that should be so beautiful and fun," he says of his first encounter with the idea that human activities negatively affect the environment. And that’s his hope for the apparel and footwear industry as a whole. Myisha Majumder.

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Business Green

APRIL 27, 2020

A growing number of European businesses are calling for decisive action on climate change to be a core element of those plans. The emergence of the pandemic does not reduce the risks of the ongoing climate crisis. This will create jobs and reactivate the economy while building a long-term, resilient and healthy economy.

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Sustainability Consulting

AUGUST 4, 2021

The losses will especially be felt in the southern states from California to Florida according to a study published in Climatic Change. According to the same study in Climatic Change , “up to 1.8 worker, could be lost annually over the next three decades due to extreme heat caused by climate change.”

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 28, 2021

Disruptive Software That Fights Climate Change. Video conferencing and web collaboration software is changing how companies operate their business while lowering their carbon footprint. decline in GDP per capita due to climate change and is set to lose $83 billion by 2050 from biodiversity loss.

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Sustainability Consulting

JULY 8, 2020

As countries begin to form post-pandemic recovery plans, many are considering it an opportunity to tackle climate change. This study complements a previous University of Oxford working paper, Will COVID-19 fiscal recovery packages accelerate or retard progress on climate change? They are: ?

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

That is the top line conclusion of a new report published this morning by the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI), which analyses nearly 170 companies working in carbon-intensive industrial sectors, including mining giant Rio Tinto, packaging company DS Smith, chemicals powerhouse BASF, cement manufacturer LaFarge Holcim, and steel major Tata Steel.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Suddenly business sustainability is about climate change, ending poverty, and achieving gender equality. Squandering finite resources, creating extravagant amounts of waste, and the excessive release of carbon emissions is causing our planet to belch at the seams. Carbon in our atmosphere is 280 parts per million (ppm).

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Business Green

JULY 23, 2020

This has led to many voices calling for a green and equitable recovery, able to combine social and environmental concerns in climate change policy. First, it must understand the labour market impacts of decommissioning fossil fuel power plants and reskilling workers to build and manage the new low-carbon economy.

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2021

While clean tech progress narratives dominate, less attention is being given to adaptation, resilience and finance for climate vulnerable countries, writes lawyer and activist Farhana Yamin. That means reducing vulnerability, not threatening food production and strengthening resilience.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2020

Committee on Climate Change CEO discusses infrastructure, airline bailouts, COP26 and making the best of a bad situation. Climate change and our collective response has once again - albeit understandably this time - found itself playing second fiddle to a more immediate crisis, the full ramifications of which remain far from clear.

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Business Green

JUNE 8, 2020

Despite all the negativity, one of the silver linings emerging from the pandemic is how it has hit the reset button on nature. In the first four months of the year, carbon dioxide emissions declined by 17 per cent compared to the average levels in 2019. This time the seasonal effect overlapped with lockdowns.

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Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2022

He also offered a message that appeared to be directed at the Chancellor, arguing that the economic costs that would arise from unchecked climate change meant "anyone who believes in fiscal responsibility should baulk at the idea that we would laden future generations with such unsustainable levels of avoidable debt".

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Planet Pulse

JULY 11, 2023

Climate change and resource sustainability are increasingly financially material for a number of sectors and publicly-traded companies. The growing need for soy fields in food production is having a negative impact on biodiversity. The challenges surrounding supply chains also extend to the textile and fashion industry.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Schools of all types can minimize negative environmental impacts by changing how they operate starting with a few simple green practices and instilling this eco-mindedness into students. In addition, ask if the products can be shipped in fewer shipments to cut down on packaging waste and delivery emissions.

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Business Green

JULY 9, 2020

The trailed £3bn energy efficiency package was hugely welcome, even if questions remain over precisely how it will be administered and what will happen when the single year Budget is exhausted. But then once again the accompanying policy measures singularly failed to match the rhetoric.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2020

It may not happen fast enough to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, but all around the world the disruption caused by increasingly cost competitive clean technologies and the growing clamour for green economic recovery packages demonstrate how net zero emission economies could emerge over the next three to four decades.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

It will specifically explore systemic solutions to the climate crisis focusing on clean energy, electrified, transportation, the circular economy, carbon removal and sustainable food systems. Climate change is the most significant global threat we face today. 400+ sessions. But not all offsets are created equal.

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Business Green

JUNE 2, 2020

In order to do this we must not fall back into the trap of our pre-Covid world by continuing to reinforce carbon-intensive structures. To halt climate change we must stop , not just slow, our greenhouse gas emissions. First, we need a global price on carbon. We are light years away from an effective global carbon price.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MARCH 23, 2020

During the short 60 day session, the Washington State Legislature made critical strides to reboot a conversation on the value of comprehensive carbon policy. Cap & Invest is a system that combines the best aspects of market-based carbon pricing while generating resources to be smartly invested in community needs.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MARCH 23, 2020

During the short 60 day session, the Washington State Legislature made critical strides to reboot a conversation on the value of comprehensive carbon policy. Cap & Invest is a system that combines the best aspects of market-based carbon pricing while generating resources to be smartly invested in community needs.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

BASF’s wine tasting is just one example of many such pandemic-style lobbying efforts by the European agriculture industry since the EU has attempted to pass sweeping new policies to combat climate change through measures included in its “Green Deal,” first presented in December 2019.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

I was particularly interested in the discussions around plastic packaging and waste throughout the event. One of the sessions I attended, Sewing Circular: Strategies in the Fashion Industry, discussed how people can transition away from "fast fashion" towards more resilient pieces of clothing that would last several times longer.

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Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The global fight against climate change is gradually gaining momentum, with countries like Canada, China, Germany, India, Japan, and the EU reaffirming commitment to the Paris Agreement, and more than 80 mayors in the US confirming that they will continue with agreed guidelines.

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Business Green

JUNE 5, 2020

When the US services sector posted its biggest contraction in more than a decade and the price of oil turned negative for the first time in history. Campbell Soup to transition to 100 per cent recyclable or compostable packaging by 2030. Intel's 2030 commitments include "shared" climate and social goals.

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

The landmark legislation's climate provisions could unlock billions of dollars of low carbon investment and millions of green jobs - but it also paves the way for new fossil fuel infrastructure. After decades of gridlock, the US looks set to pass sweeping climate legislation for the first time.

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Mr. Sustainability

JUNE 27, 2020

Aligning economic stimulus and policy packages with climate goals is crucial for a long-term viable and healthy economy. According to Carbon Trackers , we are talking about a value of between 14-129 trillion dollars for fossil fuel assets alone and revenue streams of trillions of dollars annually.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2022

If the targets are met large swathes of land and sea that are currently exploited by businesses to produce food, extract resources, and home millions of people will see their legal status change as they are granted stronger nature protections. The bulk of the funding - some £2.5tr - was deemed neutral.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

. “I just remember being super mad about knowing that the way society was operating could ruin something that should be so beautiful and fun,” he says of his first encounter with the idea that human activities negatively affect the environment. And that’s his hope for the apparel and footwear industry as a whole.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 1, 2020

services sector posted its biggest contraction in more than a decade and the price of oil turned negative for the first time in history. That means they have set the wheels in motion for long-term structural change. These changes generally don’t come and go based on quarterly cycles. When the U.S. Fair enough.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 1, 2020

services sector posted its biggest contraction in more than a decade and the price of oil turned negative for the first time in history. That means they have set the wheels in motion for long-term structural change. These changes generally don’t come and go based on quarterly cycles. When the U.S. Fair enough.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Resolutions to global challenges such as climate change, poverty, inequality, biodiversity loss, habitat destruction, resource depletion, racism, and exploitation need the backing of our economic system. You can use this protocol alongside carbon footprint calculating software such as Green Business Bureau’s partner, Aclymate.

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