Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Corporate Sustainability versus CSR. As businesses continue taking steps to be more purpose-driven, conscientious and responsible, the terms “corporate sustainability” and “corporate social responsibility” (CSR) are thrown around a lot, often without clarity and without knowing what these terms mean.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2022

More than 500 leading fashion brands and retailers including H&M, Zara and Walmart have now signed up to a major new global pledge to avoid using products and materials associated with deforestation in their supply chains, and to instead shift towards sourcing low carbon alternatives.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 4, 2021

trillion dollar fashion industry may be economically thriving in the age of fast-changing trends but it is in no way sustainable. Along with addressing the threats of fast fashion or “ toxic fashion ”, finding solutions to improve the efficiency and sustainability of the fashion industry is just as significant. The massive 2.5

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Defining a product as vegan is more complex than many think, but new industry guidelines aim to help retailers assure consumers. Industry body the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has published new guidelines to help its members identify if a product is vegan or not.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2022

What Is Sustainable Real Estate? Sustainable real estate includes commercial and residential real estate property that is designed, built and operated in a way that minimizes environmental impact. The Benefits of Sustainable Real Estate. solar photovoltaic, wind, microhydropower and hybrid systems). more than unrated homes.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 1, 2021

The good news is that the hotel sector can minimize emissions while profitably embracing sustainable development. By transitioning towards more sustainable business practices, hotel and motel owners have the unique opportunity to avoid some of the greatest threats towards environmental and human wellbeing.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2023

Selecting the right sustainability certification for your business can be a tedious process requiring thorough research and understanding which program will best suit your needs and budget. OVERVIEW OF SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATIONS. General business sustainability certifications. Green building certifications.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Company has committed to slashing the emissions generated by its supply chain by 30 per cent by 2030 as it joins Adidas, Nike, Mango, and Chanel in supporting UN's sustainable fashion pledge.

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Forbes Green Tech

JANUARY 5, 2021

another ethical? water bottle design with the idea that sustainable? Evian and Virgil Abloh have conceived? design can be an inclusive process for future Black Designers.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

A circular economy is urgently required for the shift to a more sustainable planet. Our main focus is to make sure they're able to become a sustainable business model, and one that can be supported into the future of how things will be done," she said. . Holly Secon. Mon, 08/31/2020 - 01:00.

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The Environmental Blog

MAY 14, 2020

Made for outdoor enthusiasts by outdoor enthusiasts, Yeti has certainly made a name for themselves in the world of sustainable outdoor products. Producing everything from coolers and cups to backpacks and camping chairs, this is a retailer you don’t want to miss out on. and Del Taco. Source: Business Insider.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

In 2018, the cost of these returns to UK retailers was put at £362 million. Returns impact retailers financially – eating into their profits during an important shopping peak period. Retailers can find themselves left with stock they are unable to resell. New life for old tech.

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Business Green

JUNE 13, 2022

Investors argue Food Strategy could deliver better outcomes for the planet if Ministers make sustainability reporting mandatory at larger companies. These efforts could be initially targeted at large companies across retail, manufacturing, out of home, food to go and online delivery businesses, it said.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

Following a lead set by firms in industries like food and fashion, Polestar has produced a product sustainability declaration. The approach will encompass collaboration across the entire development process and value chain, from suppliers to retailers. They need to be given the right tools to make informed and ethical decisions.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Retail business sustainability. These 7 sustainable developments are business opportunities that arise from key market trends we’re witnessing today. Using these trends we then present retail sustainability initiatives that will help you kickstart your organization’s sustainability program.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

And citizens and consumers will have the kind of granular information they need to more effectively target the decision-makers and brands standing in the way of a sustainable future. Sustainable investments should grow as divestment from carbon-intensive industries intensifies. For the unprepared, the damage could be severe.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2020

High street fashion retailer rolls out collection boxes for shoppers to ditch old clothes at all 190 of its UK stores. Primark has launched a nationwide recycling scheme to enable shoppers to recycle clothes of any brand at the fashion retailer's stores, in an effort to slow the flow of garments ending up in landfill every year.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2022

New York sustainability: Urban sustainability that supports the green business. For the purpose-driven business operating within the New York district, this Green Business Bureau article looks at the New York sustainability agenda to detail the developments this city is championing to achieve urban sustainability.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2022

. • Social and environmental ethics have never been such a driving force in consumer food choice – so producers need to keep up with demands. Scottish salmon farmers can tap into the growing demand for sustainably and ethically produced food: leading to potentially growing profits for rural farmers to spread and support local rural economies.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The retail giant has published its new sustainability strategy with targets for 2030. At the heart of its sustainability strategy, ASOS has set four goals under two overarching pillars, Planet and People. We cannot do this alone," Beighton said.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

B-Stock's Hannah Prangnell sets out the ways retailers and consumers can create a more circular furniture economy. More often than not the association with these phrases has been a negative one, especially around environmental awareness and sustainability. This is certainly the case for the emerging trend of ‘fast furniture'.

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2021

Trial of traffic light sustainability labelling system set to kick off across firm’s 105 Scottish outlets from October. Products will be graded on their sustainability credentials and colour-coded, with green labels reserved for the lowest impact items and red labels given to products with a relatively high impact, according to the update.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2021

An opportunity to invest in the project has just been launched by Abundance Investment, a UK-based ethical investment crowdfunding platform. Richard Lewis, Managing Director, Sterling Suffolk, said: “We founded Sterling Suffolk to use the latest technology to grow more sustainably for the vast quantities of fruits that we consume in the UK.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The new report - titled Making the UK a global leader in sustainable fashion' - was lauched at the latest meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion earlier this week. Creating a sustainable and ethical future for the fashion industry?is?an

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2022

Three fashion retailers could face legal action from the UK's Competition and Markets Authority if found to have misled its customers over the environmental credentials of their products. Online retailers ASOS and Boohoo both promote more ‘ethically'-produced clothing ranges on their websites.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In a collaboration between iconic Volvo and well-established sustainable luxury brand 3.1 Volvo released a statement in September 2021 vowing to take an ethical stance in the name of animals by committing to leather-free materials in its current and future electric cars. Volvo teams up with Phillip Lim on sustainable weekender bag.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2023

More than half of respondents - or 54 per cent of those polled - said they want banks to do more to invest in long-term sustainable change with a further 53 per cent saying that being more careful with their own money makes them think more critically about how it is being used by their bank.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2021

The company said it would remove offending magazines from its shelves over the next eight weeks and instead call for magazine publishers to replace plastic toys with more sustainable alternatives. Many in the younger generation really care about the planet and are the ones inheriting the problem of plastic pollution.

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2020

This is neither sustainable nor sensible. How are they going to prove that they place ethics above excessive profits, that they see long-term investment as more important than short-term gain and that they genuinely support communities? In 2019, the UK used the equivalent of 18.5 tonnes of material for every person in the country.

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Business Green

JANUARY 27, 2021

Study suggests food producers need to match supply with demand after findings reveal Europeans want environmentally responsible products, but don’t trust that food companies sustainability claims. Overall, farmers are the most trusted part of the food sector, with more than two-thirds of respondents reporting that they trusted them.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The British retail giant has committed to reducing its scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions in line with climate science. group and appointed new climate change specialists to support the development of a new roadmap towards net zero emissions, the retail giant announced yesterday. warming trajectory.

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Eco-Business

JULY 15, 2021

Wong switches from supply chain auditing firm Elevate to the Australian retailer, which aims to become the country's most sustainable supermarket.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In particular, our exchange explored how food systems can be made healthier and more sustainable as we look to a future in which we’ll need to find a way to produce enough food to nourish as many as 10 billion people while staying within planetary boundaries. Sustainability leaders must vote at the polls and with their wallets.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2021

Supermarket and dairy brand team up to develop more sustainable on-farm working practices alongside purchase of 'gold standard' carbon offset credits to boost green credentials of cheese. However, through more climate-friendly working practices, the German-owned retailer hopes to save 22.5

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Retailer has committed to slashing the emissions generated by its supply chain by 30 per cent by 2030 as it joins Adidas, Nike, Mango and Chanel in supporting UN's sustainable fashion pledge.

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Business Green

JULY 28, 2020

Retail partnership aims end the use of fossil fuels across its entire fleet by 2030. With the online business of both John Lews and Waitrose having grown significantly during the pandemic due to lockdown restrictions on physical shopping, the retailer plan to begin rolling out the first of thousanes of new electric delivery vans next year.

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Low Impact

APRIL 1, 2021

Our friends at Ethical.net share what to look for in local food and drink in their guide to farmers’ market shopping, plus how else to access sustainable produce from local producers. You may be used to selecting what you buy largely on the basis of price, but when shopping carefully and sustainably, other elements come into play.

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