The Environmental Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Since the discussed use cases are centered around the optimized use of resources, resource availability for meeting daily needs, and ecological integrity, the presenters reviewed them within the sustainability context. A National Forest Law prohibits lumbering in these areas adopted at the end of 2007.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 7, 2023

Proposed laws to curb antibiotic use on UK farms drafted after closed-door meetings with industry contain loopholes that could undermine the fight against deadly drug resistant bacteria, campaigners have warned. Rates of antibiotic use are 2.5

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Charged

DECEMBER 15, 2023

It is designed to help organizations minimize the negative impact of their operations on the environment, comply with applicable environmental laws and regulations, and continually improve in these areas. ISO 45001 is the global standard for occupational health and safety management systems. Source: i-charging

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 29, 2023

These connoisseur corners on wheels are turning a new leaf, introducing a sustainable element by adopting hydrogen-powered operations. Hydrogen power serves up a sustainable solution, enabling a reduction in both noise and air pollution. Integrating sustainability into the very fabric of the gastronomic industry is no small feat.

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 21, 2024

While flue gas is used across various industries, from petrochemical to manufacturing, power generation, and automobile industries, governments have erected environmental laws to ensure the production and distribution processes are safe for the environment. Flue gas cleaning solutions are just as important as their production.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

MAY 26, 2021

The FAIRR Initiative and the Jeremy Coller Foundation are hosting the first international law and policy conference on the future of protein. The post RETHINKING PROTEIN: Accelerating law and policy in the global food system appeared first on AgFunderNews. The summit […].

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Andrew Winston

APRIL 22, 2024

The battle to get companies to take sustainability seriously is essentially over. I’ve spent two decades arguing that sustainability is good for companies. I’d love to stop making the “business case” — ideally because sustainability, like previous business movements around safety and quality, no longer has to justify its existence.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Green Business Bureau (GBB) has partnered with Ginkgo Sustainability to offer GBB members living wall and living roof solutions and services. Earn GBB Ecopoints, earn LEED credits and enhance building aesthetics. “ – Christian Mahlstedt, President of Ginkgo Sustainability. Improve physical and mental health of residence.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 27, 2021

Sustainable Fishing. This can leave a lasting impact on the health of our oceans as well as communities who rely on fishing for stability. Commercial fishing businesses must transition to more sustainable fishing practices. It should be a standard reference for all fisheries working to become more sustainable.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

For the good of future generations, we must retain existing laws and improve protections for nature, writes Joan Edwards, director of policy for The Wildlife Trusts. Instead, the UK Government is pursuing a dangerous agenda of deregulation that puts the very laws protecting wildlife at even greater risk.

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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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Green Business Bureau

JULY 8, 2022

The importance of sustainable event planning. The time is now for event planners to host eco-friendly events using an effective sustainable event planning strategy. Sustainability and eco-friendly event planning guide. Event planners must have a defined strategy for the events they organize to be successful and sustainable.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

While there is a way to go to reverse the decline, this shift is gaining momentum following regulatory change such as the EU Nature Restoration Law in July 2023, and greater investment in nature-based solutions. At the same time, businesses have a unique opportunity to be catalysts for ocean conservation and sustainable growth.”

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Green Living Guy

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

February 19, 2019 at 6AM ET, Washington, DC – A new report from the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) examines the health impacts associated with plastic pollution crisis. The post New report finds entire lifecycle of plastics a threat to human health appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 14, 2021

For the last two decades, the European Union has played a leadership role in tackling the risks hazardous chemicals pose to our health and environment. In October, the commission published " Chemical Strategy for Sustainability: Towards a Toxic-Free Environment." Thu, 01/14/2021 - 01:00. and elsewhere.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 16, 2019

Vermont Law School (VLS) offers three environmental masters degrees. A master's degree from VLS is different from other law degrees. Instead of studying theories about how policies work, VLS master's candidates learn the law and how to use it to effect change. MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY (MELP) Climate change.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Landmark legislation passes into law, but concerns remain over how new Environmental Land Management System will be enacted. From next year the government will launch a seven year transition period to phase in the new ELM scheme, which will see payments calculated based on the extent to which landowners deliver approved public goods. "The

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

But the law is too lenient. BNGAI uses AI and satellite data to provide habitat mapping, detection of invasive plants, and data to help profile the health of trees and plant populations. It will make no dent at all in the £5bn annual gap in funding for nature recovery.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Here is an AASHE summary of 2860 sustainability focused academic programs comprising 672 organizations in 27 countries including 52 U.S. can be searched by Sustainability Topic, Academic Discipline and Office or Department. can be searched by Sustainability Topic, Academic Discipline and Office or Department.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Veteran sustainable food and farming experts welcomed the strategy as one that just might have a genuine shot at transforming the agriculture sector and result in better public health, contribute to ending the vertiginous decline of biodiversity, and lower greenhouse gas pollution. Arbitrary Targets Are Not The Solution’.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Green Business Bureau (GBB) has partnered with Ginkgo Sustainability to offer GBB members living wall and living roof solutions and services. Earn GBB Ecopoints, earn LEED credits and enhance building aesthetics. “ – Christian Mahlstedt, President of Ginkgo Sustainability. Improve physical and mental health of residence.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 25, 2023

Unlike water sustainability, which focuses on ensuring we don’t deplete our water resources, water positivity takes a step further. These businesses show that profits and environmental responsibility can coexist by adopting sustainable water management methods and funding water-related projects in water-scarce areas.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The first, the Nature Restoration Law, includes plans to restore 20 percent of degraded ecosystems in the EU. The second, known as the Sustainable Use Regulation, or SUR, would see pesticide use halved by 2030. DeSmog’s findings follow a sustained lobbying effort by industry to derail both laws.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 30, 2022

Sustainable Law Firms. Law firm sustainability is a strategic business shift that aims to prevent socially and environmentally damaging operations in the legal industry. There’s heightened market demand for sustainable practices with robust and transparent disclosure. Tip #1: Sustainable procurement.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 5, 2020

In a disproportionate number of low-income black neighborhoods, redlining, segregation and weak zoning laws have led to the proliferation of junk food outlets and a lack of healthy alternatives. Food deserts — or "food swamps," which one researcher argues is a better term — are linked to obesity and other health problems. .

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 31, 2023

Natural Resources Wales, the Environment Agency and local authorities must publish all the water quality data and manure management information they hold – and then step up to enforce the law, ending the scandal of so-called ‘risk-based regulation’ (which effectively means self-regulation).

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Three quarters (71%) do not think the industry is currently equipped to deal with the challenges of climate and nature loss, at the same time as sustainably producing food. The research also reveals over eight in ten people (86%) want to support farmers who are creating wildlife habitats and restoring soil health.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

At new and expanding facilities, from northern Europe to Pennsylvania and Louisiana , Shell is suggesting that more chemical and plastics manufacturing can help usher in environmental solutions , sustainability , and even diversity. Yet the Shell-Henkel collaboration would replace only about 1.5 Shell Norco Manufacturing Complex.

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2022

Yet despite the potential climate benefits from creating a more sustainable food system, agriculture and food are "startlingly absent" from most countries' official national emissions reduction plans submitted to the UN in support of the Paris Agreement, the philanthropic coalition's research found.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 10, 2023

“It is reassuring to have a court acknowledge our right to hold the Transportation Department accountable for their contribution to the climate crisis,” said 19 year-old plaintiff Kalālapa Winter, whose case is represented by nonprofit law firms Our Children’s Trust and Earthjustice. “I United States.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021. These 20 C-suite executives have steered their companies forward through much disruption, providing inspiration for the possibilities of advancing sustainability, social responsibility and circular business models — sometimes all at once. Elsa Wenzel. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15.

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Front And Centered

MARCH 26, 2024

The following is a statement by the Front and Centered Coalition Leadership regarding I-2117: The campaign to repeal these recently enacted laws represents a reckless and bad faith effort by a wealthy individual and his politics of despair and division to undermine well-intentioned policy for the environment, education, and healthcare.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

The pandemic has sharpened this focus by highlighting the importance of metrics such as employee health and well-being, safety protocols, cybersecurity and business continuity, to name a few. But one thing is clear: If businesses want to achieve long-term sustainability, they must work to overcome these obstacles.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

The latest development in this years-long fight came on Monday, when the European Commission’s scientific expert group, the Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF), pushed back against including gas and nuclear in the EU taxonomy, an official guide on sustainable investments. The Push for Gas and Nuclear.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JUNE 24, 2021

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Since then, leading industry associations and agrochemical companies have used their lobbying might to push back against core European measures aiming to lead the transition to a more sustainable way of farming. ” — Natacha Cingotti, senior health and chemicals policy officer at HEAL. Europe’s Green Deal.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The IRMA standard is a chance to put mining onto a new path of sustainability and accountability. percent across categories such as fair labor, occupational health and safety, community health and safety, security arrangements and cultural heritage preservation. It scored at least 50 percent in more than a third of the chapters.

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