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  • Sustainability in Europe with Train Travel accompanied with Rail Europ

    Sustainability in Europe with Train Travel accompanied with Rail Europ

    Train is the only sustainable, comfortable and easy way to travel in Europe.By making it easier to book train tickets, Rail Europe encourages mobility by train and meets the expectations of...

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  • Skoda and Tesmec to produce high-performance and sustainable railway solutions

    Skoda and Tesmec to produce high-performance and sustainable railway solutions

    This partnership intends to revolutionise the rail industry through developing cutting-edge, high-performance and ecologically sustainable products on a worldwide scale.Read the full article at:...

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  • French rail industry outlines decarbonisation plans in white paper

    French rail industry outlines decarbonisation plans in white paper

    The FIF and SNCF led the publication of the paper which set out a range of plans, including the creation of a steering committee to guide businesses in their sustainability goals.Read the full...

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  • Stadler and KiwiRail Forge Ahead with Green Rail Technology in New Zealand

    Stadler and KiwiRail Forge Ahead with Green Rail Technology in New Zealand

    As the sun rises over the lush landscapes of New Zealand's North Island, a groundbreaking partnership between Stadler and KiwiRail takes a bold step forward, setting new standards in the rail...

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  • Building a Successful and Sustainable Future for the Rail Industry

    Building a Successful and Sustainable Future for the Rail Industry

    Even when accounting for current commitments for decarbonisation, global transportation activity is expected to double by 2050, leading to a 16% rise in emissions.The railway industry is a...

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  • RTE’ 2024: sustainable tendering for rail

    RTE’ 2024: sustainable tendering for rail

    Travel by train remains overall the most environmentally friendly mode of motorised passenger transport in Europe in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, but efforts must still be made to reach the...

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  • Path to net zero: Rail industry launches Sustainability Guide - Arup

    Path to net zero: Rail industry launches Sustainability Guide - Arup

    The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) has released a dedicated Sustainability Guide to support the rail industry move faster towards a net zero future. The guide, launched on 13 November at...

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  • RSSB releases a sustainable blueprint for the rail sector 

    RSSB releases a sustainable blueprint for the rail sector 

    Setting flexibility aside, rail transportation is one of the most sustainable forms, leading the way in mass transit whatever the region. Boston Consulting Group (BCG) cites it’s responsible for...

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  • Vossloh AG Paves the Way for Sustainable Rail Infrastructure with Innovative Financing

    Vossloh AG Paves the Way for Sustainable Rail Infrastructure with Innovative Financing

    Imagine a future where every dollar invested in infrastructure not only generates economic value but also contributes directly to the health of our planet. Vossloh AG, a titan in the rail...

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  • Railways are advancing their ESG agenda

    Railways are advancing their ESG agenda

    A comprehensive ESG strategy could help railway companies to advance their sustainability agendas—and address more than decarbonization.Read the full article at: www.mckinsey.com

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  • Kia is making cars with sustainable materials like mushrooms, fishing nets and roots

    Kia is making cars with sustainable materials like mushrooms, fishing nets and roots

    Kia Motors is focusing on using sustainable materials in vehicle manufacturing. The innovative EV9 model is leading the way, and Kia plans to expand use of these materials to other models like the...

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  • Businesses Scramble As Global Regulators Set Their Sights On Biodiversity Impacts

    Businesses Scramble As Global Regulators Set Their Sights On Biodiversity Impacts

    The term “net zero” has become a bit of catch-all for corporate sustainability efforts. Globally, some 929 publicly listed companies currently have publicly disclosed net zero targets, a number...

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  • Humans Could Consume 60% More Natural Resources by 2060: UN Report

    Humans Could Consume 60% More Natural Resources by 2060: UN Report

    The United Nations Environment Programme’s Global Resources Outlook — the flagship report of the UN’s International Resource Panel, due to be published later this month — highlights how the...

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  • Sustainable Logistics: Preparing For A Green Future By 2030

    Sustainable Logistics: Preparing For A Green Future By 2030

    The logistics sector stands at a pivotal junction, facing a now-or-never moment. With rising sustainability pressures and radical technological shifts, businesses must transform operations to meet...

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  • EU Releases Final Draft Of Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Law

    EU Releases Final Draft Of Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Law

    On January 30, the European Union released the final draft of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. If adopted, the CS3D will be the latest reporting requirement imposed on EU...

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  • Study Finds Execs Value Sustainability Yet Fall Short on Implementation

    Study Finds Execs Value Sustainability Yet Fall Short on Implementation

    Salesforce recently released a study that reveals a large majority of executives think sustainability is key to their organizations’ success, but only about a third consider their business to have...

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  • Microsoft announces cutting-edge data and AI solutions for sustainable organizations

    Microsoft announces cutting-edge data and AI solutions for sustainable organizations

    Microsoft is revolutionizing the landscape of sustainability with its latest offerings in data and AI. Today, the tech giant introduced a suite of powerful tools within the Microsoft Cloud for...

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  • Sustainable Packaging: Innovation and Resilience in a Changing World

    Sustainable Packaging: Innovation and Resilience in a Changing World

    Sustainable packaging leaders Rootree and Tiny Box Company innovate in a challenging world. Learn how they minimize environmental impact and foster social responsibility through renewable...

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  • BMW Motorrad Motorsport starts using 'sustainable' fuel

    BMW Motorrad Motorsport starts using 'sustainable' fuel

    BMW Motorrad will use a more sustainable fuel from German expert Nordoel in the World Superbike championship. With a claimed 40% reduction of CO2 emissions during the production phase, the...

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  • ESG Compliance: Driving a Sustainable Economy

    ESG Compliance: Driving a Sustainable Economy

    ESG compliance has become a decisive factor in evaluating a company's sustainability and ethical conduct. As the world moves towards a more responsible future, technology plays a crucial role in...

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  • Short-Term Strategies For Making Your Supply Chain More Sustainable

    Short-Term Strategies For Making Your Supply Chain More Sustainable

    Improving sustainability is imperative to companies around the world that are setting aggressive emission-reduction targets but can often feel like an uphill battle. Out of the 2,000 largest...

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  • Successful ESG Strategies Can Be A Path For Growth

    Successful ESG Strategies Can Be A Path For Growth

    ESG and sustainability strategies are no longer nice to have—they are becoming central to successful business strategies as external stakeholders put increased pressure on organizations to...

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  • Insights To Navigate The Complexity Of Scope 3 Emissions Reporting

    Insights To Navigate The Complexity Of Scope 3 Emissions Reporting

    The global landscape is moving towards more transparent climate disclosures. Businesses are expanding their reporting to cover emissions from direct operations and their entire value chain,...

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  • Private equity and ESG: five trends and predictions for 2024 

    Private equity and ESG: five trends and predictions for 2024 

    Private equity firms must accept that ESG has become a strategic imperative, says Petra Funds Group MD Charlie Chipchase. So, what can we expect in 2024? In 2023, private equity firms continued to...

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  • Private equity is leaving billions of dollars in sustainability value on the table

    Private equity is leaving billions of dollars in sustainability value on the table

    Private equity has a significant opportunity to create financial and societal value through sustainability.  PE firms that invest in improving the management and quality of companies to enable...

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  • Private Equity Sustainability Report 2023

    Private Equity Sustainability Report 2023

    The conversation around sustainability in the private markets has intensified considerably in the past year. Even as some critics accuse the industry of greenwashing, others express concerns about...

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  • Businesses aren't doing enough to address green skills shortages - report

    Businesses aren't doing enough to address green skills shortages - report

    The report, which includes a survey of 1,000 business leaders, looks at nine countries, including the United States, China, Britain and Spain, focusing on the energy, technology, infrastructure,...

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  • How Walmart is Reducing Emissions With Drone Delivery Technology

    How Walmart is Reducing Emissions With Drone Delivery Technology

    Meeting Customer Demand While Cutting Carbon Emissions, Walmart is Fast Rolling out Drone Deliveries, says Senior SVP of Automation, Prathibha Rajashekhar   Amazon is expanding its drone...

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  • Younger travelers boost importance of sustainability, new research shows 

    Younger travelers boost importance of sustainability, new research shows 

    New research from the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance finds a growing market opportunity for sustainable travel, with more world travelers saying they are influenced by green factors.The report...

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  • Big Tech's CES 2024 Sustainability Goals: More Recycled Materials, Longer Lifespans

    Big Tech's CES 2024 Sustainability Goals: More Recycled Materials, Longer Lifespans

    CES 2024 arrived with announcements from the biggest tech companies around that showed off new devices and teased exciting technology. But another trend is the various ways sustainability has...

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  • U.K. Government Urged To Act On Global Deforestation By MPs

    U.K. Government Urged To Act On Global Deforestation By MPs

    A cross-party group of British MPs have issued a “wake-up call” over the U.K. government’s plans to tackle global deforestation.In a new report out today (4 January), the environmental audit...

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  • Emissions Reporting Requirements Are Coming: Here’s How To Prepare Your Business

    Emissions Reporting Requirements Are Coming: Here’s How To Prepare Your Business

    In October, California Governor Gavin Newsom ratified the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, which mandates that organizations in the state with annual revenues exceeding $1 billion...

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  • Mango offers workers sustainability training

    Mango offers workers sustainability training

    Spanish fashion brand Mango is offering more than 250 employees training in sustainability in a partnership with the prestigious Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Technical University of...

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  • ‘Transition Finance’ takes center stage in 2024

    ‘Transition Finance’ takes center stage in 2024

    “Transition finance” is shaping up to be one of the new year’s most important subjects for anyone professing to care about the climate crisis.There’s a “whole world of transition finance being...

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  • Supply Chain Predictions 2024: AI, Sustainability Top Of Mind

    Supply Chain Predictions 2024: AI, Sustainability Top Of Mind

    Since the start of the decade, supply chains have become a strategic pillar for many global businesses and industries. What constitutes a well-run supply chain? Depends on who you ask. Sometimes...

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  • New Year Insights for the procurement solutions and services marketplace 2024: EcoVadis

    New Year Insights for the procurement solutions and services marketplace 2024: EcoVadis

    For several years now, Spend Matters has been collecting and publishing a series of articles about procurement, supply and services trends for the year ahead from expert tech and service providers...

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  • Preparing for the CSRD’s Impact on US Companies

    Preparing for the CSRD’s Impact on US Companies

    Big changes are coming to corporate sustainability reporting in the European Union and soon in the rest of the world. Starting in fiscal year 2024, the first wave of in-scope companies will be...

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  • Europe business leaders to spend more on sustainability by 2026 -study

    Europe business leaders to spend more on sustainability by 2026 -study

    Nine out of 10 business leaders across Europe plan to maintain or increase their sustainability-linked investments by 2026, a survey by German business software maker SAP (SAPG.DE) said on...

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  • Canada Modern Slavery Act: Regulatory Snapshot

    Canada Modern Slavery Act: Regulatory Snapshot

    After years in the making, Canada’s Modern Slavery Act will soon be in effect. Those within the scope will need to prepare public annual reports on their efforts to eliminate forced or child labor...

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  • EU agrees on first-ever law to curb methane emissions 

    EU agrees on first-ever law to curb methane emissions 

    The European Union struck a deal on a law to tackle methane emissions from fossil fuels, paving the way to impose rules on the bloc’s foreign energy suppliers like the United States. MEPs and EU...

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  • Ferrero ‘well placed’ to comply with deforestation laws, but sector challenges remain

    Ferrero ‘well placed’ to comply with deforestation laws, but sector challenges remain

    Ferrero Group considers itself well prepared for the EU Deforestation Regulation, which will apply to its palm oil and cocoa supply chains. But potential challenges and unintended consequences...

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  • Startup eliminates plastic through sustainable paper cup

    Startup eliminates plastic through sustainable paper cup

    The company’s Good Cup features an extension to the traditional structure of a paper cup, integrating a lid that folds and locks into place, eliminating the presence and need for a plastic lid.The...

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  • Measuring and reporting Scope 3 emissions 

    Measuring and reporting Scope 3 emissions 

    Organizations face pressure from multiple directions when it comes to sustainability in the supply chain. Factors such as public perception, competitors’ actions, and regulatory compliance all...

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  • Sustainable Cotton Group Boosts Tracking for Top Retailers

    Sustainable Cotton Group Boosts Tracking for Top Retailers

    Swiss-based sustainability group Better Cotton said on Thursday it has added new functions to a platform that big retailers use to trace materials through their supply chains.Better Cotton said...

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  • Jabil Acquires Retronix to Advance Circular Economy Initiatives

    Jabil Acquires Retronix to Advance Circular Economy Initiatives

    Jabil Inc., a global leader in design, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions, announced the successful acquisition of Retronix, an innovative provider in the reclamation and refurbishment of...

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  • Digitizing the path to decarbonization 

    Digitizing the path to decarbonization 

    Looking toward the upcoming climate talks at COP28, businesses across the globe are focusing on the shared responsibility of climate action. To drive it, we must move fast and together — something...

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  • IT sourcing must adopt an environmental sustainability framework

    IT sourcing must adopt an environmental sustainability framework

    Environmental sustainability objectives have rapidly become a top CEO priority.Achieving these objectives requires a shared responsibility approach: responsible use by organizations, coupled with...

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  • Canadian Supply Chain Law Places Responsibility on Executives

    Canadian Supply Chain Law Places Responsibility on Executives

    A new Canadian supply chain law set to take effect Jan. 1, 2024, will place the responsibility on brands, retailers, and importers to identify and prevent child and forced labor within their...

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  • Report: Majority of Companies Plan Procurement Budget Increases in 2024

    Report: Majority of Companies Plan Procurement Budget Increases in 2024

    Key findingsThe report also found that:95% of decision-makers acknowledge that there’s room for procurement optimization. 85% of respondents say the difficulty of sourcing suppliers that follow...

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  • Palm oil penalties? Transparency failings could hurt supply chain as EU prepares deforestation rules

    Palm oil penalties? Transparency failings could hurt supply chain as EU prepares deforestation rules

    The palm oil industry is largely unprepared for the EU’s incoming Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), according to a new assessment by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). The conservation charity...

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  • Apple, Nike and others push Asian suppliers to buy clean energy 

    Apple, Nike and others push Asian suppliers to buy clean energy 

    A group of global companies including Apple, Nike and PepsiCo have launched the Clean Energy Procurement Academy to train supply chain partners in the Asia Pacific, where renewable power is...

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  • World 'Failing' on Pledges to End Deforestation by 2030, Report Says

    World 'Failing' on Pledges to End Deforestation by 2030, Report Says

    A coalition of research organizations and civil society, the Forest Declaration Assessment, has conducted a new study that evaluates the progress toward eliminating deforestation by nations,...

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  • Helping companies navigate today’s evolving global ESG regulatory landscape 

    Helping companies navigate today’s evolving global ESG regulatory landscape 

    In recent years, environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting for companies has moved from a "nice-to-have" to an integral part of corporate strategy. An increasing awareness of the need...

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  • FoodTech Philippines Conference 2023

    FoodTech Philippines Conference 2023

    EcoVadis is excited to be an exhibitor at the FoodTech Philippines Conference 2023.   Mark your calendars for November 28, 2023, as we gather in Manila for an immersive two-day journey into the...

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  • Navigating ESG data scarcity challenges in Private Markets

    Navigating ESG data scarcity challenges in Private Markets

    Investing using ESG principles requires access to reliable, timely, and high-quality data about companies’ ESG performance—but investors often find that data hard to come by.  While popular in...

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  • 2023 Sustainable Investment Survey

    2023 Sustainable Investment Survey

    Once again, this year we asked GPs to identify whether they consider themselves to be venture capitalists (VCs), thereby allowing us to contrast how VCs were thinking about sustainable investment...

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  • Investors eye sustainability and private assets

    Investors eye sustainability and private assets

    Investors are focusing on sustainability and private assets in the midst of energy transition opportunities while inflation concerns persist, revealed a survey. More than half of...

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  • Professional services firms lag in digital sustainability efforts: study

    Professional services firms lag in digital sustainability efforts: study

    In a report, Schneider Electric found that one-third of Singaporean business leaders are digital sustainability leaders as they strongly support digitalisation as a key driver for sustainability...

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  • Emissions in the Telecommunications Industry

    Emissions in the Telecommunications Industry

    The telecommunications business has been revolutionary in its ability to connect individuals worldwide. However, this phenomenal growth has left the sector with a significant portion of the...

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  • Hanson launches new Recycling Materials Business

    Hanson launches new Recycling Materials Business

    In a strategic move aimed at conserving precious natural resources and advancing the principles of the circular economy, Hanson, a renowned leader in the UK construction industry, has recently...

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  • Are supply chains up to the challenge of cutting Scope 3 emissions?

    Are supply chains up to the challenge of cutting Scope 3 emissions?

    As climate milestones approach, there is still much work to be done in measuring and reducing footprints. Procurement and supply chain teams will play a key role.   The term “Scope 3” doesn’t...

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  • EU bill and new green policies spur progress on Brazil’s cattle tracking

    EU bill and new green policies spur progress on Brazil’s cattle tracking

    Brazilian banks have created new rules for releasing credit to meatpackers and slaughterhouses in Amazonian states in which their clients must implement traceability and monitoring systems by 2025...

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  • European Solar Manufacturing Council urges EU to adopt law against forced labor in PV industry 

    European Solar Manufacturing Council urges EU to adopt law against forced labor in PV industry 

    The European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) is urging the European Union to adopt legislation against forced labor in the PV industry, by explicitly calling for measures to prevent solar...

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  • Inside PepsiCo’s Effort to Reach Net Zero Emissions

    Inside PepsiCo’s Effort to Reach Net Zero Emissions

    For corporations like PepsiCo, most greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions originate in the supply chain, which is challenging to manage. PepsiCo believes three elements — expectations, economics, and...

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  • How Tony’s Chocolonely Created a Purpose-Driven (and Profitable) Supply Chain

    How Tony’s Chocolonely Created a Purpose-Driven (and Profitable) Supply Chain

    Supply chains in commodity industries are often characterized by social and environmental abuse. In the cocoa industry, for example, the average farmer cultivates between three and five hectares...

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  • Germany on Track to Meet Over 50% of Energy Demand With Renewables This Year

    Germany on Track to Meet Over 50% of Energy Demand With Renewables This Year

    Germany is likely to generate enough energy from renewables to meet more than 50% of its energy demand by the end of this year, as the country’s Economy Minister Robert Habeck announced at a...

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  • Recalibrating Sustainable Procurement to Build Resilience

    Recalibrating Sustainable Procurement to Build Resilience

    Four ways supply chain risks are getting amplified across all phases of risk management, and a checklist for how procurement teams can respond to build resilience for a 'permacrisis' eraIn a world...

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  • New law on more sustainable, circular and safe batteries enters into force

    New law on more sustainable, circular and safe batteries enters into force

    A new law to ensure that batteries are collected, reused and recycled in Europe is entering into force today. The new Batteries Regulation will ensure that, in the future, batteries have a low...

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  • SDGs & me: Responsible consumption and production 

    SDGs & me: Responsible consumption and production 

    Consumption and production patterns have wide environmental and social impacts. The Sustainable Development Goal 'Responsible consumption and production' (SDG 12) calls for action on many fronts....

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  • Wealthiest 10% of Americans Responsible for 40% of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Study Finds

    Wealthiest 10% of Americans Responsible for 40% of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Study Finds

    According to a new University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) study, Americans whose income is in the top 10 percent are responsible for 40 percent of the total greenhouse gas emissions...

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  • The Roadmap to Supplier Decarbonization: From Starting Simple to Embracing Science

    The Roadmap to Supplier Decarbonization: From Starting Simple to Embracing Science

    As businesses and public organizations strive to implement the principles of sustainable procurement, understanding your company's carbon emissions is essential, and indirect emissions, i.e.,...

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  • In a Time of Permacrisis, Amplified Supply Chain Risks Signal Shifts in Strategy

    In a Time of Permacrisis, Amplified Supply Chain Risks Signal Shifts in Strategy

    The past few years have seen a massive change in the procurement space pushing supply chain professionals to rethink strategies and fortify their approach in the face of widespread disruptions. In...

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  • World Tour 2023

    World Tour 2023

    A series of regional events held across the world in 9 stops: New York, London, Stockholm, Paris, Milan, Madrid, Tokyo, Berlin and a virtual Asia-Pacific.   For the third year in a row, we span...

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  • Digital Procurement World (DPW)

    Digital Procurement World (DPW)

    Digital Procurement World(DPW) is the most influential tech event in procurement, where the world’s biggest brands in procurement showcase cutting-edge innovations that will pave the way for the...

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  • Climate Week - Supply Chain Decarbonization: A New Phase Of Scope 3 Emissions Reduction Action Begins

    Climate Week - Supply Chain Decarbonization: A New Phase Of Scope 3 Emissions Reduction Action Begins

    Join us and hear about: A framework for supply chain decarbonization, and progress on key early phases of the journey How buyers are using carbon and sustainability maturity ratings to optimize...

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  • Sustainable Procurement Barometer 2023 Global Benchmark Survey with Accenture and EcoVadis

    Sustainable Procurement Barometer 2023 Global Benchmark Survey with Accenture and EcoVadis

    Procurement leaders are braving a confluence of permacrises with post-pandemic rebuilding, rising rates, inflation, price volatility as well as tackling new ESG due diligence regulations, net-zero...

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  • Sapphire 2023: Unleashing the Power of Sustainable Procurement and Digital Integration for Buyers

    Sapphire 2023: Unleashing the Power of Sustainable Procurement and Digital Integration for Buyers

    Suppliers can showcase sustainability accomplishments to thousands of buyers with new SAP Business Network integration; Supply chain finance brings added mutual value.   Digital integration and...

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  • EcoVadis Carbon Action Module Wins Top Product of the Year Award from Environment + Energy Leader

    EcoVadis Carbon Action Module Wins Top Product of the Year Award from Environment + Energy Leader

    Carbon management solution empowers brands, purchasing organizations, and investors to drive Scope 3 climate action at scale EcoVadis announced its Carbon Action Module (CAM) has received a Top...

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  • SPLC Summit - Transforming good intentions into real-world impact

    SPLC Summit - Transforming good intentions into real-world impact

    EcoVadis is proud to sponsor the SPLC Summit on August 14- 16, 2023. We will have a booth and will be presenting about Supply Chain DEI and Supply Chain Decarbonization. Stop by our booth or...

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  • HPs' Mission: Becoming More Sustainable And Just

    HPs' Mission: Becoming More Sustainable And Just

    In its recently published 2022 Sustainable Impact Report, HP restated its commitment to becoming a more sustainable and just company. James McCall, the Chief Sustainability Officer at HP,...

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  • Sustainability and Circularity in the Textile Value Chain - A Global Roadmap

    Sustainability and Circularity in the Textile Value Chain - A Global Roadmap

    UNEP’s report ‘Sustainability and Circularity in the Textile Value Chain: A Global Roadmap’ outlines what each stakeholder group can do individually and collectively to reach the shared...

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  • Exploring the sustainable future of e-commerce logistics

    Exploring the sustainable future of e-commerce logistics

    Supply chains generate around 60% of all carbon emissions globally. For e-commerce retailers looking to reduce their impact, it’s an obvious and crucial place to start. Whether legislative or...

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  • Preparing for the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

    Preparing for the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

    The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) fits in the trend of emerging sustainability regulations across the globe.Despite uncertainty over the scope of the directive and...

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  • Sustainability important for leisure travellers: study

    Sustainability important for leisure travellers: study

    More than two-thirds of consumers surveyed in a study in selected markets consider sustainability aspects to be important or extremely important when traveling for leisure, and 73% expect...

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  • Green Deal: New law to fight global deforestation and forest degradation driven by EU production and consumption enters into force  

    Green Deal: New law to fight global deforestation and forest degradation driven by EU production and consumption enters into force  

    the pioneering EU Regulation on deforestation-free supply chains, a key building block in the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss, enters into force. It is a reflection of European...

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  • Survey: More than two-thirds of CEOs call human rights a supply chain concern

    Survey: More than two-thirds of CEOs call human rights a supply chain concern

    In a new survey by procurement and supply chain consultancy Proxima, 70.3% of CEOs in the United States and the U.K. say they are concerned about the potential for human or labor rights issues in...

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  • Now is the Time for Sustainable Procurement: A Rosier Picture of Companies’ Performance

    Now is the Time for Sustainable Procurement: A Rosier Picture of Companies’ Performance

    Companies that fall behind on sustainable procurement risk losing valuable opportunities, particularly where regulation or capital depends on it. Select companies have begun seriously addressing...

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  • Two-Thirds of North American Companies in the Network Have Significantly Reduced Sustainability Risk

    Two-Thirds of North American Companies in the Network Have Significantly Reduced Sustainability Risk

    Now in its seventh edition, our recently published Business Sustainability Index draws upon data from more than 100,000 EcoVadis ratings conducted between 2018 and 2022 to provide compelling...

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  • From Sustainability Megatrends to Positive Impact with Andrew Winston

    From Sustainability Megatrends to Positive Impact with Andrew Winston

    Speaker: Andrew Winston, globally recognized expert on megatrends and how to build companies that thrive by serving the world, author of Net Positive, The Big Pivot and Green to Gold.The...

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  • iCI launches guide to support TCFD reporting in private equity

    iCI launches guide to support TCFD reporting in private equity

    ➢ Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is a market-leading standard and increasingly a regulatory requirement in some jurisdictions.➢ The guide will provide practical tools...

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  • Anthesis helps IIGCC with net zero framework for private equity funds

    Anthesis helps IIGCC with net zero framework for private equity funds

    Anthesis has supported the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change with the development of a new net zero guidance framework for the private equity sector. Commenting on the launch, Misa...

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  • It’s Time for Private Equity to Move Beyond ESG Compliance

    It’s Time for Private Equity to Move Beyond ESG Compliance

    Adopting ESG principles doesn’t just mean checking the boxes Few issues shaping the private equity ecosystem promise to be as transformational as ESG. For the better part of the past decade, in...

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  • Three ways CFOs are adapting to emerging private equity trends

    Three ways CFOs are adapting to emerging private equity trends

    A new era is here. The 2023 EY Global Private Equity Survey explores how organizations can build a bridge to the future. The CFO role has continued to evolve as private equity firms grew in...

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  • Do ESG Efforts Create Value? | EcoVadis

    Do ESG Efforts Create Value? | EcoVadis

    We published a joint study together with Bain & Co which revealed that ESG activities correlate to stronger financial performance. The study, titled “Do ESG Efforts Create Value?” assessed how ESG...

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  • Mars supply chain decarbonization

    Mars supply chain decarbonization

    In this podcast episode, Fergal Byrne interviews Kevin Rabinovitch, the Global VP of Sustainability and Chief Climate Officer for Mars, Incorporated, regarding their supply chain decarbonization...

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  • Business Sustainability Index 7th Edition

    Business Sustainability Index 7th Edition

    In its seventh edition, the EcoVadis Index provides insights from the sustainability ratings of more than 62,000 companies assessed between 2018 and 2022. Based on data from over 100,000...

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  • Better Cotton sustainability roadmap moves Uzbekistan forward

    Better Cotton sustainability roadmap moves Uzbekistan forward

    The new sustainability roadmap presented by non-profit Better Cotton has received attention from those attending Uzbekistan's Tashkent Textile Week, including business, government, civil society,...

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  • Micronclean publishes environment and sustainability strategy

    Micronclean publishes environment and sustainability strategy

    Micronclean’s new "Environmental and Sustainability Strategy" has been published on its website. This document sets Micronclean’s ambition to be ‘the most sustainable specialist textile and...

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  • Chart: The Sustainable Travel Dilemma

    Chart: The Sustainable Travel Dilemma

    Confronted with both climate change and the global energy crisis, travelers worldwide are torn. On the one hand, travelers want to do their share for the environment and travel more sustainably in...

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  • Companies of All Sizes, Performance Levels Exhibit Significant Strides in Sustainability Journeys: Study

    Companies of All Sizes, Performance Levels Exhibit Significant Strides in Sustainability Journeys: Study

    Companies across the globe, of all sizes and maturity, continue to improve their sustainability performance and build upon ongoing progress to implement positive sustainable practices across their...

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  • Bord Bia Leaders Sustainability Acceleration Programme accepting applications

    Bord Bia Leaders Sustainability Acceleration Programme accepting applications

    Since its launch in 2012, Bord Bia’s Origin Green programme has supported over a decade of progress in the Irish food and drink industry’s journey to a more sustainable future. A pioneering...

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  • Consumers would pay for next-gen materials for apparel, study shows 

    Consumers would pay for next-gen materials for apparel, study shows 

    According to the report, those respondents who were ‘extremely’ or ‘very’ inclined to reply were ‘early adopters’ of next-generation materials, and members of this group were all prepared to spend...

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  • Jaguar bringing sustainability tweaks to Portland

    Jaguar bringing sustainability tweaks to Portland

    Since partnering with Official Supplier, AERO, six months ago, Jaguar TCS Racing has been working with the team to apply their material technology to their racing cars.AERO’s advanced urethane...

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  • Boeing sets decarbonisation goals in sustainability report

    Boeing sets decarbonisation goals in sustainability report

    Boeing has demonstrated its commitment to sustainability by taking significant steps to increase renewable-energy usage in its factories while making substantial investments in aerospace...

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  • Leading airline flies for the flag for sustainability

    Leading airline flies for the flag for sustainability

    The ambitious project, representing a multi-billion dollar investment to ensure Emirates’ customers “fly better” for the coming years, aims to be “environmental friendly” and also includes plans...

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  • Millennium Hotels partners with Watermelon on UAE food sustainability initiative

    Millennium Hotels partners with Watermelon on UAE food sustainability initiative

    Millennium Hotels and Resorts has partnered with Watermelon, a food and beverage procurement platform, to incorporate locally sourced produce across its hotels within the UAE.Millennium says that...

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  • CTOs of 7 aerospace firms publish sustainability manifesto

    CTOs of 7 aerospace firms publish sustainability manifesto

    Days ahead of the opening of the Paris Air Show, the Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) of seven major aerospace manufacturers have published a joint manifesto calling on governments and industry to...

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  • Bringing clarity to airline sustainability effort also highlights fault-lines 

    Bringing clarity to airline sustainability effort also highlights fault-lines 

    Broadly, most airline leaders are still in agreement on the principles. The industry has a net-zero roadmap, which talks up the airline sector’s desperation for more sustainable aviation fuel...

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  • Egypt poised for benefits as first mover in Sustainable Aviation Fuel Industry

    Egypt poised for benefits as first mover in Sustainable Aviation Fuel Industry

    In alignment with Egypt's vision for 2030 and its commitment to climate change, Mattar, states, "We are committed to the sustainable aviation fuel by 2025 as a minimum of 2% of flights going to...

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  • Report Shows Tough Corporate Tasks of Sustainability Transitions

    Report Shows Tough Corporate Tasks of Sustainability Transitions

    Accenture, an Irish-American technology and consulting firm, analyzed data to best comprehend how companies pursue sustainable practices and in part, it shows that business leaders can struggle to...

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  • Questions and Answers on the Sustainable Finance package

    Questions and Answers on the Sustainable Finance package

    The EU will need additional investments of around €700 billion every year to meet the objectives of the European Green Deal. The bulk of these investments will have to come from private funding.To...

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  • Sustainability in Healthcare R&D | Merck

    Sustainability in Healthcare R&D | Merck

    Merck is a vibrant science and technology company that has been dedicated to human progress for over 350 years. In order to be successful in this mission, we have to keep people and the planet at...

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  • The next chapter of the Sustainability Rulebook: the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

    The next chapter of the Sustainability Rulebook: the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

    On 15 June, the EBU published the second installment of the Sustainability Rulebook. This is a series will be informing Members on a new regulation on sustainability coming from the EU. Our second...

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  • Flywheel of sustainability in the accommodation sector 

    Flywheel of sustainability in the accommodation sector 

    Within the travel industry, the accommodation sector has a huge opportunity to lead in decarbonisation. The collective agreement made through the Glasgow Declaration should see emissions halve by...

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  • ‘Golden shares’ to safeguard sustainability at Tony’s Chocolonely

    ‘Golden shares’ to safeguard sustainability at Tony’s Chocolonely

    In an unusual move, the Dutch company, which makes colourfully wrapped chunky chocolate bars stocked in UK supermarkets, has created a new governance structure with golden shares that carry the...

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  • Consumers are in fact buying sustainable goods: Highlights from new research | McKinsey

    Consumers are in fact buying sustainable goods: Highlights from new research | McKinsey

    Which sustainability attributes matter most at the point of sale? Do consumers pay attention to sustainability claims? A new report from McKinsey and NielsenIQ provides answers.“Consumers are...

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  • Uber toots its eco horn and gears up for big sustainability drive

    Uber toots its eco horn and gears up for big sustainability drive

    Uber unveiled a handful of new eco-focused features, services and expansions today, as the ride-hailing giant doubles down on previous efforts to align itself with sustainable transport.The...

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  • Video: Riyadh Air CEO discusses airline’s focus on sustainability, technology

    Video: Riyadh Air CEO discusses airline’s focus on sustainability, technology

    Saudi Arabia’s newly launched airline Riyadh Air, the latest addition to the Kingdom’s 2030 diversification strategy, is all set to become the next big thing in the aviation industry.Tony Douglas,...

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  • The Role of Sustainable Tourism in Shaping the Future of the Hospitality Industry 

    The Role of Sustainable Tourism in Shaping the Future of the Hospitality Industry 

    sustainable tourism practices play a crucial role in shaping the future of the hospitality industry. By providing authentic experiences that respect local communities and minimize environmental...

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  • Sheraton Grand Bangalore at Brigade Gateway renews its commitment to sustainability, ET HospitalityWorld

    Sheraton Grand Bangalore at Brigade Gateway renews its commitment to sustainability, ET HospitalityWorld

    Aligned with Marriott International's global initiative towards sustainable development, the hotel has installed an electric vehicle charging station accessible to patrons and the general public....

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  • BEONx highlights the growing importance of sustainability in the hospitality industry

    BEONx highlights the growing importance of sustainability in the hospitality industry

    In recent years, the hospitality industry has witnessed a shift in consumer values and preferences. Travellers are increasingly seeking accommodation options that align with their environmental...

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  • The power of digital ecosystems to improve pharma supply chain operations

    The power of digital ecosystems to improve pharma supply chain operations

    Covid-19 created the perfect storm for the pharma industry’s already challenged supply chain network. The pandemic augmented supply chain risk and exposed weak areas such as the lack of end-to-end...

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  • Current page: How social media is helping make the switch to sustainability

    Current page: How social media is helping make the switch to sustainability

    Unilever has partnered with one of the world’s leading behavioural science institutions to research the role social media content plays in encouraging people to make sustainable choices. Working...

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  • Coty underlines sustainability with Beauty That Lasts

    Coty underlines sustainability with Beauty That Lasts

    Coty has set out key objectives for its sustainability strategy, Beauty That Lasts. The strategy outlines the different ways the group intends to deliver its goal of becoming an industry leader in...

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  • Beauty Consumers Are Pressuring Brands For Greater Sustainability

    Beauty Consumers Are Pressuring Brands For Greater Sustainability

    Beauty consumers worldwide are increasingly demanding more sustainable industry practices, including packaging. According to a recent ESW Global Voices survey of more than 16,000 consumers in 16...

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  • Lumson’s XPaper, the airless that combines elegance and sustainability

    Lumson’s XPaper, the airless that combines elegance and sustainability

    Is it possible to unite luxury and sustainability in cosmetic packaging? With Lumson, the answer is a resounding yes! The Italian company, a leader in primary cosmetic packaging, has...

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  • JBS Generates Energy From Methane, Reduces CO2 Emissions

    JBS Generates Energy From Methane, Reduces CO2 Emissions

    JBS has announced the installation of biodigesters to provide a new outlet for the methane gas emitted in its industrial operations – the production of biogas, a renewable and clean energy...

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  • Building activity produces 18% of emissions and a shocking 40% of our landfill waste. We must move to a circular economy – here’s how

    Building activity produces 18% of emissions and a shocking 40% of our landfill waste. We must move to a circular economy – here’s how

    Architecture, engineering and construction employ 1.2 million people in Australia and account for 9% of GDP. But our biggest services sector also produces roughly 40% of landfill waste and...

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  • World Environment Day 2023: Aviation’s role in addressing plastic pollution

    World Environment Day 2023: Aviation’s role in addressing plastic pollution

    Led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Environment Day has become one of the largest global platforms for environmental outreach and is celebrated by millions around the...

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  • EuroCommerce Welcomes European Parliament's Position On Due Diligence Directive

    EuroCommerce Welcomes European Parliament's Position On Due Diligence Directive

    EuroCommerce, which represents the retail and wholesale trade in Europe, has welcomed the European Parliament’s approval of a draft law that would make it mandatory for large companies to check...

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  • Acknowledging SAP’s ESG Efforts

    Acknowledging SAP’s ESG Efforts

    SAP chose sustainability as a long-term strategy in 2009. Since this commitment, SAP has lived up to being a good example by making its own operations and processes more sustainable and resilient....

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  • Stagecoach joins UN Global Compact for sustainable commitment

    Stagecoach joins UN Global Compact for sustainable commitment

    Stagecoach pioneers as the first UK bus and coach operator to join the United Nations Global Compact, supporting the company’s sustainability journey and inspiring others to follow suit in...

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  • World Set to Add 'Record-Breaking' Renewables to Electricity Systems: New IEA Report

    World Set to Add 'Record-Breaking' Renewables to Electricity Systems: New IEA Report

    A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) shows that renewable power capacity additions are set to rise by a third globally this year, with wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) leading...

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  • How investors can get ready as the SEC ramps up on ESG

    How investors can get ready as the SEC ramps up on ESG

     Environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals have moved center-stage to dominate business conversations around the world. Organizational leaders are taking action to stand up ESG programs and...

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  • Data-Driven Goals and Science-Based Strategy

    Data-Driven Goals and Science-Based Strategy

    As a global leader in cybersecurity, Palo Alto Networks is committed to protecting everyone’s digital way of life. We are proud to be added to the EPA's Green Power Partnership. Central to that...

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  • Integrating ESG into the deal lifecycle

    Integrating ESG into the deal lifecycle

    As the regulatory landscape continues to evolve, integrating Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations for new investment deals has become an increasingly imperative consideration...

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  • Private Equity Could Cash in on ESG Investment

    Private Equity Could Cash in on ESG Investment

    In many ways, private equity is made to be invested in environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives. But it takes thoughtful strategies to ensure those investments generate maximum value...

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  • 'Private equity investors are uniquely positioned to effect change'

    'Private equity investors are uniquely positioned to effect change'

    By investing in earlier-stage companies and having controlling ownership, private equity has the potential to tackle ESG considerations effectively, according to Jennifer Signori, managing...

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  • Annual Sustain Conference 2023: sessions are available in replay!

    Annual Sustain Conference 2023: sessions are available in replay!

    At the opening of the event, the co-founders and executives announced the publication of the "Network Impact Report" which presents the first progress made since EcoVadis chose to officially...

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  • Beyond the Law: Sustainability as a Leading Indicator of Business Performance

    Beyond the Law: Sustainability as a Leading Indicator of Business Performance

    In a hyper-connected trade economy, almost every area of business performance is tracked, assessed, or evaluated. As a trading partner to a multinational or value chain, you probably measure...

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  • How Supply Chains Are the Answer to Decarbonization: Insights From Accenture

    How Supply Chains Are the Answer to Decarbonization: Insights From Accenture

    Speaker: Matias Pollmann-Larsen, Global Lead for Sustainable Value Chain at Accenture, hosted by Fergal Byrne, Executive Producer, The Sustainability Agenda.   Supply chains is what keeps the...

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  • From Compliance to Impact: Risk Management as Foundation for Sustainable Value Creation

    From Compliance to Impact: Risk Management as Foundation for Sustainable Value Creation

    While sustainability risk management is not new, today’s challenges require a new response. The confluence of the pandemic, geopolitical and social upheaval, a resurgence in modern slavery,...

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  • The 12th PASA CPO Exchange

    The 12th PASA CPO Exchange

    EcoVadis is delighted to be a partner at the 11th PASA CPO Exchange.   Held in-person in Gold Coast, the exchange provides practitioners with the opportunity to enjoy a relaxing, informative...

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  • Bain and EcoVadis Ratings Study: Do ESG Efforts Create Value for Portfolio Companies and Suppliers?

    Bain and EcoVadis Ratings Study: Do ESG Efforts Create Value for Portfolio Companies and Suppliers?

    Wouldn’t you like to know how ESG strategies can unlock financial potential – for you and your portfolio companies or value chain partners?A joint study from Bain & Company and EcoVadis, “Do ESG...

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  • Mars, Cargill back WWF sustainable fisheries initiative

    Mars, Cargill back WWF sustainable fisheries initiative

    et-food giant Mars and agri-food heavyweight Cargill are backing a new scheme set up by the WWF, aimed at making fisheries more sustainable.The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Finance Earth (FE)...

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  • The world's made most progress in three UN sustainability goals

    The world's made most progress in three UN sustainability goals

    These include consumption and production, marine ecosystem, and terrestrial vegetation   The world may have made little progress in its Sustainability Development Goals (SDG) for 2030, but the...

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  • ITC rolls out paper-based packaging for its Aashirvaad Organic Atta product

    ITC rolls out paper-based packaging for its Aashirvaad Organic Atta product

    The packaging was launched to mark Earth Day on 22 April 2023. It is expected to help consumers to adopt a more ‘sustainable lifestyle’.In a LinkedIn post, the company said its new packaging...

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  • Porsche and Hydro unite to further decarbonize the supply chain of sportscars

    Porsche and Hydro unite to further decarbonize the supply chain of sportscars

    Porsche AG and Norsk Hydro ASA will work together to further reduce the carbon footprint of Porsche’s car models by using low-carbon aluminium and extrusions from Hydro. In addition, the two...

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  • Drive Supply Chain Innovation With Sustainability Mandates

    Drive Supply Chain Innovation With Sustainability Mandates

    The obligation to comply with supply chain regulations from the EU Supply Chain Act to a draft of US supply chain due diligence laws is spurring firms to rethink sourcing, supply chain,...

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  • EU parliament passes historic law forcing companies to track deforestation

    EU parliament passes historic law forcing companies to track deforestation

    A law passed by the European Parliament requires companies working in cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, rubber, soy and wood to demonstrate their products aren’t sourced to deforested land or land...

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  • Survey Finds Companies Ready to Turn ESG Talk Into Action

    Survey Finds Companies Ready to Turn ESG Talk Into Action

    Companies in the United States are beginning to shift from commitment to action when it comes to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues to address stakeholder concerns and pending...

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  • UNDP: Getting All on Board to Meet Deforestation Targets

    UNDP: Getting All on Board to Meet Deforestation Targets

    Indonesia finds itself in a delicate balancing act of uplifting people from poverty, managing climate change and biodiversity, and satisfying an increasingly demanding international market for...

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  • PVH launches supplier finance program tied to sustainability goals

    PVH launches supplier finance program tied to sustainability goals

    PVH, owner of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, recently teamed up with Standard Chartered Bank to create a new financing program for suppliers tied to the apparel company’s sustainability...

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  • MPs pass bill to expose use of child labour, forced labour 

    MPs pass bill to expose use of child labour, forced labour 

    A bill that aims to expose the use of child labour and forced labour around the world passed the House of Commons on Wednesday.The new law will require Canadian companies and government...

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  • Britain Signs Global Coffee Agreement In Bid To Boost Industry

    Britain Signs Global Coffee Agreement In Bid To Boost Industry

    Britain recently signed a key global coffee sector agreement aimed at tackling some of the industry's most pressing issues, including making coffee growing and coffee consumption...

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  • Reimagine Procurement for Sustainable Future

    Reimagine Procurement for Sustainable Future

    Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) has become a mandate for businesses around the globe. Across every industry, consumers, investors, and employees are demanding change. In response,...

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  • How PepsiCo marries ESG with financial decisions 

    How PepsiCo marries ESG with financial decisions 

    Amid the flood of impact and sustainability reports timed for release during Earth Month was a shower of updates about corporate-issued green and sustainabilty bonds that reflect how that money is...

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  • New York to Require Public Power Provider to Source 100% Clean Electricity by 2030

    New York to Require Public Power Provider to Source 100% Clean Electricity by 2030

    The state of New York has passed legislation in its latest budget that will require its public power provider to source 100% clean energy for electricity production by the end of this decade. The...

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  • NYC to Reduce Carbon Emissions From Food

    NYC to Reduce Carbon Emissions From Food

    New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced on April 17 that the city would aim to “reduce absolute carbon emissions from food purchases across its city agencies by 33 percent by 2030.”This was after...

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  • Five Key Trends Shaping the Sustainability Agenda in 2023 

    Five Key Trends Shaping the Sustainability Agenda in 2023 

    Given the current challenging economy, it is essential that companies keep abreast of sustainability trends as they evolve, and understand the direct impact on business performance to remain...

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  • New survey on Swiss investors 

    New survey on Swiss investors 

    Despite the difficult economic conditions, 300 wealthy Swiss investors (HNWIs)* consider climate change to be one of the most important factors for the Swiss economy, ahead of fears of recession,...

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  • Bain and EcoVadis Ratings Study: Do ESG Efforts Create Value for Portfolio Companies and Suppliers?

    Bain and EcoVadis Ratings Study: Do ESG Efforts Create Value for Portfolio Companies and Suppliers?

    Wouldn’t you like to know how ESG strategies can unlock financial potential – for you and your portfolio companies or value chain partners?A joint study from Bain & Company and EcoVadis, “Do ESG...

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  • Dove designs its first refillable deodorant packaging solution 

    Dove designs its first refillable deodorant packaging solution 

    Dove has launched its first refillable and reusable deodorant packaging with the aim of providing an accessible refill solution for consumers and reducing plastic waste.According to Dove, the...

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  • Modern Slavery in the Construction Industry: Why Compliance Rates Are Falling 

    Modern Slavery in the Construction Industry: Why Compliance Rates Are Falling 

    The construction industry, like other industries with complex and international supply chains, is vulnerable to the risks of modern slavery. Around the world, millions of people are affected by...

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  • Apple accelerates use of recycled materials across all its products

    Apple accelerates use of recycled materials across all its products

    Apple will use 100% recycled cobalt in batteries by 2025. It already uses large quantities of recycled rare earths and tungsten in products and has begun using AR to support disassembly.Read the...

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  • EcoVadis Network Impact Report 3rd Edition

    EcoVadis Network Impact Report 3rd Edition

    In what needs to be a transformative decade, the private sector is increasingly being called upon to leverage the interconnectedness of global value chains to address complex sustainability...

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  • Lessons from a Practitioner: IKEA’s Holistic Take on Emission Scopes and Total Business Impact

    Lessons from a Practitioner: IKEA’s Holistic Take on Emission Scopes and Total Business Impact

    Speaker: Andreas Rangel Ahrens, Head of Climate at IKEA, hosted by Fergal Byrne, Executive Producer, The Sustainability Agenda   Looking at carbon emissions coming from a company’s operations only...

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  • Canyon partners with IperionX to develop sustainable titanium supply chain 

    Canyon partners with IperionX to develop sustainable titanium supply chain 

    Canyon Bicycles has announced a collaboration agreement with IperionX Limited to develop a more sustainable titanium supply chain through the production of bicycle components using IperionX’s 100%...

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  • Cotopaxi’s Bag Collection Made With 100% Repurposed Fabric

    Cotopaxi’s Bag Collection Made With 100% Repurposed Fabric

    The Cotopaxi Del Dia Bag Collection Meet the colorful collection of bags for nearly every outdoor excursion. Each item in the collection is made from 100% repurposed fabric and has unique color...

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  • BMW’s Decarbonization Strategy: Sustainable for the Environment and the Bottom Line

    BMW’s Decarbonization Strategy: Sustainable for the Environment and the Bottom Line

    In mid-2022, automakers, consumers, regulators, and investors were focusing on the transition from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to electric vehicles (EV). While this would reduce...

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  • Low carbon wheat pilot set to reduce carbon footprint of bread

    Low carbon wheat pilot set to reduce carbon footprint of bread

    Dossche Mills, Agravis Raiffeisen and OCI Global are collaborating on a low-carbon wheat flour grown using a fertilizer that generates a lower carbon footprint. The first batch of this wheat crop...

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  • Weekly Roundup: Nestlé and Cargill support sustainable grazing practices, EFSA revises animal welfare legislation

    Weekly Roundup: Nestlé and Cargill support sustainable grazing practices, EFSA revises animal welfare legislation

    This week in industry news, Nestlé and Cargill join forces on sustainable grazing practices across 1.7 million acres in the US over the next five years. This partnership will support ranchers in...

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  • Guerlain put traceability first with Sidel packaging technology

    Guerlain put traceability first with Sidel packaging technology

    In a bid to combat counterfeiting, cosmetic brand Guerlain has adopted Sidel’s combi packing palletising solution at its facility near Chartres, France.   Sidel, a subsidiary company of global...

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  • Nike Shareholder Files Proposal Regarding Human Rights In Supply Chain 

    Nike Shareholder Files Proposal Regarding Human Rights In Supply Chain 

    A Nike shareholder is asking the company to take stronger action to protect human rights for its garment workers.Tulipshare, which currently owns 276 Nike shares, filed a shareholder proposal that...

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  • Duas Rodas gains Fair for Life certification to meet consumer demand for traceability and transparency

    Duas Rodas gains Fair for Life certification to meet consumer demand for traceability and transparency

    Duas Rodas is expanding the number of ingredients in its portfolio with Fair for Life Certification (FFL), which ensures that “items meet specific environmental management criteria and ensure full...

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  • Absa Group announces net zero targets as part of broader sustainable finance goals

    Absa Group announces net zero targets as part of broader sustainable finance goals

    Absa Group, Africa’s largest funder of renewables, announced today its long-term ambition to reach Net Zero state by 2050 for scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.Supporting a transition to a low-carbon...

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  • RizePoint SME: Why Supply Chain Transparency Is More Important Than Ever

    RizePoint SME: Why Supply Chain Transparency Is More Important Than Ever

    RizePoint, a technology leader in the food safety, quality management, compliance, and social responsibility space, says in today's fast-paced business world, supply chain transparency is more...

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  • Defra publishes findings of pork supply chain review

    Defra publishes findings of pork supply chain review

    The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published a summary of responses to its consultation on contractual practice in the pork supply chain, setting out its next...

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  • How Electric Vehicles Are Disrupting Automobile Supply Chains

    How Electric Vehicles Are Disrupting Automobile Supply Chains

    As electric vehicles (EVs) supplant gas-fueled cars, companies across the automobile supply chain are collaborating to create the circular economy that will reduce carbon emissions and lead to...

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  • Samskip Leads the Way in Sustainability with New Green Shipping Initiative

    Samskip Leads the Way in Sustainability with New Green Shipping Initiative

    Samskip, a prominent green shipping organization, has initiated a new project aimed at reducing CO2 emissions from its vessels. The Carbon Capture and Utilization system developed by Samskip...

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  • Making It Visible – A New Era For Sustainable Palm Oil

    Making It Visible – A New Era For Sustainable Palm Oil

    New EU legislation will increase traceability for brands that source sustainable palm oil, says Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).Progress continues to be made on ensuring that all palm...

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  • Road to better: Ford releases 2023 Integrated Sustainability and Financial Report, details progress toward carbon neutrality and commitment

    Road to better: Ford releases 2023 Integrated Sustainability and Financial Report, details progress toward carbon neutrality and commitment

    Today, Ford releases its 2023 Integrated Sustainability and Financial Report, detailing the company’s progress on its commitment to create a more sustainable, inclusive and equitable...

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  • Apple says it’s closer than ever to having a completely carbon neutral supply chain

    Apple says it’s closer than ever to having a completely carbon neutral supply chain

    Apple has set a public goal to go completely carbon neutral in its supply chain by 2030, and it’s out with an update on those efforts today. According to Apple, its manufacturing partners now...

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  • Climate change: The push to reduce IT's carbon footprint

    Climate change: The push to reduce IT's carbon footprint

    Humans are facing an existential crisis in climate change. We are also facing a crisis of collective action. As a species, we have every reason to slow the rise of global temperatures, but taking...

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  • Nike Faces Shareholder Proposal on Human Rights 

    Nike Faces Shareholder Proposal on Human Rights 

    Activist shareholder platform Tulipshare is calling on Nike to offer more transparency on working conditions in its supply chain.In a shareholder proposal released Thursday, London-based...

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  • UK efforts to tackle modern slavery are waning, analysis finds 

    UK efforts to tackle modern slavery are waning, analysis finds 

    Efforts to tackle modern day slavery are stalling with nearly half the number of companies disclosing anti-slavery measures within their supply chains, according to the international procurement...

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  • Berry ESG report records increased post-consumer recycled & circular plastic

    Berry ESG report records increased post-consumer recycled & circular plastic

    The report said the company made significant ESG strides in 2022, compared to 2021, including:Increased purchase of post-consumer recycled plastic by 28% thanks to significant customer...

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  • Here's what businesses and consumers can do to tackle modern slavery in supply chains

    Here's what businesses and consumers can do to tackle modern slavery in supply chains

    Some countries have legislation that attempts to dissuade some of the forms of slavery. However, only 24 of the 193 UN member states have provisions that address each form of exploitation, and...

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  • SIG Procurement Technology Summit

    SIG Procurement Technology Summit

    We are excited to announce that Ecovadis is sponsoring the upcoming SIG Procurement Technology Summit!   This event is a must-attend for anyone in the procurement and supply chain industry, as it...

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  • Ivalua NOW 2023 EMEA

    Ivalua NOW 2023 EMEA

    Ivalua NOW is back on the 29th and 30th of March with a hybrid version, and we are delighted to participate as a sponsor in this 2023 edition.   This year’s Ivalua NOW theme is “Breaking New...

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  • Coupa Inspire 2023

    Coupa Inspire 2023

    EcoVadis will be sponsoring the 2023 Coupa Inspire!  Coupa Inspire is an annual event hosted by Coupa, a business spend management (BSM) solutions provider. The event brings together procurement...

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  • Lessons from a Practitioner: How Schneider Electric Uses Targets to Decarbonize Its Value Chain

    Lessons from a Practitioner: How Schneider Electric Uses Targets to Decarbonize Its Value Chain

    Speaker:  Vanessa Miler-Fels, VP of Climate and Environment at Schneider Electric, hosted by Fergal Byrne, Executive Producer, The Sustainability Agenda For most companies, Scope 3 is almost...

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  • Responsible private equity: Our data reveals some emerging best practices but there is more work to do 

    Responsible private equity: Our data reveals some emerging best practices but there is more work to do 

    Investment policies need to be tailored to company stageThe good news is that 96% of private equity signatories reported that they include asset class-specific guidelines in their responsible...

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  • EcoVadis Named Winner of Best ESG Advisory Category at the Private Equity Wire European Awards 2023

    EcoVadis Named Winner of Best ESG Advisory Category at the Private Equity Wire European Awards 2023

    Sustainability Ratings Platform Recognized for Enabling PE Firms to Evaluate & Improve the ESG Performance of Their Portfolio Companies EcoVadis has been named a winner of the Best ESG Advisory...

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  • New EcoVadis Carbon Heatmap Accelerates the Supplier Decarbonization Journey

    New EcoVadis Carbon Heatmap Accelerates the Supplier Decarbonization Journey

    Pioneering Feature Provides Accurate & Efficient Supplier Carbon Emissions Risk Identification to Prioritize Decarbonization Engagement Initiatives   EcoVadis, the leading provider of business...

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  • Network Impact Report | EcoVadis

    Network Impact Report | EcoVadis

    In what needs to be a transformative decade, the private sector is increasingly being called upon to leverage the interconnectedness of global value chains to address complex sustainability...

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  • Purpose and Profit: Achieving Business Transformation 

    Purpose and Profit: Achieving Business Transformation 

    Business can only be a force for good as long as it is successful. Hear from Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim and Bain Partner Debra McCoy as they debate and explore new insights...

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  • The Role of Sustainable Finance In the Pursuit of Impact

    The Role of Sustainable Finance In the Pursuit of Impact

    Join us for a conversation with three of the world’s leading banks on how the banking industry is driving ESG adoption.Speakers:Marguerite Bérard, Head of French Retail Banking, BNPParibasKate...

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  • EcoVadis Sustain 2023: Key Takeaways 

    EcoVadis Sustain 2023: Key Takeaways 

    Sustain 2023 saw a grand return to face-to-face collaboration with some 400 participants convening at the Trianon theatre in Paris on March 13-14 for EcoVadis’ flagship event dedicated to...

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  • NSSK: Identifying ESG opportunities in Japan

    NSSK: Identifying ESG opportunities in Japan

    While ESG has been gathering momentum in Japan, the country languishes near the bottom on some key social indicators – Japan is ranked 116 out of 146 countries on the World Economic Forum’s Global...

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  • ESG reporting: Asian private-equity firms must pull up socks amid mounting regulatory and investor scrutiny

    ESG reporting: Asian private-equity firms must pull up socks amid mounting regulatory and investor scrutiny

    Mainstream private-equity funds need to ramp up data gathering to demonstrate how ESG issues are integrated in their investment processes, law firm Morrison Foerster saysSurvey of 100...

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  • ESG reporting remains murky for private equity firms – survey

    ESG reporting remains murky for private equity firms – survey

    The KEY ESG survey of 100 general partners and portfolio companies in Europe, the U.K. and U.S. found that while 75% were required to report ESG data to limited partners, 90% of them were unsure...

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  • GEP Innovate 2022 - Risk Panel

    GEP Innovate 2022 - Risk Panel

    Moderated by Santosh Nair (GEP), the panel comprised Deitra Curry of Masco, Eric Evans of RapidRatings, and Larissa Rindosh of EcoVadis. Together they discussed how to master risk management.Read...

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  • Accor Reinforces Commitment to Lower Carbon Emissions and Greater Energy Sufficiency

    Accor Reinforces Commitment to Lower Carbon Emissions and Greater Energy Sufficiency

    As economic and environmental pressures create an unprecedented context, fresh ideas, impetus and inspiration are more important than ever to transform society sustainably. Keen to play a key role...

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  • Nestlé launches Nescafé Plan 2030

    Nestlé launches Nescafé Plan 2030

    Nestlé has unveiled the Nescafé́ Plan 2030 to help drive regenerative agriculture, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and improve farmer livelihoods.Every year, Nescafé supports around 100,000...

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  • Stellantis and Terrafame agree on low-carbon nickel sulphate supply for electric vehicle batteries

    Stellantis and Terrafame agree on low-carbon nickel sulphate supply for electric vehicle batteries

    Stellantis N.V. and Terrafame Ltd. announced the signing of a supply agreement for nickel sulphate to be used in electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Beginning in 2025, Finland-based Terrafame will...

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  • From Ambition To Impact: How Business Leaders Can Accelerate The Green Transition

    From Ambition To Impact: How Business Leaders Can Accelerate The Green Transition

    Climate change ranks as a top priority for C-level executives (CxOs) in Deloitte’s latest survey, with 75% reporting that their organizations increased sustainability investments over the past...

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  • A Free, Open Access Traceability Tool for Fashion’s Global Supply Chain 

    A Free, Open Access Traceability Tool for Fashion’s Global Supply Chain 

    More than 50 percent of fashion decision-makers say traceability will be a top-five enabler to reduce emissions in their supply chains, according to BoF and McKinsey & Co’s State of Fashion:...

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  • CEOs Ask for Policy Support to Enable Meaningful Progress Towards SDGs 

    CEOs Ask for Policy Support to Enable Meaningful Progress Towards SDGs 

    The report finds that 83% of CEOs feel that current levels of geopolitical instability limit the world’s ability to achieve the SDGs.As many as 93% of CEOs are experiencing ten or more...

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  • EU Bans Exports of Plastic Waste to Non-OECD Countries

    EU Bans Exports of Plastic Waste to Non-OECD Countries

    The European Parliament is in support of a new law that would ban exports of plastic waste to non-OECD countries, and phase out the export of plastic waste to OECD countries within 4 years. The...

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  • Calgary Passes Single-Use Plastics Bylaw

    Calgary Passes Single-Use Plastics Bylaw

    During the most recent Calgary City Council meeting, new regulations related to single-use plastics were passed. Among the provisions in the new law is a mandatory fee for reusable and paper bags....

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  • Danone plans to reduce methane 30% by 2030

    Danone plans to reduce methane 30% by 2030

    Through its new partnership with the Environmental Defense Fund, the dairy giant aims to implement regenerative agriculture practices and influence governments to adopt more climate-friendly...

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  • 75% of Companies Have Upped Their Sustainability Efforts

    75% of Companies Have Upped Their Sustainability Efforts

    Climate change was a top priority for c-level business leaders amid global uncertainty, according to Deloitte's 2023 CxO Sustainability Report: Accelerating the Green Transition.When asked to rank...

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  • What Our Index Report Reveals About Sustainability Leaders in the EcoVadis Network

    What Our Index Report Reveals About Sustainability Leaders in the EcoVadis Network

    Our latest Index report, which explores sustainability trends in global supply chains, found that companies around the world are stepping up to respond to today’s most pressing environmental and...

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  • Lessons from a Practitioner: Carlsberg's Tactical Approach to Tackling Supply Chain Emissions

    Lessons from a Practitioner: Carlsberg's Tactical Approach to Tackling Supply Chain Emissions

    Net Zero: Targets, Goals Objectives and the Start of the Decarbonization Journey Carlsberg did its first global Scope3 emissions assessments over a decade ago with the first attempt to analyze the...

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  • IQ Plus Enhances EcoVadis’ Predictive Intelligence with Automated Sustainability Data Mining ...

    IQ Plus Enhances EcoVadis’ Predictive Intelligence with Automated Sustainability Data Mining ...

    Latest Innovations in the Risk Management Solution Reinforces EcoVadis Market Leadership of Sustainability Visibility and Insight    With organizations finding it difficult to gain complete...

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  • Stay with ESG Goals, They’re Good for Business and the World

    Stay with ESG Goals, They’re Good for Business and the World

    Sustainability in business has reached beyond gathering metrics and pleasing stakeholders. It’s become a mission unto itself. This sentiment was embodied in the statement that Richard Eyram, chief...

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  • What climate pledges are being made in construction?

    What climate pledges are being made in construction?

    Major contractors, construction equipment manufacturers and rental companies are among those pledging to cut the greenhouse gasses they produce. But how much do these corporate climate pledges...

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  • Sustain 2023

    Sustain 2023

    Sustain 2023 will bring together thousands of attendees from the world of sustainability, procurement, compliance and responsible investment, to exchange knowledge, best practices and inspiration....

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  • Green Bond Sales Expected to Grow By 30% in 2023

    Green Bond Sales Expected to Grow By 30% in 2023

    According to Barclays, global sales of corporate bonds with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria will exceed $460 billion this year, after the asset class suffered its first...

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  • DP World announces greenest ever year at Southampton after cutting net carbon emissions by 55%

    DP World announces greenest ever year at Southampton after cutting net carbon emissions by 55%

    DP World’s container terminal at Southampton enjoyed its greenest ever year in 2022 after delivering a 55% reduction in net carbon emissions from its fleet and installations.DP World, the leading...

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  • US carbon emissions rose in 2022. That's not as bad as it sounds.

    US carbon emissions rose in 2022. That's not as bad as it sounds.

    A new report from the Rhodium Group, a research firm that models greenhouse gas emissions, brings good news and bad news. First, the bad: U.S. emissions increased by just over 1 percent last year,...

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  • England Set to Ban Single-Use Plastic Cutlery

    England Set to Ban Single-Use Plastic Cutlery

    The Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs has confirmed that England is set to ban single-use cutlery in an effort to reduce waste. Though the spokesperson did not divulge any additional...

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  • “Sustainability is crucial”: GNT proves significant carbon footprint reductions after switching to green energy

    “Sustainability is crucial”: GNT proves significant carbon footprint reductions after switching to green energy

    Externally verified data shows that GNT reduced the average carbon footprint of its plant-based EXBERRY Coloring Foods by 19% in the first year of the company’s sustainability plan. GNT becomes...

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  • Goodyear Cooks Up Stone Soup Sustainable-Materials Car Tires

    Goodyear Cooks Up Stone Soup Sustainable-Materials Car Tires

    The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is on a mission to introduce 100% sustainable-materials car tires by 2030. To get there, the company has deployed a sort of stone soup strategy, adding new...

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  • CCEP Fleet to be 100% Electric by 2026

    CCEP Fleet to be 100% Electric by 2026

    Netherlands-based Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has announced its intention to convert their fleet of 300 company cars into electric vehicles by 2026. This move is part of CCEP’s wider...

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  • McCormick Is Working to Make Its Supply Chain More Sustainable

    McCormick Is Working to Make Its Supply Chain More Sustainable

    McCormick & Company is a food company that manufactures, markets, and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other flavoring products to retail outlets, food manufacturers, and food...

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  • New year, new rules for German businesses as Supply Chain Act comes into force 

    New year, new rules for German businesses as Supply Chain Act comes into force 

    In the new year, German companies will be forced to monitor their supply chains more strictly. On January 1, the new Supply Chain Act comes into force, a piece of legislation that dates back to...

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  • Gulfstream makes 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel flight

    Gulfstream makes 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel flight

    Gulfstream Aerospace announced it is the business-jet industry’s first original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to fly on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).The flight took place on a Gulfstream...

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  • Environmentalists Argue Carbon Credit Rule Creates Big Loophole for NYC Emissions Law 

    Environmentalists Argue Carbon Credit Rule Creates Big Loophole for NYC Emissions Law 

    Local environmental groups criticized Mayor Eric Adams for a new rule that will allow New York City landlords to skirt upcoming environmental regulations for buildings by purchasing large...

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  • To Be Effective, Zero-Deforestation Pledges Need a Critical Mass, Study Shows

    To Be Effective, Zero-Deforestation Pledges Need a Critical Mass, Study Shows

    The importance of rapidly halting tropical deforestation to achieve net-zero emissions was a key message at this year’s climate summit, but corporate efforts to this end have stalled for decades....

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  • Philips LEDs Increase Sustainable Production in Greece

    Philips LEDs Increase Sustainable Production in Greece

    Signify, one of the world leaders in lighting for professionals and consumers and lighting for the Internet of Things (IoT) recently supplied its Philips GreenPower LED toplighting to Intelligent...

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  • “High climate impact” labels on fast food encourage consumers to choose sustainable alternatives

    “High climate impact” labels on fast food encourage consumers to choose sustainable alternatives

    A randomized clinical US trial studying the effects of climate impact labeling on fast food reveals that when presented with food marked as having a high impact on the climate, consumers will...

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  • Continente Introduces Self-Service Refill Spaces

    Continente Introduces Self-Service Refill Spaces

    Portuguese supermarket and hypermarket banner Continente has introduced a new refill service in two of its outlets.The ‘Refill Spot by Continente’ is a pilot project which allows customers to...

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  • Tips for Sustainable Last-mile Deliveries

    Tips for Sustainable Last-mile Deliveries

    The so-called “last mile” of ecommerce delivery arguably produces more pollutants per package than any other segment. Picture a UPS truck driving multiple city blocks to deliver a single item.The...

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  • What you really need to know about Scope 3 emissions and your business 

    What you really need to know about Scope 3 emissions and your business 

    Why you need a Scope 3 strategy nowDeveloping a Scope 3 strategy starts with understanding the implications for your specific business. You’ll then move on to measuring and managing those...

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  • Deutz adopts human rights code

    Deutz adopts human rights code

    Deutz has adopted a groupwide human rights code. It documents the drive specialist’s zero-tolerance strategy toward the abuse of universal, inalienable, and indivisible human rights. “We take our...

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  • Mapped: Carbon Dioxide Emissions Around the World

    Mapped: Carbon Dioxide Emissions Around the World

    According to Our World in Data, the global population emits about 34 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) each year.Where does all this CO₂ come from? This graphic by Adam Symington maps out...

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  • Barley “goes green” as Suntory Group and Muntons unite to cut CO2 in production

    Barley “goes green” as Suntory Group and Muntons unite to cut CO2 in production

    Japanese beverage giant Suntory Group and UK-based malt supplier Muntons will collaborate on a joint exploration of how to reduce CO2 emissions of barley by 50% within the next five years.Also...

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  • Push for Asean to tighten human rights due diligence for cross-border financing of agribusiness 

    Push for Asean to tighten human rights due diligence for cross-border financing of agribusiness 

    Research finds that financial institutions in the region are largely silent on conflicts over land rights. Most do not consider, in their lending and investment practices, whether women farm...

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  • Europe Leads Global Sustainability Ratings

    Europe Leads Global Sustainability Ratings

    European countries are highly ranked in a sustainability model that measures how nations are doing in terms of green development, and there was some overall growth internationally that shows...

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  • Ahold Delhaize pledges ‘net-zero’ on carbon emissions by 2040

    Ahold Delhaize pledges ‘net-zero’ on carbon emissions by 2040

    Dutch supermarket operator Ahold Delhaize stated that it is planning to reduce carbon dioxide emissions for its operation by 50% by 2030 and to become net-zero by 2040. The company also is seeking...

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  • To be effective, zero-deforestation pledges need a critical mass, study shows

    To be effective, zero-deforestation pledges need a critical mass, study shows

    At the recently concluded COP27 climate summit in Egypt, 14 major agricultural commodity companies, including Cargill, ADM and JBS, released a plan to end deforestation associated with the...

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  • EU member states fight over scope of due diligence directive

    EU member states fight over scope of due diligence directive

    As EU member states close in on a common negotiating position on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), they are fighting over whether companies should do due diligence for...

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  • Deal reached on EU law regulating CO2 removals from forestry, land use

    Deal reached on EU law regulating CO2 removals from forestry, land use

    The European Parliament and EU member states reached an agreement late on Thursday (10 November) on a new law regulating the contribution of the forestry and land use sector to the EU’s 2030...

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  • Regulations can burden small businesses but our research shows they can also help them grow

    Regulations can burden small businesses but our research shows they can also help them grow

    A couple of weeks before her short stint as prime minister ended, Liz Truss delivered on a pledge to tackle what some – including Truss – saw as red tape holding back “thousands of growing...

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  • FDA publishes final food traceability rule

    FDA publishes final food traceability rule

    The FDA published its final rule about new traceability protocols for a variety of food products vulnerable to contamination. People who manufacture, process, pack or hold foods including produce,...

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  • Mars Pet Nutrition adds further plastic reductions across Europe

    Mars Pet Nutrition adds further plastic reductions across Europe

    Redesigns on its Sheba, Whiskas, Perfect Fit and Catsan brands has saved, according to Mars, 480 tons of plastic per year. Plastic flow wraps on Shepa and Perfect Fit mini pouches have been...

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  • Turning pledges into action is a COP27 key focus, but it’s vital corporate targets are ambitious enough

    Turning pledges into action is a COP27 key focus, but it’s vital corporate targets are ambitious enough

    90% decarbonization is the only path to science-based net zero, so that’s the target Capgemini has set itself.Reflecting our commitment to doing what the international scientific community says is...

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  • 5 Lessons from Automakers on Navigating Supply Chain Disruptions

    5 Lessons from Automakers on Navigating Supply Chain Disruptions

    Realizing that their supply chains cannot be made totally immune to disruptions, a number of automakers have adopted a number of strategies to protect their businesses. They include: delivering a...

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  • BMW Group secures CO2-reduced steel for global production network

    BMW Group secures CO2-reduced steel for global production network

    The BMW Group is systematically pursuing its climate goals for the supplier network and significantly reducing the carbon footprint of its steel sourcing. Following initial contracts with European...

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  • Product passport legislation and the growing role of secondary legislation

    Product passport legislation and the growing role of secondary legislation

    The new EU battery regulation is a top priority for all EU institutions. It defines the regulatory framework for the ambitions of the European Commission and member states to establish a full EV...

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  • Embrace the IT circular economy to support a sustainable device lifecycle

    Embrace the IT circular economy to support a sustainable device lifecycle

    Despite the common belief that data center operations and the cloud generate information technology’s most significant environmental impacts, the embodied carbon of endpoint devices accounts for...

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  • International organisations join forces to help shipowners meet recycling regulations

    International organisations join forces to help shipowners meet recycling regulations

    The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and BIMCO, together with the International Ship Suppliers’ Association (ISSA) and the International HazMat Association (IHMA), have collaborated to...

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  • BMW Group secures CO2-reduced steel for global production network

    BMW Group secures CO2-reduced steel for global production network

    Following initial contracts with European suppliers, the BMW Group has now concluded further agreements for the supply of CO2-reduced steel in the US and China. In the medium-term, the BMW Group...

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  • Ford announces strategic partnership with Manufacture 2030 to enhance supply chain sustainability

    Ford announces strategic partnership with Manufacture 2030 to enhance supply chain sustainability

    Ford Motor Company and Manufacture 2030 announced today a strategic partnership to help Ford’s suppliers meet their carbon reduction targets toward Ford’s goal of reaching carbon neutrality no...

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  • How One Company Used Data to Create Sustainable Take-out Food Packaging

    How One Company Used Data to Create Sustainable Take-out Food Packaging

    Digital technology has made it commercially possible for companies to offer an alternative, more sustainable, and deposit-free recyclable packaging system for take-out food. Suppliers rent their...

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  • Retail’s Tracking Woes Of Indirect Emissions

    Retail’s Tracking Woes Of Indirect Emissions

    Owing to its vast Scope 3 footprint, the retail industry at large accounts for over 25% of global emissions and 40% of the global plastic usage. Wary of the situation, and faced with consumer and...

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  • Sustainable Wooden Wind Turbine Blades Being Developed

    Sustainable Wooden Wind Turbine Blades Being Developed

    Two companies are collaborating to make wind turbines more sustainable. Stora Enso, a biomaterials and wood construction company, and Voodin Blade Technology GmbH, a startup in Germany developing...

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  • How ESG Ratings Create ROI Through Valuation and Lower Cost of Capital

    How ESG Ratings Create ROI Through Valuation and Lower Cost of Capital

    As interest in ESG and sustainability measurement and reporting grows, so too does private equity (PE) investors’ interest in reviewing ratings as they evaluate companies. A PWC Global Private...

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  • Celonis and EcoVadis Empower Sustainable Procurement Processes

    Celonis and EcoVadis Empower Sustainable Procurement Processes

    Partnership will drive sustainability into the supply chain by operationalizing supplier sustainability ratings and improving business process efficiencyCelonis, the global leader in execution...

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  • TCFD Guidance for ESG professionals in Private Equity 

    TCFD Guidance for ESG professionals in Private Equity 

    The TCFD has published guidance for asset managers but does not consider some of the specificities of PE firms managing closed-ended funds holding portfolios of unlisted SMEs, including their...

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  • A Case for Net Zero in Private Equity 

    A Case for Net Zero in Private Equity 

    There is strong support for net zero across the financial sector, but the number of private equity firms making public commitments remains low. This does not reflect a lack of ambition from...

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  • Private Equity Leans into ESG | Dentons

    Private Equity Leans into ESG | Dentons

    Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are a growing concern for investors, consumers, governments and other stakeholders.In the private equity sector, the rise of sustainable funds and...

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  • EcoVadis Private Equity ESG Solution Brochure 

    EcoVadis Private Equity ESG Solution Brochure 

    EcoVadis’ approach allows investors to obtain reliable ESG performance data on their portfolio companies and benchmark against other assessed companies.Read the full article at: resources.ecovadis.com

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  • Driving Private Equity toward ESG — How to Manage Change that isn’t optional?

    Driving Private Equity toward ESG — How to Manage Change that isn’t optional?

    ESG performance measurement in the private equity space is shifting from being a risk mitigation factor to an opportunity for value creation. This shift requires a change in mindset, where ESG...

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  • CIPS Procurement Futures

    CIPS Procurement Futures

    Procurement Futures is a brand-new, 2-day hybrid event by CIPS, for everyone who works in procurement and supply-chain management, or anyone considering it. The conference will look at the issues...

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  • Sustain 2023

    Sustain 2023

    Sustain 2023 In 2022, Sustain became #DestinationImpact for more than 3,200 participants from 77 countries and 60 industries, setting a new attendance record once again and reflecting a global...

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  • SM Ecovadis report: Unleashing Procurement’s Potential for Change 

    SM Ecovadis report: Unleashing Procurement’s Potential for Change 

    Latest research from Supply Management Insider, with support from EcoVadis, found that protecting the environment, human rights and livelihoods of workers is exceptionally important to the...

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  • Greenomy and EcoVadis alliance delivers end-to-end sustainability reporting to companies subject to emerging EU regulations

    Greenomy and EcoVadis alliance delivers end-to-end sustainability reporting to companies subject to emerging EU regulations

    Collaboration brings turnkey reporting for key standards such as EU Taxonomy to the global network of 100,000 companies engaged in sustainability ratingsGreenomy and EcoVadis announced that the...

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  • EcoVadis Business Sustainability Ratings for SAP® Ariba® Solution Now an SAP Endorsed App Available

    EcoVadis Business Sustainability Ratings for SAP® Ariba® Solution Now an SAP Endorsed App Available

    By integrating with SAP® Ariba®, the EcoVadis offering delivers an end-to-end solution for a sustainable supply chain to drive improvements and create sustainable value.     EcoVadis announced...

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  • EcoVadis Named Winner of Best ESG Advisory Category at the Private Equity Wire US Awards 2022

    EcoVadis Named Winner of Best ESG Advisory Category at the Private Equity Wire US Awards 2022

    Sustainability Ratings Platform Recognized for Empowering Fund Managers and Portcos to Create Sustainable Value and Measure and Drive ESG Goals.EcoVadis has been named the winner of a 2022 Private...

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  • Premium on Sustainability: ESG Framework as a Driver of Investment

    Premium on Sustainability: ESG Framework as a Driver of Investment

    With a wealth of assets under management ($5.8 trillion in 2019, rising as high as $8.3 trillion by 2025), private-equity (PE) market is well-positioned to be a catalyst for constructive change...

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  • The Role of Procurement in Decarbonization

    The Role of Procurement in Decarbonization

    Speaker: Bertrand Conqueret, Chief Procurement Officer at Henkel and Co-Founder of the Sustainable Procurement Pledge, hosted by Fergal Byrne, Executive Producer, The Sustainability Agenda As...

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  • Five Key Sustainability Trends from the Latest EcoVadis Index Benchmark Report

    Five Key Sustainability Trends from the Latest EcoVadis Index Benchmark Report

    More companies than ever are engaging in sustainability ratings. From 2017 to 2021, we assessed nearly 53,000 companies, spanning 160 countries. That’s more than 83,000 ratings, representing a 61%...

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  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management with EcoVadis | Coupa

    Sustainable Supply Chain Management with EcoVadis | Coupa

    Sustainable supply chain management is now a critical concern in supplier partnerships as customers look beyond products and services to the processes and value chains that support their...

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  • How the shipping industry is now sailing towards net-zero

    How the shipping industry is now sailing towards net-zero

    The shipping industry aims to align with a 1.5 degrees Celsius trajectory in accordance with the Paris Agreement, this requires that zero-emission fuels make up 5% of international shipping fuels...

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  • Airline SAF pledges pick up pace ahead of COP27 climate summit

    Airline SAF pledges pick up pace ahead of COP27 climate summit

    Announcements from airlines on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) commitments are coming thick and fast in the run-up to the COP27 climate summit, which takes place later this month in Egypt.British...

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  • The Meat Industry Is Still Destroying the Amazon for Soy, Study Finds 

    The Meat Industry Is Still Destroying the Amazon for Soy, Study Finds 

    In the last two decades, many companies have made pledges to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains. Have these pledges been effective? New research published in the scientific journal...

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  • Azowo raises €10 million to power the next generation of connected sustainable mobility

    Azowo raises €10 million to power the next generation of connected sustainable mobility

    Stuttgart-based Azowo has just raised €10 million in its mission to power the transition towards sustainable mobility. The startup aims to fix the broken link between mobility, automotive OEM and...

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  • Overcoming the Financial Barriers to Building Resilient Supply Chains

    Overcoming the Financial Barriers to Building Resilient Supply Chains

    A major barrier to making supply chains more resilient is making the financial case for the investments. That’s because it’s hard to measure resilience, projecting the future cash flows from such...

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  • Leading agri-business action plan to scale up regenerative farming

    Leading agri-business action plan to scale up regenerative farming

    A group of the world’s largest and most influential agri-business companies and organisations has this week launched an action plan to scale regenerative farming globally to tackle the impacts of...

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  • Autodesk is going green and helping value chain develop circular economy

    Autodesk is going green and helping value chain develop circular economy

    Autodesk, Inc. is an international software producer targeting the fields of architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media, education, and entertainment. The San Francisco-based...

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  • How 4 leading companies are tackling supply chain emissions

    How 4 leading companies are tackling supply chain emissions

    Tackling supply chain emissions could make a meaningful impact on the climate, but progress is slow.Four major companies from the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders – Royal Philips, IKEA, Unilever...

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  • Viejas Tribe Energy Storage Project Enhances California's Energy Transition

    Viejas Tribe Energy Storage Project Enhances California's Energy Transition

    California continues to be at the center of energy transition initiatives, with numerous projects including microgrids, battery storage, and sustainably built houses coming online; the latest is a...

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  • Muirhead joins the Green Cabin Alliance with aims to produce lowest carbon leather for airplane seating

    Muirhead joins the Green Cabin Alliance with aims to produce lowest carbon leather for airplane seating

    Muirhead, a supplier of Fine Scottish Leather to airlines and seat manufacturers around the globe, has joined the Green Cabin Alliance (GCA)Read the full article at: www.mrobusinesstoday.com

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  • Walmart suppliers join forces to buy renewable electricity

    Walmart suppliers join forces to buy renewable electricity

    It took two years of education and negotiation, but the ink is drying on the first aggregated power purchase agreement orchestrated under Walmart’s renewable energy acceleration for suppliers,...

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  • Sustainable IT: An environmental and social approach to business tech

    Sustainable IT: An environmental and social approach to business tech

    Sustainable or green IT is not new. In fact, it has been a topic of discussion among IT leaders for decades. But the concept of sustainability in general, which the United Nations defines as...

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  • Apple calls on suppliers to decarbonize operations by 2030

    Apple calls on suppliers to decarbonize operations by 2030

    Apple said Tuesday that it is urging suppliers to vastly reduce greenhouse gas emissions as the tech giant works to make its entire supply chain carbon neutral by 2030. The company is asking...

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  • Businesses call for nature impact disclosures to be mandatory by 2030 

    Businesses call for nature impact disclosures to be mandatory by 2030 

    More than 300 businesses, including H&M, Sainsbury’s and Nestlé, have urged world leaders to make it mandatory for companies to assess and reveal their impact on nature by 2030.Businesses and...

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  • Ford Makes Deals To Buy Cleaner Steel

    Ford Makes Deals To Buy Cleaner Steel

    The company recently announced that it is taking more steps to ensure a stable supply of low carbon steel for its future products. This will help the company reach its goal of becoming carbon...

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  • Financial leaders set ambitious sustainable food transition targets, as EU set to miss climate goals

    Financial leaders set ambitious sustainable food transition targets, as EU set to miss climate goals

    A coalition of food and finance institutions say that US$113 billion of currently existing assets will have to meet specific and time-bound targets in areas such as zero deforestation and carbon...

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  • Mondelēz commits $600M more to cocoa sustainability

    Mondelēz commits $600M more to cocoa sustainability

    Mondelēz International will spend an additional $600 million by 2030 on its Cocoa Life program. The initiative, which started in 2012, addresses environmental and human rights challenges and...

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  • The need for net-zero regulation

    The need for net-zero regulation

    Businesses in the UK will be heavily reliant on government policies to achieve net-zero. That’s a problem, says David Burrows.YouGov has just quizzed 702 CEOs and businesses leaders from seven...

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  • Empowering SMEs to Drive the Decarbonization of Global Supply Chains

    Empowering SMEs to Drive the Decarbonization of Global Supply Chains

    With a company’s supply chain accounting for up to 90% of its carbon footprint, gaining visibility of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions hotspots and driving collaboration on carbon management among...

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  • Patagonia is Committed to Using Organic Materials and 100% Renewable Energy

    Patagonia is Committed to Using Organic Materials and 100% Renewable Energy

    Patagonia, Inc. makes outdoor clothing and is committed to the environment. The Ventura, Calif.-based company was founded in 1973 and has operated in at least 10 countries worldwide; it has...

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  • Enterprises are forced to ramp up resilience in an increasingly erratic world

    Enterprises are forced to ramp up resilience in an increasingly erratic world

    The climate has moved into the spotlight in businesses with a new report from Ericsson finding that 42% of decision-makers believe they will face disruptions to their enterprise in the near future...

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  • Europe is “pivotal” in shifting the global market to sustainable palm oil, new report flags

    Europe is “pivotal” in shifting the global market to sustainable palm oil, new report flags

    For the past two decades, Europe has been a frontrunner in sustainable palm oil with the EU market reaching high levels. However, total palm oil imports are decreasing. The bloc notably accounts...

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  • Stellantis will boost cars' recycled material content

    Stellantis will boost cars' recycled material content

    Stellantis will look to upgrade its medium-term target for the minimum percentage of recycled material in its vehicles from 35 percent, the carmaker's Senior Vice President Global Circular...

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  • Fast fashion giant Shein aims to cut emissions 25% by 2030

    Fast fashion giant Shein aims to cut emissions 25% by 2030

    Online retailer Shein plans to cut emissions across its supply chain by 25% by 2030, the company announced in September.The targets are among the first public steps to cut carbon emissions for the...

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  • Prada’s Unveils Its First Fine Jewelry Line Made With Recycled Gold 

    Prada’s Unveils Its First Fine Jewelry Line Made With Recycled Gold 

    Prada just released its first-ever fine jewelry line with a sustainable approach.The debut collection, dubbed Eternal Gold, features 48 designs crafted entirely from 100-percent certified recycled...

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  • BT "accelerates" customers towards a circular economy

    BT "accelerates" customers towards a circular economy

    BT has announced a new programme aimed at reducing business customers’ e-waste by recycling end-of-life equipment and helping them achieve their targets for a circular economy.BT says its new...

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  • How startups can usher in the circular economy

    How startups can usher in the circular economy

    Circular from the startStartups have the opportunity to build businesses based around the circular economy from the start of their lifecycle. “Startups have the ability to build their businesses...

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  • How Manufacturers Drive Real Value From The Circular Economy

    How Manufacturers Drive Real Value From The Circular Economy

    “Investing in a circular economy approach must become an integral part of how companies run their supply chain,” said Stephen Jamieson, Global Head of Circular Economy Solutions at SAP. “As...

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  • Sustainability trends 2023: Top ways retailers will make a difference

    Sustainability trends 2023: Top ways retailers will make a difference

    Sustainability has become a top priority for many consumers, and retailers are responding. A Deloitte report showed that 55% of consumers surveyed recently bought a sustainable product or service....

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  • Metro Announces New Water Conservation Target For 2030

    Metro Announces New Water Conservation Target For 2030

    German wholesale giant Metro aims to reduce water consumption across its operations by 10% per square metre of net operating space by 2030 compared to the base year 2021.The move will contribute...

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  • Afyren launches industrial production of biosourced, low-carbon molecules

    Afyren launches industrial production of biosourced, low-carbon molecules

    After several years of R&D work, Afyren, with the support of the European AFTER-BIOCHEM project, is now in the industrial phase: the company has just inaugurated a first plant of biosourced...

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  • Japan’s New Rights Guidelines Could Help Clean Up Car Industry

    Japan’s New Rights Guidelines Could Help Clean Up Car Industry

    New Japanese government guidelines on business and human rights mean that Japan’s car industry should accelerate efforts to clean up their supply chains. Japan’s carmakers are gradually...

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  • Sustainability across Airplane Manufacturers

    Sustainability across Airplane Manufacturers

    Emission-Free Aviation Requires Holistic StrategyLike most industries, airplane manufacturers factor rework into the cost of doing business. That approach won’t be um…sustainable in this next era...

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  • The Impact of Deforestation on Carbon Storage

    The Impact of Deforestation on Carbon Storage

    The Impact of Deforestation on Carbon StorageA one degree change in temperature could have catastrophic consequences.One of the most notable influences on rising global average temperatures comes...

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  • New Study Finds That Europe Consumes 45% Of World’s Sustainable Palm Oil

    New Study Finds That Europe Consumes 45% Of World’s Sustainable Palm Oil

    A new report has found that Europe is by far the largest consumer of sustainable palm oil in the world, accounting for 45% of total global use of RSPO certified sustainable palm oil.Jointly...

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  • Sustainable financial products in global transaction banking | McKinsey

    Sustainable financial products in global transaction banking | McKinsey

    Sustainability1 has become a topic of crucial importance for many corporations, including financial institutions. One reflection of this is the strong growth in sustainable debt instruments, which...

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  • Principles of CPG Supply Chain Resilience

    Principles of CPG Supply Chain Resilience

    Long after the pandemic and a host of other disruptions delivered a fatal blow to lean supply chains, consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers are determined to gain the visibility they need...

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  • Business Sustainability Risk and Performance Index: Insights from Global Supply Chain Ratings

    Business Sustainability Risk and Performance Index: Insights from Global Supply Chain Ratings

    Insights From Global Supply Chain Ratings 2017-2021    In its sixth edition, the Sustainability Risk and Performance Index: Insights from Global Supply Chain Ratings examines the sustainability...

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  • Amtrak Sets Goal To Achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2045

    Amtrak Sets Goal To Achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2045

    Amtrak has issued a new net zero emissions target, pledging to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across the Amtrak Network by 2045.Amtrak seeks to achieve this goal by implementing...

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  • LG Energy solution secures lithium supply chain in North America

    LG Energy solution secures lithium supply chain in North America

    Carbon-conscious mining company Snow Lake Lithium and battery production specialist LG Energy Solution announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a domestic supply...

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  • California Takes Leading Edge on Climate Laws. Others Could Follow.

    California Takes Leading Edge on Climate Laws. Others Could Follow.

    California has enacted an ambitious package of legislation to aggressively combat the climate crisis — a bold move by the world’s fifth-largest economy that could inspire action in other...

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  • Shiseido unveils See, Say, Do sustainability initiative

    Shiseido unveils See, Say, Do sustainability initiative

    THE WHAT? Shiseido has developed a new sustainability initiative, named the See, Say, Do Project. The project falls under the J-beauty giant’s Empathy CSR pillar and will boast a dedicated website...

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  • Givaudan and LanzaTech want to create fragrances from recycled carbon

    Givaudan and LanzaTech want to create fragrances from recycled carbon

    LanzaTech’s carbon recycling technology could see new applications in the beauty industry soon. The carbon capture and transformation company has partnered with fragrance and beauty ingredients...

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  • Nestlé pledges one billion Swiss francs for coffee supply chain sustainability

    Nestlé pledges one billion Swiss francs for coffee supply chain sustainability

    Nestlé, through its largest coffee brand Nescafe, has outlined new plans to improve coffee farmers’ livelihoods and support them to adopt regenerative agriculture, backed with a commitment of...

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  • Levi Strauss eyes net zero emissions by 2050 under new sustainability goals

    Levi Strauss eyes net zero emissions by 2050 under new sustainability goals

    Levi Strauss has vowed to achieve net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases by no later than 2050 under a new set of sustainability goals.   Levi Strauss & Co. made the commitment as part of its...

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  • Zalando, Decathlon accelerate circularity in footwear

    Zalando, Decathlon accelerate circularity in footwear

    Zalando and Decathlon are among four brands to have joined forces on a new programme – Reshoes – aimed at accelerating the circularity of the footwear industry. By March 2023, the Reshoes...

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  • Scope 3 emissions are missing link in climate change monitoring

    Scope 3 emissions are missing link in climate change monitoring

    Even as businesses look to prove their sustainability credentials to increasingly discerning customers, many are failing to track the largest source of their emissions. Indirect Scope 3 emissions...

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  • Accenture partners with Toshiba to support green transformation efforts of the companies’ clients

    Accenture partners with Toshiba to support green transformation efforts of the companies’ clients

    Accenture is collaborating with Toshiba to provide consulting services to support green transformation (GX) efforts of the companies’ clients.The collaboration will target industries with high...

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  • Business Sustainability Risk and Performance Index: Insights from Global Supply Chain Ratings

    Business Sustainability Risk and Performance Index: Insights from Global Supply Chain Ratings

    In its sixth edition, the Sustainability Risk and Performance Index: Insights from Global Supply Chain Ratings examines the sustainability performance of more than 53,000 companies assessed by...

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  • California to ban the sale of diesel-powered trucks by 2040

    California to ban the sale of diesel-powered trucks by 2040

    The California Air Resources Board (CARB) proposed banning the sale of diesel commercial trucks by 2040. The proposal comes just weeks after the state had to battle with high temperatures that...

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  • H&M Group Wants All of its Clothing to be Made Using Recycled, Sustainable Components

    H&M Group Wants All of its Clothing to be Made Using Recycled, Sustainable Components

    The H&M Group is a multinational clothing company. The Swedish retailer is known for “fast fashion,” which is clothing that is made and sold cheaply. The company has shops in 75 locations...

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  • Timberhub raises €5.8m to digitise the timber trade

    Timberhub raises €5.8m to digitise the timber trade

    Parts of the timber industry are still partying like it’s 1999 — processes like email and sometimes even fax are still the go-to for closing deals, says Thomas Androutselis, cofounder of timber...

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  • Retail guidelines published to drive forward circular economy

    Retail guidelines published to drive forward circular economy

    The voluntary guidelines, published by the BRC, outline the steps retailers can take to adhere to circular economy principles. By following this circular model, the BRC says retailers will further...

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  • Suppliers feel squeeze as automakers go green

    Suppliers feel squeeze as automakers go green

    The auto industry's drive to a greener and cleaner future is a treacherous road for companies in its beleaguered supply chain. Only the strong and the shrewd may survive.Many auto suppliers,...

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  • Supply Chain Commerce & the Green Imperative

    Supply Chain Commerce & the Green Imperative

    We are in the midst of a real-time, seismic shift as consumers transform expectations of global supply and demand models. The pandemic exposed the fragility of many supply chain networks. An...

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  • EU Deforestation Legislation: Why Retailers Should Be Paying Attention

    EU Deforestation Legislation: Why Retailers Should Be Paying Attention

    Final negotiations have begun between the European Council, Parliament and Commission on a regulation that will ban products from the EU market that result from deforestation.It will impact what...

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  • How Retailers can Overcome the Challenges Faced on the Path to Sustainability

    How Retailers can Overcome the Challenges Faced on the Path to Sustainability

    There are signs of a disconnect between consumers and retailers when it comes to sustainability.A recent report has found that two-thirds of consumers are willing to pay more for sustainable...

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  • Gold sourcing and Switzerland in focus at the Human Rights Council

    Gold sourcing and Switzerland in focus at the Human Rights Council

    Last week, a special rapporteur investigating the use of mercury in small-scale gold mining and a UN fact-finding mission on Venezuela presented separate reports to the council on the impact of...

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  • VW, PowerCo, Umicore Establish Joint Venture For European Battery Materials Supply Chain

    VW, PowerCo, Umicore Establish Joint Venture For European Battery Materials Supply Chain

    From 2025 onward, the joint venture between PowerCo, the new battery business of the Volkswagen Group, and Umicore, the Belgian circular materials technology company, will begin producing...

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  • Impact investors call for more 'creative capital' for agtech innovation

    Impact investors call for more 'creative capital' for agtech innovation

    Agtech has a very important role to play in building a more efficient, equitable and sustainable global food system. From digital to biological tools, agtech entrepreneurs are collectively working...

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  • ESGFinTech100 – The world’s most innovative ESG tech companies that every financial institution needs to know about

    ESGFinTech100 – The world’s most innovative ESG tech companies that every financial institution needs to know about

    The ESGFinTech100 is an annual list of 100 of the world’s most innovative ESG companies offering solutions for the financial services industry selected by a panel of industry experts and analysts....

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  • Ficosa celebrates 20 years of adherence to the Global Compact and continues to strengthen its commitment to sustainability

    Ficosa celebrates 20 years of adherence to the Global Compact and continues to strengthen its commitment to sustainability

    In 2002, Ficosa was one of the country’s first companies in the sector to join the Compact, as part of its commitment to sustainable development, which is key to the company’s present and future...

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  • Survey Shows 74% of Supply Chain Leaders Expect Circular Economy to Increase Profits Through 2025

    Survey Shows 74% of Supply Chain Leaders Expect Circular Economy to Increase Profits Through 2025

    A recent survey by Gartner, Inc. found that 74% of supply chain leaders expect profits to increase between now and 2025 as a result of applying circular economy principles. On average, supply...

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  • Climate Week: The power of A.I. to help mitigate and manage climate change

    Climate Week: The power of A.I. to help mitigate and manage climate change

    BCG recently conducted a global survey of 1,000 leaders in A.I. and climate that tells us more about that potential—as well as the barriers getting in the way. We found that 87% of respondents...

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  • Climate tech startup Orbio Earth raises €600k to curb methane emissions

    Climate tech startup Orbio Earth raises €600k to curb methane emissions

    Seemingly a little forgotten about in the fight against climate change, methane emissions are an incredibly potent contributor to warming the earth. Aiming to change that, Germany-based startup...

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  • Stora Enso To Examine CO2 Emission Reductions At Imatra Site

    Stora Enso To Examine CO2 Emission Reductions At Imatra Site

    Pulp and paper manufacturer Stora Enso has launched a feasibility study to assess the potential to further reduce CO2 emissions at the group’s Imatra site in Finland.The group believes that...

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  • EU Chocolate Industry Offers To Share Cocoa Farm Data With Ivory Coast, Ghana

    EU Chocolate Industry Offers To Share Cocoa Farm Data With Ivory Coast, Ghana

    The European cocoa and chocolate industry is offering to share data on cocoa farm locations with top producers Ivory Coast and Ghana in an effort to ramp up efforts to fight deforestation in the...

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  • European bill passes to ban imports of deforestation-linked commodities

    European bill passes to ban imports of deforestation-linked commodities

    Imports of 14 types of commodities into the European Union will soon have to be verified for possible association with deforestation in the countries in which they were produced.That’s the key...

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  • Cathay Pacific to purchase 38 million US gallons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel from Aemetis

    Cathay Pacific to purchase 38 million US gallons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel from Aemetis

    Cathay Pacific announced today the signing of an offtake agreement with Aemetis for the supply of 38 million US gallons of blended Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to be delivered over seven years...

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  • How smart companies are meeting ESG objectives and maintaining bottom line

    How smart companies are meeting ESG objectives and maintaining bottom line

    Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is shaping up to be the corporate mantra of the 2020s, with the majority (83 per cent) of Australians concerned about climate change, according to the...

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  • New report - High pressure on the transport industry to shift to electric

    New report - High pressure on the transport industry to shift to electric

    Road transport is the most prioritized area to reduce CO2 emissions, according to leading e-commerce and manufacturing companies in Europe. A new report carried out by Ipsos and Volvo Trucks shows...

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  • Canceling 'Cancel Culture' to Achieve Climate Justice

    Canceling 'Cancel Culture' to Achieve Climate Justice

    Young people are passionate about driving change on the climate issues that stand to impact their future. This sentiment was especially evident at this year’s Sustain conference, where youth...

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  • The Perceptions of Sustainability

    The Perceptions of Sustainability

    Organizations are increasingly turning their focus to fighting climate change through sustainable practices. A 2022 report by Deloitte found that 89% of executives agree there is a global climate...

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  • BMW Group Sustainability through Innovation 2022

    BMW Group Sustainability through Innovation 2022

    Sustainability through Innovation.Continuously enhancing driving pleasure and ambitious sustainability targets define the work of the BMW Group in shaping the individual mobility of the future....

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  • Switzerland strives for a more sustainable economy

    Switzerland strives for a more sustainable economy

    Billions of tonnes of materials are used to produce goods and then thrown away. With consumption and inflation constantly on the rise, Switzerland could do more to transition to a circular...

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  • ECA Cocoa Forum 2022 ends with a shared vision on transparency and traceability

    ECA Cocoa Forum 2022 ends with a shared vision on transparency and traceability

    With 420 million hectares of forest cover lost in the past 30 years, the debate on deforestation and traceability in the cocoa supply chain took up the last day of the ECA Cocoa Forum 2022, held...

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  • The power of intelligence in solving supply chain challenges

    The power of intelligence in solving supply chain challenges

    Data, insights, visibility and the ability to respond quickly are key to gaining a competitive edge, according to speakers at Digital Procurement World. When it comes to dealing with global...

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  • The power of intelligence in solving supply chain challenges

    The power of intelligence in solving supply chain challenges

    Data, insights, visibility and the ability to respond quickly are key to gaining a competitive edge, according to speakers at Digital Procurement World. When it comes to dealing with global...

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  • Grocers Focus More on Responsible Sourcing, Vertical Farms

    Grocers Focus More on Responsible Sourcing, Vertical Farms

    The country’s most sustainably minded retailers are placing more of an emphasis on sourcing — by both boosting locally and sustainably produced food and by requiring stricter environmental...

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  • Grocers Focus More on Responsible Sourcing, Vertical Farms

    Grocers Focus More on Responsible Sourcing, Vertical Farms

    The country’s most sustainably minded retailers are placing more of an emphasis on sourcing — by both boosting locally and sustainably produced food and by requiring stricter environmental...

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  • Sharing farmer data is key to eliminating deforestation and boosting sustainable cocoa supply chain

    Sharing farmer data is key to eliminating deforestation and boosting sustainable cocoa supply chain

    The European Cocoa Association (ECA) and the Association of Chocolate, Biscuit and Confectionery Industries of Europe (CAOBISCO) are on track to deliver access to cocoa marketing agencies’ farming...

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  • Indigenous leaders urge businesses and banks to stop supporting deforestation 

    Indigenous leaders urge businesses and banks to stop supporting deforestation 

    Indigenous leaders from the Amazon have implored major western brands and banks to stop supporting the ongoing destruction of the vital rainforest through mining, oil drilling and logging, warning...

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  • Novelis Develops New Aluminium Surfaces for Beverage Can Ends

    Novelis Develops New Aluminium Surfaces for Beverage Can Ends

    Novelis Inc., a leading sustainable aluminum solutions provider and the world's largest aluminium recycler and manufacturer of beverage can sheet, today announced the company's new laminated...

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  • Morrama Develops Sustainable Packaging Solution for wagamama

    Morrama Develops Sustainable Packaging Solution for wagamama

    Morrama recently developed a more sustainable packaging range for restaurant chain wagamama. The new packaging will be implemented across the delivery and takeaway operations, replacing over eight...

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  • Samsung Announces Plans To Achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions

    Samsung Announces Plans To Achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions

    Samsung has announced its environmental sustainability plans for the future. The company has formulated a new strategy to achieve net zero carbon emissions and increase the use of renewable...

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  • Kroger Outlines Updated ESG Action Plan

    Kroger Outlines Updated ESG Action Plan

    The Kroger Co. ( NYSE: KR), America's largest grocery retailer, today outlined an updated Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) action plan to support the company's comprehensive ESG strategy...

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  • Leaders Romans Group launches first sustainable branch

    Leaders Romans Group launches first sustainable branch

    Leaders Romans Group (LRG) has launched its first sustainable branch in Kemptown, Brighton city centre, under the Leaders brand following a complete refurbishment as part of the group’s target to...

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  • Prada Group invests in Italian tannery 

    Prada Group invests in Italian tannery 

    Prada Group has acquired a 43.7 percent stake in Superior S.p.A, a tannery based in Santa Croce Sull’Arno, on the outskirts of Pisa, Italy. As part of the deal, Superior founder and current CEO...

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  • Climate change: new rules for companies to help limit global deforestation

    Climate change: new rules for companies to help limit global deforestation

    An area larger than the EU was lost to deforestation from 1990 to 2020, with EU consumption representing around 10% of losses Parliament also wants pigmeat, sheep and goats, poultry, maize,...

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  • European chocolate makers agree to share data with West Africa

    European chocolate makers agree to share data with West Africa

    The news was announced by the European Cocoa Association (ECA) and the Association of Chocolate, Biscuit and Confectionery Industries of Europe (CAOBISCO) at the eighth ECA Forum in Rome on...

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  • Barry Callebaut expects to hit sustainable cocoa target by 2025

    Barry Callebaut expects to hit sustainable cocoa target by 2025

    Cocoa traders and chocolate companies are coming under increased pressure from consumers and governments to clean up their supply chains in the global fight against climate change.   Barry...

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  • Creating change at the source: how one global company aims to ensure its supply chain is sustainable 

    Creating change at the source: how one global company aims to ensure its supply chain is sustainable 

    By supporting innovative assessment tools across its businesses and sectors, multinational giant Henkel aims to monitor its carbon reduction goals – and provide transparency for stakeholders...

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  • Sustainable Sourcing: Reining in the Risks

    Sustainable Sourcing: Reining in the Risks

    Product shortages and supply chain disruptions have emerged as a frustrating reality for organizations across a wide swath of industries. Due to a convergence of factors -- including the pandemic,...

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  • EcoVadis appoints Madhur Aggarwal as Chief Solutions Officer and Richard Eyram as Chief Customer Off

    EcoVadis appoints Madhur Aggarwal as Chief Solutions Officer and Richard Eyram as Chief Customer Off

    As EcoVadis’ growth strategy accelerates, we’re pleased to announce two key additions to our leadership team who will help put our recent funding to work guiding even more companies towards a...

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  • EcoVadis Accelerates Sustainability Intelligence Capabilities with Acquisition of ecotrek

    EcoVadis Accelerates Sustainability Intelligence Capabilities with Acquisition of ecotrek

    Integrating ecotrek’s Sustainability Data Mining Technology with EcoVadis Advances the Scope, Speed and Quality of ESG Visibility and Impact Across Global Value Chains PARIS & NEW YORK – July 13,...

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  • 2022 Northeastern Regional SIGnature Event

    2022 Northeastern Regional SIGnature Event

    SIGnature Events are powerful one-day meetings in which buy-side practitioners benchmark with other organizations and network with colleagues facing similar issues. This event offers an Executive...

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  • World Tour - Asia Pacific

    World Tour - Asia Pacific

    As the world faces mounting pressure from the climate crisis, global supply chain volatility, and growing inequality, sustainability has risen to the forefront of corporate and regulatory agendas...

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  • VERGE 22

    VERGE 22

    VERGE 22 is the leading climate tech event accelerating solutions to the most pressing challenges of our time. Join thousands of leaders — from business, government, solution providers and...

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  • Environmental Finance: Future of ESG Data 2022

    Environmental Finance: Future of ESG Data 2022

    The Future of ESG Data conference returns as a central source of discussion and learning for the rapidly evolving ESG Data industry. This one day event will offer unrivalled insight from industry...

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  • Driving Private Equity toward ESG — How to Manage Change that isn’t optional?

    Driving Private Equity toward ESG — How to Manage Change that isn’t optional?

    ESG performance measurement in the private equity space is shifting from being a risk mitigation factor to an opportunity for value creation. This shift requires a change in mindset, where ESG...

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  • Lessons from a Practitioner: Overcoming Key Challenges and Ørsted's Net Zero Journey

    Lessons from a Practitioner: Overcoming Key Challenges and Ørsted's Net Zero Journey

    Speaker: Virginia Dundas, Head of Strategic Environment Programs, Sustainability at Ørsted, hosted by Fergal Byrne, Executive Producer, The Sustainability Agenda As questions surrounding Scope 3...

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  • Why Consumers Want More Action on Sustainability

    Why Consumers Want More Action on Sustainability

    Sustainability often comes at a price, but despite inflation and other global disruptions, many Americans are open to shopping sustainability. Among those surveyed, 68% indicated they would pay...

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  • Carbon Maturity Report: The State of Climate Action in Global Supply Chains

    Carbon Maturity Report: The State of Climate Action in Global Supply Chains

    Supply chains account for up to 90% of a company’s greenhouse gas footprint. Driving emission reductions across increasingly complex global supply chains is a distinct challenge – but it’s...

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  • Continental debuts responsibly sourced tyres – 100% of range by 2030

    Continental debuts responsibly sourced tyres – 100% of range by 2030

    Mountain bike tyres from the Continental Gravity range have become the first products to feature responsibly sourced natural rubber from a project aimed at establishing sustainable natural rubber...

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  • How logistics companies are increasingly adopting sustainability practices

    How logistics companies are increasingly adopting sustainability practices

    With businesses being increasingly urged to reduce their carbon emissions and adopt more sustainable business models, the logistics and transportation industry is under tremendous pressure to...

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  • IoT News - Why IoT Companies Are Going Green And How They Are Becoming More Sustainable

    IoT News - Why IoT Companies Are Going Green And How They Are Becoming More Sustainable

    Sustainability has dominated headlines in recent years. The conversations surrounding global warming and reducing our carbon footprint are becoming more heavily discussed as the urgency...

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  • BASF and Nippon Paint develop sustainable industrial packaging

    BASF and Nippon Paint develop sustainable industrial packaging

    Germany-based chemical company BASF has partnered with Japanese coating manufacturer Nippon Paint to introduce sustainable industrial packaging in China.The packaging has been adopted for Nippon...

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  • Generation Z members say they want sustainable clothes but buy fast fashion instead, research says

    Generation Z members say they want sustainable clothes but buy fast fashion instead, research says

    Generation Z members say they want their clothes to be sustainable but still regularly buy fast fashion, demonstrating a "clear gap" between ideals and practice, new research shows.Nine in ten who...

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  • Schneider Electric Is Working to Cut Its Suppliers’ CO2 Emissions By Half

    Schneider Electric Is Working to Cut Its Suppliers’ CO2 Emissions By Half

    Schneider Electric SE operates worldwide and is best known as an energy management company. Based in France, it not only serves the electric generation business but also addresses commercial and...

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  • California Passes Extensive Energy and Climate Bills, Accelerating Net-Zero

    California Passes Extensive Energy and Climate Bills, Accelerating Net-Zero

    On the last day of the legislative session, California lawmakers took significant action, passing some of the most extensive energy and climate bills seen at the state level.The state legislature...

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  • Amgen and Bristol Myers Squibb Join Renewable Energy Cohort “Energize”

    Amgen and Bristol Myers Squibb Join Renewable Energy Cohort “Energize”

    Amgen and Bristol Myers Squibb have joined “Energize” – a program designed to increase access to renewable energy for pharmaceutical suppliers. Convened by Carnstone, an independent management...

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  • How to Make Modernization Projects Profitable and Sustainable - Facilities Management Insights

    How to Make Modernization Projects Profitable and Sustainable - Facilities Management Insights

    The race to modernize commercial buildings is accelerating, fueled by mounting business pressures related to carbon footprint, resource stewardship and ESG (environment/social/governance), along...

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  • ESG investors are making sustainable fashion on trend

    ESG investors are making sustainable fashion on trend

    Pollution, high carbon footprints and overproduction in the apparel and retail industry are going out of fashion for allocators scrutinising companies’ environmental and social impact.Data from...

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  • Ben & Jerry’s Sheds Light On Modern Slavery In Cocoa Business With New Flavor 

    Ben & Jerry’s Sheds Light On Modern Slavery In Cocoa Business With New Flavor 

    Ben & Jerry’s is drawing focus to the not-so-sweet world of cocoa farming through an all-new ice cream flavor.Teaming up with 100% slave-free confectioner Tony Chocolonely, the ice cream maker has...

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  • Insight – How responsible tourism contributes to a more sustainable visitor economy 

    Insight – How responsible tourism contributes to a more sustainable visitor economy 

    An increasing number of tourists are looking for sustainable travel experiences. More than 70% of travellers indicate they would make more effort to travel sustainably in the coming year. This is...

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  • Combating climate change by transforming waste into value 

    Combating climate change by transforming waste into value 

    Global temperatures are on the rise and large portions of North America, Europe and South Asia experienced record-breaking heat waves this summer. The goal to limit global heating to under 1.5...

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  • Report: Alliance to End Plastic Waste's Progress Slow, Clearer Targets Needed

    Report: Alliance to End Plastic Waste's Progress Slow, Clearer Targets Needed

    The Alliance to End Plastic Waste was formed in 2019 and includes dozens of top companies from across the world, but it has been slow to make progress on its goals and should set more substantial...

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  • Mercedes-Benz signs Memorandum of Understanding with Government of Canada to strengthen cooperation across the electric vehicle value chain,

    Mercedes-Benz signs Memorandum of Understanding with Government of Canada to strengthen cooperation across the electric vehicle value chain,

    On Tuesday, Mercedes-Benz Group AG and the Government of Canada signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore deeper cooperation across all stages of the automotive value chain – from...

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  • Circular economy: Metsä Board announces new alternatives to plastic

    Circular economy: Metsä Board announces new alternatives to plastic

    The trade fairs dedicated to packaging this autumn will be an opportunity for Metsä Board to present their latest solutions and investments in the circular economy.As the leading European producer...

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  • Walmart reaches halfway to Project Gigaton 

    Walmart reaches halfway to Project Gigaton 

    Much has been written about Walmart’s main sustainability program, Project Gigaton — the ambition to reduce or avoid 1 billion metric tons (a gigaton) of greenhouse gases from its supply chain by...

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  • German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act

    German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act

    The German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act aims to make supply chains more transparent, boost human rights and environmental protection. Noncompliance can be costly. Learn which companies are...

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  • Bakkavor publishes updated Environmentally Sustainable Sourcing policy outlining cage-free egg commitment

    Bakkavor publishes updated Environmentally Sustainable Sourcing policy outlining cage-free egg commitment

    The UK-based manufacturer has joined the growing number of big food producers – including Mondelez, Nestle, retailers Tesco and Aldi and foodservice operators Compass Group and Sodexo, among...

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  • This California law changes things for plastics in the state 

    This California law changes things for plastics in the state 

    All businesses selling into California will need to integrate new sustainability requirements into their use of plastics and plastic packaging.Signed into law this summer, the Plastic Pollution...

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  • SEC-regulation proposal: How to see it as a business value

    SEC-regulation proposal: How to see it as a business value

    The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has encouraged companies to disclose their climate-related risks since 2010. However, publishing this data has been voluntary, making it...

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  • Coca-Cola bottler and Rabobank partner on sustainability-linked finance plan for suppliers

    Coca-Cola bottler and Rabobank partner on sustainability-linked finance plan for suppliers

    Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has established a novel sustainability-linked finance scheme, designed to offer firms in the soft drinks bottler's supply chain discounted financing rates if...

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  • Learning From the Leaders in the Supply Chain

    Learning From the Leaders in the Supply Chain

    The global electronics supply chain has historically been a leader in terms of innovative and effective supply chain management. This year, Gartner’s Global Supply Chain Top 25 highlights that...

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  • CCEP Sets Up Sustainability-Linked Supply Chain Finance Programme

    CCEP Sets Up Sustainability-Linked Supply Chain Finance Programme

    Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has announced that it has established a sustainability-linked supply chain finance programme in association with Rabobank.Rabobank will provide funding to the...

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  • El Corte Inglés To Increase Sustainable Products By 20% By 2025

    El Corte Inglés To Increase Sustainable Products By 20% By 2025

    El Corte Inglés plans to increase the availability of sustainable products on its shelves and online platforms by at least 5% per year until 2025.In practice, this means a greater supply of SKUs...

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  • The path to a circular economy in logistics and manufacturing

    The path to a circular economy in logistics and manufacturing

    Under increasing public scrutiny, companies large and small are experimenting with strategies for building a circular economy, one that focuses on regenerative activities that reuse materials as...

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  • Maxion Wheels joins ‘responsible’ aluminium, steel organisations

    Maxion Wheels joins ‘responsible’ aluminium, steel organisations

    Maxion Wheels has joined non-profit bodies the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) and ResponsibleSteel, and claims as such to be the first wheel manufacturer to become a member of these...

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  • Lowe’s Cuts Greenhouse Gases by 42% Using Renewables, Energy Efficiency

    Lowe’s Cuts Greenhouse Gases by 42% Using Renewables, Energy Efficiency

    Lowe’s Companies is a home-improvement retailer with nearly 2,200 stores in the United States and Canada. The Mooresville, NC company employs 300,000 people and had sales in 2021 of $96...

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  • How Food Brands Can Meet the Rising Demand for Safety and ESG certifications

    How Food Brands Can Meet the Rising Demand for Safety and ESG certifications

    In a study of 350 of the world’s largest food and agriculture companies, many big food companies were found to be “failing dismally” on key ESG issues, including climate change and human rights....

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  • Sustainability starts with IT: Cisco IT's strategy for a greener future

    Sustainability starts with IT: Cisco IT's strategy for a greener future

    As the global focus on climate change continues to gather momentum, IT professionals have a unique opportunity to lessen negative environmental impact on our planet through a thoughtful...

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  • Interloop Debuts Looptrace Tech for Cotton Supply Chain Traceability 

    Interloop Debuts Looptrace Tech for Cotton Supply Chain Traceability 

    Interloop is making serious strides in its long-term commitment to responsible manufacturing, but its newest technology offering may be its biggest development yet. The fully integrated...

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  • Clean. Green. Lean: WEAR and no TEAR How circularity transformation is impacting supply chain innovation 

    Clean. Green. Lean: WEAR and no TEAR How circularity transformation is impacting supply chain innovation 

    We found this recent white paper to be an important read as companies are working to create a circular economy and changing the way supply chains are operating.The paper examines how countries...

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  • Six Industries That Can Merge Circular Economic Practices With Supply Chain Management

    Six Industries That Can Merge Circular Economic Practices With Supply Chain Management

    As greenhouse gas emissions continue to stand as a major threat to the climate, the United Nations launched a Net Zero initiative. By the year 2030, there’s a goal to decrease gas emissions to...

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  • Biden signs historic climate and clean energy bill into law

    Biden signs historic climate and clean energy bill into law

    President Joe Biden has signed into law the most significant piece of legislation supporting clean energy and climate change mitigation in U.S. history.The Inflation Reduction Act stands to devote...

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  • The benefits and challenges of Sustainable Procurement and how to achieve your goals 

    The benefits and challenges of Sustainable Procurement and how to achieve your goals 

    As a result of mounting environmental and social challenges affecting the entire globe, many organisations now place sustainability as a priority within their strategic goals. In this landscape,...

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  • Massachusetts climate law boosts offshore wind, EVs

    Massachusetts climate law boosts offshore wind, EVs

    Massachusetts’ governor signed into law a climate change bill that’s meant to bring the state closer to its goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.The bill signed by Republican Gov....

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  • How government procurement creates a snowball effect for corporate climate action

    How government procurement creates a snowball effect for corporate climate action

    The congressional and federal climate action of the last few weeks is likely to have a significant impact on the climate movement for years to come. It will also have a snowball effect on American...

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  • How the 'action staircase' can improve procurement performance

    How the 'action staircase' can improve procurement performance

    An “action staircase” of procurement practices has been identified to help organisations improvement sustainability credentials.The staircase was drawn from the results of a survey by the MIT...

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  • The Next Frontier of Sustainable Procurement

    The Next Frontier of Sustainable Procurement

    How leading companies can and should support mid-sized firms to deliver the latest wave of changeOver the past three decades, sustainable procurement has slowly become an accepted part of doing...

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  • [Farad Finance Forum] Private Equity Discussion Panel: How to Calculate ESG Impact and Reporting

    [Farad Finance Forum] Private Equity Discussion Panel: How to Calculate ESG Impact and Reporting

    Once again centered on sustainable finance, with a particular focus on the development of SDG-aligned investments, the FARAD Finance Forum distinguishes as a unique opportunity to get to know the...

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  • Procurement Foundry FORGE: Digital Futures

    Procurement Foundry FORGE: Digital Futures

    Procurement Foundry is pleased to announce the dates for its latest event: FORGE: Digital Futures. We are excited to bring you this concise yet comprehensive virtual event, designed to help you...

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  • EcoVadis Scope 3 Podcast: How and Why Scope 3 Carbon Emissions are Rising on the Business Agenda

    EcoVadis Scope 3 Podcast: How and Why Scope 3 Carbon Emissions are Rising on the Business Agenda

    Speaker: Peter Spiller, Partner and Head of EMEA Sustainability in Operations Practice McKinsey, hosted by Fergal Byrne, Executive Producer, The Sustainability AgendaAs questions surrounding Scope...

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  • Sustainability can never be achieved without our suppliers

    Sustainability can never be achieved without our suppliers

    Whether from customers, investors, governments or regulatory bodies, enterprise organizations are facing pressure from all angles to meet ambitious sustainability pledges.With looming deadlines,...

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  • How can Private Equity firms build ESG Performance 

    How can Private Equity firms build ESG Performance 

    How the challenges of convergence of ESG interests and demands of different stakeholders and of reporting of Portfolio Companies given the lack of convergence in ESG data and ESG performance, are...

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  • ‘Sustainability as we know it must go’ 

    ‘Sustainability as we know it must go’ 

    In its journey towards minimizing waste, is the packaging industry losing sight of the crucial importance of making its energy consumption more sustainable? Robert Lilienfeld, founder and...

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  • Developing A Sustainability Plan For Your Company

    Developing A Sustainability Plan For Your Company

    Sustainability is no longer a nice-to-have option when running a business. Rather, it’s becoming an essential corporate responsibility and a smart business in its own right. For a business setting...

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  • Gen Z generates demand for sustainable supply chain practice 

    Gen Z generates demand for sustainable supply chain practice 

    Gen Z population wants brands to prove their sustainability claims, while global regulators now require transparency across all supply chain practiceIt’s no secret that supply chain delays and...

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  • Strategies to achieving a sustainable supply chain

    Strategies to achieving a sustainable supply chain

    The global supply chain during the pandemic has remained unpredictable with disruptions showing no end in sight. The Cushman & Wakefield report, The Role of Asia Pacific in Global Supply Chains,...

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  • Global Coalition Launches Plan for Sustainable Digital Transformation 

    Global Coalition Launches Plan for Sustainable Digital Transformation 

    The Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES) launched an action plan that outlines three systemic shifts needed to leverage the power of digitalization to help create more...

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  • Collaboration is the key to achieving the circular economy

    Collaboration is the key to achieving the circular economy

    To create a truly circular economy, the world must overcome a number of different barriers. Consumers have become used to convenience and this means that we now use 20 times more plastic than we...

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  • Engaging the supply chain to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

    Engaging the supply chain to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

    The pressure is mounting for companies to drive sustainability across their whole supply base, with a new proposed, climate-related Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule among the latest...

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  • How can the EU Contribute to Global Deforestation Reduction? 

    How can the EU Contribute to Global Deforestation Reduction? 

    EU action on tackling deforestation is urgently needed, as rising demand for commodities is exacerbating pressure on land worldwide. To have an impact on deforestation rates, the EU cannot act...

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  • Volkswagen Group Promotes Responsible Sourcing of Raw Materials for a Sustainable Planet

    Volkswagen Group Promotes Responsible Sourcing of Raw Materials for a Sustainable Planet

    The car industry, one of the largest polluters in the world, is showing its efforts to reduce it, as passenger cars produced approximately three billion metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions...

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  • Canadian MPs back bill requiring companies to crack down on forced labour 

    Canadian MPs back bill requiring companies to crack down on forced labour 

    Members of Parliament unanimously voted Wednesday to clamp down on modern slavery by backing a bill requiring Canadian companies to ensure they are not using forced labour or exploiting child...

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  • A Deep Dive Into Sustainability with AWIE Australia

    A Deep Dive Into Sustainability with AWIE Australia

    Sustainability is more than just a buzzword — it’s something brands need to embrace if they want to get new customers and keep existing ones coming back. Yotpo’s State of Brand Loyalty 2022 survey...

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  • Five trends shaping the renewable energy sector 

    Five trends shaping the renewable energy sector 

    The renewable energy sector in North America is rapidly expanding, with the proportion of electricity the U.S. gets from solar and wind nearly quadrupling in the past decade. Its growth has been...

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  • Supply Chain Resiliency: Mitigating Current and Future Impacts

    Supply Chain Resiliency: Mitigating Current and Future Impacts

    Three-quarters of all supply chains have experienced difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading companies to consider reconfiguring their supply chains to promote greater resiliency. But...

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  • Technology Companies Succeed with A Data-Driven Approach to Sustainable Procurement

    Technology Companies Succeed with A Data-Driven Approach to Sustainable Procurement

    This ebook takes a brief look at the supply chain challenges facing the tech sector and the factors which guide it in rethinking sustainable procurement systems before illustrating how tech...

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  • Why Biodiversity Protection is Essential for Resilient Supply Chains

    Why Biodiversity Protection is Essential for Resilient Supply Chains

    Efforts on the Biodiversity Crisis Fall Drastically Short The analysis sheds light on a serious lack of visibility on the biodiversity crisis, which is best illustrated when compared to awareness...

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  • The BMW Group and BASF joined forces for more sustainable vehicle coatings 

    The BMW Group and BASF joined forces for more sustainable vehicle coatings 

    The BMW Group has chosen to use BASF Coatings’ CathoGuard® 800 ReSource e-coat at its plants in Leipzig, Germany, and Rosslyn, South Africa, and the iGloss® matt ReSource clearcoat throughout...

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  • How 'demand' chains could increase profits while fighting climate change

    How 'demand' chains could increase profits while fighting climate change

    If we want to save the planet, we must change the way we move goods around it. We must create more sustainable supply chains. In their 2021 study The Sustainable Supply Chain Paradox: Balancing...

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  • Asia Pulp & Paper eyes 2060 net-zero emissions target 

    Asia Pulp & Paper eyes 2060 net-zero emissions target 

    The paper giant is aiming to rein in its massive carbon footprint in line with the Indonesian government's own net-zero target. Environmentalists fret that the company's aim to triple production...

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  • How is Mars promoting living incomes for cocoa smallholders?

    How is Mars promoting living incomes for cocoa smallholders?

    Mars Inc hopes to make a positive contribution to the livelihoods of smallholder cocoa farmers. The chocolate giant is trialling two new programmes that aim to address some of the structural...

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  • JD Williams launches new sustainable clothing brand in responsible sourcing commitment - Sustainability

    JD Williams launches new sustainable clothing brand in responsible sourcing commitment - Sustainability

    JD Williams today launches a new sustainable clothing brand as part of its commitment to responsible sourcing. JD Williams, part of home shopping business N Brown Group, says its new Anise women’s...

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  • Shareholders want Phillips 66 to study risks of investing in virgin plastic

    Shareholders want Phillips 66 to study risks of investing in virgin plastic

    In a first for a resin producer, a slight majority of Phillips 66 Co.'s shareholders have told the company it needs to detail its financial risks if the economy transitions away from virgin...

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  • Corporate sustainability requires impactful clean energy investments

    Corporate sustainability requires impactful clean energy investments

    As climate impacts continue to ramp up, so too has the global response, particularly from the private sector.More than 350 major companies have committed to 100% renewable energy as part of the...

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  • Tequila Company Buen Vato's Cardboard Bottle Reduces Shipping Costs, Emissions

    Tequila Company Buen Vato's Cardboard Bottle Reduces Shipping Costs, Emissions

    The tequila company Buen Vato has invested in sustainable manufacturing processes in order to produce a cardboard bottle. Stockholm-based distributor Alias Smith says the bottle is lighter to...

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  • Lidl Germany To Reduce Emissions In Own-Brand Milk Supply Chain

    Lidl Germany To Reduce Emissions In Own-Brand Milk Supply Chain

    Discounter Lidl Germany is promoting climate protection in its supply chain by encouraging the farmers of its own brand 'Ein Gute Stück Bayern' to reduce greenhouse gas emissions per litre of milk...

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  • Ford joins appeal to the EU for 100% all-electric vehicle sales by 2035

    Ford joins appeal to the EU for 100% all-electric vehicle sales by 2035

    Ford of Europe together with 27 companies have joined an appeal to the European Union (EU) to ensure all new cars and vans in Europe are zero emission from 2035 and to establish mandatory targets...

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  • Tesla explains its approach to sourcing lithium, nickel, and cobalt directly from mines in impressive detail

    Tesla explains its approach to sourcing lithium, nickel, and cobalt directly from mines in impressive detail

    Tesla released interesting and rare details about its approach to sourcing lithium, nickel, and cobalt directly from mines instead of through its cell suppliers. This approach is going to be...

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  • What If Banks Had to Disclose the Climate Impact of Their Investments?

    What If Banks Had to Disclose the Climate Impact of Their Investments?

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently proposed a new federal rule requiring all publicly traded companies to disclose climate risks and carbon emissions. This rule holds the...

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  • Why it’s time for Procurement to drive the enterprise sustainability agenda

    Why it’s time for Procurement to drive the enterprise sustainability agenda

    Enterprises globally are witnessing significant pressure from their key stakeholders – customers, investors, regulators, communities, employees and their suppliers to push the sustainability...

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  • Tesco’s plan to fast-track sustainable innovation in its supply chain

    Tesco’s plan to fast-track sustainable innovation in its supply chain

    Tesco and WWF have launched a new accelerator programme pairing pioneering start-ups with Tesco suppliers to fast-track sustainability innovation in the supply chain. The aim is to cut the...

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  • Ramaphosa says changes in global economy will assist in eliminating child labour

    Ramaphosa says changes in global economy will assist in eliminating child labour

    President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his optimism that through the “Durban Call to Action on the Elimination of Child Labour”, social partners and stakeholders will be able to chart a course...

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  • YESS Initiative Wants to ‘Drive Change’ to End Modern Cotton Slavery 

    YESS Initiative Wants to ‘Drive Change’ to End Modern Cotton Slavery 

    Avoiding cotton harvested using modern slavery isn’t an impossible task, but it does require companies to adjust their sourcing strategies, a new pilot study has found. Spearheaded by the...

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  • What happened at the biodiversity COP, and why it matters to business 

    What happened at the biodiversity COP, and why it matters to business 

    We’re nearly halfway through 2022 but are already seeing a world on fire, both literally and figuratively. Climate change is causing heatwaves, challenging food production, disrupting supply...

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  • Walmart begins search for sustainable packaging

    Walmart begins search for sustainable packaging

    "We don't have time to waste." With this imperative tagline, American retail giant Walmart launched its Circular Connector this spring.The goal: to accelerate innovation in the field of...

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  • Mainstream Global, Inc. Announces Strategic Partnership with 3R Sustainability

    Mainstream Global, Inc. Announces Strategic Partnership with 3R Sustainability

    “Mainstream Global has taken a comprehensive approach to reaching its carbon neutral goals and exemplifies this commitment by annually reporting its progress to CDP. 3R has been impressed by the...

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  • Kiwi Businesses Continue To Prioritise Sustainability

    Kiwi Businesses Continue To Prioritise Sustainability

    New research into New Zealand’s sustainability profession has found Kiwi businesses are continuing to invest in and prioritise sustainability by embedding it more broadly across their...

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  • Guess, Inc latest to link credit facility to sustainability targets

    Guess, Inc latest to link credit facility to sustainability targets

    California-based Guess has entered into a EUR250m revolving credit facility through its wholly-owned Swiss subsidiary, Guess Europe Sagl. The facility has an initial term of five years, with an...

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  • UK corporates focused on making trips more sustainable 

    UK corporates focused on making trips more sustainable 

    UK organisations are leading the way in Europe when it comes to making sustainable travel a priority, according to a new survey from SAP Concur.The study of 700 travel buyers and managers across...

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  • Bain steps up sustainability mission with carbon net-negative pledge

    Bain steps up sustainability mission with carbon net-negative pledge

    A long-time leader on sustainability, Bain & Company is making further moves to achieve net-negative carbon status this year, and intends to remain so moving forward.Global management consulting...

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  • SAP Sapphire focuses on speed, disruption, sustainability

    SAP Sapphire focuses on speed, disruption, sustainability

    At SAP Sapphire 2022, the ERP vendor highlighted accelerating business transformation, disruptions to supply chains and sustainability as main challenges that businesses face.Read the full article...

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  • Meijer Reducing Waste With Flashfood Sustainability Initiative

    Meijer Reducing Waste With Flashfood Sustainability Initiative

    Meijer is looking to cut down on its food waste through its Flashfood sustainability program, an initiative that allows consumers to purchase goods nearing their sell-by date at a discount so the...

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  • AIAG 2022 Corporate Responsibility Summit

    AIAG 2022 Corporate Responsibility Summit

    Building upon topics explored at last year’s event, the 2022 Corporate Responsibility Summit will focus on industry challenges and opportunities regarding today’s environmental, social, and...

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  • World Procurement Congress 2022

    World Procurement Congress 2022

    Join us at The World Procurement Congress 2022 to hear from inspiring leaders and top knowledge partners who are pushing the boundaries on innovation, ESG and supply chain resiliency. Discover...

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  • Innovation Forum: The Future of Climate Action

    Innovation Forum: The Future of Climate Action

    This online climate conference will focus entirely on the practical action business can take to tackle Scope 3 emissions. We’ll highlight leading company practices and assess how business...

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  • Forthcoming EU policy framework on bio-based, biodegradable and compostable plastics 

    Forthcoming EU policy framework on bio-based, biodegradable and compostable plastics 

    With the public consultation phase now closed, the forthcoming EU policy framework on bio-based, biodegradable and compostable plastics is nearing completion and is expected to be adopted in the...

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  • SEC climate change rule would require companies to disclose emissions, financial risks 

    SEC climate change rule would require companies to disclose emissions, financial risks 

    The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday approved a landmark proposal to require all publicly traded companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and the risks they face from...

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  • Climate change, sustainability catch the attention of Indian investors

    Climate change, sustainability catch the attention of Indian investors

    Five years ago, the capital allocated to ESG was around $5-6 trillion, in 2022 it has multiplied to $30 trillion.Read the full article at: www.fortuneindia.com

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  • Cocoa Coalition proposes amendments to EU bill on deforestation

    Cocoa Coalition proposes amendments to EU bill on deforestation

    The Cocoa Coalition of chocolate companies - Ferrero, Hershey, Mars Wrigley, Mondelēz International, Nestle, and Tony's Chocolonely - alongside Fairtrade International and Rainforest Alliance,...

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  • Ethical sourcing is becoming the norm for natural ingredients in cosmetics

    Ethical sourcing is becoming the norm for natural ingredients in cosmetics

    Ethical sourcing is becoming the norm for natural ingredients in the cosmetics industry. The growing use of natural ingredients is making cosmetic companies and raw material suppliers invest in...

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  • Starbucks Eliminates PFAS in Food Packaging

    Starbucks Eliminates PFAS in Food Packaging

    Starbucks has made a commitment to eliminate toxic PFAS (per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in its food packaging materials. As part of the company’s new sustainable packaging policy, the...

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  • Maersk Will Hit the High Seas with Carbon-Friendly Vessels

    Maersk Will Hit the High Seas with Carbon-Friendly Vessels

    The logistics giant Maersk will order eight new ocean-going ships that will use only carbon-neutral fuels to hit its net-zero goal by 2050. While it will be a more expensive endeavor than...

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  • Program Aims to Reduce Carbon Emissions of Heavy Machinery

    Program Aims to Reduce Carbon Emissions of Heavy Machinery

    Heavy equipment users have a new tool from Volvo Construction Equipment to help with carbon reduction goals tailored to their operations.The CO2 Reduction Program is designed to be integrated into...

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  • Unilever Applies GreenToken to Sustainably Source Palm Fruit

    Unilever Applies GreenToken to Sustainably Source Palm Fruit

    In a successful proof of concept in Indonesia, Unilever applied GreenToken to sustainably source more than 188,000 tons of oil palm fruit. SAP and Unilever are using a pilot of the GreenToken by...

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  • How Bel Brands Is Building Credibility Into Its Procurement Strategy

    How Bel Brands Is Building Credibility Into Its Procurement Strategy

    Credibility and visibility in the procurement process are no easy feats. Challenges abound, and no CPG company wants to see their brand’s name in the newspaper because their supplier has done...

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  • Procurement analytics to analyze and reduce Scope 3 carbon emissions

    Procurement analytics to analyze and reduce Scope 3 carbon emissions

    With regulators, investors and customers demanding cleaner business processes, companies understand the need to improve, but can find it daunting to start measuring all the ways they emit carbon....

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  • Report: Widescale shift to circular economy needed for NHS to meet 2040 net zero goal

    Report: Widescale shift to circular economy needed for NHS to meet 2040 net zero goal

    New research by the University of Exeter and Philips UK&I urges the NHS and its suppliers to systemically adopt circular economy (CE) practices in order to meet the NHS’s net zero by 2040 target...

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  • How the food industry can evolve its sustainable business models

    How the food industry can evolve its sustainable business models

    Growing consumer awareness and increased government initiatives around sustainability and climate change are adding pressure on industries to adopt sustainable practices. This is particularly true...

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  • UK Plastic Tax Reshapes Global Supply Chains To Create Circular Economy

    UK Plastic Tax Reshapes Global Supply Chains To Create Circular Economy

    “As the first plastic tax to be implemented globally, the UK PPT is a harbinger of the worldwide movement reinforcing the polluter pays principle alongside extended producer responsibility,” said...

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  • From Risk Management to Value Creation: Now Is the Time for Private Equity to Embrace ESG 

    From Risk Management to Value Creation: Now Is the Time for Private Equity to Embrace ESG 

    A staggering amount of capital will be needed to finance the sustainable transition and build systems that rapidly scale positive impact beyond growth. This massive capital deployment is already...

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  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – A Time for Action

    Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – A Time for Action

    As the USA celebrates Women’s History Month, EcoVadis reviews the progress achieved by companies throughout our global network with regard to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). To achieve...

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  • ESG & Sustainability: Shaping A Digitised, Environment-Friendly Procurement Value Chain – SAP Survey

    ESG & Sustainability: Shaping A Digitised, Environment-Friendly Procurement Value Chain – SAP Survey

    The turn of the new decade saw the rise of ambitious sustainability goals. Products with sustainability labels received increased traction. Around the same time, social media influencers were...

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  • UK Plastic Tax Reshapes Global Supply Chains To Create Circular Economy

    UK Plastic Tax Reshapes Global Supply Chains To Create Circular Economy

    “As the first plastic tax to be implemented globally, the UK PPT is a harbinger of the worldwide movement reinforcing the polluter pays principle alongside extended producer responsibility,” said...

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  • EU advisers propose expansion of sustainable finance rules

    EU advisers propose expansion of sustainable finance rules

    European Commission advisers on Monday proposed an expansion of the bloc's sustainable finance rules to better grade activities such as gas-fired power plants that are not yet environmentally...

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  • How can IT businesses measure sustainability?

    How can IT businesses measure sustainability?

    In today’s fast-paced and evolving marketplace, considering whether businesses need to integrate sustainability into their strategies is no longer an optionIn addition to driving environmental...

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  • The ESG conundrum proves the value of sustainable business

    The ESG conundrum proves the value of sustainable business

    As investors query the value of ESG, Mandi McReynolds, Head of Global ESG, Workiva, outlines three steps to link sustainability and business value creationEvidence overwhelmingly suggests that...

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  • Index Ventures and Coatue back sustainable packaging startup Sourceful

    Index Ventures and Coatue back sustainable packaging startup Sourceful

    Sourceful, a startup that helps e-commerce companies create sustainable packaging, raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Index Ventures.Why it matters: As consumers become more educated...

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  • Toward Mandatory Climate Disclosure in the US?

    Toward Mandatory Climate Disclosure in the US?

    On March 21, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) introduced a landmark proposal requiring companies to include climate disclosures in their annual filings. The move responds to...

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  • EcoVadis & Youmeal.io: Concrete Actions for a Sustainable Catering and Food Service

    EcoVadis & Youmeal.io: Concrete Actions for a Sustainable Catering and Food Service

    In this webinar, Federico Budassi, Account Executive for EcoVadis and Rémy Tasse, CEO of Youmeal will convene to highlight the key trends that are driving sustainability strategy in industries,...

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  • World Sustainable Contracting Day 2022

    World Sustainable Contracting Day 2022

    Sustainable Contracting: Why You Should Care?While goals and principles provide the framework for sustainability, they will be achieved through contracts!Our ability to deliver a better world...

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  • ProcureCon Asia

    ProcureCon Asia

    As Asia’s leading summit for CPOs and Heads of Procurement, only at ProcureCon Asia can you learn from, network and collaborate with leading heads of procurement as they share practical insights...

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  • ISM World 2022

    ISM World 2022

    The ISM World Annual Conference is a world-class event with the mission of providing an educational environment and experience that brings together thought leaders, supply chain and procurement...

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  • Ivalua NOW 2022: Americas

    Ivalua NOW 2022: Americas

    The age of Covid-19 has brought to light the importance of working together. Close collaboration is essential for solving challenges and achieving common goals. And when it comes to supporting...

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  • Supply Chain Canada Webinar: Supply Chain Resilience Redefined

    Supply Chain Canada Webinar: Supply Chain Resilience Redefined

    While the Covid-19 crisis provoked procurement teams to rethink their supply chain sustainability strategies (generally, to optimize for resilience vs “just in time”), new forces are causing...

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  • German agri minister: Sustainable farming key for independence from Russia 

    German agri minister: Sustainable farming key for independence from Russia 

    German Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir has joined the European Commission in dubbing agriculture a security issue. Making agriculture more sustainable and resilient is an important step towards...

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  • Arla says lack of profit in milk not sustainable as it launches new UK 5-year growth strategy

    Arla says lack of profit in milk not sustainable as it launches new UK 5-year growth strategy

    Following the launch of the global Arla Group Future26 strategy, Arla is announcing new growth ambitions in the UK for the next five years – with a heavy focus on strengthening the sustainability,...

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  • Del Monte Foods is Creating a More Sustainable and Transparent Food Chain

    Del Monte Foods is Creating a More Sustainable and Transparent Food Chain

    Plant-Based Foods Leader Leverages Industry Partnerships and Emerging Technology to Increase Traceability and Transparency of Sustainable Ag Practices from Farm to TableRead the full article at:...

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  • Trident Group Is Focusing On Sustainable Development Projects For A Better Tomorrow

    Trident Group Is Focusing On Sustainable Development Projects For A Better Tomorrow

    Trident Group's endeavors include sustainable initiatives include recovering Glauber’s Salt using our own patented technology and working towards Zero Solid Discharge and disposal to minimise...

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  • Stay At These Sustainable Hotels and Properties

    Stay At These Sustainable Hotels and Properties

    The pandemic has done more than just intensify the urge to travel, it has made us considerably more aware of the impact of our travel. According to Booking.com’s 2021 sustainable travel report,...

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  • EU Green Deal: Are Member States Really Shifting Towards More Sustainable Transport Alternatives?

    EU Green Deal: Are Member States Really Shifting Towards More Sustainable Transport Alternatives?

    According to Eurostat, the data passengers and kilometres registered inside the EU in 2019 remain relatively the same (82.8 per cent), dropping by only one per cent since 2017. Countries that...

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  • Target, Amazon debut sustainable store concepts

    Target, Amazon debut sustainable store concepts

    With consumers prioritizing environmental sustainability, Amazon and Target unveiled stores that aim to use less energy than they produce, the retailers announced last week. Target's first...

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  • DHL Express announces Sustainable Aviation Fuel deals with bp and Neste

    DHL Express announces Sustainable Aviation Fuel deals with bp and Neste

    DHL Express with pioneering collaborations on the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF): bp and Neste deliver over 800 million litres of SAF bp and Neste pledge DHL Express delivery of over 800...

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  • Investors launch global standard for corporate climate lobbying

    Investors launch global standard for corporate climate lobbying

    Investors stepped up pressure on corporate climate lobbying on Monday, launching a new 14-point action plan for companies to stick to or risk having their actions put to a shareholder vote.The...

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  • Bel Group deepens sustainability commitments by engaging with the Global Compact Network UAE

    Bel Group deepens sustainability commitments by engaging with the Global Compact Network UAE

    Bel Group, the global leader in dairy branded cheese and a major player in healthy single serving portions, has signed on to engage with the Global Compact Network UAE, a non-binding UN...

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  • Companies’ broken sustainability promises are escalating calls for regulation and legal action

    Companies’ broken sustainability promises are escalating calls for regulation and legal action

    From protecting human rights to acting ethically to promoting decent working conditions, companies worldwide are failing to live up to their promises to be socially responsible. Pressure from...

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  • Coffee companies urged to step up efforts to tackle sector’s sustainability issues 

    Coffee companies urged to step up efforts to tackle sector’s sustainability issues 

    Global coffee demand is growing but the coffee sector is struggling to tackle sustainability issues at farms. Traders and roasters have been ramping up their initiatives to solve issues and...

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  • EY: 97% of MENA CEOs say sustainability is important as a driver of value

    EY: 97% of MENA CEOs say sustainability is important as a driver of value

    The EY CEO Survey 2022, part of the CEO Imperative Series, reports that sustainability is a key priority for almost all MENA executives, with 97% naming environmental, social and governance (ESG)...

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  • The EU wants to be a global leader in the fight against greenwashing, but it has a long way to go

    The EU wants to be a global leader in the fight against greenwashing, but it has a long way to go

    Corporate greenwashing is an increasingly contentious topic around the globe. Now, European policymakers claim they are stepping up their fight against it. Amid a record inflow of investments into...

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  • How smaller companies can catch up on sustainability reporting 

    How smaller companies can catch up on sustainability reporting 

    For many years the bulk of investor and stakeholder pressure on ESG issues focused on larger companies. Indeed, recent findings by The Conference Board in collaboration with Esgauge and Heidrick &...

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  • Sustainable Fisheries Partnership forms partnership with Thai Union 

    Sustainable Fisheries Partnership forms partnership with Thai Union 

    Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has announced a new partnership with the Thai Union Group, one of the world’s leading seafood producers. “Our partnership with Thai Union continues SFP’s...

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  • Volkswagen China Plans JVs on Battery Raw Material Supply Chain 

    Volkswagen China Plans JVs on Battery Raw Material Supply Chain 

    Volkswagen AG has become the latest automaker to seek additional control over its supply chain for the production of electric cars, signing two pacts in China to shore up cathode...

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  • How Brands are Incorporating Sustainability Factor in their Supply Chains

    How Brands are Incorporating Sustainability Factor in their Supply Chains

    Brands have realized that focusing on sustainability is a critical part of the modern supply chain by locating and arranging warehouses and fulfillment centers at the nearest location to optimize...

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  • Why Digital and Remote-based ESG Assessments Are Part of the "New Normal" for European Businesses

    Why Digital and Remote-based ESG Assessments Are Part of the "New Normal" for European Businesses

    As domestic and EU regulation tightens, companies across Europe are increasingly coming to regard sustainability and procurement as two sides of the same coin. The ability to leverage ESG...

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  • From Risk Management to Value Creation: Now Is the Time for Private Equity to Embrace ESG

    From Risk Management to Value Creation: Now Is the Time for Private Equity to Embrace ESG

    A staggering amount of capital will be needed to finance the sustainable transition and build systems that rapidly scale positive impact beyond growth. This massive capital deployment is already...

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  • EU Proposes New Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive – How Can You Prepare?

    EU Proposes New Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive – How Can You Prepare?

    After multiple delays, the European Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence – comprising mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence (mHREDD) – was published on February 23,...

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  • EcoVadis Sustain 2022: 5 Key Takeaways

    EcoVadis Sustain 2022: 5 Key Takeaways

    On March 14-15, 2022, more than 3,200 participants from 77 countries tuned in to EcoVadis’ Sustain conference, an annual meeting of industry experts and thought leaders focused on the intersection...

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  • Venchi’s Easter 2022 collection to feature eco packaging

    Venchi’s Easter 2022 collection to feature eco packaging

    Italian luxury chocolate manufacturer Venchi says its Easter 2022 collection is accompanied by a more sustainable initiative, with all its wrappers and ribbons made from recycled PET,...

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  • Nestlé becomes more 'climate-friendly' with publication of new sustainability report

    Nestlé becomes more 'climate-friendly' with publication of new sustainability report

    The Swiss-based food giant also published its ‘Creating Shared Value and Sustainability Report’ and the company explained how it is supporting ‘the just transition towards climate-friendly and...

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  • Watch: Are Companies Ready to Tackle Scope 3 Emissions in 2022? 

    Watch: Are Companies Ready to Tackle Scope 3 Emissions in 2022? 

    Alan Holland, chief executive officer of Keelvar, describes the challenge of measuring the carbon emissions of suppliers in multi-tier global supply chains.As defined by the Greenhouse Gas...

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  • How Climate Change Is Disrupting the Global Supply Chain

    How Climate Change Is Disrupting the Global Supply Chain

    The Covid pandemic has rightly received most of the blame for global supply chain upheavals in the last two years. But the less publicized threat to supply chains from climate change poses a far...

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  • The Climate Pledge Announces Nearly 100 New Signatories, Including Maersk, SAP, Weyerhaeuser, Sunrun, and HARMAN, Bringing the Total to More

    The Climate Pledge Announces Nearly 100 New Signatories, Including Maersk, SAP, Weyerhaeuser, Sunrun, and HARMAN, Bringing the Total to More

    Today, Amazon and Global Optimism announced that more than 300 companies have now signed The Climate Pledge, a nearly 600% growth in signatories over the past year. Among the nearly 100 new...

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  • How social procurement can create value in your corporate supply chain

    How social procurement can create value in your corporate supply chain

    As the call for sustainability intensifies across the entire stakeholder spectrum, ESG compliance in the procurement function is quickly becoming the standard, and value creation the new...

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  • It’s Time to Integrate ESG into Your Sourcing Strategy

    It’s Time to Integrate ESG into Your Sourcing Strategy

    The supply chain crisis has prompted many businesses to focus urgently on sustainable sourcing. It’s a good idea, but they should go even further by integrating their overall environment, social...

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  • The EU Green Deal will transform Europe's economy and business

    The EU Green Deal will transform Europe's economy and business

    The EU Green Deal, adopted in December 2019, will affect nearly every area of ​​business, including tax, manufacturing, procurement, supply chain management, finance, human resources and corporate...

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  • Plastic bag project targets recycling solution

    Plastic bag project targets recycling solution

    The European Outdoor Group (EOG) industry association has unveiled new proposals aimed at addressing the issue of single use plastics in the outdoor apparel value chain.A new report from EOG's...

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  • Apparel carbon reduction plans 'not credible'

    Apparel carbon reduction plans 'not credible'

    Only a third of companies have credible carbon emission reduction plans in place - with apparel among the worst offenders, according to the CDP intitiative.The non-profit, which runs the world's...

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  • Cotton On targets carbon neutrality by 2030 

    Cotton On targets carbon neutrality by 2030 

    Australian retail chain Cotton On has pledged to strengthen its commitment to sustainability by setting goals for carbon neutrality, sourcing more sustainable raw materials and reducing its use of...

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  • Partnership claims more sustainable sports shoes

    Partnership claims more sustainable sports shoes

    German polymer materials manufacturer Covestro and Chinese companies Huafeng and Cyclone say they have jointly developed a 'more sustainable' way of producing high-quality running and sports...

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  • Decathlon and GIZ to clean up Vietnam factories 

    Decathlon and GIZ to clean up Vietnam factories 

    French sporting goods retailer Decathlon and German development agency GIZ have joined forces in a bid to reduce the environmental impact of Vietnam's garment and textile factories.The partnership...

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  • Dutch Agreement issues due diligence guide

    Dutch Agreement issues due diligence guide

    The Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textile (AGT) has published a guide to help companies prepare for forthcoming mandatory due diligence legislation proposed by the European...

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  • Delta announces a new program to build a more resilient, transparent and effective supply chain

    Delta announces a new program to build a more resilient, transparent and effective supply chain

    Delta is the first U.S. airline to partner with EcoVadis, a provider of business sustainability ratings. This partnership marks Delta’s latest step in integrating its environmental, social and...

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  • Michelin Green Stars promoting ethical food supply chains

    Michelin Green Stars promoting ethical food supply chains

    Michelin Guide’s Green Star award showcases sustainability among top chefs, as biotech firm Better Origin warns carbon offsetting is no net zero solutionA recent report from Garnier shows that 73%...

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  • Salzgitter secures hydrogen supply for green steelmaking ambitions

    Salzgitter secures hydrogen supply for green steelmaking ambitions

    Salzgitter is one step closer to achieving its low carbon steel ambitions, with the firm confirming a new deal that will see Uniper supply the manufacturer with green hydrogen from its...

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  • Polestar Lines Up Collaborators for Sustainable Car

    Polestar Lines Up Collaborators for Sustainable Car

    Each partner is targeting a specific part of the automotive supply chain for carbon-emissions neutrality over the Polestar 0’s expected lifecycle.Read the full article at: www.wardsauto.com

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  • Morrisons Rolls Out ‘Carbon Neutral’ Cartons For Own-Brand Fresh Milk

    Morrisons Rolls Out ‘Carbon Neutral’ Cartons For Own-Brand Fresh Milk

    UK retailer Morrisons has switched to ‘carbon neutral’ carton packaging for nine of its own-brand fresh milk SKUs.The Tetra Pak cartons used by the retailer are certified as 'Carbon Neutral' by...

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  • UN Plastic Treaty To Tackle Production, Packaging Design

    UN Plastic Treaty To Tackle Production, Packaging Design

    United Nations negotiators have agreed a roadmap for a global plastic treaty that would address plastic production and design, according to a draft resolution seen by Reuters, in what delegates...

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  • JBS Signs Partnership With Banco do Brasil To Finance Environmental Regulation

    JBS Signs Partnership With Banco do Brasil To Finance Environmental Regulation

    Meat processor JBS has announced a partnership with Banco do Brasil to facilitate access to credit for producers in its supply chain, in a bid to develop a more sustainable production...

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  • BMW Group joins sustainable lithium mining project in Chile

    BMW Group joins sustainable lithium mining project in Chile

    Responsible management of natural resources is one of the core elements of the BMW Group’s commitment to sustainability. Within the framework of these activities, the company has joined the...

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  • Vodafone unveils raft of circular economy services in bid to extend phone life 

    Vodafone unveils raft of circular economy services in bid to extend phone life 

    Telecommunications firm to beef up its offering of refurbished phones while encouraging customers to repair, recycle, and donate their old handsets to charityVodafone has unveiled plans for a...

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  • Digital technology shows how to realise ESG goals in 2022 and beyond

    Digital technology shows how to realise ESG goals in 2022 and beyond

    As momentum builds around embarking on a net-zero pathway, advanced technologies can serve to leverage operational benefits across every aspect of the energy value chain, explains Damien McDade,...

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  • Marks & Spencer unveils sustainable denim capsule collection 

    Marks & Spencer unveils sustainable denim capsule collection 

    Marks & Spencer has unveiled its first capsule collection as part of The Jeans Redesign, with the range responsibly sourced to meet the project’s guidelines and co-developed with over 80 denim...

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  • Sustainability Push to Drive Big Changes in Supply Chain Logistics

    Sustainability Push to Drive Big Changes in Supply Chain Logistics

    The third revolution in the movement of goods and services now is at hand with the new emphasis on sustainable delivery that conserves resources and pays heed to the societal impact of freight...

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  • SMCP joins forces with Fairly Made on supply chain transparency

    SMCP joins forces with Fairly Made on supply chain transparency

    SMCP has announced a link-up with French start-up Fairly Made, making it “one of the first accessible luxury brands to offer its customers detailed and transparent information on the traceability...

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  • American Eagle, C&A Sign on to Higg’s ‘Swifter’ Climate Strategy 

    American Eagle, C&A Sign on to Higg’s ‘Swifter’ Climate Strategy 

    American Eagle Outfitters and multinational retailer C&A are among the first to trial a new carbon impact reduction program. Higg, the tech spin-off from the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, and the...

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  • PepsiCo squares up to supply chain emissions challenge 

    PepsiCo squares up to supply chain emissions challenge 

    Like many consumer goods companies, PepsiCo recently set out ambitious climate goals, as it seeks to meet targets set out in the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change. Last year, the company said...

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  • Amazon launches Aware sustainable brand

    Amazon launches Aware sustainable brand

    Online retail giant Amazon has launched a new brand - Amazon Aware - to help its customers more easily shop for 'more sustainable' products including men's and women's apparel.Amazon says that...

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  • Beyond Sustainability: A Circular Approach to Supply-Chain Resilience 

    Beyond Sustainability: A Circular Approach to Supply-Chain Resilience 

    Today’s supply chains were designed to optimize efficiency and speed while minimizing costs. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed crucial weaknesses in the paradigm. Resource shortages,...

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  • She Lion works to create a fully sustainable supply chain - Risk - Sustainability

    She Lion works to create a fully sustainable supply chain - Risk - Sustainability

    When fashion apparel is made, consumers do not understand the amount of waste that is created in making those products. Kate Dillion, founder and creative director at Australian fashion brand She...

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  • Milliken vows to eliminate PFAS chemicals

    Milliken vows to eliminate PFAS chemicals

    US textile manufacturer Milliken & Company has vowed to eliminate all per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS, from its fibres and finishes portfolio by the end of the...

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  • Hugo Boss invests in new ‘decarbonising’ yarn 

    Hugo Boss invests in new ‘decarbonising’ yarn 

    Fashion brand Hugo Boss has invested US$5 million in Swiss textile innovator HeiQ’s new class of cellulosic bio-polymer-based filament that’s made from ‘low grade’ inputs and claims to help...

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  • Benefits of supply chain sustainability

    Benefits of supply chain sustainability

    Supply chain sustainability is a business strategy implemented by an organization to ensure its supply chain network has a minimum impact on people (human rights, the health and safety of...

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  • Apollo targets $50 bln in sustainable investments with new platform

    Apollo targets $50 bln in sustainable investments with new platform

    Apollo Global Management Inc (APO.N), a manager of alternative assets, launched a sustainable investing platform on Thursday, targeting the deployment of $50 billion in decarbonization and energy...

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  • Allbirds steps into footwear resale 

    Allbirds steps into footwear resale 

    New Zealand-American footwear brand Allbirds has partnered with circular solutions provider Trove to launch a new resale platform for footwear, called ReRun. With Trove managing the service’s...

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  • Towards A Sustainable Future: A Fashion Perspective 

    Towards A Sustainable Future: A Fashion Perspective 

    Sustainability- a buzzword thrown around by fashion insiders, but what exactly does it mean? Sustainability, in simple terms, means to sustain something over a long period of time. As a policy,...

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  • Stakeholder Influence on Sustainable Supply Chain Management in 2022

    Stakeholder Influence on Sustainable Supply Chain Management in 2022

    A study on how stakeholders can influence sustainability in the supply chain shared interesting insights.-Pressure from stakeholders on sustainability can result in greater...

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  • Innovation Is Key To Enabling Holistic Sustainable Investing

    Innovation Is Key To Enabling Holistic Sustainable Investing

    Sustainability-driven investment is no longer considered a trade-off between generating economic value and positively impacting society. However, from an investor’s perspective, the current...

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  • Pangaia announces new climate change targets 

    Pangaia announces new climate change targets 

    Materials science company and apparel brand Pangaia has committed to becoming net zero in its own operations by 2025 and across its entire supply chain by 2040.Pangaia says the targets, which also...

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  • OECD highlights COVID-19 recovery priorities 

    OECD highlights COVID-19 recovery priorities 

    OECD deputy secretary general Yoshiki Takeuchi has spelt out how the fashion industry can bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic in a way that protects the environment and vulnerable supply chain...

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  • LGT: Sustainable Investing Requires Transparency

    LGT: Sustainable Investing Requires Transparency

    Investors should know how sustainable an investment actually is and be able to understand on what basis the corresponding assessment is based.Read the full article at: www.finews.com

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  • Groupe ADP unveils strategic roadmap for a sustainable airport model by 2050

    Groupe ADP unveils strategic roadmap for a sustainable airport model by 2050

    Groupe ADP has announced a new 2022-2025 strategic roadmap to build the foundation of a new airport model geared towards sustainability.As part of its ‘2025 Pioneers’ vision, the group aims to...

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  • SBTi validates Coats’ environmental targets

    SBTi validates Coats’ environmental targets

    Industrial thread manufacturer Coats has had its environmental targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Specifically, the firm will work to reduce its scope one and two...

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  • Top 5 Actions for a More Sustainable Business

    Top 5 Actions for a More Sustainable Business

    Amid “the Great Resignation” and a volatile economic period, companies can’t afford to lose talent or customers. They must reinvent their business models to be both profitable and sustainable....

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  • Schiphol invests in TaxiBots for sustainable aircraft taxiing

    Schiphol invests in TaxiBots for sustainable aircraft taxiing

    Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is investing in two TaxiBots, becoming the first in Europe to use the special towing vehicles that enable aircraft to taxi sustainably.The sustainable taxiing process...

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  • European due diligence proposals unveiled

    European due diligence proposals unveiled

    The European Commission has unveiled its proposals to introduce mandatory due diligence legislation which would make companies responsible for human rights and environmental issues in their global...

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  • Sustainable sourcing: Overcoming the supply crunch

    Sustainable sourcing: Overcoming the supply crunch

    Companies are ramping up their climate commitments, and with them their ambitions to source materials—such as green steel, recycled aluminum, and recycled plastic—that have lower emissions...

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  • How Sustainability Will Change The Banking Sector

    How Sustainability Will Change The Banking Sector

    A carbon footprint measures the number of greenhouse gases produced in a human's day-to-day activities. Therefore, reducing it improves the sustainability of the environment to a great extent,...

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  • Carbios, Indorama to scale chemical recycling solution

    Carbios, Indorama to scale chemical recycling solution

    PET plastics producer Indorama Ventures has announced a partnership with chemical recycling specialist Carbios as it looks to scale the company’s proprietary technology at the former’s site in...

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  • Sustainable investment 'tough to define' on supply ESG 

    Sustainable investment 'tough to define' on supply ESG 

    In its latest report, Pitchbook explores how sustainable investment is defined and carried out in the private market, and discovered there are different schools of thought on ESG investing. John...

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  • Sustainability, ESG and global supply chains: The outlook for 2022

    Sustainability, ESG and global supply chains: The outlook for 2022

    Increased global awareness and debate surrounding climate change and sustainability has propelled environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) practices from a ‘nice to have’ to a...

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  • Higg, Aii programme targets supply chain emissions 

    Higg, Aii programme targets supply chain emissions 

    Technology company Higg and the Apparel Impact Institute (Aii) have developed a new carbon management programme in a bid to accelerate fashion brands’ environmental ambitions.The Carbon Leadership...

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  • HSBC sustainability report outlines ’10 key suggestions’ for supply chain

    HSBC sustainability report outlines ’10 key suggestions’ for supply chain

    An analysis developed for HSBC UK by a team at Harper Adams University forwards a list of ‘key suggestions’ to cut carbon emissions and the carbon footprint of the UK food supply chain.Three...

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  • People for palm oil: Unilever leverages crowdsourcing to boost supply chain transparency

    People for palm oil: Unilever leverages crowdsourcing to boost supply chain transparency

    With deforestation being critically linked to unsustainable practices across palm oil production, Unilever is leveraging smartphone-enabled crowdsourcing to broaden its oversight of this hot...

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  • Veolia Environnement : Cutting-edge Power-to-Liquid project transforms municipal waste-derived CO2 into sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in

    Veolia Environnement : Cutting-edge Power-to-Liquid project transforms municipal waste-derived CO2 into sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in

    Cutting-edge Power-to-Liquid project transforms municipal waste-derived CO2 into sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in Portugal (95.94 KB)One of the first synthetic eFuel production units in Europe...

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  • Grocers have work to do on sustainability, survey shows

    Grocers have work to do on sustainability, survey shows

    Grocers face a gap between consumers’ desire for sustainable food products and packaging and their perceptions of how food retailers are measuring up, according to a recent survey from data and...

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  • E.U. Considers Due Diligence Law for Company Supply Chains 

    E.U. Considers Due Diligence Law for Company Supply Chains 

    Large companies operating in the European Union could be held responsible for environmental violations or human rights abuses committed by businesses in their supply chains under a law proposed on...

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  • 2023 Mini Cooper SE Resolute Drops The Bling For Sustainable Bronze Trim

    2023 Mini Cooper SE Resolute Drops The Bling For Sustainable Bronze Trim

    Mini's updated EV, the 2023 Cooper SE Resolute, is like hitting two birds with a single stone. On the one hand, the Resolute special edition model pays tribute to Mini's iconic sporting heritage....

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  • EMD Serono Launches New Sustainable Slim Pack for Fertility Medication

    EMD Serono Launches New Sustainable Slim Pack for Fertility Medication

    - Slim Pack reduces the size of its fertility medication packaging by 40%‡, aimed at positively impacting patient and customer convenience- 100% recyclable packaging will lower this fertility...

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  • Sulzer : Sustainable and degradable bioplastics with Sulzer 

    Sulzer : Sustainable and degradable bioplastics with Sulzer 

    This allows us to revolutionize the plastic life-cycle, solving the problem that has marred the plastics industry for decades. We give our customers full control over the technical properties of...

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  • FuturePlus To Help SMEs Achieve 2030 Sustainable Goals!

    FuturePlus To Help SMEs Achieve 2030 Sustainable Goals!

    FuturePlus, a new SaaS (Software as a Service) platform, launched. This new service is expected to help SMEs (Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises) or SMBs (Small and Medium-Sized Businesses)...

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  • Jet Zero: Five sustainable aviation innovations to watch in 2022

    Jet Zero: Five sustainable aviation innovations to watch in 2022

    The UK was the first major economy to commit to deliver net zero aviation by 2050 – and later establishing the Jet Zero Council – the UK’s first major step in transforming an industry which has...

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  • Russia's Fix Price To Introduce Eco-Friendly Branded Bags

    Russia's Fix Price To Introduce Eco-Friendly Branded Bags

    Russian retailer Fix Price has announced the rollout of eco-friendly branded bags across its estate, which are made form 40% recycled polyethylene.Over the coming months, all large shopping bags,...

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  • Saint-Gobain Invests $32 Million to Improve Production, Sustainability at California Plant

    Saint-Gobain Invests $32 Million to Improve Production, Sustainability at California Plant

    Saint-Gobain through its subsidiary CertainTeed is investing $32 million to upgrade equipment at its insulation plant in Chowchilla, California, which will expand the facility’s production...

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  • Mango on Track to Fulfilling Aggressive Sustainability Targets 

    Mango on Track to Fulfilling Aggressive Sustainability Targets 

    Just days after announcing it was revolutionizing its packaging supply chain to protect the world’s forests, Mango also debuted a sustainable denim collection and a list of targets it plans to...

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  • EcoVadis Supply Chain Act

    EcoVadis Supply Chain Act

    As of 01.01.2023, the Due Diligence Act applies to German companies with more than 3,000 employees and will be extended to 1,000 employees one year later. This whitepaper introduces the core...

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  • EcoVadis Network Impact Report 2022

    EcoVadis Network Impact Report 2022

    Corporate leaders have, in recent years, come under unprecedented pressure to substantiate sustainability commitments with practical action. Regulators, investors and consumers increasingly now...

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  • Norwegian Supply Chain Transparency Act 

    Norwegian Supply Chain Transparency Act 

    From July 1, 2022, the Norwegian Transparency Act will impose extensive new due diligence obligations on large companies selling products and services in Norway. The legislation mandates that...

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  • Sustainable Tech Start-up Beyond Bamboo launches giving consumers access to fully vetted & approved ethical products

    Sustainable Tech Start-up Beyond Bamboo launches giving consumers access to fully vetted & approved ethical products

    Beyond Bamboo is today ‘opening its doors’ to consumers.  Beyond Bamboo is an online marketplace and community that allows consumers to shop for planet-friendly items without having to do lots of...

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  • Morrisons Introduces Paper Packaging For Kitchen, Toilet Rolls

    Morrisons Introduces Paper Packaging For Kitchen, Toilet Rolls

    UK retailer Morrisons has launched paper packaging for its own-brand toilet and kitchen rolls in its effort to cut plastic use and increase the use of recyclable packaging.The paper packaging used...

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  • Jakarta aims to lead in sustainable transportation: Governor

    Jakarta aims to lead in sustainable transportation: Governor

    Jakarta is aiming to emerge as a global leader in sustainable public transportation, Governor Anies Baswedan has said."The transformation of transportation requires a clear vision, and we have the...

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  • PepsiCo explores use of sustainable pallets in Brazil

    PepsiCo explores use of sustainable pallets in Brazil

    Pallets made with UBQ, a material made from unsorted household waste, could soon replace the conventional pallets currently in use at PepsiCo LatAm.Developed by Israeli startup UBQ, UBQ material...

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  • How the wine industry can build a more sustainable future

    How the wine industry can build a more sustainable future

    Climate change has been getting a lot of attention recently, and for good reason. The latest science shows the risk is manifesting faster and it’s not just fires and floods causing problems. A...

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  • Global Supply Chains Must Get Smart—and Sustainable

    Global Supply Chains Must Get Smart—and Sustainable

    Processes underpin everything a company does, from product conception to production, distribution and fulfilment. By making them more efficient, we can make the world more sustainable. But many of...

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  • Welsh Firms Terminate Contracts with Suppliers Who Don’t Meet Sustainable Standards

    Welsh Firms Terminate Contracts with Suppliers Who Don’t Meet Sustainable Standards

    One in five (21%) retailers in Wales have cancelled contracts with suppliers across the last 12 months who don’t meet stringent ethical and sustainable standards, new research reveals.The report...

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  • Japan to help companies check suppliers' human rights records

    Japan to help companies check suppliers' human rights records

    Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will partner with the International Labor Organization to look into companies' foreign suppliers for human rights violations, Nikkei has...

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  • An environmentally-friendly coffee supply chain

    An environmentally-friendly coffee supply chain

    A number of research studies have suggested that climate change could see the world lose more than half of its best coffee-growing land. On top of this, new coffee plantations often lead to...

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  • Businesses need clearer governance to get to net zero - CEO survey

    Businesses need clearer governance to get to net zero - CEO survey

    The latest United Nations Global Compact-Accenture CEO Study charts a mixed picture of progress and what’s next for business following The UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26).Half the...

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  • Consumer knowledge 'essential' to fuel the circular economy

    Consumer knowledge 'essential' to fuel the circular economy

    A recent survey by risk management experts, DNV, suggests consumer knowledge of circular economy is growing and their attitude towards it is generally positive. However, trust in companies...

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  • IT leaders recognise sustainability as a key objective in business

    IT leaders recognise sustainability as a key objective in business

    Coeus Consulting has announced findings from new research – ‘The critical role of technology leaders in delivering on sustainability targets’. The report found that 90% of IT leaders surveyed,...

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  • New SAC Initiative Tackles Supply Chain Due Diligence 

    New SAC Initiative Tackles Supply Chain Due Diligence 

    The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), a nonprofit alliance promoting sustainable practices for the consumer goods industry, has entered into a partnership with the Initiative for Global...

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  • Sustainable Cotton Fiber: ZXY’s Global Sourcing Solution 

    Sustainable Cotton Fiber: ZXY’s Global Sourcing Solution 

    It is admirable that the apparel industry is gradually increasing its level of investment towards sustainable fibers such as organic cotton. Not only is organic cotton more beneficial for the end...

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  • Amcor introduces green paper packaging for confectionery industry

    Amcor introduces green paper packaging for confectionery industry

    Swiss confectionery packaging experts Amcor has developed a new platform in order to develop recyclable paper-based wrapping solutions.The company said its LifeSpan Performance Paper, launched...

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  • Leading grains merchant commits to zero deforestation and native vegetation conversion

    Leading grains merchant commits to zero deforestation and native vegetation conversion

    Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has ramped up its sustainability journey by pledging to eliminate deforestation and converting to native vegetation from its supply chain by the end of 2025.An...

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  • Comcast Targets Coax Cable for Recycling for Environmental Goals

    Comcast Targets Coax Cable for Recycling for Environmental Goals

    Echo Environmental’s technology breaks wires down into raw materials that can be reused and resold, reducing landfill waste.Comcast has committed to be carbon neutral by 2035 in Scope 1 and 2...

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  • Thai Coconut Giant Partners to Root a Rare Type of Labor Abuse Out of Its Supply Chain

    Thai Coconut Giant Partners to Root a Rare Type of Labor Abuse Out of Its Supply Chain

    It seems human rights abuses aren’t the only labor issues companies need to watch out for in their supply chains. Here, Thailand-based Theppadungporn Coconut Company details how it partnered to...

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  • 3 keys to a resilient post-pandemic recovery

    3 keys to a resilient post-pandemic recovery

    - The global economy has shown remarkable resilience throughout the pandemic, but history shows that real recoveries depend on adaptability and decisive decision-taking.- As many parts of the...

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  • Latest Adidas shoe uses upcycled materials to avoid waste

    Latest Adidas shoe uses upcycled materials to avoid waste

    Adidas has introduced a new hiking and athletic shoe in its TERREX line of apparel. The Nothing Left Behind Free Hiker Gore-Tex shoe is an ankle-supporting athletic shoe in sophisticated colors...

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  • Element 25, Circulor partner to develop first ESG transparent manganese supply chain

    Element 25, Circulor partner to develop first ESG transparent manganese supply chain

    Circulor Ltd announced Wednesday a partnership with Element 25 Limited (ASX:E25) to establish full manganese traceability and tracking of CO2 and environmental, social and governance (ESG)...

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  • How Freshpet is committing to the planet with decarbonization initiatives 

    How Freshpet is committing to the planet with decarbonization initiatives 

    Freshpet was founded with a mission to revolutionize the way all pets are fed by making fresh, natural food. Since day one, the company has been committed to changing the industry through positive...

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  • Panasonic, Toyota & Tokyo Uni join forces to further battery circular economy

    Panasonic, Toyota & Tokyo Uni join forces to further battery circular economy

    Panasonic and Toyota have started joint research with the University of Tokyo on battery resources and recycling. In addition to CO2 neutrality, the aim of the project is to reduce production...

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  • Consumer knowledge 'essential' to fuel the circular economy

    Consumer knowledge 'essential' to fuel the circular economy

    A recent survey by risk management experts, DNV, suggests consumer knowledge of circular economy is growing and their attitude towards it is generally positive. However, trust in companies...

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  • Var Energi Targets Tighter Supplier Cooperation  

    Var Energi Targets Tighter Supplier Cooperation  

    Norwegian oil and gas company Var Energi has set its sights on enhancing supplier cooperation through a new contract on fabrication and installation of subsea equipment. The company is not only...

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  • Young consumers willing to spend more on sustainable products and services, finds Credit Suisse study

    Young consumers willing to spend more on sustainable products and services, finds Credit Suisse study

    Young consumers' willingness to spend more for sustainable products and services find a top spot in a study published by Credit Suisse Research Institute (CSRI). The study also reveals that India...

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  • Study Reveals Important Link Between Digitalization and Sustainability

    Study Reveals Important Link Between Digitalization and Sustainability

    ABB today released the findings of a new global study of international business and technology leaders on industrial transformation, looking at the intersection of digitalization and...

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    We are insanely (but sustainably) proud of Julia Moshkin, our new Head of Sustainability Innovation! "One of the key elements to thrive at EcoVadis is natural curiosity," she said at her interview for

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  • EcoVadis Network Impact Report 2022

    EcoVadis Network Impact Report 2022

    Corporate leaders have, in recent years, come under unprecedented pressure to substantiate sustainability commitments with practical action. Regulators, investors and consumers increasingly now...

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  • Analyzing Danone's Growth Strategy: How The CPG Giant Is Creating A More Sustainable Food Supply Chain

    Analyzing Danone's Growth Strategy: How The CPG Giant Is Creating A More Sustainable Food Supply Chain

    CPG giant Danone has honed its strategy for supporting a more sustainable food system with investments and partnerships ranging from consumer products to production energy optimization.  In 2017,...

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  • Planetly: What is ESG Reporting and Why is it Vital for Businesses  

    Planetly: What is ESG Reporting and Why is it Vital for Businesses  

    The demand for transparency on sustainable and socially responsible practices is on the rise. From regulatory obligations or accountability towards different stakeholders, to even attracting new...

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  • 5 ways Cisco’s supply chain catalyzes positive impacts for workers and communities

    5 ways Cisco’s supply chain catalyzes positive impacts for workers and communities

    Here are five ways Cisco’s supply chain catalyzes positive impacts for workers and communities:Promoting responsible minerals sourcing: We conduct due diligence aligned with our Responsible...

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  • The ultimate guide on sustainability

    The ultimate guide on sustainability

    In recent years, the concept of sustainability has become present in everyone’s life as the answer to the most pressing issues of 21 century.Sustainability means meeting the needs of the present...

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  • 5 Tips For A More Sustainable Supply Chain

    5 Tips For A More Sustainable Supply Chain

    With the increasing concern on environmental issues globally, businesses are under so much pressure to help protect the earth. It’s now more than just about corporate social responsibility. It’s...

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  • Global seafood company Thai Union innovates for a sustainable future

    Global seafood company Thai Union innovates for a sustainable future

    During his three decades as CEO of Thai Union, Thiraphong Chansiri has led the global seafood company through a notable turnaround. After weathering international criticism of Thailand’s fishing...

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  • Supply Chain Management: The Need to Pivot to a Sustainable Future

    Supply Chain Management: The Need to Pivot to a Sustainable Future

    The recently concluded United Nations Climate Conference (COP26) brought supply chain sustainability into the forefront once again. To keep global warming within 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius, global...

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  • How digital technology facilitates compliance with ESG targets

    How digital technology facilitates compliance with ESG targets

    As net-zero becomes an unstoppable movement, industrial enterprises can leverage advanced technologies to unlock operational and sustainability benefits across every aspect of the energy value...

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  • The Future of Supply Chain: Why the End of the Pandemic Isn’t the End of Risk

    The Future of Supply Chain: Why the End of the Pandemic Isn’t the End of Risk

    Supply chains are critical to the global community, yet the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how many dangers are poised to disrupt it. The Insight Report The Future of Supply Chain: Why the End...

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  • Make Your Supply Chain Resilient for the Post-COVID Future 

    Make Your Supply Chain Resilient for the Post-COVID Future 

    The CPG market has been growing in the last few years despite stiff competition from niche players, e-commerce occupying a larger market share, and the general shift in customer shopping...

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  • Driscoll’s Working to Scale Circular Plastics Economy, from Field to Clamshell

    Driscoll’s Working to Scale Circular Plastics Economy, from Field to Clamshell

    Driscoll’s leads the produce industry in increasing the circularity of packaging and landfill diversion of agricultural plastics. It’s the first berry company to make public commitments and inject...

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  • Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) eBook

    Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) eBook

    ESG is quickly emerging as the common framework to evaluate the overall health of a business’s operating model and the company’s long-term resiliency. Key stakeholders are searching for, and are...

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  • Building Trust Through Supply Chain Transparency

    Building Trust Through Supply Chain Transparency

    Lever Style is a global company that offers a range of services for apparel design, development and manufacturing to some of the world’s largest apparel brands such as Stitch Fix, Rag & Bone, Paul...

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  • Nestle to triple cocoa supply chain sustainability funding, with focus on human rights

    Nestle to triple cocoa supply chain sustainability funding, with focus on human rights

    The world's largest food manufacturer, Nestle, has published plans to increase its funding for cocoa supply chain sustainability initiatives to 1.3bn Swiss francs (£1bn) by 2030, with a focus on...

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  • Smithfield’s Ambitious Plans to Cut Food Waste in the Supply Chain

    Smithfield’s Ambitious Plans to Cut Food Waste in the Supply Chain

    Earlier this month, Smithfield Foods Inc., a multi-billion-dollar pork producer and food-processing company, announced it would seek to halve overall food loss and waste in its U.S. company-owned...

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  • Supply Chain Technology Platforms Receive Financial Investments

    Supply Chain Technology Platforms Receive Financial Investments

    Investment in supply chain technology and risk management is rapidly increasing as efficiency and sustainability becomes more of a priority across business operations, and two artificial...

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  • Walgreens Boots Alliance Shares 2021 ESG Report

    Walgreens Boots Alliance Shares 2021 ESG Report

    Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has published its 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, which includes the company’s plans for advancing its sustainability agenda. The company...

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  • Gildan Activewear details new ESG strategy

    Gildan Activewear details new ESG strategy

    Gildan Activewear has unveiled new environmental and social sustainability targets, with the firm keen to reduce its carbon emissions, boost its use of ‘preferred fibres’, and better support...

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  • Spinnova joins UN Global Compact | Social Compliance & CSR News

    Spinnova joins UN Global Compact | Social Compliance & CSR News

    Textile innovator Spinnova has joined the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) in a commitment to support the initiative’s 10 principles which centre on protecting human rights, eliminating unfair...

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  • New renewable energy deals position Verizon to achieve key energy goal 

    New renewable energy deals position Verizon to achieve key energy goal 

    Verizon continues to be a leading corporate buyer of U.S. renewable energy, announcing seven new Renewable Energy Purchase Agreements (REPAs) for an aggregate of approximately 910 megawatts (MW)...

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  • Eastman to invest US$1bn in chemical recycling plant

    Eastman to invest US$1bn in chemical recycling plant

    French President Emmanuel Macron and Mark Costa, board chair and CEO of specialty materials giant, Eastman, have jointly announced that plans that will see Eastman invest up to US$1 billion in a...

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  • Welcome to Sustain 2022

    Welcome to Sustain 2022

    Don’t miss this once-per-year opportunity to engage in new insights, innovative solutions and partnerships, and explore ways to drive positive impact at scale.   Read the full article at: hopin.com

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  • DSM to boost sustainable animal protein in Thailand partnership as meat consumption grows in Asia

    DSM to boost sustainable animal protein in Thailand partnership as meat consumption grows in Asia

    Aligning with the growing demand for meat in Asia, DSM has joined forces with Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) Thailand to measure the impact of animal-derived protein production with the help of...

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  • UK’s markets authority to tackle greenwashing

    UK’s markets authority to tackle greenwashing

    The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is to investigate the prevalence and impact of greenwashing in the fashion sector, as it looks to create greater transparency over sustainability...

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  • How to Fuel a Sustainable Future for Packaging

    How to Fuel a Sustainable Future for Packaging

    Solving the ongoing packaging conundrum demands a significant shift in how businesses think — moving from a linear to a circular model of operation to improve the amount of packaging that can be...

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  • Burberry agrees loan linked to sustainability 

    Burberry agrees loan linked to sustainability 

    Luxury fashion brand Burberry has agreed a £300m (US$410m) loan linked to its performance against its sustainability targets, including the company's headline goal of being climate positive by...

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  • Climate Action Plans: How Do We Know If We’re Making Real Progress?

    Climate Action Plans: How Do We Know If We’re Making Real Progress?

    In our experience, it’s challenging to proceed from knowing your company’s emissions profile to crafting a climate action plan to reduce it. Successful companies will adopt the right mix of...

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  • Haelixa to track denim mill's recycled cotton 

    Haelixa to track denim mill's recycled cotton 

    Swiss traceability solutions provider Haelixa has linked up with Soorty, one of Pakistan's largest vertically integrated denim manufacturers, to support claims relating to the use of recycled...

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  • BlackRock's Fink Expounds on Need for Decarbonization, But Not Divestment

    BlackRock's Fink Expounds on Need for Decarbonization, But Not Divestment

    In his annual letter to CEOs, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says that, while decarbonizing the global economy is ‘the greatest investment opportunity of our lifetime,’ he also asserts that ‘divesting...

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  • UN urged to create treaty on plastic pollution 

    UN urged to create treaty on plastic pollution 

    More than 70 leading businesses including the H&M Group, IKEA, Inditex and Zalando have called for a legally binding treaty on plastic pollution.The idea – which has been backed by two thirds of...

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  • Consumers Willing to Pay More for Sustainable Shopping Options

    Consumers Willing to Pay More for Sustainable Shopping Options

    Consumers are willing to spend more for sustainable brands, but that a significant gap exists between retailers and customers as to what consumers want and what’s actually being delivered,...

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  • 2022 Global Supply Chains: Four Trends That Will Shape The Future

    2022 Global Supply Chains: Four Trends That Will Shape The Future

    Over the past 2 years, the risks and shortfalls in our global supply chains have been front and center in presidential briefing rooms, company boardrooms, and even family dining rooms. Supply...

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  • ESG Becomes Mission Critical

    ESG Becomes Mission Critical

    As the ever-expanding existential threat of global emissions reaches unprecedented levels, some companies are acting boldly and quickly to reverse runaway climate change.Sustainability has been...

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  • Independent retailers lead natural products' sustainability efforts

    Independent retailers lead natural products' sustainability efforts

    As sustainable business practices become more and more important to consumers, and as big corporations proclaim their commitment to sustainability, independent natural retailers point out that...

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  • How growing the Circular and Green Economies can Mitigate the issues …

    How growing the Circular and Green Economies can Mitigate the issues …

    Summary:For over 15 years I have been preaching need to develop technology that grow the inclusive economy while ensuring the environment is well protected.The world needs to start addressing...

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  • Achieving supply-chain resiliency amid disruption 

    Achieving supply-chain resiliency amid disruption 

    Dirk Holbach, chief supply-chain officer for Henkel’s Laundry & Home Care business unit, shares lessons from his seven-year journey in the role and what leaders should be prepared for in the...

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  • How You Can Help Accelerate the Sustainable Transition in the New Year

    How You Can Help Accelerate the Sustainable Transition in the New Year

    With the breadth of challenges facing humanity, each new year gives us the collective opportunity to reflect on the progress we’ve made toward creating a more sustainable future for all. And while...

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  • Business Sustainability Risk and Performance: Insights from Global Supply Chain Ratings

    Business Sustainability Risk and Performance: Insights from Global Supply Chain Ratings

    Sustainability Insights from Global Supply Chain RatingsIn its fifth edition, the Sustainability Risk and Performance Index: Insights from Global Supply Chain Ratings examines the sustainability...

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  • The Year Ahead: Sustainability at the forefront 

    The Year Ahead: Sustainability at the forefront 

    Countering the trend for more packaging is the desire for more sustainable measures, especially as climate change becomes of greater concern to consumers.A 2020 survey by the IBM Institute for...

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  • 40% of orgs to embed sustainability into operations by 2024 - IDC releases top predictions

    40% of orgs to embed sustainability into operations by 2024 - IDC releases top predictions

    Strong financial outcomes and sustainability focused leadership is required for long term impact, according to a new report from IDC.In the document, IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Sustainability 2022...

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  • With Sustainability in Mind, Coca-Cola Marches Ahead 

    With Sustainability in Mind, Coca-Cola Marches Ahead 

    Coca-Cola Africa and its bottling partners recently announced the launch of JAMII, the new Africa-focused sustainability platform. The platform houses the Company’s existing and new sustainability...

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  • Commercial Real Estate’s Sustainability Goals Have a Glaring Blind Spot

    Commercial Real Estate’s Sustainability Goals Have a Glaring Blind Spot

    While real estate owners large and small have offered bold promises about reducing carbon emissions, diversifying boards and other initiatives, it is only recently that many of them have begun to...

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  • Prominent manufacturers lead the way on sustainability

    Prominent manufacturers lead the way on sustainability

    Honeywell, an American conglomerate specializing in various industries, including manufacturing. It has recently committed to reaching carbon neutrality by 2035 and plans on achieving this goal...

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  • 10 Ways Boards Can Act on Sustainability in 2022

    10 Ways Boards Can Act on Sustainability in 2022

    Climate change is now firmly on the agenda for boards. Yet a gap remains between what directors say about climate change (essentially, that’s it’s a critical strategic issue) and what their...

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  • How procurement can solve the Scope 3 emission challenge

    How procurement can solve the Scope 3 emission challenge

    With corporate social responsibility (CSR) seeing the largest increase of any CPO priority between 2019 and 2021 (Deloitte 2021) and more than half of FTSE100 companies committing to carbon...

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  • The Myth of Sustainable Fashion

    The Myth of Sustainable Fashion

    Few industries tout their sustainability credentials more forcefully than the fashion industry. But the sad truth is that despite high-profile attempts at innovation, it’s failed to reduce its...

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  • Nestlé cuts sugar, adopts more sustainable packaging for Carnation Breakfast Essentials

    Nestlé cuts sugar, adopts more sustainable packaging for Carnation Breakfast Essentials

    Nestlé Health Science is reducing the added sugar in its ready-to-drink and powder Carnation Breakfast Essentials brand by 25%, the food giant said in a statement.The drink product also now comes...

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  • Prada to donate materials from fashion shows

    Prada to donate materials from fashion shows

    Luxury fashion giant Prada has committed to collecting and distributing materials used in its annual catwalk events to circular businesses and academic institutes.Since January 2020, the Italian...

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  • Achieving supply-chain resiliency amid disruption 

    Achieving supply-chain resiliency amid disruption 

    While current headlines about product shortages and empty shelves have highlighted the importance of the supply chain, that process began in early 2020. Companies that had labored to create a lean...

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  • Rent the Runway campaign targets fast fashion

    Rent the Runway campaign targets fast fashion

    Rental fashion firm Rent the Runway (RTR) has launched a ‘Fast Fashion Free’ campaign to encourage consumers to donate “unwearable” garments.The company has teamed up with Green Tree Textiles...

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  • Manufacturing and Compliance Leaders Join Forces to Launch Traceability Solutions

    Manufacturing and Compliance Leaders Join Forces to Launch Traceability Solutions

    Décor and retraced aim to aid fashion's biggest players to build transparent supply chains.The partnership is building a chain-of-custody traceability tool that provides retailers and brands...

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  • New York plans sustainable fashion act 

    New York plans sustainable fashion act 

    New legislation which would hold all major fashion brands accountable for human rights and environmental issues in their global supply chains is being proposed for the US state of New York.The...

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  • What’s Behind the New Urgency Driving Sustainability Initiatives?

    What’s Behind the New Urgency Driving Sustainability Initiatives?

    The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated many things in the business world, but one item that temporarily fell off the priority list was sustainability. In a survey of 750 executives, Deloitte found that...

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  • The Tipping Point: Why Sustainability Will Trigger Exponential Growth

    The Tipping Point: Why Sustainability Will Trigger Exponential Growth

    We are currently at a tipping point in terms of sustainability: our planet is at a tipping point and so is our society, our economy and every one of us as individuals. In the next few years,...

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  • Report Presents Decarbonization of Fashion Industry as $1T Investment Opportunity

    Report Presents Decarbonization of Fashion Industry as $1T Investment Opportunity

    A new report — co-authored by Fashion for Good and the Apparel Impact Institute (Aii) and sponsored by HSBC — for the first time charts a trajectory for the industry to meet the net-zero ambition,...

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  • Incorporating a Circular Economy Into the Supply Chain

    Incorporating a Circular Economy Into the Supply Chain

    With a supply chain that extends to over 60 countries, Dow views supply chain sustainability as a key enabler of our overall corporate sustainability strategy. That’s why we have made...

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  • PCR & Ocean-Bound Plastic Both Have a Place in Sustainable Beauty

    PCR & Ocean-Bound Plastic Both Have a Place in Sustainable Beauty

    Big Plastic (and Big Oil) have a five-decade lead and massive economies of scale that will take a little longer to match in terms of costs and simplicity. But working with the right partners and...

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  • Goodyear New Sustainable Tire Cutting Down Petroleum Use, Emissions

    Goodyear New Sustainable Tire Cutting Down Petroleum Use, Emissions

    With a goal to produce a tire from completely sustainable sources, which in turn will help eliminate the use of petroleum and cut down on emissions during production, Goodyear says it has produced...

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  • The next frontier of sustainable procurement

    The next frontier of sustainable procurement

    How leading companies can and should support mid-sized firms to deliver the latest wave of changeOver the past three decades, sustainable procurement has slowly become an accepted part of doing...

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  • Paper packaging solves some sustainability issues, not all

    Paper packaging solves some sustainability issues, not all

    Where plastics fail in biodegradability and recyclability, some companies are turning to paper packaging, which doesn’t entirely get brands out of the woods of meeting sustainability goals.Paper...

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  • Samsung's CES 2022 keynote leans into sustainability, customization and device concepts

    Samsung's CES 2022 keynote leans into sustainability, customization and device concepts

    Samsung's CES 2022 keynote on Tuesday was light on standalone products in favor of device concepts, customization and an even greater emphasis on sustainability than in years past. The company...

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  • Most companies now have environmental sustainability policies

    Most companies now have environmental sustainability policies

    The majority of businesses are currently adopting environmental sustainability practices, according to a new study. However, fewer than one-in-ten firms are actually focusing on reducing their...

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  • Circular economy: L’Oréal secures its recycled plastic supply-chain with Veolia

    Circular economy: L’Oréal secures its recycled plastic supply-chain with Veolia

    Making cosmetic packaging with recycled plastic can avoid between 50% to 70% of CO2 emissions compared to a standard bottle. Hence, the demand for high-quality recycled plastics tends to increase...

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  • JetBlue Launches Sustainability Program for Corp. Customers 

    JetBlue Launches Sustainability Program for Corp. Customers 

    JetBlue has launched a program designed to help corporate customers reduce business travel emissions and meet sustainability targets, the airline announced Wednesday, with Biogen, Deloitte, ICF...

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  • 7 trends that will shape sustainability in 2022 

    7 trends that will shape sustainability in 2022 

    In the coming year, we should expect to see stricter laws to expose 'greenwashers' and rising demand for clear disclosure and reporting standards.Read the full article at: www.eco-business.com

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  • Denim Brands Embraced Sustainable Alternatives in 2021 

    Denim Brands Embraced Sustainable Alternatives in 2021 

    As brands continue to learn more about sustainability, their collections reflect this eco-friendly effort. In 2021, a number of denim companies launched what they consider to be their most...

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  • Flipkart fixes excessive packaging the right way; makes eco-friendly choice [details]

    Flipkart fixes excessive packaging the right way; makes eco-friendly choice [details]

    Flipkart's sustainability initiatives are about to address the biggest pain-point in the e-commerce sector the right way by tackling the menace of excessive packaging.Read the full article at:...

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  • Suppliers ramp up environmental sustainability efforts, plant-based and upcycling spotlighted

    Suppliers ramp up environmental sustainability efforts, plant-based and upcycling spotlighted

    An in-depth look into the sustainability measures employed by industry players in the dairy, ingredients and flavor sectors, to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reveal that pooled efforts...

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  • HSBC, Walmart add science-based targets to supplier financing program 

    HSBC, Walmart add science-based targets to supplier financing program 

    HSBC, Walmart and CDP are teaming up to unlock more financing for Walmart suppliers. The catch? The suppliers must set validated science-based targets for emissions reductions and meet certain...

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  • New German Supply Chain Act – New challenges and exposure for companies doing business in Germany

    New German Supply Chain Act – New challenges and exposure for companies doing business in Germany

    Following the lead of other countries in Europe and around the world, the German Government passed new ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) legislation called the German Act on Corporate Due...

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  • Dyson supplier ATA to work with human rights commission

    Dyson supplier ATA to work with human rights commission

    Dyson's Malaysian supplier ATA IMS will work with the national human rights institution to improve its environmental, labour and social and governance (ESG) practices, the parts maker said on...

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  • Hy-Vee adopts new code of conduct with seafood suppliers

    Hy-Vee adopts new code of conduct with seafood suppliers

    Hy-Vee is reinforcing its commitment to environmentally and socially responsible seafood by announcing the adoption of its new Seafood Supplier Code of Conduct.The company said that it aims to...

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  • Epson Meets Milestone in Switch to 100% Renewable Electricity

    Epson Meets Milestone in Switch to 100% Renewable Electricity

    Epson, an enabler in digital imaging and printing solutions recently became the first company in the Japanese manufacturing industry to convert to 100% renewable electricity for all its domestic...

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  • Just 2% of firms achieve top marks for green reporting

    Just 2% of firms achieve top marks for green reporting

    Placing environmental factors at the heart of procurement strategies is “vital” for companies to remain relevant, according to CDP.CDP, which helps companies disclose environmental impacts, said...

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  • Climate agenda calls for more sustainable supply chains

    Climate agenda calls for more sustainable supply chains

    Supply-chain sustainability is a key requirement for retailers, says Eddie Capel, chief executive of Manhattan AssociatesWith supply chains underpinning the very foundations of trade, the past two...

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  • Public-private partnership focused on ag and climate

    Public-private partnership focused on ag and climate

    Farmers are being inundated with opportunities and news surrounding climate-smart agriculture, and there are opportunities there. But there's also a challenge. The complexity of agriculture and...

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  • SpartanNash eliminating 10% of fleet mileage in 2022

    SpartanNash eliminating 10% of fleet mileage in 2022

    Food wholesaler and retailer SpartanNash announced Thursday it is reducing the company’s carbon footprint in 2022 through an annual fleet mileage decrease in excess of 7 million miles,...

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  • Low-Carbon Leather Bags : Mulberry Bag Collection

    Low-Carbon Leather Bags : Mulberry Bag Collection

    Created in partnership with Muirhead, the newest Mulberry bag collection features the world’s lowest carbon leather. The limited-edition capsule collection is touted as the brand's lowest carbon...

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  • Food supply chains are of key importance for a sustainable future

    Food supply chains are of key importance for a sustainable future

    Strengthening local and regional food production and processing within the EU and guaranteeing decent working conditions for all workers in agriculture and the wider food sector are important...

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  • Porsche seeks a greener way to build batteries

    Porsche seeks a greener way to build batteries

    The German luxury sports car maker is developing a new battery that it says will pack more power, charge faster and have a lighter carbon footprint.Read the full article at: www.autonews.com

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  • Moët Hennessy Striving To Convince Suppliers To Adopt Sustainable Practices

    Moët Hennessy Striving To Convince Suppliers To Adopt Sustainable Practices

    Moët Hennessy is seeking to regenerate soils and stem the loss of biodiversity to play its part in the fight against climate change and is striving to convince suppliers to adopt new practices,...

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  • Making procurement greener and more sustainable: working on new guidance for global governments

    Making procurement greener and more sustainable: working on new guidance for global governments

    With COP26 over, there has never been more interest in sustainability across the world – but there has probably also never been more frustration given all the lofty talk and little concrete...

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  • Just transition: renewable energy with human rights at the forefront

    Just transition: renewable energy with human rights at the forefront

    Renewable energy, particularly solar, is a vital component in meeting our carbon commitments and mitigating the effects of rising temperatures that have wreaked havoc around the planet....

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  • Hy-Vee adopts Seafood Supplier Code of Conduct

    Hy-Vee adopts Seafood Supplier Code of Conduct

    Hy-Vee has enacted a new Seafood Supplier Code of Conduct (SCoC) to bolster its commitment to sourcing environmentally and socially responsible seafood and working with suppliers that embrace fair...

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  • Modern slavery risk and the mining sector

    Modern slavery risk and the mining sector

    In the UK and globally increased focus is being given to the issues associated with modern slavery and supply chain transparency more generally. Like many sectors, those operating in the mining...

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  • Acosta: Consumers want retailers to invest in sustainability 

    Acosta: Consumers want retailers to invest in sustainability 

    Acosta, a global integrated sales and marketing services provider in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, today released its latest research report, Sustainability Impact on Purchase...

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  • Procurement Executives are Now Prioritizing Sustainability

    Procurement Executives are Now Prioritizing Sustainability

    Sustainability goals within the supply chain is still a work in progress. According to the report, only 48% of supplier respondents believe that buying organizations they work with are engaged...

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  • Supply Chain Risks Compromise Global Performance Grow

    Supply Chain Risks Compromise Global Performance Grow

    In its fifth year, the 2021 Sustainability Risk and Performance Index examines the sustainability performance of more than 46,000 companies assessed by EcoVadis during the period 2016-2020 and...

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  • The Vital Role of Procurement in Climate Action 

    The Vital Role of Procurement in Climate Action 

    The drivers for climate action have never been stronger. Growing sustainability concerns from investors, a surge in new climate change regulations, and massive global shifts in public opinion have...

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  • Connecting the Dots Between ESG Objectives and Source-to-Pay Processes

    Connecting the Dots Between ESG Objectives and Source-to-Pay Processes

    The procurement function is key to executing and accelerating ESG initiatives as their strategies orchestrate where and how a company spends. Procurement can choose suppliers that conduct their...

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  • [CSRWorks] Labour And Human Rights Assessment

    [CSRWorks] Labour And Human Rights Assessment

    In the third webinar of this four-part series with CSRWorks, you will learn about the importance of having effective labor and human rights practices in your sustainability management system, what...

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  • Seafood sustainability top of mind for shoppers

    Seafood sustainability top of mind for shoppers

    An expanding base of environmentally conscious consumers is changing the face of seafood merchandising.With sustainability top of mind for many shoppers, it is becoming increasingly important for...

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  • The DNA of a Sustainable Procurement Leader

    The DNA of a Sustainable Procurement Leader

    Sustainable procurement was top of mind for companies before COVID-19, but the pandemic shone a spotlight on supply chain failures that led many to fear global sustainability progress would come...

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  • Businesses must embrace circular economy practices says Capgemini research 

    Businesses must embrace circular economy practices says Capgemini research 

    Businesses must adopt circular economy models to meet consumer demands and mitigate future supply chain risk. Consumers are becoming more discerning and more demanding of businesses to be...

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  • The EU wants business to be sustainable. But it must empower companies to do that

    The EU wants business to be sustainable. But it must empower companies to do that

    A new European Parliament report sets out recommendations for sustainable corporate governance.The present voluntary due-diligence regime on sustainability is inadequate.Any mandatory regime must...

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  • World-leading Environment Act becomes law

    World-leading Environment Act becomes law

    Legislation that will protect and enhance our environment for future generations has now passed into UK law.Through the Act, we will clean up the country’s air, restore natural habitats, increase...

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  • EcoVadis at COP26: Setting the Agenda for Supply Chain Decarbonization at Scale

    EcoVadis at COP26: Setting the Agenda for Supply Chain Decarbonization at Scale

    All eyes are on Glasgow, where world leaders are meeting  this week to set ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets and secure net-zero globally by 2050. EcoVadis’s Head of Sustainability...

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  • Supply Chains Key to Scaling Corporate Net Zero Pledges in Line With COP26 

    Supply Chains Key to Scaling Corporate Net Zero Pledges in Line With COP26 

    Greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting and action has, in the years following the ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement (2015), been established as a top priority on the corporate sustainability...

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  • Ivalua study shows COP26 pledges are not being fulfilled

    Ivalua study shows COP26 pledges are not being fulfilled

    Research from Ivalua – the leading global spend management cloud provider – has revealed that very few European suppliers are being regularly assessed on sustainability practices, with less than a...

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  • H&M Promises to Halve Its Emissions Every 10 Years 

    H&M Promises to Halve Its Emissions Every 10 Years 

    Looking beyond COP26, H&M says it envisions a fossil-free supply chain. The Swedish retailer revealed Friday that it has committed to halving its emissions every 10 years in alignment with the...

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  • Amazon unveils ‘curbside recyclable’ grocery delivery packaging

    Amazon unveils ‘curbside recyclable’ grocery delivery packaging

    “Rolling out just in time for Thanksgiving, Amazon’s new packaging is made from recycled paper and is curbside recyclable,” Landry wrote. “Whether customers are ordering turkey, green beans, or...

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  • DPDHL to invest EUR 60 million to purchase Sustainable Aviation Fuel

    DPDHL to invest EUR 60 million to purchase Sustainable Aviation Fuel

    As part of the COP26 climate conference, Deutsche Post DHL Group has announced a further step towards introducing climate-friendly aviation logistics. The Group has agreed a new partnership with...

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  • Ahold Delhaize eyes expedited net-zero target

    Ahold Delhaize eyes expedited net-zero target

    Ahold Delhaize has moved up its net-zero carbon emissions target by 10 years.The Zaandam, Netherlands-based global food retailer said Friday that the company and its brands now aim to reach...

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  • 72% of consumers want to adopt circular practices, research finds

    72% of consumers want to adopt circular practices, research finds

    According to the latest Capgemini Research Institute report, Circular economy for a sustainable future: How organisations can empower consumers and transition to a circular economy, more than...

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  • Chipotle pledges to cut carbon emissions in half by 2030

    Chipotle pledges to cut carbon emissions in half by 2030

    Chipotle Mexican Grill on Thursday pledged to cut its carbon emissions by 50% by 2030, not only from its restaurants but also the supporting supply chain.As world leaders wrapped a promise-filled...

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  • Only one in 10 food companies committed to health and sustainability, report claims

    Only one in 10 food companies committed to health and sustainability, report claims

    Only one in 10 of the world’s largest food companies are committed to promoting healthy and sustainable diets, according to new research.A report, called Fixing the Business of Food, analysed the...

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  • Sustainable finance taxonomy: Key to supporting green investment and preventing climate change 

    Sustainable finance taxonomy: Key to supporting green investment and preventing climate change 

    The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) fully supports the Commission's recent measures aimed at setting standards for the definition of "sustainable economic activities", but points out...

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  • EU considering sanctions on companies liable for environmental damage abroad 

    EU considering sanctions on companies liable for environmental damage abroad 

    The European Commission is considering sanctions to tackle environmental damage and human rights abuses in Europe’s supply chains, according to Nils Behrndt, acting deputy director-general at the...

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  • The European Union’s road to sustainability – how each EU state is doing 

    The European Union’s road to sustainability – how each EU state is doing 

    The SDGCountry Scores tool from Eurostat shows whether European Union countries are making progress on global sustainable development goals.Countries are measured compared with the EU average and...

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  • Business Sustainability Risk and Performance: Insights from Global Supply Chain Ratings 

    Business Sustainability Risk and Performance: Insights from Global Supply Chain Ratings 

    Sustainability Insights from Global Supply Chain RatingsIn its fifth edition, the Sustainability Risk and Performance Index: Insights from Global Supply Chain Ratings examines the sustainability...

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  • Why Suppliers are Key to Unlocking Sustainable Procurement Value 

    Why Suppliers are Key to Unlocking Sustainable Procurement Value 

    Sustainable Procurement Helped Suppliers Endure the COVID-19 CrisisAccording to the Barometer, 71% of suppliers surveyed agreed that their sustainable procurement practices helped them endure the...

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  • ServiceNow Commits to Science-Based Targets and to Achieve

    ServiceNow Commits to Science-Based Targets and to Achieve

    Commitment supports the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius; ServiceNow will also donate $1 million to decarbonization-focused nonprofit organizationsServiceNow, the...

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  • Tesco takes aim at supply chain and product emissions with strengthened net zero target 

    Tesco takes aim at supply chain and product emissions with strengthened net zero target 

    New climate goal will require retailer to slash emissions generated in the production and end use of its products, from agriculture to food wasteThe UK's largest supermarket chain has committed to...

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  • Traceability a ‘key enabler of trust, transparency and sustainability’

    Traceability a ‘key enabler of trust, transparency and sustainability’

    End-to-end traceability is coming to be viewed as central to advancing food safety, quality and sustainability. Transparency is also an increasingly important tool to build trust. We look at how...

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  • Carnival Corp Releases ‘Sustainable from Ship to Shore’ Report

    Carnival Corp Releases ‘Sustainable from Ship to Shore’ Report

    Carnival’s sustainability report sets 2030 goals and 2050 aspirations across six specific areas of focus areas, from climate change to the diversity of its workforce.Read the full article at:...

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  • Caprabo Sets New Goal Of Zero Emissions By 2050

    Caprabo Sets New Goal Of Zero Emissions By 2050

    Grocery retailer Caprabo has announced that it has set a new goal to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.The retailer has also decided to adhere to the 'Code of Conduct on...

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  • CSR Resoundingly Considered ‘Good for Business,’ Says Forrester

    CSR Resoundingly Considered ‘Good for Business,’ Says Forrester

    A new report that evaluated the initiatives, approach, challenges and actions organizations are taking to improve their CSR performance found that CSR is no longer a “trade-off” but is now...

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  • Future Volvo EVs Will Be Completely Leather-Free as Carmaker Stands up for Animal Welfare

    Future Volvo EVs Will Be Completely Leather-Free as Carmaker Stands up for Animal Welfare

    All of Volvo’s future electric cars will be 100% leather-free, as the Swedish carmaker takes an ethical stand for animal welfare. By 2025, Volvo wants 25% of the material in new cars to consist of...

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  • Calik Denim, Aware Debut Traceable Waterless Dye Solution 

    Calik Denim, Aware Debut Traceable Waterless Dye Solution 

    The Turkish denim mill debuted a waterless denim dyeing process equipped with The Movement’s Aware traceability solution. The innovation combines Calik’s Dyepro technology—which uses no water and...

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  • Global Alliance for Sustainable Energy is Formed to Take Collective Action Towards the Full Sustainability of Renewable Energy

    Global Alliance for Sustainable Energy is Formed to Take Collective Action Towards the Full Sustainability of Renewable Energy

    A group of global leaders from across the renewable energy value chain and the sector’s innovation ecosystem today launched a new organization to ensure renewables are wholly sustainable for...

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  • The next evolution of sustainable sourcing takes an allied approach 

    The next evolution of sustainable sourcing takes an allied approach 

    With 2020 goals in the rear-view mirror, corporate efforts to advance sustainability in sourcing and supply chains are poised for an important evolution. We’ve had glimpses of what is to come —...

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  • Harmful chemicals in food packaging hamper the circular economy

    Harmful chemicals in food packaging hamper the circular economy

    The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), Zero Waste Europe, CHEM Trust and ClientEarth have joined forces to illustrate how harmful chemicals in food packaging can hamper the circular economy...

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  • How to Build a Transparent Relationship with Your Suppliers

    How to Build a Transparent Relationship with Your Suppliers

    To minimize and mitigate supply chain risks, companies need to engage their suppliers as partners. This means creating transparent relationships in which suppliers can share negative information...

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  • Galan partners up for lithium supply chain transparency

    Galan partners up for lithium supply chain transparency

    Galan Lithium has partnered with leading sustainable supply chain traceability provider, London-headquartered international group Circulor Ltd as the ASX-listed lithium development hopeful seeks...

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  • Commodity giants race to clean up mineral supply chains amid green energy boom

    Commodity giants race to clean up mineral supply chains amid green energy boom

    Electric car manufacturers and other green energy companies are trying to get a grip on their mineral supply chains. In doing so, they are bringing commodity traders out from the shadows.To meet...

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  • Levi Strauss Details Climate Action Progress in New Report 

    Levi Strauss Details Climate Action Progress in New Report 

    “Climate is the existential crisis of our time—a threat to commerce and communities around the globe—and we all have a responsibility to act,” he said in the company’s first-ever standalone...

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  • [Partner Exclusive Webinar] The EcoVadis Carbon Action Module

    [Partner Exclusive Webinar] The EcoVadis Carbon Action Module

    [Partner Exclusive Webinar] The EcoVadis Carbon Action Module   The EcoVadis Carbon Action Module is a comprehensive carbon management solution embedded with EcoVadis Ratings and the world’s...

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  • Procurement Leaders' Americas Procurement Congress 2021

    Procurement Leaders' Americas Procurement Congress 2021

    Procurement teams have not just demonstrated extraordinary resilience in the past year, but contributed to growth, innovation and transformation like never before. Now’s the time to re-think...

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  • CSRWorks Training Partner Webinar Series

    CSRWorks Training Partner Webinar Series

    Our certified training partner CSRWorks, based in Singapore, is hosting a series of free webinars featuring expert analysts from EcoVadis and sustainability experts from CSRWorks. The objective of...

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    #Warsaw office's community day was spent at "Otwarte Drzwi" ("Open Door"), an organization serving the homeless and special-needs groups across the city. Our people painted 2 rooms and helped pack gif

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  • Mid-Size Companies: The Next Frontier in Sustainable Procurement

    Mid-Size Companies: The Next Frontier in Sustainable Procurement

    Sustainable procurement is now an accepted part of doing business for the world’s leading companies, with multinational giants like Unilever, Goodyear and Microsoft taking increasingly ambitious...

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    In the past months, our #hongkong team members devoted time to supporting good causes around the island. After a clothing-swap drive at our EcoVadis office, they donated the remaining items to Redress

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  • Philippine SEC to Make Sustainability Reporting Mandatory

    Philippine SEC to Make Sustainability Reporting Mandatory

    According to Business Mirror, SEC commissioner Kelvin Lester K. Lee said at an online forum last week that an additional requirement will be imposed on publicly listed companies by 2023, requiring...

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  • VIA Outlets focuses on sustainability with pop-up shops 

    VIA Outlets focuses on sustainability with pop-up shops 

    European clothing retailer VIA Outlets has kick-started a new sustainability initiative with the launch of its first ‘Re.Love’ pop-up store in Lisbon, Portugal.The company plans to establish...

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  • Revised standard supports ethically-sourced cobalt

    Revised standard supports ethically-sourced cobalt

    The Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) and the Responsible Cobalt Initiative (RCI) have collaborated to improve cobalt sourcing standards. The RMI and RCI have revised the Cobalt Refiner Supply...

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  • How to maximise supply chain visibility

    How to maximise supply chain visibility

    These turbulent times mean it is more pressing than ever to strive for greater supply chain visibility and transparency. Supply Management spoke to a range of experts to discover how different...

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  • Fashion brands sign new pledge to protect garment workers

    Fashion brands sign new pledge to protect garment workers

    Companies including H&M and Inditex have signed up to a new agreement to protect garment workers in Bangladesh following talks between unions, retailers and factory owners. The agreement will...

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  • Asia, Western Europe, Middle East Lead in Sustainability Certification 

    Asia, Western Europe, Middle East Lead in Sustainability Certification 

    International textile certifying body Oeko-Tex released its annual report on Monday, finding that sustainability certifications remain a top motivator among fashion. Noting how the past year...

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    Over the course of four half-days, our people at EcoVadis #toronto office helped out at the Community Meals Program of the St. Felix Centre, a local charity that provides support to some of the most v

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  • Cost saving benefits of a Sustainable Supply Chain

    Cost saving benefits of a Sustainable Supply Chain

    Reduced environmental impactAt the heart of sustainability is the environment and how it can be protected. But often there’s a misconception that this comes at a cost. To highlight the benefits of...

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  • Three ways 5G is leading the fight against climate change

    Three ways 5G is leading the fight against climate change

    Current global emissions targets will only be achieved through the acceleration of innovative technologies, enabling industries to pivot their organizations towards sustainable operations. Digital...

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    As part of community service, our team members in #mauritius took to the streets (and shrubs) of the Ébene Cyber City and picked up 47.2 kg general waste, 17.5 kg plastic, 4.6 kg of aluminum cans and

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  • ‘The sector is behind over a quarter of total emissions’: Global investor group steps up pressure on industry over climate goals

    ‘The sector is behind over a quarter of total emissions’: Global investor group steps up pressure on industry over climate goals

    The Climate Action 100+ coalition says food and beverage companies are ‘not on track’ for an 85% cut in emissions by 2050.An influential institutional investor group has stepped up pressure on the...

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    36 of our people from EcoVadis #paris office spent half a day at Les Restaurants du Coeurs, an NGO that serves hot meals daily to thousands of locals. Our people were dispatched to different locations

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  • Consumerism & circular economy in the fashion industry

    Consumerism & circular economy in the fashion industry

    The vast majority of consumer fashion is stuck in a linear model with most used clothes perceived as having no value and being disposed of at an ever-increasing frequency. If the consumer attitude...

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  • Berry helps customers beat forthcoming plastic packaging charges

    Berry helps customers beat forthcoming plastic packaging charges

    The Berry Healthcare facilities of Astra Plastique, Bellignat and Offranville in France have been awarded International Sustainability and Carbon Certificate (ISCC) Plus accreditation,...

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  • Paris Agreement poses major stranded asset risk to Indonesian palm oil, research warns 

    Paris Agreement poses major stranded asset risk to Indonesian palm oil, research warns 

    Research lays bare scale of stranded asset risk facing Indonesia's palm oil sector if Paris Agreement climate goals are metMore than nine million hectares of land earmarked for potential palm oil...

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  • Nestlé Asks Consumers How They Would Navigate Quest for Sustainable Palm Oil

    Nestlé Asks Consumers How They Would Navigate Quest for Sustainable Palm Oil

    Nestlé hopes that a new interactive platform, Beneath the Surface, will give viewers better insight into the complexity of palm oil supply chains and insight into how choices they make under...

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  • Jackson Family Pushes for Greater Action on Climate Change and Sustainability

    Jackson Family Pushes for Greater Action on Climate Change and Sustainability

    A little over a week after a United Nations panel issued a stark report on the rapid pace of climate change, one of the world's most influential wine companies, California-based Jackson Family...

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  • Continental provides an overview of sustainability commitment and Extreme E

    Continental provides an overview of sustainability commitment and Extreme E

    At a digital event in the run-up to the Extreme E race in Greenland, Continental gave an overview of its commitment to the Extreme E series as well as the current sustainability projects of the...

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  • Ahead of COP26: Elsevier Joins the 2040 Climate Pledge

    Ahead of COP26: Elsevier Joins the 2040 Climate Pledge

    The signing of the Climate Pledge this summer by Amsterdam-based Elsevier sets it on course to ‘accelerate the action needed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.’Read the full article at:...

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  • Planned EU supply chain law should follow German model, says Confectionery Association

    Planned EU supply chain law should follow German model, says Confectionery Association

    The Federal Association of the German Confectionery Industry (BDSI) is urging the European Union (EU) to adopt the same template as Germany when it introduces a European supply chain law.In its...

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  • Robert Lockyer | Zero Waste Week: Solving fashion’s packaging issue

    Robert Lockyer | Zero Waste Week: Solving fashion’s packaging issue

    As Zero Waste Week approaches Delta Global’s Robert Lockyer argues that too many brands are ‘green-washing’ their messaging and outlines how fashion can take serious action regarding transparency...

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  • A cocoa bean's 'fingerprint' could help trace chocolate bars back to their farm of origin, finds a new study

    A cocoa bean's 'fingerprint' could help trace chocolate bars back to their farm of origin, finds a new study

    A new study from the University of Surrey has revealed that biotechnology could be the missing ingredient in helping cocoa farmers get a better deal for their beans. In the findings, published in...

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  • Lidl's Scottish 'green' product trial

    Lidl's Scottish 'green' product trial

    Lidl has unveiled plans to roll out a new traffic light labelling system in key categories for sustainability across its 105 Scottish stores from September. As one of the UK’s first retailers to...

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  • Thai Union Surpasses 2020 Sustainable Tuna Goals

    Thai Union Surpasses 2020 Sustainable Tuna Goals

    Thai Union has published its progress report for the year 2020, which shows that the seafood group has exceeded its sustainable tuna goals.Around 87% of the group’s branded tuna was sourced from...

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  • Sustainable Procurement Barometer 2021 : Sustainability Pays Off Through the Crisis and Beyond

    Sustainable Procurement Barometer 2021 : Sustainability Pays Off Through the Crisis and Beyond

    From Resilience to Opportunity: Sustainability Pays Off Through the Crisis and BeyondDespite the fears that it would negatively impact sustainability progress, the COVID-19 pandemic has...

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  • Sustainable Business: HSBC sets bold climate change ambitions

    Sustainable Business: HSBC sets bold climate change ambitions

    HSBC, one of the biggest banks in the world, has set bold climate change ambitions — and its sustainability aspirations are now being replicated in New Zealand.The bank, based in London after...

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  • The Circular Economy for a Green Built Environment

    The Circular Economy for a Green Built Environment

    In this article, John Jackson discusses the importance and value of creating a green circular economy, bringing attention to how businesses may need to consider adapting current processes into...

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  • Will the EU reach its emissions targets? 3 sustainability startups weigh in

    Will the EU reach its emissions targets? 3 sustainability startups weigh in

    On July 14th the European Commission published a new set of climate change proposals aimed at bringing the bloc closer to its 2030 goal to reduce emissions by 55% (from its 1990 levels) and...

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  • Chilean Circular Economy Pioneer Poised for Expansion

    Chilean Circular Economy Pioneer Poised for Expansion

    Pay for the product, not the packaging. Start filling bottles, not landfills. These are just a few of the value propositions Algramo, a Chile-based company, has introduced in recent years. In...

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  • How Low-Cost, Low-Waste Labels Promote Eco-Friendly Supply Chain 

    How Low-Cost, Low-Waste Labels Promote Eco-Friendly Supply Chain 

    For apparel brands that don’t know where to begin tackling sustainability, starting small can be a great way to build out a more eco-friendly supply chain.As brands prioritize using more...

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  • NMR and First Milk collaborate on £21m supply chain efficiency project

    NMR and First Milk collaborate on £21m supply chain efficiency project

    Dairy service information provider NMR and UK dairy company First Milk say they will work closely together in the provision and use of relevant data to improve dairy chain efficiency, as part of...

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  • Positive sustainability news for the fourth week of July, 2021

    Positive sustainability news for the fourth week of July, 2021

    ELECTRIC BICYCLES may soon become a larger part of your travel itinerary. A bill that would provide a 30 percent tax credit on the purchase of e-bikes is under consideration in the US Senate. It’s...

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  • Google’s Supply Chain Data Targets Eco Impacts

    Google’s Supply Chain Data Targets Eco Impacts

    Google Cloud recently began allowing its customers to partake of a sustainability tool that provides insight into how organizations can reduce the environmental impact of their supply chains. The...

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  • There’s a 46% chance that fish you bought is mislabelled 

    There’s a 46% chance that fish you bought is mislabelled 

    A new Oceana Canada study says seafood isn’t nearly that simple, and that almost half of seafood samples it tested from restaurants and grocery stores had incorrect labels. It says that means...

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  • 'Zero packaging ready meals': New range reduces waste to plastic film lid

    'Zero packaging ready meals': New range reduces waste to plastic film lid

    Wiltshire Farm Foods launches 100 per cent recyclable tray in bid to deliver on zero-packaging ready meal targetWiltshire Farm Foods, the UK's leading home meals delivery service, is one step...

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  • Connecting the dots between food waste and climate change 

    Connecting the dots between food waste and climate change 

    Tackling food waste is vital to reducing carbon emissions and should be at the forefront of Australia’s climate policies, advocates say.It is estimated that 7.3 million tonnes of food is wasted in...

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  • Schneider Electric Releases Half-Year Progress Report On Impact Targets

    Schneider Electric Releases Half-Year Progress Report On Impact Targets

    Schneider Electric has released its half-year progress report on its 2021-2025 sustainability impact targets, which are aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and linked to...

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  • Gaia Herbs boosts consumer confidence with supply chain transparency and traceability

    Gaia Herbs boosts consumer confidence with supply chain transparency and traceability

    Jason Phillips of Gaia Herbs shares how integrating IFS Cloud has helped to streamline production, provide support to customers and staff while prioritizing sustainability and quality. With a wide...

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  • Nestlé Launches Video Platform To Raise Issues Within Palm Oil Supply Chain

    Nestlé Launches Video Platform To Raise Issues Within Palm Oil Supply Chain

    Nestlé has today launched an interactive video platform Beneath the Surface, which 'allows viewers to directly experience some of the challenges that the company faces in sourcing palm oil.'Nestlé...

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  • The Greenest Mile: Planning’s Role in Supply Chain Sustainability

    The Greenest Mile: Planning’s Role in Supply Chain Sustainability

    Supply chain sustainability is a higher priority than ever. In MIT’s State of Supply Chain Sustainability 2021, 80% of executives surveyed said the pandemic either had no impact on their...

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  • Connecting the dots between food waste and climate change

    Connecting the dots between food waste and climate change

    Tackling food waste is vital to reducing carbon emissions and should be at the forefront of Australia’s climate policies, advocates say.It is estimated that 7.3 million tonnes of food is wasted in...

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  • Eastman Reintroduces Car Scraps into Automotive Supply Chain

    Eastman Reintroduces Car Scraps into Automotive Supply Chain

    When automobiles are at the end of their life, as much as 20% of their materials — referred to as automotive shredder residue (ASR) — currently end up in landfills, according to Eastman. Now, the...

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  • Endesa unveils first-of-a-kind circular economy academy in Spain

    Endesa unveils first-of-a-kind circular economy academy in Spain

    Endesa has launched the first circular economy academy in Spain to prepare its workforce and operations with the changing economic models that are resulting from the incorporation of...

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  • ‘Child labour rampant in Bangladesh’s leather industry’

    ‘Child labour rampant in Bangladesh’s leather industry’

    160 million children subjected to child labour globally in 2020 Bangladesh’s lucrative leather industry routinely employs children Children forced to do hazardous work for a pittance, says...

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  • Chilean Circular Economy Pioneer Poised for Expansion

    Chilean Circular Economy Pioneer Poised for Expansion

    Pay for the product, not the packaging. Start filling bottles, not landfills. These are just a few of the value propositions Algramo, a Chile-based company, has introduced in recent years. In...

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  • Porsche, Tesla Partner with Materials Suppliers to Increase Sustainability of EV Batteries

    Porsche, Tesla Partner with Materials Suppliers to Increase Sustainability of EV Batteries

    BHP will now supply some of the world’s lowest-carbon nickel to Tesla, while BASF will supply Porsche with high-energy HED™ cathode active materials and recycle battery-production waste to close...

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  • Positive sustainability news for the fourth week of July, 2021

    Positive sustainability news for the fourth week of July, 2021

    This is The Climate Win, the most positive sustainability news around the world every week.ELECTRIC BICYCLES may soon become a larger part of your travel itinerary. A bill that would provide a 30...

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  • NMR and First Milk collaborate on £21m supply chain efficiency project

    NMR and First Milk collaborate on £21m supply chain efficiency project

    Dairy service information provider NMR and UK dairy company First Milk say they will work closely together in the provision and use of relevant data to improve dairy chain efficiency, as part of...

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  • Shell could 'double green spend to $4bn' 

    Shell could 'double green spend to $4bn' 

    Anglo-Dutch energy major Shell is aiming to double its investment in clean technology to about $4bn a year, up from the $1bn to $2bn commitment the company has already made. In an interview in the...

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  • Report: Many of World's Largest Coffee Roasters Not Able to Ensure Living Income for Producers

    Report: Many of World's Largest Coffee Roasters Not Able to Ensure Living Income for Producers

    Despite sweeping claims made by the coffee industry’s corporate giants regarding sustainability accolades, at least 10 of the world’s biggest coffee roasters have failed to guarantee a living...

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  • The Cement Industry, One of the World’s Largest CO2 Emitters, Pledges to Cut Greenhouse Gases

    The Cement Industry, One of the World’s Largest CO2 Emitters, Pledges to Cut Greenhouse Gases

    Cement is the second most-consumed resource in the world, with more than 4 billion tons of the material produced globally every year. As a result, the industry generates approximately 8 percent of...

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  • Toyota Kirloskar Motor bags CII-ITC Sustainability Awards 2018 for "Environment Management"

    Toyota Kirloskar Motor bags CII-ITC Sustainability Awards 2018 for "Environment Management"

    Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) was recently honoured with the prestigious award for ‘Significant Achievement in Environment Management’ awarded by CII-ITC Centre for Excellence for Sustainable...

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  • How Home Depot Conducts a Materiality Assessment to Prioritize and Address Sustainability Issues

    How Home Depot Conducts a Materiality Assessment to Prioritize and Address Sustainability Issues

    One of the best ways companies have found to set sustainability and energy management goals, and to understand their ESG impact and opportunities, is to talk to stakeholders. From customers and...

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  • Major Funding Pledges Won't Close the Clean Energy Investment Gap

    Major Funding Pledges Won't Close the Clean Energy Investment Gap

    Several major financial institutions have made massive sustainable-investment pledges surrounding COP24, the new round of global climate talks that concluded earlier this month in Poland. The...

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  • The Greenest Mile: Planning’s Role in Supply Chain Sustainability

    The Greenest Mile: Planning’s Role in Supply Chain Sustainability

    Supply chain sustainability is a higher priority than ever. In MIT’s State of Supply Chain Sustainability 2021, 80% of executives surveyed said the pandemic either had no impact on their...

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  • Merry or misery? Shoppers urged to avoid Christmas gifts linked to slavery

    Merry or misery? Shoppers urged to avoid Christmas gifts linked to slavery

    Christmas holidaymakers have been warned by officials and campaigners not to inadvertently fund slavery with their gift lists as awareness grows over forced and child labour used in a list of...

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  • China issues rules to promote sustainable packaging in logistics amid Double 11 and Christmas shopping boom

    China issues rules to promote sustainable packaging in logistics amid Double 11 and Christmas shopping boom

    The Chinese government has issued standards to promote sustainable packaging materials in its billion-dollar logistics industry, as it looks to reduce waste in a country where millions of packages...

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  • Henkel to lead the sustainable fashion

    Henkel to lead the sustainable fashion

    Global chemical leader Henkel AG is putting sustainability as one of its top priorities, as China pursues more high-quality growth that balances economy, environment and society. Jeremy Hunter,...

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  • Food Waste in Large Kitchens: Ensuring Sustainable Consumption and Production

    Food Waste in Large Kitchens: Ensuring Sustainable Consumption and Production

    Sustainable Development Goal number 12 is about consuming and producing within our planet’s natural limit, and for next generations to be able to fulfill their needs. As food is a basic need to be...

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  • Nations at climate talks back universal emissions rules

    Nations at climate talks back universal emissions rules

    Nearly 200 countries at the U.N. climate talks have agreed upon universal, transparent rules on how nations can cut greenhouse gas emissions and curb global warming, putting the principles of the...

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  • FIU, Walmart Foundation to help farmers respond to changing climate

    FIU, Walmart Foundation to help farmers respond to changing climate

    FIU is working to help build stronger agricultural systems in the face of climate change. Florida is the nation’s largest producer of tomatoes, tropical fruits and winter vegetables, and climate...

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  • World's Largest Shipping Company is Ditching Fossil Fuels and Challenging Their Competitors to Do the Same

    World's Largest Shipping Company is Ditching Fossil Fuels and Challenging Their Competitors to Do the Same

    The world’s largest maritime shipping company has just announced that they are ditching fossil fuels in a bid for carbon neutrality – and they are challenging other companies to do the same....

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  • COP24: Nations complicit in ignoring bioenergy climate bomb, experts say

    COP24: Nations complicit in ignoring bioenergy climate bomb, experts say

    Twenty years ago science told policymakers that bioenergy – the burning of woody biomass – was a sustainable form of energy that was carbon neutral. The current United Nations carbon accounting...

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  • John Galt Wins Green Supply Chain Award 2018

    John Galt Wins Green Supply Chain Award 2018

    The Green Supply Chain Award recognizes companies making green or sustainability a core part of their supply chain strategy and are working to achieve measurable sustainability goals within their...

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  • Cargill unveils ‘Protect our Planet’ plan to improve supply chain sustainability

    Cargill unveils ‘Protect our Planet’ plan to improve supply chain sustainability

    Cargill has launched a new sustainability programme called ‘Protect our Planet’ that aims to eliminate deforestation from its cocoa supply chain and achieve 100% cocoa bean traceability.The plan...

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  • Ukraine cities gear up to run on local clean energy by 2050

    Ukraine cities gear up to run on local clean energy by 2050

    Fossil fuel-dependent Ukraine will strengthen its climate change action plan under the Paris Agreement to curb global warming, its government said at U.N. climate talks in Poland this week. Four...

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  • Dangote Group wins two sustainability awards 

    Dangote Group wins two sustainability awards 

    Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) has received two awards at the 12th edition of the annual Sustainability Enterprise and Responsibility Awards (SERAS). The awards were in recognition of its 2017...

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  • COVID-19 halting EU’s progress towards achieving the SDGs

    COVID-19 halting EU’s progress towards achieving the SDGs

    The COVID-19 pandemic is negatively impacting the European Union’s (EU) progress towards achieving the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a 2021 Eurostat report has found.The...

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  • Coca-Cola Invests In Supply Of 100% Recycled PET Plastic

    Coca-Cola Invests In Supply Of 100% Recycled PET Plastic

    Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) is making a new strategic investment from Loop Industries to purchase a supply of 100% recycled PET (rPET) plastic to accelerate the increased use of recycled...

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  • Jeanologia Looks to Drive Change as Part of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition

    Jeanologia Looks to Drive Change as Part of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition

    Sustainable finishing technology company Jeanologia announced Wednesday that it has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC). The Spanish company will begin using SAC’s suite of tools to...

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  • EU countries approve landmark climate change law

    EU countries approve landmark climate change law

    European Union countries on Monday gave the final seal of approval to a law to make the bloc's greenhouse gas emissions targets legally binding, as EU policymakers prepare a huge new package of...

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  • Renewable energy supplier Bulb named UK's fastest-growing company

    Renewable energy supplier Bulb named UK's fastest-growing company

    Bulb has grown since its launch in 2015 to become the UK's biggest renewable energy supplier after its founders recognised the energy industry was "broken". It’s been named the fastest-growing...

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  • World's biggest palm oil firm unveils new measures to end supply chain deforestation

    World's biggest palm oil firm unveils new measures to end supply chain deforestation

    Palm oil sourcing giant Wilmar International has unveiled plans to use satellite tracking and other digital technologies in a bid to eliminate deforestation risks from its supply chains. The...

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  • Companies struggling to manage reporting on climate risks, says report

    Companies struggling to manage reporting on climate risks, says report

    Businesses are finding it hard to manage reporting on climate risks and need to take urgent steps to meet the expectations of regulators as well as investors, according to a report.Leading...

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  • Renewable straws: Finnish firms to make "world's most sustainable straw"

    Renewable straws: Finnish firms to make "world's most sustainable straw"

    Sipping on a gin and tonic hasn’t been the same recently for many drinkers as plastic straws have been cast aside for environmental reasons in some countries – but Finnish inventors are hoping to...

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  • Printing industry sets sustainability goals for labeling

    Printing industry sets sustainability goals for labeling

    The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership, (SGP) has set its goals for the print manufacturing on how to acheive higher levels of responsibility and sustainability. The fifth anual SGP Community...

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  • Pandemic hasn't quenched zeal for supply chain sustainability, report says

    Pandemic hasn't quenched zeal for supply chain sustainability, report says

    Capacity constraints, increased demand for home deliveries and safety concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic led experts to believe that sustainability efforts would fall by the wayside.But that...

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  • It's hard to believe these stylish jackets were once plastic bottles

    It's hard to believe these stylish jackets were once plastic bottles

    One brand that is innovating through recycling is San Francisco-based Everlane. Over the past few years, it has become known for offering quality basics at reasonable prices, while operating with...

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  • ALOM Receives 2018 Supply & Demand Chain Executive Green Supply Chain Award

    ALOM, a global leader in sustainable supply chain management, has been awarded the SDCE 2018 Green Supply Chain Award from Supply & Demand Chain Executive, the executive's user manual for...

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  • We need to step up our efforts to ensure food safety in the era of climate change. | SNV World

    We need to step up our efforts to ensure food safety in the era of climate change. | SNV World

    Marjolijn Sonnema, Netherlands Vice Minister Agriculture calls for urgent action on food safety and security in the face of climate change...See it on Scoop.it, via Sustainable Procurement News

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  • We need to step up our efforts to ensure food safety in the era of climate change

    We need to step up our efforts to ensure food safety in the era of climate change

    Marjolijn Sonnema, Netherlands Vice Minister Agriculture calls for urgent action on food safety and security in the face of climate change...See it on Scoop.it, via Sustainable Procurement News

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  • Six takeaways from COP24 Business and Industry Day

    Six takeaways from COP24 Business and Industry Day

    As new scientific research elucidates the need to take urgent and comprehensive climate action on the global level, business charted paths to a low-carbon economy at a major event in Katowice,...

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  • COP24: World is politically unwilling to fight climate change

    COP24: World is politically unwilling to fight climate change

    At a time when carbon dioxide emissions have started to rise after three years of stability, there is a “lack of political will” in most nations to phase out fossil fuels with the necessary speed,...

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  • Mandatory Due Diligence Legislation – EU Developments, Member State Laws

    Mandatory Due Diligence Legislation – EU Developments, Member State Laws

    The European Union (EU) is on its way to mandatory supply chain due diligence. At the same time, a number of due diligence initiatives are underway or already in place at the national level....

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  • HSBC: Businesses turning the screw on supply chain sustainability

    HSBC: Businesses turning the screw on supply chain sustainability

    A third of global businesses are looking to improve the sustainability of their supply chains over the next three years, according to an extensive new survey from HSBC. The poll of 8,500 companies...

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  • DWTC leads with sustainability and energy diversification initiatives

    DWTC leads with sustainability and energy diversification initiatives

    Dubai World Trade Centre, DWTC, continues its commitment to support Dubai’s vision for leadership in energy security and efficiency through its energy diversification initiatives. In line with the...

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    Digital Procurement World (DPW)

    #DPWConference 2021 brings together the people and companies redefining procurement’s global tech industry. Our co-CEO, Pierre-François Thaler will be speaking at the DEMO 2021 grand finale on...

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  • UK restaurant chain signs deal to solve modern slavery and allergen concerns in the supply chain 

    UK restaurant chain signs deal to solve modern slavery and allergen concerns in the supply chain 

    A restaurant chain with 260 branches across the UK has signed a contract that will see the company implementing an innovative and reliable approach to a number of issues faced in the world of...

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  • [CSRWorks] Developing a Sustainability Management System

    [CSRWorks] Developing a Sustainability Management System

    The third webinar of CSRWorks' 4-part series is all about how to develop a strong Sustainability Management System with good policies, actions, and KPI reporting system in place. Perfect for...

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  • Zurich UK banks on new accreditation to green supply chain

    Zurich UK banks on new accreditation to green supply chain

    The British unit of Swiss insurance giant Zurich has launched a new accreditation scheme to encourage its suppliers to adopt sustainable business practices. The Supplier Accreditation Scheme is...

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  • Greenpeace activists protest coal mining

    Greenpeace activists protest coal mining

    “End the Coal Age!” reads a 15-metre-long banner placed on a mining tower situated at the complex of the Hornonitrianske Bane Prievidza mining company in Nováky (Trenčín Region) by activists from...

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  • The Future of Sustainability Reporting in the EU

    The Future of Sustainability Reporting in the EU

    Sustainability reporting is growing rapidly in the European Union (EU) and requirements are becoming more stringent. The von der Leyen Commission has not only pushed forward the EU Green New Deal...

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  • Tokyo Olympics venues ‘built with wood from threatened rainforests’

    Tokyo Olympics venues ‘built with wood from threatened rainforests’

    Wood from threatened south-east Asian rainforests has been used to build venues for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, according to complaints filed with organisers. At least 134,000 large sheets of...

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  • New York City Just Unveiled A Historic Bill To Cut Its Biggest Source Of Climate Pollution

    New York City Just Unveiled A Historic Bill To Cut Its Biggest Source Of Climate Pollution

    A top New York City lawmaker unveiled landmark legislation Tuesday to dramatically decrease emissions from big buildings, the city’s largest source of climate pollution. If passed, the bill would...

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  • EU Policy Recommendations for Sustainable Supply Chains 

    EU Policy Recommendations for Sustainable Supply Chains 

    This discussion paper is intended for the consideration of the European Commission, and other stakeholders, as proposals are developed on initiatives related to the EU Green Deal. EcoVadis brings...

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  • Shell Becomes First Energy Company To Link Executive Pay To Carbon Emissions

    Shell Becomes First Energy Company To Link Executive Pay To Carbon Emissions

    Royal Dutch Shell caved in to growing investor pressure over climate change on Monday, setting out plans to introduce industry-leading carbon emissions targets linked to executive pay. Rivals BP...

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  • What You Need To Know About Climate Change Ahead Of Next Week’s UN Summit

    What You Need To Know About Climate Change Ahead Of Next Week’s UN Summit

    A fresh round of international climate negotiations, called COP24, kicks off in Poland next week. This annual event brings together world leaders, scientists, campaigners, the private sector and...

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  • Three Ways Biden’s Supply Chain Review Should Be More Ambitious

    Three Ways Biden’s Supply Chain Review Should Be More Ambitious

    U.S. President Biden’s 100-day executive order was a prime example of global leaders increasing their active participation in the building of more resilient and sustainable supply chains coming...

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  • Tetra Pak and Veolia partner to get all beverage carton components recycled

    Tetra Pak and Veolia partner to get all beverage carton components recycled

    Tetra Pak has joined forces with global resource management company Veolia in a game-changing partnership that will enable all components of used beverage cartons collected within the European...

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  • Praise after Australia's first federal Modern Slavery Act becomes law

    Praise after Australia's first federal Modern Slavery Act becomes law

    Businesses with turnovers of more than $100 million will have to report what they are doing to stamp out slavery in supply chains after legislation got the final tick of approval in parliament.See...

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  • Artistic Fabric Mills Adopts Aware Traceability Technology 

    Artistic Fabric Mills Adopts Aware Traceability Technology 

    Artistic Fabric Mills (AFM) is taking one step forward towards full transparency.The Karachi, Pakistan-based vertically integrated denim manufacturer has partnered with Dutch clean-tech startup...

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  • Call to Safeguard Single Market in SUP Negotiations

    Call to Safeguard Single Market in SUP Negotiations

    EUROPEN and 72 other associations representing a wide range of packaging materials and sectors across the packaging value chain call on the European Institutions to ensure that the free movement...

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  • Hyatt launches World of Care to advance responsible business practices

    Hyatt launches World of Care to advance responsible business practices

    Hyatt Hotels Corporation has unveiled World of Care—a global Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) platform—designed to address the pressing challenges faced by the company’s...

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  • VinylPlus launches “game changing” sustainability mark for PVC building and construction products

    VinylPlus launches “game changing” sustainability mark for PVC building and construction products

    VinylPlus, the European PVC industry’s Voluntary Commitment to sustainable development, has launched a new ‘Product Label’ aimed the building and construction industries.The sustainability mark is...

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  • ADM Recognized for Outstanding Sustainability Leadership

    ADM Recognized for Outstanding Sustainability Leadership

    The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture has awarded its 2018 Collaboration of the Year Award to Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM), General Mills and Agrible for their work on the...

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  • Will the transparent evidence requirements of ESG disrupt the shipping industry?

    Will the transparent evidence requirements of ESG disrupt the shipping industry?

    So far shipping has been able to skirt around the edge of the disruption that ESG could be about to bring upon the main stakeholders. The industry has yet to really to get to grips with it,...

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  • Colgate-Palmolive Company Accepts ‘All In On Recycling’ Challenge 

    Colgate-Palmolive Company Accepts ‘All In On Recycling’ Challenge 

    Global consumer products company Colgate-Palmolive Company is joining The Recycling Partnership and PepsiCo Foundation’s recycling challenge – .EcoVadis's insight:Bold move by Colagte-Palmolive....

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  • Land O’Lakes SUSTAIN Launches New Partnerships to Help Farmers Scale Sustainably

    Land O’Lakes SUSTAIN Launches New Partnerships to Help Farmers Scale Sustainably

    This week, Land O’Lakes SUSTAIN (LOLS), a leading solutions provider advancing and connecting stewardship efforts throughout the food system at scale — from farmers to ag retailers to partners...

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  • Data is key to sustainable apparel industry

    Data is key to sustainable apparel industry

    The ongoing fast fashion trend means clothes consumption continues to rise year-on-year. In 2019, UK consumers were reported to have spent a huge £61bn on new outfits, and it’s estimated that 13...

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  • Palm oil bar codes launched to help consumers spot unsustainable supply chain

    Palm oil bar codes launched to help consumers spot unsustainable supply chain

    Social enterprise Giki revealed last week it has built a new 'palm oil detector' into its mobile app, which shoppers can use to find out if a product has been made with palm oil from a certified...

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