Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

As for Chouinard, the 83-year-old billionaire will be sacrificing assets estimated at US$3 billion and profits of $100 million a year that will go to the trust and non-profit to fight climate change and lobby for environmental and social justice. Later it upped that ante, to 1% of sales, to providing more consistent support.

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Sense and Sustainability

MAY 5, 2021

Editor’s note : This is the second of two articles S&S published concerning climate change and biodiversity. Major bleaching events occurred in the Great Barrier Reef in 1998, 2002 and 2006, causing significant coral death in some places. This week’s article looks at threats to biodiversity and potential solutions.

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3BL Media

MAY 19, 2022

With each passing year, it becomes increasingly clear that everyone must work together to mitigate the effects of climate change. Since its founding in 2002, Sun Club has donated more than $11 million to 143 nonprofit organizations across Texas and the Northeast. In 2021 alone, Sun Club donated $1.3

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 8, 2023

and 4 percentage points a year, respectively, between 2002 and 2020. made its first investments in 2022, choosing a trio of Vancouver-based funds focused on entrepreneurs driving climate change action, advancing reconciliation efforts, and innovating for the future. But where to find those signs? InBC Investment Corp.

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Sustainability Matters

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Despite this unusual beginning, the facility was significantly expanded in 1981 with further upgrades in 1993 and 2002. Over the coming decades, the centre will continue evolving as it plans to cater to population growth and climate change.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Founded in Burnaby in 2002, GF just announced it has raised US$130 million, bringing its total capital to $300 million. GF hopes the technology will be commercialized by decade’s end, calling it “the vaccine of climate change.”. That’s enough to start construction of a demonstration fusion plant in the U.K.,

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The report’s authors liken the plastics industry’s recycling campaign to Big Oil’s tactics to convince the public that its products don’t cause climate change. It has never risen above 10 percent. Many companies have been involved in both efforts, since plastics are made from fossil fuels.

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3BL Media

APRIL 19, 2022

An increase in the severity of climate change effects (51%). Beyond the pandemic, Americans want science to prioritize solutions for clean water supply and sanitation (61%), air quality (53%), equal access to quality healthcare (50%) and the effects of climate change (48%). Greater division within society (60%).

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3BL Media

MARCH 11, 2022

Said Eric Dinger, president of Arbor Day Carbon, LLC, the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Arbor Day Foundation: “This way of buying carbon accelerates the pace at which we can plant new trees — and that is one of the most important things we as a tree planting organization can be doing to help slow climate change today.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 15, 2023

Climate change is likely to be the primary cause of the declines of some mountain plants such as Alpine Lady-fern, Alpine Speedwell and Snow Pearlwort which depend on areas where the snow lies late in the spring and summer.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

"This hydroponic farm at the Murry Bergtraum Educational Campus is a testament to what can be achieved when organizations collaborate and address critical issues like food insecurity and climate change. We are thrilled to announce this innovative project and its potential to transform the lives of students and community members."

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

An undergraduate course on “sustainability as a strategic lever for companies” explores corporate practices (good and bad) that play out in global circumstances of poverty, social inequality, resource scarcity and climate change. They got more submissions than for a normal journal,” he notes. How fantastic is that?”.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 12, 2022

Noting that the number of court cases being brought against companies on climate-related grounds has recently topped 2,000, the report says some plaintiffs are seeking to recover the costs of climate change itself, or the expense caused by having to adapt to it. Resort to the courts. Vital role of non-execs.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

According to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, the world is already 1.1°C C hotter than preindustrial levels, and unfortunately, the global climate crisis continues to grow increasingly dire 3. Keeping warming to 1.5°C

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3BL Media

APRIL 11, 2022

with building resilience to drought and mitigating the effects of climate change,” said Dr. Cristine Morgan, Chief Scientific Officer and leader of the U.S. Established in 2002, the Foundation has granted nearly $60 million globally to meaningfully improve the communities where VF operates. Regenerative Cotton Fund.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 27, 2023

Chauvin framed the most urgent issues facing the planet – climate change, waste, pollution, slave and child labour – as accounting failures. Slater helped to formulate the second version of the GRI’s sustainability reporting guidelines, published in 2002.

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3BL Media

MAY 10, 2022

We’re facing some of the greatest challenges we’ve ever seen, and if something doesn’t drastically change, future generations will be forced to bear the consequences. From climate change and depleting natural resources to social injustice and political unrest, the list can seem endless and even defeating.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 6, 2021

So I would say on the small number, maybe close to 100 people, at least, that I've actually taken around to see this firsthand over the years, because I've been doing this since 2002. And whatever systems are put in place have to be monitored — because of climate change, a lot of them simply are not working.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, DACCS has the potential to remove up to 339 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide (GtCO2) and scale up to 1.74 The IPR DACCS 2050 forecast is roughly consistent with the growth trajectory of solar power between 2002 and 2022 from 2030 onwards. GtCO2 a year by 2050.

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3BL Media

JUNE 13, 2022

Providing access and education to students enrolled in HBCUs to help them excel in their careers is vital to successfully expand regenerative practices and ultimately mitigate climate change.”. Established in 2002, the Foundation has granted nearly $60 million globally to meaningfully improve the communities where VF operates.

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Gail Tverberg

MARCH 17, 2024

Instead, we are told a “sour grapes” narrative: “We need to move away from fossil fuels to prevent climate change.” The narrative we hear from politicians and others is that Advanced Economies are moving away from fossil fuels to prevent climate change.

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Sustainable Development Network

JANUARY 22, 2018

The NSDS is an update of the former Environmental Action Strategy for Sustainable Development in Italy from 2002 to 2010, and a first step towards a holistic policy framework, widened to include social and economic dimensions in line with the 2030 Agenda.

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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 20, 2022

An example of his pioneering innovative transdisciplinary approach to these issues can be found in his engagement with the Millennium Project, which he chaired on behalf of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan from 2002 to 2006. With regard to combating anthropogenic climate change, Prof. To promote the SDGs, in 2012, Prof.

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3BL Media

JUNE 2, 2022

Many harmful substances are covered by the COSHH 2002 regulations, Workplace Exposure Limits (WELs) , requiring employers to control substances in workplaces that are hazardous to health. It could be to improve productivity output and reduce worker sick days. Air quality regulations are complex and unique to each region and country.

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Chris Hall

MAY 6, 2022

Paul Simpson is stepping down after 12 years as CEO of environmental disclosure platform CDP , which he co-founded in 2002, with Paul Dickinson, Tessa Tennant and Jeremy Smith. Sturgeon joins from consultancy firm Mott MacDonald, where she worked as the Regenerative Design and Climate Change Practice Lead for the APAC region.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 10, 2022

Paul Simpson , CEO of environmental disclosure platform CDP , has been awarded an OBE for services to tackling climate change. Simpson was named in the Queen’s Birthday 2022 Honours List, the award recognising notable achievements throughout his career, including co-founding CDP in 2002.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 23, 2022

Despite suffering severe impacts from climate change, Australia remains married to coal, but alternative energy opportunities are emerging. Many of the communities dealing with this recent flooding have already had to deal with a range of cascading climate events in recent years.

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Sense and Sustainability

JULY 15, 2020

It was these tensions over CFP policy which led to regionalization efforts in 2002/2003 , bringing fishers and industry voices into policy discussions. These changes were followed up by even bigger reforms in 2013 , when the CFP decentralized and ceded its policymaking power to the regional level, bringing in even more powerbrokers.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 10, 2022

Singh joined AXA IM in July 2015 as Head of Human Resources for Asia and Japan, having began his career in 2002 at the Association Internationale des Étudiants en Sciences Économiques et Commerciales. The real estate sector has a pivotal role to play in mitigating the impact of climate change and creating resilient communities,” she said.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 15, 2021

CEG also worked with federal agencies and international agencies to find policy solutions to combat climate change. That effort led to the creation of another national nonprofit in 2002, the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA).

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Held in November, COP27 was 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), while COP15 is for the 196 nations which signed the 1992 CBD at the Rio Earth Summit, committing to use natural resources sustainably. Road to Montreal.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 16, 2022

In the fight against climate change, cities are proving to be much better combatants than the snoozing generals that are, all too often, national governments. Smaller and nimbler, cities are becoming showpieces of successful climate action, and the protagonists of this spectacle of municipal leadership are increasingly women.

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Stanford Social Innovation

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In 2002, the Working Group for Women and Land Ownership (WGWLO) was founded in my state of Gujarat to facilitate grassroots action and policy advocacy for women’s land and food rights. From Borders to Chowks I have deep roots in this India, one that’s pluralistic and pulsating.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 28, 2023

Just as more than 95% of climate scientists accept the truth of climate change, most corporate leaders recognize that their role in society has changed. Since 2002 (the year we published our first Best 50 list), Best 50 companies have rewarded their shareholders with 128% higher returns than the overall composite index.

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Stanford Social Innovation

JANUARY 5, 2022

This is enough to feed a family of four for about two weeks, but families who are marginalized and living in extreme poverty need further support to build their resilience to shocks like COVID-19 and climate change, which disproportionately affect them. What Is ‘Cash Plus’?

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Sustainable Development Network

JULY 27, 2015

The conference concluded with the adoption of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA), reiterating the commitments of the 2002 Monterrey Consensus and setting out an ambitious agenda for raising the necessary resources to achieve sustainable development.

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The Commission found that the Western Pacific region, including East Asia and Oceania, primed by previous experience with the SARS epidemic of 2002, adopted relatively successful suppression strategies resulting in cumulative deaths per million around 300, much lower than in other parts of the world.

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