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Forest Certification: Committed to Third-Party Certification

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PotlatchDeltic first became third-party certified to standards developed by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI®) in 2002 and by the Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) in 2004. However, SFI also requires a much broader involvement in areas such as research, community outreach, education, and climate change.

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Project to Accelerate the Pace of Tree Plantings for Small Farmers From Arbor Day Foundation, Natural Capital Partners and Taking Root Selected by Microsoft Carbon Removal Program

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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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COVID-19, 3D printing and the digital supply chain reckoning

GreenBiz

COVID-19, 3D printing and the digital supply chain reckoning. It took mere weeks to showcase their potential as enablers of flexible supply chains — capable of decentralizing worldwide production and responding to violent, unforeseen disruption. Supply Chain. Heather Clancy. Thu, 05/14/2020 - 03:28.

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Chemours Titanium Technologies: Aspiring to Be the Most Sustainable TiO2 Enterprise in the World

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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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Tetra Pak Sustainability Report FY22: Taking Action on Climate

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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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Why the U.S. Department of Defense is pouring money into growing dandelions

Corporate Knights

Given the current demand for natural rubber and possible future supply chain issues, there is a compelling need for a domestic source,” says Barry Burton, a program manager at AFRL. If they can be grown to scale, TK dandelions have the potential to launch a robust, resilient and bio-based U.S.

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Could rare earth minerals give coal country a second life?

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The mineral, used for generating electricity (thermal) or making steel (metallurgical), remains one of the planet’s worst polluters; together, the burning of fossil fuels like oil and coal are driving climate change and killed an estimated 8.7 million people in 2018, according to Environmental Research. billion tonnes in 2019, the U.S.