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Secrets for circular supply chain partnerships from Interface and Aquafil

GreenBiz

When he heard Interface legend Ray Anderson position Interface as a regenerative company by 2020, he thought the man had lost his mind. That's when founder Anderson set "Mission Zero" goals to remove negative environmental impacts by 2020, an ambition that largely has been achieved. Ten years earlier, Bonazzi was on the other side.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. billion toward regenerative agriculture into 2025.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

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She passed a Zero Carbon Bill during her first term that mandates net-zero emissions by 2050 and campaigned on tougher action this term. . Ardern was praised for her government’s aggressive containment of the COVID-19 pandemic last year — her country reported just 25 deaths. percent of its GDP.