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Snow, Climate Change and the Olympic Winter Games

3BL Media

Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018 all relied partially on manufactured snow. With climate change impacting temperatures across the globe, sport – like many other fields – is increasingly affected by it, both in winter and in summer. Man-made snow has been used at previous Olympic Winter Games.

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When it comes to water, are we stewards or security guards?

Sustainability Matters

In fact, since we were formed in 2010, we’ve generated more than 125,000 MWh from cogeneration, which is enough energy to power up to 27,000 homes for a year! Brisbane is set to be the first climate-positive Olympic and Paralympic Games, and we’re thrilled to be playing our part to ensure large-scale, global events can be done sustainably.

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Making it Happen: Sustainability in Adhesives Production

3BL Media

Henkel’s vision to become climate-positive in operations by 2030 begins with a strong focus on the company’s production sites. Today, Henkel focuses its sustainability efforts—which include more than 30 years of reporting and progress—on three key areas: circular economy, climate positivity and social progress.

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The rise of the chief sustainability officer

Corporate Knights

By 2010, household products giant Unilever had developed a “Sustainable Living Plan” geared to reducing the company’s environmental footprint. Operationally, we’re focused on transforming into a circular business, becoming climate-positive and regenerating resources while growing our business,” Crittendon says.

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Women lead the world’s most sustainable cities

Corporate Knights

Three of the four mayors to succeed Billström in Stockholm have been women, and the city, which was named the European Commission’s first European Green Capital in 2010, continues to excel in its environmental and climate performance. Meet five women mayors blazing a greener trail. Anna König Jerlmyr. Stockholm, Sweden.

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Turn Commitments into “Hard Numbers”, says GFANZ’s Carney

Chris Hall

In addition, institutions should have interim decarbonisation targets that are “consistent” with the 2030 target, set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , of reducing CO2 emissions by around 45% from 2010 levels.

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From Net Zero to Net Positive

Sustainable Round Table

They would all likely agree that professors David Lubin and Dan Esty were correct in 2010 when they wrote in the Harvard Business Review that “sustainability is a megatrend” that creates a “strategic imperative” in a manner similar to the IT and Quality revolutions.