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Microsoft Purchases Carbon Credits Helping U.S. Farmers Adopt Sustainable Agriculture Practices

ESG Today

Sustainable agriculture and biological solutions provider Indigo Ag and Microsoft announced a new carbon removal purchase agreement, with Indigo delivering 40,000 tons of carbon credits to Microsoft generated through the promotion of regenerative agriculture practices by U.S.

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Scope 3 Emissions Management Made Easier for Food and Beverage Companies by Savvy Suppliers

3BL Media

It accounts for up to 28 percent of all global emissions , according to the World Bank. One key area of progress is demonstrated by the adoption of sustainable and regenerative agriculture practices that help sequester carbon and reduce the reliance on emissions-producing fertilizer.

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These circular cities want to send landfills to the trash bin of history

Corporate Knights

In 2013, Metro Vancouver launched the National Zero Waste Council, which aims to promote circularity in Canadian cities by bringing municipal leaders together with representatives of government, business, academia and the non-profit sector. On top of that is the climate case: the 4.9 million tonnes of CO2 emissions and 4.9

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Bill McDonough at 70: A look back … and ahead

GreenBiz

With Michael Braungart, 2013. Ellen MacArthur has adopted biological, technical, restorative, regenerative. That is somewhere we are working right now, with all kinds of tools — AI, blockchain, what we call material passports and buildings as material banks — we coined terms for all this. They had their mouths on everything.

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Musim Mas' Program Helps Indonesian Oil Palm Farmers Receive USD 733K

3BL Media

Mégane Chesné, Global Sustainable Sourcing Leader, Palm Oil at Nestlé, said, “Supporting smallholder farmers to produce sustainably is integral to our ambition to advance regenerative food systems at scale. This includes buying RSPO credits from independent smallholders to support their journey towards sustainable palm oil production.”.

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The 2020 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

In 2013, while studying environmental science at Stanford University, Kujimura interned at the Environmental Defense Fund in its corporate partnerships program. Now, WeBloom is cultivating a group of Namibian "bloomers" in the circular economy and regenerative agriculture. "We're testing products.

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How U.S. Businesses Can Compete with China in Emerging Markets: Transitioning from a ‘Death Economy’ to a ‘Life Economy’

James Militzer

The world is in the midst of a difficult transition, moving from a degenerative “death economy” to a regenerative “life economy.” Its loans to lower-income countries total nearly as much as those of all other governments combined , according to the World Bank. did in three decades.