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Sustainability Jargon Dictionary

Carlos Sanchez

Sometimes is used also to refer to not only to carbon dioxide emissions but also to all GHGs. Real zero – No carbon emissions are being produced from a product or a service, without the use of carbon offsetting e.g. zero-carbon electricity could be provided by a 100% renewable energy supplier.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Ecolab says it helped its customers save enough water in 2018 equivalent to the needs of 600 million people. The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Raised in Iowa, Ford became the only openly gay Fortune 500 CEO in 2018.