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Sustainability Jargon Dictionary

Carlos Sanchez

Climate Positive, Carbon Positive or Carbon Negative – all terms refer to a cancelling activity that goes beyond achieving net-zero carbon emissions to actually create an environmental benefit by removing additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. warming is 420Gt CO2 or 10 years at 2018 emissions.

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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. It also established higher standards for energy-efficient buildings than in the rest of the country.

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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. This could happen to my son any day of the week," she said. "I