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More pieces of IKEA's sustainability puzzle come together

GreenBiz

Here are a few of IKEA’s other recent waste reduction and circular economy efforts: The retailer plans to remove all non-rechargeable alkaline batteries from its global home furnishing offerings by October 2021. And that [with] everything we're utilizing in a store, there is no waste going to landfill," Keesson said. Beyond circular.

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Cultural Changemakers Have a Powerful Role in Promoting Climate Action

3BL Media

In April, the Hawks’ home at State Farm Arena became the world’s first sports and entertainment venue to earn zero-waste certification. In less than two years, the arena went from diverting just 10 percent of all waste from landfills to diverting a minimum 90 percent of all waste from the roughly 175 events it hosts annually.

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BCG Signs Sustainable Aviation Fuel Deal to Eliminate 100,000 Tons of CO2 Emissions

ESG Today

The company’s SAF is manufactured with hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids (HEFA) using waste fats, waste oils, and other residues as feedstocks. by 2025, on a 2018 basis. The company has also set a goal to reduce business travel emissions reduction intensity by 48.5%

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Five Ways in Which Beijing 2022 Will Become Carbon Neutral

3BL Media

In 2018, the total GHG baseline emissions covering the whole process of the Beijing 2022 Games were calculated at 1.637 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, which were later revised in June 2021 to 1.306 million t-CO2e. In response to the growing climate crisis, the IOC is constantly increasing its ambition to address it. IOCMedia [link].

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America’s Top 10 Companies for Environmental Performance in 2022

Just Capital

C Science Based Target , and carbon negative and zero waste targets have helped to raise the bar on corporate climate action. C Science Based Target Carbon negative target Zero waste target. Intuit ranks first among Software companies for its work to address climate change. Microsoft ’s verified 1.5°C

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Sustainability Jargon Dictionary

Carlos Sanchez

Anthropogenic GHGs – Gasses emitted due to human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, land-use changes, livestock production, fertilization, waste management, and industrial processes. warming is 420Gt CO2 or 10 years at 2018 emissions. This model is also described as take-make-waste.

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From Net Zero to Net Positive

Sustainable Round Table

Companies operating under business-as-usual conditions continue to ignore the IPCC’s 2018 Special Report on 1.5 The company’s climate-positive commitment touches all lines of business—TurboTax, QuickBooks, ProConnect and Mint—and ensures that Intuit’s influence is far-reaching. Julia graduated with a B.S.