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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The next frontier is "connected chemistry," extending the internet of things to "the internet of natural resources," Beck said in 2019. At Starbucks, that expanded focus also blends with its climate leadership initiatives. In 2019, it issued a $1 billion sustainability bond , the first corporation to do so. and Canadian cities.

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Women lead the world’s most sustainable cities

Corporate Knights

In a 2019 interview, Hidalgo attributed the “violence” of the reaction in part to her gender. I’ve always been after the triple bottom line,” says Calgary’s Gondek, referring to the triad of social, economic and environmental factors that inform good policy. You have to blend priorities.”. Anna König Jerlmyr.