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We Mean Business Coalition launches the Supplier Cascade to accelerate supply chain decarbonization

We Mean Business Coalition

The approach creates a cascade of climate action through the supply chain, with each organization asking their own Tier 1 suppliers to make a credible net zero commitment that is aligned with science, publicly report their progress against targets, and cascade the approach to their own Tier 1 suppliers [2].

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Tetra Pak Sustainability Report FY22: Acting for Nature

3BL Media

The majority of the land used by our value chain comprises of forests to supply our paperboard; the remainder consists mainly of an agricultural footprint of starch crops for paperboard, sugar cane for our plant-based plastics and mining areas for aluminium foil and stainless steel.

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Net zero transition – the latest signals of change: April 21, 2023

We Mean Business Coalition

An €87 billion fund to support households affected by the costs was also approved, alongside a world-first plan to phase in a levy on companies importing high-carbon goods from 2026, known as the carbon border adjustment mechanism. Initially offered to Vodafone’s suppliers, the framework aims to open to others later this year.

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PepsiCo CSO on embedding sustainability into 'day-to-day business'

GreenBiz

The extension will see $6 million more invested through 2026, initially in the Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Guatemala. All of the reporting entities, we're in alignment with — the Global Reporting Initiative, the CDP, the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. We will go another five years through 2026.

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Net zero transition – the latest signals of change: July 7, 2023

We Mean Business Coalition

The initiative has received support from CDP and Salesforce , among others, while an initial survey showed that four out of five consumers would trust and be more likely to buy products bearing the FCA label. has announced plans to power all its office properties in the country with zero-emissions electricity by 2026.

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Net zero transition – the latest signals of change: March 31, 2023

We Mean Business Coalition

The company, which plans to build 2 million EVs annually by 2026, is responding to demand by launching in the six Persian Gulf countries as a precursor to moving into the wider region. In the Middle East, Ford has revealed plans to roll out its first EVs in the region next year, after expanding production capacity.

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Net zero transition – the latest signals of change: May 5, 2023

We Mean Business Coalition

The company has committed to adopt regenerative agriculture across its entire potato supply chain by 2030. Regenerative farming is also gaining traction in the UK, where McCain Foods has partnered with Natwest to provide farmers with funding to support the upfront investments required to adopt regenerative practices.