3BL Media

APRIL 30, 2025

corn sustainability across international supply chains, the U.S. According to an article below from CME Group, to date more than 18.2 According to an article in Urban Land Magazine, an estimated $1.5 To provide traceability of U.S. Grains Council (USCG) introduced the Corn Sustainability Assurance Protocol (CSAP) in 2023.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

In a separate announcement, Walmart joined forces with Schneider Electric to "educate Walmart suppliers about renewable energy" and accelerate deployment with the aim of removing a gigaton of carbon from its supply chain (aka Scope 3 emissions). . This article is adapted from GreenBiz's newsletter Energy Weekly, running Thursdays.

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3BL Media

JULY 19, 2022

Connecting demand – supply chain – and delivery is the first step, but evolving a great customer experience takes it a step further and puts sustainability front and center. For example, when customers visit Trilogy Fashion’s website, they can view the carbon emissions associated with the production of each article of clothing.

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Sense and Sustainability

MARCH 3, 2021

Editor’s note : This is the second of two articles published concerning greenwashing, both historically and at present. This week’s article examines some alternatives and strategies for avoiding the practice. The first article can be seen here. What are the Alternatives to Greenwashing?

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3BL Media

APRIL 25, 2022

But in the worst-case scenario, it can easily become a vehicle for greenwashing—a marketing push fueled by vague commitments that won’t be mentioned again until next year’s Earth Day. While greenwashing is still far too prevalent, many companies are being recognized [3] for their substantive sustainability efforts.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 9, 2024

For example, businesses using forced labor in supply chains could face an import ban in the US. The EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) from 2021 aims to improve transparency about ESG features of investment portfolios by having firms classify them as Article 8 or Article 9 products.

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3BL Media

APRIL 20, 2022

In this article we’ll look at some of the trends and insights we discussed across our global environment, health, safety and sustainability consultants as we have been integrating ESG into all of our practices for global clients. This wave of ESG is not slowing down but gaining momentum. Become part of the solution for society’s challenges.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2023

The increased scrutiny over greenwashing is necessary, and will provoke the market to favor substance over style. The finance industry will also realize that truly green assets – like those meeting EU’s Article 9 category – are too few to green the entire economy. The 10 Big Things To Watch Across World’s Energy Markets in 2023.

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B the Change

JANUARY 29, 2023

So it’s baked into our DNA: We set out from the start to have a total 360 approach to sustainability without any greenwashing. Check this free online report from B Lab that compiles articles and resources to help your business become a climate leader. Many brands claim to be sustainable but are often accused of “greenwashing.”

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

In this article, I’ll summarise key events defining 2022 and present four sustainability trends that will prepare you to create an impact in 2023. In 2022, the voice against “greenwashing” practices was clear and loud. Examples are the Swiss art 964 and the German supply chain act. Thank you GRI!

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ESG Today

APRIL 4, 2023

One push is regulatory, with the EU’s proposed Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) requiring companies to focus more carefully on their supply chains, looking at everything from human rights to environmental standards. Even those reluctant to embrace sustainability will have little choice.

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3BL Media

MARCH 29, 2022

COP26 kept sustainability at the top of every executive’s agenda, while social movements and supply chain challenges forced a dramatic rethink. There is still a lack of trust regarding organisations’ ESG claims and a perception that companies are guilty of greenwashing or only reporting on positive progress.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The first part of this article considered key social themes influencing investors and regulators – human and worker rights, diversity and inclusion, health and safety among them – while recognising their interconnectedness with environmental and governance themes.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 13, 2025

More recently, the fund has expanded its investments in a company specialising in aluminium recycling and manufacturing equipment for battery production, while a separate investment was allocated to the electrification of trucks and the decarbonisation of the supply chain.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

McMurdo anticipates more such rebellions this year, which he says reflects the pervasive greenwashing evident in net zero plans. He argues that since so many companies’ activities are interlinked through supply chains, if investors want to pull money from one sector, they will likely be forced to withdraw from numerous others simultaneously.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Maria Eugenia Filmanovic, Co-founder of Abatable, explains how the VCMI’s new Scope 3 Claim could support firms struggling to reduce their supply chain emissions. The post Integrity, Flexibility and the Carbon Markets appeared first on ESG Investor.

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Strategic Sustainability Consulting

AUGUST 3, 2022

“Having the planet as a shareholder or constituent helps justify decisions that may, either in the long or short term, trade profit for sustainability,” writes Rebecca Deczynski in an article for Inc.com. Of course, such efforts vary from industry to industry, but changes can be implemented at all levels of an organization.

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Sustainability Update

APRIL 15, 2025

corn sustainability across international supply chains, the U.S. According to an article below from CME Group, to date more than 18.2 According to an article in Urban Land Magazine, an estimated $1.5 To provide traceability of U.S. Grains Council (USCG) introduced the Corn Sustainability Assurance Protocol (CSAP) in 2023.

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ESG Today

JULY 19, 2023

The EU has already proposed a draft law to combat greenwashing , requiring companies that make environmental claims about their products or services to abide by minimum norms when substantiating these claims. The law aims to provide legal certainty around environmental claims and will facilitate enforcement activities around claims made.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

PS23/16 and GC23/03: UK sustainability disclosure rules and anti-greenwashing rules guidance issued 28 November, consisted of a framework for UK sustainability disclosure requirements (SDRs) and a labelling regime. specifically makes mention of “…developing a UK Green Taxonomy and consideration of nature-related disclosures”.

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Carlos Sanchez

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Reading this article, you will better understand the carbon offsets market, carbon offsets controversy and the key initiatives to follow. Companies release carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere due to their operations and supply chain. Carbon Offsets Markets size. How Do Carbon Credits Work?

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

This article was first published in Business Green. make greenwashing easier to detect and allow companies that are really delivering on climate action to stand out from the crowd. Business knows that 1.5ºC is a limit not a target. At COP27, over 100 businesses joined our call to stick to the 1.5°C

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Chris Hall

APRIL 1, 2022

Duncan says that while data is readily available on Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions, she concedes that there remain challenges with collecting Scope 3 – or supply chain – disclosures. “We SFDR’s Article 9 classification cover funds with sustainability or reduction in carbon emissions as their objective.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 31, 2022

While progress was uneven, it was achieved against a radically changing geopolitical backdrop, and reinforced by moves in the US to mandate climate risk disclosures by corporates and discourage greenwashing by fund providers. It might not be perfect, but perhaps we should not expect it to be. This is how it is being interpreted by the market.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 19, 2023

rePurpose says it “collects chain-of-custody documentation from all stakeholders involved in the supply chain. Greenwashing risk Critics see plastic credit systems as little more than window dressing, giving firms an excuse to continue making and using plastic rather than finding alternatives.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2023

Nature is at the base of every supply chain. For now, business understanding and disclosure of nature risk – both from investee firms’ direct operations and along their supply chains – is patchy at best, with firms in the APAC region lagging global peers. Ecosystem services are absolutely critical to the creation of GDP.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 1, 2024

Furthermore, the CSSB’s efforts to introduce additional reporting standards are also part of a broader aim to enhance accountability among Canadian companies and to help eliminate ‘greenwashing’. This article was co-authored by Ashutosh Gupta, Head of ESG Delivery & Project Management at TMG Group.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

German sportswear company adidas committed to using only recycled polyester across its supply chain by 2024. And pressing companies to eliminate deforestation in their supply chains has long been an activist focus. As such, net-zero could soon be in the crosshairs of activists eager to point out corporate greenwash.

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Steven Mintz

JUNE 5, 2024

Moderator: Joan Lee, Fairfield University The Effect of Public Criticism on Corporate Greenwashing Leting Liu, University of Toronto – Rotman, Ontario, Canada (Presenter) Discussant: W. ESG – Room 1 Behavioral Ethics – 1.5 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging – Room 2 Behavioral Ethics – 1.5 Audit Quality – Room 1 Behavioral Ethics – 1.5

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GreenBiz

MAY 14, 2021

That will require navigating land use issues, supply chain pinch points and labor considerations. Climate activists have labeled many of these plans as corporate greenwashing , calling "net zero" "not zero" and saying these pledges are being used to disguise climate inaction. Sponsored Article. Often, they have a point.

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B the Change

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

But declining confidence in institutions, the proliferation of certification programs, and confusion driven by corporate greenwashing all make it harder for businesses that do the right thing to stand out. times more loyal to companies that integrate their values throughout their supply chain. backed by credible action?—?is

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In this summary article, ESG Investor covers some of the areas with the biggest implications for asset owners. Tripling renewables means addressing land use and planning, threats to biodiversity, and supply chain-related issues,” he says. Efforts are gathering pace across jurisdictions.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Maria Mendiluce, CEO of the We Mean Business Coalition, chats about signs of progress, the power of alliances and how companies can improve disclosure without engaging in greenwashing. . Can we create a circular supply chain for supplies? Sponsored Article. Climate change and healthcare (53:45) . Paris Agreement.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 10, 2020

What a company considers "agroforestry" also can be squishy, she points out — a situation that makes her and other climate advocates worry about companies using the term to "greenwash," or essentially pretend to be environmentally friendly without making substantive change. Sponsored Article. What is agroforestry?" Food & Agriculture.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 29, 2023

At the same time, Russia’s war in Ukraine and the impacts of the pandemic “have cruelly revealed to the world’s democracies the risks of economic reliance on dictatorships,” prompting countries to “friendshore their economies and build their critical supply chains.” This article is republished from The Energy Mix.

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3BL Media

JULY 18, 2022

This may seem simple and obvious to insiders in the field, but it was in reality not the case and has led to claims of greenwashing, confusing the public. Find out Amy's thoughts on "The Next 30 Years" in her full article here - [link]. Nonetheless, it is effectively moving mountains. Consistency will grow.

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ESG Today

MAY 19, 2024

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements BCG Buys Sustainable Aviation Fuel Made from CO2 from Twelve Microsoft to Require Key Suppliers to Use 100% Carbon-Free Electricity as Supply Chain Emissions Jump Airport Operator Groupe ADP Invests $20 Million in (..)

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