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Sustainability Resource Hub: Strategies, Metrics, and Best Practices

3BL Media

A comprehensive sustainability strategy can improve profitability, strengthen supply chains, and position businesses to meet investor, customer, and regulatory expectations head-on. Beyond compliance, companies are also contending with increasing supply chain volatility.

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A look at the secret world where our waste ends up

Corporate Knights

Waste has always been inflicted upon the margins,” said Oliver Franklin-Wallis, author of the new book Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future. Waste, he writes, is often exported from rich countries to poor ones, a phenomenon known as “toxic colonialism.” “Too

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Driving Sustainability: FedEx's Commitment to Carbon Neutral Operations and a Greener Global Supply Chain by 2040

3BL Media

Originally published in FedEx's 2024 Global Economic Impact Report Delivering a more sustainable future FedEx works hard every day to make global supply chains smarter for everyone by leveraging advanced technologies to help optimize logistics. The facility is LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certified.

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The fashion industry is unsustainable ? here's how journalism is inspiring activism to improve it

GreenBiz

From global cotton supply chains to pollution from textile factories, the need to improve the industry in favor of both people and the planet is pressing. . She also recently authored a new book, " The Rocket Years: How Your Twenties Launch the Rest of Your Life." There's just so much waste in this industry.

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2024 Reflections: Celebrating Progress, Demanding More

3BL Media

by Colin Browne, CEO, Cascale As we close the book on 2024, I want to start by celebrating the progress weve made together. I recently met with a manufacturer whose supply chain endured 723 audits in a single year. What I Can No Longer Accept First, the endless cycle of audits. And, we hope to have some big news on the horizon.

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Episode 235: The value of informal waste collectors, reusable packaging prevails

GreenBiz

Episode 235: The value of informal waste collectors, reusable packaging prevails. It's time to value waste collectors for their pivotal role in the plastic supply chain. Heather Clancy. Fri, 09/04/2020 - 02:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (4:08). What does "climate risk" actually mean ?

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

GreenBiz

The way the world produces and consumes food causes huge environmental impacts, and yet 3 billion people worldwide are unable to afford a healthy diet, and up to a third of the food we produce is wasted. We have access to myriad documentaries and books aimed at increasing awareness. Collaboration is queen if we are to solve this thing.