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Ecological transformation and the circular economy switch would solve the NSW energy debate

Sustainability Matters

What’s more, as energy is generated from renewable sources such as sewage sludge, food waste, biomass residues and non-recyclable waste, it’s a better outcome for the environment on all fronts. A concrete example is food waste into renewable energy. A concrete example is food waste into renewable energy.

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Global Perspectives on the Difference Between CSR and ESG

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: Sustainability efforts have gained momentum as businesses and governments experience the mounting impact of climate change. ESG assessments can be and often are undertaken voluntarily, but with the increase in government action on climate change, some ESG assessments have become a necessary part of regulatory compliance.

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Meet the women warrior accountants pushing the envelope on climate action

Corporate Knights

Chauvin framed the most urgent issues facing the planet – climate change, waste, pollution, slave and child labour – as accounting failures. In the 1990s, progressive economists were pushing for what they called full-cost accounting: a triple bottom line that took profits, people and the planet into consideration.

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Sustainability Jargon Dictionary

Carlos Sanchez

Since this jargon can be a bit overwhelming, I decided to create this Sustainability Jargon Dictionary to allow you to talk to other people about Climate Change and other sustainability topics in a language they can understand. Climate change. Climate Change – An alteration in global climate patterns.

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These 50 Canadian corporate citizens are a cut above

Corporate Knights

Just as more than 95% of climate scientists accept the truth of climate change, most corporate leaders recognize that their role in society has changed. It’s evidence that the “triple bottom line” (profit, people and planet) doesn’t compromise the single bottom line – but expands it.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. Nearly a century ago, Ecolab sold dishwasher soap with a dispenser described as its first effort to reduce waste. Elsa Wenzel. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15.

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The 2020 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

She became intrigued by her clients’ requests for investments with a triple bottom line — and the very notion that profitability and impact needn’t be mutually exclusive. . Senior Sustainability Consultant — Climate Strategy Lead, Quantis International; San Diego. Meg Wilcox. Charlotte Bande, 29. LinkedIn . Jesse Klein.

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