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Bexley council launches app-based anti-food-waste campaign

Envirotec Magazine

Household food waste project will see Council partnering with two food waste apps – OLIO & Kitche. The Bexley Household Food Waste Project launched on 2 March and will run through to the summer. Food waste is still at a dangerously high level, which is why initiatives like this are so important. www.kitche.co.

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The textile companies creating material change

GreenBiz

Globally, with both the COP26 on Climate Change and COP15 on Biological Diversity happening this year, the urgency couldn’t be more clear. We've been assessing the resource requirements for all of our materials and particularly looking at them through the lens of water, waste and energy and then tackling each of our product categories.".

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The Circular Economy Has a Critical Role in Driving Climate Action

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: At the recent COP26 climate talks, countries and companies largely focused on tackling climate change by decarbonizing the energy sector. billion metric tons of waste annually. . While those statistics are daunting, slashing global waste is still possible. Words by Leon Kaye. SOURCE: TriplePundit.

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A Nature-positive Economy

Chris Hall

At COP26 in Glasgow, the then-Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced plans for the UK to become the world’s first net zero-aligned financial centre. Also at COP26, Sunak proposed launching the Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) to develop a ‘gold standard’ for private sector climate transition plans, which WWF-UK was asked to join.

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Why Stand Alone ESG Ratings Could Improve Reporting

Strategic Sustainability Consulting

One prominent flaw of current ESG ratings is that methodologies and definitions vary between rating agencies. We are hopeful that the creation of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) at the United Nations COP26 late last year will unify ESG standards.

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Could the world really become net zero by 2040 ?

Edouard Stenger

This is the opinion of Nigel Topping who served as UN’s High-Level Climate Action Champion at the COP26 organized by the UK. Using biobased materials for construction could help but would definitively require alternatives in countless sectors. Globally a third of the food we produce every year is wasted.

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Why Reforestation Is More Complicated Than You Think

3BL Media

Recognizing the crisis, leaders of 140 countries representing 91% of the world’s forests agreed to “halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030” at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow last year. It’s definitely more than just planting a tree,” he says. Finding, and funding, the right balance.