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Mondel?z International Advances Progress Toward 2050 Net Zero Emissions Goal

3BL Media

Achieving this milestone includes providing documentation of the company's carbon accounting, aligning to new standards, continuing to transform its business operations and supply chains, and transparently reporting progress. C protocol. million trees and mapped ~246,000 farms across Cocoa Life communities (as of 2022).

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The COVID-19 recovery requires a resilient circular economy

GreenBiz

The early stages of the COVID-19 crisis have revealed the brittleness of many global supply chains, not limited to but illustrated by medical equipment availability issues, for example. Supply Chain. billion tonnes CO2e , corresponding to a 49 percent reduction in the projected 2050 total food system emissions.

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China’s new frontier for VOC regulations

GreenBiz

For any company operating in or with significant supply chain exposure to China, building an understanding of the national and local regulatory landscape and best practices related to VOC mitigation recently has become a vital step to reducing the risk of business interruption arising from environmental enforcement that began in 2016.

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Can big data, AI and chemical footprinting help the renewable energy sector avoid a toxic waste legacy?

GreenBiz

Three years ago, the Department of Materials Design and Innovation at the University at Buffalo, Clean Production Action (CPA) and Niagara Share created the Collaboratory for a Regenerative Economy (CoRE). CoRE recognizes the critical societal importance of scaling clean energy technologies such as solar to address the climate crisis.

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Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni

GreenBiz

Issues of health, the working poor and racial justice are making people uncomfortable, and with the supply chain disruption with the closing of meatpacking cesspools, Jonathan Safran Foer writes, "Our hand has been reaching for the doorknob for the last few years. COVID-19 has kicked open the door." Alexis Rocamora (2019).

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Circularity in the Era of Overshoot

Chris Hall

The report drew its thinking in part from other regenerative models including industrial symbiosis, biomimicry and cradle-to-cradle. For example, from a practical corporate supply chain perspective, and according to Austrian textile and fibres producer Lenzing : “the concept of the circular economy aims to keep raw materials in a closed loop.

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How companies can make credible investments in nature as part of their climate plans

We Mean Business Coalition

Actions such as switching to clean energy and transport and eliminating deforestation from supply chains are crucial. . Conducting an inventory of agriculture, forestry, and other land-use emissions with the aim of eliminating deforestation from company supply chains as quickly as possible. .