3BL Media

AUGUST 14, 2023

Regulations regarding plastic waste are expanding at a dizzying pace. According to UNEP , 91% of consumers express concern over plastic waste. Driving Up Accuracy, Driving Down Costs For consumer goods giant Henkel, the quest for an effective solution to its plastic waste challenge began in its tax department.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

It’s their supply chain, it’s the whole value chain, it’s everything that happens from the raw materials to the end of the line.”. Change is hard, and we’re talking about massive changes, really reinventing and rebuilding our global economy over the coming decades,” said Makower. “We

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3BL Media

JANUARY 17, 2024

Companies are adopting new technology solutions to help them manage sustainability across many different dimensions, from environmental issues like energy, water, and waste, to social issues like diversity and human rights, to governance and reporting issues. SAP customers produce 87% of the world’s global commerce.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

DESCRIPTION: As the world continued to experience the direct and indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including global supply chain disruptions, resource shortages, employment challenges and inflation – these have not been easy times. Scope 3 includes all other indirect emissions that occur in a company’s value chain.

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3BL Media

MAY 25, 2022

A detailed analysis by McKinsey notes that the path to achieving net-zero will require a universal transformation of the global economy throughout all energy and land-use systems, with significant capital allocations, costs, and shift in jobs. The Power of Technology.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

For example, the Mission Possible Partnership gets leading heavy-industry companies, banks and governments to create investment-grade “net-zero” sector strategies in seven key areas of the global economy — aviation, shipping, trucks, chemicals, steel aluminum and cement. More than 200 companies and organizations are so far involved.

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We Mean Business Coalition

APRIL 12, 2023

When we discuss scale, we cannot afford to ignore the millions of small and medium sized businesses – or SMEs – that drive global economies and create the fabric of local communities. As corporate customers face increasing scrutiny over their supply chain emissions, businesses of all sizes must become more transparent.

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GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

Although the global COVID-19 outbreak is first and foremost an existential public health threat, it also likely represents the dawn of an economic "new world order" and a reshaping of the global economy. How can we ensure more resilient supply chains for essential goods, such as food and medicine?

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 2, 2017

Walmart, the largest retailer in the world, made headlines recently as it launched its Project Gigaton , an effort to help its supply chain go green and cut by a billion metric tons its carbon footprint. . And with the global population projected to swell to 9.5 It is an imperative.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 27, 2023

We all have a role to play in this, and at EGA we are committed to playing our part including working with our waste management, can-making and beverage producer partners in the UAE Aluminium Recycling Coalition we formed.”

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Nature underpins societal wellbeing by providing basic life support services and material goods such as soil, air, water, food, fuel, and fibre 1 , so the impacts of nature loss are wide-reaching and threaten the foundations of our global economies, livelihoods, and food systems 2,3.

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3BL Media

JULY 12, 2023

So, how can consumer goods companies contribute to global goals around reducing plastic waste and pollution? Progress toward the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment , signed by over 500 organizations, for example, has been a mixed bag. trillion in the global economy, and reducing plastic waste is a crucial focus.

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Chris Hall

JULY 14, 2023

Dr Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste at the World Resources Institute, outlines how to reduce food loss and waste at every stage of the supply chain and the benefits of doing so. Converted into calories, this equates to 24% of the world’s food supply going uneaten.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

For financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies and investment managers, scope 3 emissions from supply chains and lending/investment portfolios are often more complex than for other industries. For example, the indicative financed emissions from the UK financial sector in 2019 were found to be 1.8

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We Mean Business Coalition

MAY 19, 2023

The cost of climate change is rising at an alarming pace, with ripple effects being felt across communities and the global economy. More frequent and extreme weather events, exacerbated by climate change, are disrupting supply chains, displacing people from their homes and causing disaster response and recovery costs to skyrocket.

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Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Only a root-and-branch transformation of our economies and societies can save us from accelerating climate disaster.” It is a tall, and some would say impossible, order to reform the global economy and almost halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, but we must try,” said Andersen.

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James Militzer

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

A Tipping Point for Social Enterprise Inclusion in the Global Economy. The pandemic pierced the reality of “business as usual” in many ways, including by revealing the fragility and unsustainability of existing supply chains. Why should SESOs prioritize corporate readiness, and why now?

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

In food, for instance, business models and distribution methods were reshaped in a matter of weeks, as supply chains flexed to keep groceries in stock and farmers struggled to offload overripe crops. It’s a global economy-wide issue but the fact that it is everywhere should inspire us to action. Chief legal officers .

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3BL Media

AUGUST 3, 2023

Originally published in Sustainable Brands Whether making a widget or a culinary treat, prioritizing a circular life cycle for products helps keep them out of waste streams until they are negligible — or better yet, they never land there. But food waste has enormous benefits for the planet, if recycled correctly.

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3BL Media

MARCH 26, 2024

Lenovo is committed to achieving Net-Zero emissions by 2050 and our sustainability efforts start with our own manufacturing and supply chain. More than 25% energy savings with the help of compressor waste heat recovery systems. Learn more about how Lenovo Powers Lenovo, from supply chain innovation to AI-powered transformation.

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Chris Hall

JULY 13, 2022

If we don’t respond, not only will a massive array of the rural and vulnerable poor not have access to key resources, but nor will the rest of the global economy,” says Wendy Elliott, Deputy Practice Leader and Innovation Lead for Wildlife at WWF Kenya.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Improved visibility of the role of plastics in business processes and supply chains will help, according to environmental disclosure platform CDP, but forward-looking metrics will also be needed to guide future investments. .

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 12, 2022

In short, the circular economy is an attempt to close the linear consumption model of resource extraction, use, and then waste. In a linear economy, a tree grows, is cut down and then is pulped to make paper which is then used. Tailings dams burst, oil wells leak and companies regularly dump toxic waste into rivers.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 26, 2023

The packaging sector was found to be one of the largest applications of plastics globally in 2021, using 44% of all plastics. One hundred petrochemical companies produced 90% of all single-use plastic waste generated globally. For fossil fuels, about 4% of annual total use of oil and gas globally is for plastic production.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 30, 2024

Typically, these steps are distinct way stations in a supply chain, and that anodyne fact has made the rare earth sector uniquely vulnerable to competition from China. Forty years on, he adds, “we are electrifying the global economy on every front possible, and rare earths are increasingly strategic, given their downstream use.”

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 19, 2022

Firstly, the global economy is in the midst of the clean energy transition, one of the biggest changes to an economic system since the second industrial revolution, which introduced mass production in the late 19 th and early 20 th century. Dynamic market expansion.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wasted little time raising the stakes in her nation’s fight against climate change after handily winning re-election in October. In that role, she was engaged in helping clients develop strategies for supply chain transparency disclosures and claim, emissions reporting and human rights. . "In

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Richard Matthews

JANUARY 4, 2022

On Earth Day, President Biden pledged to reduce global warming emissions by 50 percent by 2030 compared to 2005 levels. This law will help America to reduce energy waste, and improve resiliency. California also banned food from landfills and is turning the diverted food waste into energy. Businesses, banks, and investors.

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