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Deepening Business Climate Action by Centering Community

B the Change

Effective climate action and justice can take many forms, including developing new materials that reduce waste and harm to the Earth, or operating with transparency rather than under the guise of greenwashing. For B Corps, it’s all part of the continual journey toward improvement and a more inclusive and regenerative economy.

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Businesses and investors need to roll up their sleeves and join the race to revive biodiversity

Corporate Knights

Businesses and investors have a critical role to play in each of these action domains, especially when it comes to shifting to more sustainable production and manufacturing processes, investing in energy efficiency and waste reduction, conservation of natural resources, and investing in climate solutions that also support biodiversity.

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2020 was the year that…

GreenBiz

The issues are many, from the resources needed to grow cotton or produce synthetic fabrics, usually from petroleum feedstocks, to the waste that ends up in landfills, especially for inexpensive and trendy clothing items that often have a short useful life. In 2020, several new developments help put sustainability in fashion.

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ESG’s Backlash Demands Better Data

Chris Hall

There are accusations of greenwashing from one side, ‘wokeism’ from another, and a lingering question on everyone’s lips: is it making a difference? The same is true of a handful of other topics, like water, waste and counting staff numbers and totalling up salaries and taxes paid. First there was the boom then came the backlash.