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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. We are one piece of a big puzzle,” she says, estimating that two-thirds of the investment required to achieve net-zero by 2050 will come from the private sector. Todd wasn’t alone.

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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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Sustainability Jargon Dictionary

Carlos Sanchez

Anthropogenic GHGs – Gasses emitted due to human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, land-use changes, livestock production, fertilization, waste management, and industrial processes. This model is also described as take-make-waste. This model is also described as reuse, repair and re-manufacture.

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These 50 Canadian corporate citizens are a cut above

Corporate Knights

It’s evidence that the “triple bottom line” (profit, people and planet) doesn’t compromise the single bottom line – but expands it. Since 2002 (the year we published our first Best 50 list), Best 50 companies have rewarded their shareholders with 128% higher returns than the overall composite index.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

In Beck’s mind, too , forwarding-thinking companies should look at natural resources not just as consumables but as recyclable goods, and then design systems and products in a way that eliminates waste. Nearly a century ago, Ecolab sold dishwasher soap with a dispenser described as its first effort to reduce waste. million acres the 4.4