Envirotec Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

Scottish technology-led producer of green chemicals (including biofuels), Celtic Renewables, has launched its latest crowdfunding campaign with Crowdcube aiming to raise a minimum of £2.75 We have the momentum and potential to accelerate the defossilisation of the chemical industry and make everyday life more sustainable for consumers.”

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3BL Media

JANUARY 28, 2022

Bloomberg earns a 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s annual assessment of LGBTQ+ workplace equality. Bloomberg’s sustained dedication to LGBTQ+ workplace equality cements the company as an exemplar in the banking and financial services sector and a leader in the national push for equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 6, 2022

This has helped our partners along their journey, in turn helping the world become a more equal and inclusive place, while ultimately increasing value to our business relationships. SOURCE: DOW. But Dow’s inclusion mission goes well beyond the month of June. Who says awareness is something intangible? Visibility can be a superpower.

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3BL Media

JULY 8, 2022

DESCRIPTION: LOS ANGELES, June 24, 2022 /3BL Media/ - The Herbalife Nutrition Foundation (HNF) , a global nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and families around the world, announced today a new two-year partnership with The Power of Nutrition and the World Bank.

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3BL Media

JULY 20, 2023

International Olympic Committee news The Olympic Games may be a year away, but the commitment to “get France moving more”, that Paris 2024 made before it was awarded the Games, is already bringing benefits for people in the country. Moving more in cities Town planning influences how people go about their lives in urban areas.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Procter & Gamble advertised it as healthier — more digestible — than pig grease. The marketing campaign worked. Its success gave birth to a new era of cooking fats. That’s not good news for the Earth. A California startup called Zero Acre Farms claims to have created just that. Crisco took off.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Lenovo and Ashoka will also collaborate to connect and engage Ashoka changemakers and Lenovo business units and local offices in a transformative, collective journey to create positive impact in the tech sector. This endeavor builds on Lenovo’s Kind City initiative , a crowd-sourced vision for a more empathetic and empowering future.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

June 22 marked the publication of the fifth annual GreenBiz 30 Under 30 , our report celebrating rising young professionals in the field of corporate sustainability. . What’s up in the worlds of the 120 alumni from past lists? We asked them to consider two questions: With the world turned upside down, what is your focus at work?

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3BL Media

APRIL 14, 2022

The group of volunteers will use Lenovo’s technology and donate their professional skills spanning design, technology, sustainability, and biodiversity to support vital conservation efforts. Participants include: Brazil: Ligia Santos, a sustainability analyst. Germany: Simon Wehner, a sustainability and future energy strategist.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 18, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Sustainability efforts have gained momentum as businesses and governments experience the mounting impact of climate change. Still, there are disparate definitions of some standard sustainability terms that can be a source of confusion. ESG : ESG is a much more heavily regulated accountability practice. Regulation.

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3BL Media

MAY 25, 2022

May 24, 2022 /3BL Media/ - As homeownership remains out of reach for too many families, Wells Fargo today announced an effort to support new home construction, renovation, and repair of more than 350 affordable homes across the U.S. households and more than 10% of small businesses in the U.S., DESCRIPTION: CHARLOTTE, N.C.,

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It is the most challenging and important task for enterprises under the broader goal of sustainability. For more on terminology denkstatt explains climate neutral, carbon neutral, GHG neutral and net zero in this two page download and article. "Climate neutrality must be accompanied by climate adaption and biodiversity strategies.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

This month sees the biggest Veganuary campaign to date as more people embrace healthier lifestyles and want to help fight against climate change by lowering their carbon footprint. The survey also reveals that five per cent of Britons are more likely to run a marathon than take part in Veganuary. The research by Gosh!

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Dr Charlotte Stamper writes As the impact of climate change has become more obvious and extreme in recent years, Scotland has emerged as a global leader in one of the most important solutions: renewable energy. And these turbines are proving to be a rich source of high-quality, low carbon recyclable material.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

PepsiCo CSO on embedding sustainability into 'day-to-day business'. The latter commitment is one touted by members of The Climate Pledge, orchestrated by Amazon and Global Optimism, although PepsiCo isn’t a member of that campaign as of this writing. I've got history in sustainability, but I'm a business guy. Heather Clancy.

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B the Change

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

How to Ensure Your Company’s Sustainability Claims Are Accurate and Meaningful for the Planet By Noémi Nemes, Maya Fischhoff, and Abby Litchfield People don’t like bad news. Companies are being asked to act more sustainably — and to be truthful about what they do. Government action on climate thus becomes more difficult.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Across the sustainable investment landscape, resources, patience and credibility are all being stretched. – Asset managers are hiring ESG and sustainability staff, you won’t be surprised to learn, and they’re almost certainly not alone. A selection of this week’s major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces. 

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Sustainable Development Network

JANUARY 24, 2023

SDSN USA looks back at the ways in which the network has contributed to the advancement of the 2030 agenda in the US, by localizing efforts towards a clean energy transition, revealing inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic, promoting zero hunger, collaborating for transformative education, and much more. Authors include Rev.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

SUMMARY: What’s the news: T-Mobile MONEY customers can now use True Name, a feature that lets customers display their chosen name on their T-Mobile MONEY debit card. New and existing T-Mobile MONEY customers can now request a new debit card with their chosen name through the T-Mobile MONEY app or website. SOURCE: T-Mobile.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 16, 2023

By Christian Seelos Social problems are like Hydra heads: cut one off, and more appear. One option may be to invest in innovation to create more effective solutions. Another approach is to allocate more resources towards expanding current solutions, which could yield impactful results. Real progress seems elusive.

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3BL Media

JUNE 2, 2022

News and World Report. employees and independent sales agents have donated more than $160 million to support pediatric cancer research, treatment and the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center through April 2022. We know it takes more than medicine to help children cope with cancer. Volunteering. In the U.S.,

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Chris Hall

MARCH 24, 2023

We want to see a just transition – one which is fair and inclusive to everyone concerned, creating decent work opportunities for those transitioning out of high carbon jobs as well as those transitioning into the net zero economy, and leaving no one behind – being reflected in transition plans.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2019

When Aylesford Newsprint went bust, there was doom and gloom, but our members found new outlets for news & pam. But the big Chinese mill groups are building new capacity in places like Malaysia, Vietnam, India, and Myanmar and this should eventually bring more demand onto the market. See here for more information.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 23, 2023

Will Anderson, Manager of Land Restoration Projects for the World Resources Institute’s Global Restoration Initiative, says restoring degraded ecosystems is possible and profitable. The world’s ecosystems are under threat. The ocean is getting warmer and more acidic, bleaching colourful, fish-filled coral reefs across the Seychelles.

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Sense and Sustainability

JANUARY 27, 2021

Greenwashed products may convey the implicit idea that they are more natural, healthier or do not contain chemicals than competing brands. Common examples can be found in food products, alternative medicine and natural medicine marketing, as well as the ‘sustainable’ fashion industry. To some, this may sound like good news.

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Chris Hall

JULY 19, 2023

Earlier this year, Eric Andersen, President at Aon, told a US Senate committee that climate change has created a crisis of confidence around the ability of insurers to predict loss.

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Martin Brown

MAY 3, 2021

Regen Notes , a fortnightly newsletter is released through substack, as an update of regenerative news, stories and more with a sideways focus on the built environment, curated by me, Martin Brown. RESTORE – Rethinking Sustainability for a Regenerative Future ). Also noted in respect of new books is “Design Studio Vol.

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3BL Media

JUNE 7, 2022

The latest iteration of Pantene’s #BeautifuLGBTQ+ campaign encourages real LGBTQ+ representation and self-expression through hair in marketing and advertising. DESCRIPTION: CINCINNATI, June 7, 2022 /3BL Media/ - For many in the LGBTQ+ community hair is more than how you look - it’s how you’re seen. SOURCE: P&G.

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Stanford Social Innovation

JUNE 1, 2022

As advances in medicine, artificial intelligence, and other STEM sectors continue to shape our world, we must ensure that the field is poised to reduce, not deepen, inequities. Our ability to harness these new solutions and confront the STEM challenges of tomorrow may indeed hinge on the problem-solving power of diverse teams.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 15, 2022

Apparently – for evolutionary reasons – we are wired to create a ‘them versus us’ framework for interpreting the world. An example of this is the recent New York Times opinion piece by an IPCC author, which joins a divisive campaign against those advocating for the need to both protect forests and grow new ones.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 1, 2022

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Kowalski, Energy News Network. As of last year, the state was home to more than 10,600 megawatts of coal generating capacity, compared to about 112 megawatts for solar. Some of the new siting law’s more restrictive provisions don’t apply to projects whose applications had already been complete and in the grid operator’s queue.

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Tobias Webb

APRIL 20, 2021

The cocoa trade journal, Confectionary News went further, and concluded that the LID has actually made the situation worse for smallholder farmers, who are seeing their incomes going down, not up. The first is the EU’s Sustainable Cocoa Initiative launched last Autumn. Other reports suggested that Mars was adopting a similar strategy.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Governments and businesses should seize the opportunity to foster greater cooperation, says Nathan Cogswell, Research Associate at World Resources Institute. A climate catastrophe in Pakistan claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people and displaced tens of millions. COP27 takes place in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt from 6-18 November.

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3BL Media

JULY 27, 2023

It’s always a privilege to stand before this conference, to recognize your efforts and to provide some insights into the various aspects of our world, from what’s happening on the global stage to what’s happening in our own communities and workplaces. But while our world changes, the reason we gather remains constant.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 1, 2022

You may have heard these terms in the news lately, but what do they actually mean? In this episode, we’re joined by Carbon Calories founder Alexander Frantzen and journalist Sarah Lazarovic to answer these questions and more. Lauren Swezey | Meta | FCS Sustainability. Kati Kallins | Meta | Sustainability Engagement.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 28, 2022

So now the question is, what is the role each of us can play in talking about the climate with our friends, and help bring more people into this movement? Jon Leland | Kickstarter | Head of Sustainability. Sarah Sasaki Tsien | Meta | Sustainability. SOPHIA LI: I see sustainability as a relationship. Transcript.

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