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Conserve and Restore: How Business Can Leverage a Holistic Approach to Water Management

3BL Media

Unfortunately, this is becoming the new normal as climate change increases the likelihood of water scarcity in already drought-prone areas. Recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) further underscore the risk a warming planet poses to the global water cycle. For example, the U.S.

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Food waste startup backed by Oprah Winfrey snags $250 million

GreenBiz

Apeel can extend the life of fresh produce, which is critical to our food supply and to our planet too.". It's applied in packaging facilities or warehouses using a water-based formula. The company says each item can last two to three times longer, because Apeel's coating slows water loss and oxidation.

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Is the golf industry doing enough to combat climate change?

GreenBiz

Led by the Waste Management Phoenix Open, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the LPGA’s Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, these high-profile events are the PGA’s platform to broadly engage local communities and fans while assessing and reporting the true impact their tournaments have on local ecosystems.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

LinkedIn | Company profile. Nearby in Flint, where at least 100,000 residents suffered exposure to lead-poisoned tap water, GM turned millions of water bottles into filler for coats for homeless people. LinkedIn | Company profile. Company profile. Mary Barra, Chairman and CEO, General Motors; Detroit.

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Young Americans Have High Appreciation and Expectations for Science, but Misinformation Threatens the Future

3BL Media

Beyond the pandemic, Americans want science to prioritize solutions for clean water supply and sanitation (61%), air quality (53%), equal access to quality healthcare (50%) and the effects of climate change (48%). To date, 3M has reduced global water usage 10.7% and eliminated 19.7 million pounds of plastic waste.

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Fired up: Meet 30 youth leaders sparking change

Corporate Knights

Kayah George 25, Vancouver Tulalip and Tsleil-Waututh Nation water protector and filmmaker Kayah George used to play in a creek behind her grandmother’s house, but the water has become so contaminated by upstream construction that people started developing rashes. It’s also helped drive down the cost of food in pilot locations. “If

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Why Every Decision on 6G Must Put Sustainability First

3BL Media

In 2009, the Stockholm Resilience Centre identified nine planetary boundaries which would allow the earth system’s processes to continue to regulate a stable planet where society can thrive, a framework that was updated and republished recently.