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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. The company touts advancing responsibility for sourcing raw ingredients, such as cobalt, within its supply chain. After learning of the outsize impact of dairy in its supply chain, it added more plant-based items to its menu. "I

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Health leaders discuss Mechanisms and Coordination of Global Health Governance and Finance

Sustainable Development Network

Countries in the Asia-Pacific region that dealt with SARS in 2003-2004 were best prepared to respond to COVID-19, as their specific readiness plans resulted in lower burdens of disease and death even before vaccines were introduced in 2021. Dr. Uribe concluded by outlining the Bank’s main concerns.

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5 Strategies to Establish Systems Thinking in Companies

B the Change

After producing the car from 1996 to 2003, GM terminated its production based on a narrow assessment of short-term profitability. If GM had used systems thinking in 2003, it might not have decided to discontinue the EV-1. More than 25 years ago, General Motors introduced the first electric vehicle, the EV-1.

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Climate Emergency Risks Stranding Women

Chris Hall

These types of funds made up 9% of fund votes on assessed shareholder proposals filed at US-based companies between 2003 to 2018. ECGI found that these women-led mutual funds were 17% more likely to support environmental and social shareholder proposals.

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How much do we know about countries preparedness to respond to pandemics? Insights from two country-level indices

Sustainable Development Network

5643 (10 October 2003): 276–78. Joint Statement World Bank Group and IMF Call to Action on Debt of IDA Countries’, 25 March 2020. Europe Could Face More Drug Shortages as Coronavirus Squeezes Supplies’. Germany Would like to Localize Supply Chains, Nationalization Possible, Minister Says’. World Bank.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

In that role, she was engaged in helping clients develop strategies for supply chain transparency disclosures and claim, emissions reporting and human rights. . "In It aims to reach net-zero for its own operations and supply chain by 2030.) Celine Herweijer, Partner, Global Innovation and Sustainability Leader, PwC.