Sustainability Matters

JULY 9, 2023

The organisation has recovered and upcycled over 559 tonnes of thong pollution since it began in 2006, using them to produce 65,000 artworks. In Kenya, one million thongs are found as litter along its coastline per year. Ocean Sole is turning the discarded thongs into artworks.

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Waste UNEP Manufacturing 72

Chris Hall

AUGUST 12, 2022

According to the UNEP Global Climate Litigation Report , more than 1,500 cases had been filed in 38 countries by July 2020. The primer noted the intention of the environmental NGO ClientEarth to lodge a claim against the board of Shell under Section 172 of the Companies Act of 2006.

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Climate Change Stranded Assets Paris Agreement UNEP 52

Corporate Knights

AUGUST 29, 2024

Inclusive wealth is measured by both the World Bank and UN Environment Programme (Unep). The World Bank has been measuring it since the late 1990s, and first published global estimates in a 2006 report called Where is the wealth of nations : measuring capital for the 21st century. Will Canada follow their lead?

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UNEP Banking Development Academics 246