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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.

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At long last, Canada restricts oil and gas subsidies (except for all the loopholes)

Corporate Knights

In background briefings, officials said the announcement makes Canada the first of the world’s wealthiest countries to publish a detailed implementation plan for a pledge that was first announced at the G20 leaders’ summit in Pittsburgh in 2009.

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Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South

GreenBiz

South can be traced back to 2009, when wood pellets were touted as a “transition fuel” that could be used to advance the EU's climate goals — a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels, and a 20 percent increase in renewable energy by 2020. “As The rise of the wood pellet industry in the U.S.

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Sofidel Commits to Net Zero by 2050

3BL Media

The Net Zero goal, i.e. reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the subsequent removal of residual emissions to as close to zero as possible along the entire value chain , is at the heart of the European Green Deal and considered crucial to limiting global warming to well below 2°C in line with the Paris Agreement.

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Sofidel: Building a Better Future

3BL Media

Since 2009, the Group has been engaged in energy efficiency activities and in reducing emissions from its plants, through investments in biomass, cogeneration, photovoltaic and hydroelectric power. Containing environmental impacts, reducing waste and promoting responsible consumption are the basic attitudes of Sofidel's development policies.

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Corporate climate action: 3 acceleration areas to get ahead on in 2024

Corporate Knights

It marked the first time the international community assessed its collective progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions since the Paris Agreement in 2015. The findings confirmed that without increased climate action, the world could face between 2.5C (4.5F) and 2.9C (5.2F) of warming above preindustrial levels.

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Film review: An inconvenient sequel

Edouard Stenger

Wikipedia states that he held the “first congressional hearings on the climate change, and co-sponsor[ed] hearings on toxic waste and global warming.” Found on wikipedia, this is a 2009 figure so to-date numbers would be much much higher…). It is focusing on the negotiations that led to the Paris Agreement.