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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The company touts advancing responsibility for sourcing raw ingredients, such as cobalt, within its supply chain. Rosalind Brewer is the first African-American and woman to steer the company’s Americas operations as well its global supply chain, product and store development. and globally by 2040. Company profile.

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How My Green Lab is cleaning up R&D

GreenBiz

As we see the importance and value that our customers place on sustainability growing, the ACT instrument labels from My Green Lab will play a major role in helping those customers to make more informed, sustainable decisions for their analytical laboratory.". million two-liter soda bottles each year. .

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Koch Industries Earns 2022 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award for Energy Management

3BL Media

While its businesses have grown, Koch has experienced a 58% reduction in production-related waste since 2012—a total of 571 million pounds—according to EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory Report. In addition to its ENERGY STAR partnership, Koch has grown and advanced its supply chain business to be one of the most efficient in the U.S.,

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Water + Indigenous Peoples Rights = Risk

Chris Hall

Better risk-based analytics such as the database on climate patterns and risk matrixes maintained by the insurance industry (especially in Europe) include empirical evidence on risks regarding water, the environment and now conflict and famine. More empirical evidence and quantitative data should become part of the debate.

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Global Commons Stewardship Index contrasts how countries impact the environment at home and abroad

Sustainable Development Network

Trade is an important source of income and prosperity in many coun­tries, yet unsustainable supply chains also drive environmental degradation such as defor­estation, rising GHG emissions, and other adverse effects. Rich countries generate the largest share of the international spillovers that need to be addressed.

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World at Risk of Losing a Decade of Progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Development Network

The 2023 International Spillover Index included in this report highlights that 59% of GHG emissions are emitted along the supply chain of different countries than where the final textiles and clothing products are consumed. • Science-based instruments are needed at all levels to guide SDG action and strengthen accountability.

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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

COVID-19 | Analytics’. Europe Could Face More Drug Shortages as Coronavirus Squeezes Supplies’. Germany Would like to Localize Supply Chains, Nationalization Possible, Minister Says’. China Makes Massive Donation of Medical Supplies to Fight Coronavirus in Africa’, 23 March 2020. Olival, and Hongying Li. ‘A