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China’s new frontier for VOC regulations

GreenBiz

As the global economy reawakens after the COVID-19 shutdown, air emissions and VOC enforcement in China remain a hot topic. The 2016 wave of enforcement actions resulted in renewed effort by companies that hadn’t been shut down to take regulatory concerns more seriously since then. China’s new frontier for VOC regulations.

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Where there's hope for speeding up business action on plastics

GreenBiz

In 10 short years, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) arguably has done more than any other group to define and advance the circular economy. Its landmark report, "The New Plastics Economy," sounded the alarm in 2016 that if "business as usual" continues, by 2025 the ocean may hold more plastic than fish by weight.

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Estée Lauder Appoints Nancy Mahon as First Chief Sustainability Officer

ESG Today

While at the company, she was also appointed by President Obama as Chairperson of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, serving in the role from 2011-2016. Appointing Nancy to Chief Sustainability Officer is an example of our company’s ambition and focus on these initiatives.”

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Ambitious partnerships on climate action are taking root and bearing fruit

GreenBiz

2020 was, along with 2016, the joint hottest year on record ever — closing out the warmest decade on record ever. Global average temperatures are now about 1.2 This effort has the potential to tackle 30 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. The state of the planet. degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

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Lombard Odier, Systemiq Launch New Sustainable Investment Platform

ESG Today

Global wealth and asset manager Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) and sustainability-focused system designer and developer Systemiq announced today a new partnership to launch holistiQ Investment Partners, a new sustainable investing platform within LOIM.

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Global emissions from energy are flat. Now what ?

Edouard Stenger

According to the respected International Energy Agency’s new report, global greenhouse gases emissions from energy remained flat in 2016 while the global economy grew by 3.1 Global emissions from the energy sector stood at 32.1 Global emissions from the energy sector stood at 32.1

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Supply Chain Due Diligence Pioneer Sourcemap Raises $10 Million to Meet Global Demand for Transparency and Traceability

3BL Media

As supply chain disruptions challenge core operations for businesses across nearly all sectors of the global economy, companies are looking for solutions that can provide better visibility into every link in the chain,” said Juan Muldoon, partner at Energize Ventures. “At About Energize Ventures.