Corporate Knights

JUNE 10, 2024

The legacy of “waste colonialism” in the fashion sector is undeniable. Environmental impact and the shadow of waste colonization Launched in 2015, advocacy group Clean Up Kenya was initially focused on the environmental impact of single-use plastic bottles and packaging, but its advocacy has now broadened.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

CNH Industrial recently reached their goal of sending zero waste to landfills in all their production sites in Brazil. Since 2016, the company has been working toward this achievement at their Contagem (MG), Piracicaba (SP) and Sorocaba (SP) sites and is proud to have met their goal in 2023.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 23, 2025

The brand has been present at the event since its first edition in 2016 and recently signed a multi-year agreement with the show - demonstrating its fundamental role in the agriculture of tomorrow. Attendees will have the opportunity to experience the cutting-edge innovations that are shaping the future of farming.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 5, 2022

DESCRIPTION: The United Nations has designated September 29 as International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste Reduction to raise awareness about the prevalence of food loss and educate on ways to reduce food waste and build more resilient food systems. Food Waste Prevention. Food Waste Diversion. Food Rescue.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Loliware was founded in 2016 in pursuit of "a radical leap towards [a sustainable packaging] future." Leveraging pineapple leaves, a waste product of the pineapple industry, Ananas Anam uses a low-energy, low-water, chemical-free process to convert the leaves’ natural fibers into a leather-like material called Piñatex.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

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. And companies have benefited from shifting public sentiment on plastics when they've issued corporate debt with proceeds tied to plastic waste reduction.

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Corporate Knights

MAY 19, 2023

Last November, the European Commission proposed new EU-wide rules to reduce packaging waste by 15% by 2040, compared to 2018 levels. According to the European Commission, each person living in Europe produces, on average, roughly 180 kilograms of package waste per year. In the case of plastic alone, it could soar by 46%.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 13, 2025

Or, in the words of James Marape, president of Papua New Guinea, theyre now a total waste of time. For years, Figueres, who served as executive secretary of the UNFCCC from 2010 to 2016 and played a pivotal role in crafting the 2015 Paris Agreement, argued that fossil fuel companies belonged in climate policy negotiations.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 10, 2022

Biomass and municipal waste. Saville says that biomass, made from algae, crop residues, animal waste, forestry residue and municipal waste, could also have big potential as an aviation fuel. “If Then with municipal solid waste, you’re solving a waste problem and turning it into energy.”. Synthetic kerosene.

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Sustainability Matters

MARCH 13, 2024

Recycling Victoria has awarded its first Energy from Waste licence under the Waste to Energy Scheme. The recipient is the Maryvale Energy from Waste (EfW) project, a facility that will process non-recyclable municipal solid waste (MSW) that would otherwise go to landfill.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The report found that most companies are making progress on decarbonization, revealing a 6% annual decrease in average emissions intensity, or emissions per unit of revenue, since the 2016 Paris Agreement.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A glass waste worker in a recycling facility in Sofia, Bulgaria in May 2016. Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark have succeeded in recovering over 98% of their municipal waste on average over the last five years. Germany is now recycling half of its waste (50%), having improved year-on-year for the last five years.

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3BL Media

JUNE 6, 2022

With so many people needing food, why as a country are we wasting so much? Today, food waste sent to landfills contributes to 11% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. If individuals and large corporations make small changes to their food consumption and waste habits, the impacts could be very meaningful.”. stadium.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The way the world produces and consumes food causes huge environmental impacts, and yet 3 billion people worldwide are unable to afford a healthy diet, and up to a third of the food we produce is wasted. The average American spends $2,392 per year on food while the average Kenyan spends $543 per year on food (World Economic Forum, 2016).

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GreenBiz

MAY 20, 2020

In 2016, Bush Brothers began working with Evoqua to upgrade its wastewater system to reduce its reliance on public water sources and provide its facility with more capacity, flexibility and reliability. The waste plant needs to be ready for those changes, Aulick said.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

His extensive experience includes nearly two decades as Alderman for Milwaukee's First District, during which he served as President of the Common Council from 2016 to 2020. In these roles, he oversaw billion-dollar budgets, led citywide anti-poverty initiatives, and negotiated major development projects.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 11, 2021

Yet, there has been little consistency in corporate disclosures as adoption rates varied and as the focus deepened on easier quantified risks that have felt more urgent and actionable: greenhouse gas emissions; waste to landfill; diverse hiring/retention; etc.

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3BL Media

APRIL 20, 2022

What if we could take the waste that no one wants, the kind that ends up in landfills, and turn it into sustainable fuel? Enerkem, a leading Canadian cleantech company, is building a new biorefinery in the Greater Montreal area that will turn non-recyclable waste from landfills into valuable, low-carbon intensive biofuel. SOURCE: WSP.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2020

An Elland-based firm whose turbine-based device has global potential to slash CO2 emissions by converting waste heat into electricity, has been awarded the Institute of Physics (IOP) Business Start-up Award. The team at FeTu (with founder Jon Fenton, centre). That’s a tenfold improvement on the technology that’s been developed up to now.”.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

In 2016, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a U.N. The heavier lift comes from sustainable aviation fuel — SAF, for short — which can be made from a variety of substances, including used fats and oil as well as agricultural waste. The industry has responded or at least has been pushed to do better.

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3BL Media

MAY 3, 2022

The company’s long-term commitment to fostering sustainable, resilient operations starts with innovative technology and design to improve efficiency, reduce waste and eliminate carbon emissions. DESCRIPTION: Whirlpool has been committed to the environment since the company’s inception 110 years ago. KEYWORDS: NYSE:WHR, whirlpool.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

They also beat the global benchmark MSCI ACWI by 30% from July 1, 2016, to January 29, 2025. on a sustainable-revenue-weighted basis, outperforming the MSCI ACWI index (162.0%) and the MSCI ACWI/Energy Index of fossil fuel companies (76.7%) on Total Return Gross USD Basis from the Clean200 inception of July 1, 2016, to January 29, 2025.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 15, 2023

Save and distribute the food that’s wasted Millions of Canadians are food insecure, yet 58% of the food produced in Canada each year is lost or wasted, according to Second Harvest, a food rescue organization. Canada’s goal is to reduce the amount of food wasted by 50% by 2030. million tonnes of food waste by 50% by 2025.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

In 2016 Wesco created five specific environmental goals, most of which were met at the end of 2021. In 2016 Wesco set a goal of a 40% reduction in TRIR from a 2017 baseline. The report follows a year of continued growth and value creation for Wesco’s stakeholders and shares the company’s ESG data and efforts during 2021. 717-579-6603.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Between July 1, 2016, and January 15, 2024, Clean200 companies generated a total return of 103.5%. In 2016, we created the Clean200 in response to investors saying, ‘If we divest fossil fuels, there is nothing to invest in.’” through those years. through those years. The current list has been updated with data through January 15, 2024.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JULY 29, 2022

From a 2016 baseline, it has vowed to reduce water intensity by 15%, carbon intensity by 30%, and waste-to-landfill by 45% by 2025. Marriott is an environmental leader. The post Marriott Reduces Water and Energy Use by Double-Digits appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 21, 2025

Since 2016, the company has achieved about a 17% reduction in its own emissions and has pledged to be carbon-neutral by 2050. reduction in emissions and the diversion of 67% of waste from landfills. It operates the provinces landlines, mobile networks and internet services. In total, SaskTel donated $2.9

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Sustainability Matters

JANUARY 29, 2023

A study by Uswitch analysed data from the Global E-waste monitor 2020 and revealed the countries that produce the most e-waste, with Australia ranking fifth. When it comes to e-waste, mobile phones fall under the category “IT and telecoms”, alongside items such as laptops, tablet computers and fax machines.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 4, 2021

The Institute for Local Self Reliance (ILSR) an advocacy organization that works to empower local communities, helped support a compost cooperative in Baltimore, MD in 2016, planting a seed that would be the start of something bigger. Read the full story at Waste360.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JULY 29, 2022

From a 2016 baseline, it has vowed to reduce water intensity by 15%, carbon intensity by 30%, and waste-to-landfill by 45% by 2025. Marriott is an environmental leader. The post Marriott Reduces Water and Energy Use by Double-Digits appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Selected 2022 projects addressed circularity and waste transformation initiatives, as well as climate protection, water conservation and biodiversity. Since its launch in 2016, the Business Impact Fund has supported 51 projects totaling $9.87 Since its launch in 2016, the Business Impact Fund has supported 51 projects totaling $9.87

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Compared to the industrialized and supersized food system most Americans live with — represented by rivers of wasted milk and COVID-19 outbreaks at meat-packing plants that killed more than 200 people — these distributed systems looked healthier, safer, and more environmentally sustainable than ever. These farms accounted for 5.5

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3BL Media

JULY 9, 2024

million tons of waste, which includes glass, plastics, food, construction waste, and other textiles. Through the Loctite 2 nd Chance House campaign, Henkel aims to reduce waste that ends up in landfills and give everyday items, including furniture and building materials, a second chance.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Selected projects are part of the company’s Business Impact Fund program Since 2016, the Impact Fund has supported 58 projects in 22 countries MIDLAND, Mich., This year’s projects focus on addressing circularity and waste transformation initiatives while seeking to support society’s most vulnerable populations.”

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3BL Media

JULY 3, 2023

At the event, KFC China announced the expansion of several corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives that cover a wide range of areas, including supporting the disadvantaged, preserving the environment and reducing food waste. The program reduces food waste and GHG emissions.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 13, 2024

Published by Las Vegas Sands on July 25, 2024 This month has been designated as Plastic Free July to raise awareness about the environmental impact of plastic waste and pollution, particularly with single-use plastic items. Plastic waste is a growing environmental problem.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 9, 2024

Christine Viterelli, Arvin’s Grant Manager, , who has been pioneering the city’s energy efficiency and fleet transition projects since 2016 said: “Arvin is a small, rural community in Kern County that is mighty when it comes to making significant progress in its fleet transition to electric, solar, and EV Charging. billion in 2023.

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