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The State of Green Business 2021

GreenBiz

The report found that "in large companies, there has been a significant increase in terms of the sustainability leader reporting to the CEO, from 19 percent in 2018 to 26 percent today.". As the global economy finds its footing in the coming months, and as a new, more environmentally friendly administration takes hold in Washington, D.C.,

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Unilever sets $1.2B sales target for meat and dairy alternatives

GreenBiz

Unilever acquired plant-based meat company The Vegetarian Butcher in late 2018 and since has expanded the brand into more than 30 countries and secured a major supply deal for the firm's vegan patties and nuggets with Burger King. The Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant said last week that it plans to sell more than $1.2

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Sustainable investing is changing global supply chains: 4 key takeaways

GreenBiz

In Taiwan, where I live and work, a large percentage of companies occupy an important position in the global economy as major suppliers of goods across the industrial spectrum. percent) in 2018. This is relatively higher than the proportion of sustainable investment assets to total AUM of investors in the U.S.

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Beyond emissions: The life of a carbon molecule

GreenBiz

But carbon is also moving constantly through the global economy, which historically has been powered by burning fossil fuels for energy. As the most prevalent of the greenhouse gases (GHGs), CO2 plays an outsize role in global climate change — for example, it accounted for 81 percent of U.S. emissions in 2018.

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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

With more than one quarter of the global economy committed to achieving net-zero emissions over the coming decades, it follows that the shipping sector will be under increased pressure from governments and private players to clean up its act. It is also working to introduce net-zero emissions ships in U.K.

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Ambitious partnerships on climate action are taking root and bearing fruit

GreenBiz

Unprecedented wildfires raged across Australia and California, with the Australia fires releasing about three-quarters of the CO2 that the country’s industry emitted in 2018-19. This effort has the potential to tackle 30 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. More than 200 companies and organizations are so far involved.

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NYC Proposes Ban on Investments in Fossil Fuel Infrastructure for Pension Funds

ESG Today

The proposal follows decisions by the pension funds to divest from fossil fuel reserve owners in their public equities portfolio in 2018, and to exclude upstream fossil fuel investments, including exploration and extraction, in their private markets investments in 2023.