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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.". Given this, it was not surprising to see an uptick in corporate ambition on sustainability issues.

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Seventh Biennial State of the Profession Report Shows Major Growth in Industry

3BL Media

“It wasn’t clear whether the pandemic would negatively affect corporate sustainability efforts in the same way the 2008-09 financial crisis did,” said John Davies, senior vice president at GreenBiz Group.

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From Ambition to Action: Owens Corning Moves To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions

3BL Media

Using 2018 as a base year, the company aims to halve direct emissions from its manufacturing operations (Scope 1), as well as emissions from the generation of the electricity it purchases (Scope 2), by 2030. I am a part of a company whose commitment to sustainability is deep and unwavering,” she said.

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The fight for a better tomorrow: Canada's top 30 under 30 sustainability leaders of 2022

Corporate Knights

Ten days earlier, seven Ontario youth appeared in court virtually to challenge the provincial government’s decision to gut its climate targets in 2018. “We In 2018, Watts co-founded an accelerator for young people in low-income, high-climate-risk countries working on climate start-ups. That’s the power of compounded action,” she says.

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Future of business travel up in the air: overseas trips could be cut by at least a third

Envirotec Magazine

The majority of sustainability professionals (89%) think their company’s overseas travel in the next two to three years will be significantly reduced compared to pre COVID-19 levels. 1] According to IATA figures , global aircraft CO2 emissions in 2018 amounted to 915MtCO2. Together, they represent over US$5.5

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Global Aviation – We Rely On It – With The Industry’s Ups and Downs

Sustainability Update

That was one billion tonnes of CO2 emitted in 2018 according to OurWorldinData.org. By some estimates aviation operations overall contributes 2.5 percent of carbon dioxide emissions and 3.5% counting non-CO2 impacts on climate.

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Is your company a good company?

GreenBiz

So to all the sustainability professionals reading this: yes, measure and manage your GHG emissions diligently but also measure and manage employee sentiment and work across your organization to ensure they’re being taken care of. A Harris poll pegged Nike’s overall reputation at a 54 percent positive ranking, up six points from 2018.