GreenBiz

AUGUST 5, 2020

A proliferation of greening initiatives from industry players has emerged with public announcements of policies to tackle this issue, measures to address their supply chain footprints, promotion of circular economy practices and encouragement for sustainable brands growing increasingly popular. But it is not all doom and gloom.

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3BL Media

JULY 23, 2024

If a country or region relies on supply only from within their region and they experience a crisis, there is a risk people won’t get the medicines they need, when they need them. A secure supply of medicines from multiple regions and countries around the world is more reliable and at less risk of being disrupted.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The company touts advancing responsibility for sourcing raw ingredients, such as cobalt, within its supply chain. The next frontier is "connected chemistry," extending the internet of things to "the internet of natural resources," Beck said in 2019. and globally by 2040. Rosalind 'Roz' Brewer, COO and Group President, Starbucks.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Improving supply chain resilience helps mitigate these risks, benefiting our consumers, suppliers and franchisees.” beef supply chain; they also generate many important ecosystem services, including helping with carbon storage, supporting water retention and providing habitats for fish and wildlife. In 2021, Yum!

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the fashion industry into disarray, leaving supply chain workers without wages and causing major global brands to file for bankruptcy. A strong signal of the circular fashion opportunity: Resale grew 25 times faster than the overall retail apparel market in 2019. Supply Chain.

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ESG Today

MAY 16, 2024

According to the company, the new goal reflects a growth in funding needs for the hydrogen sector, a key component for decarbonization in several emissions-intensive sectors, to address the growing urgency to set up supply chains for hydrogen and related technologies.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

While environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, water scarcity and water pollution dominate the list of issues that experts say are the most urgent — these are all considered more urgent than they were in 2019 — the perceived urgency of social issues is also on the rise. The time to act is now. Consumer Trends.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 13, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Entergy's supply chain organization this year donated more than 8,000 cases of hand and surface sanitizing liquid, spray and wipes, valued at $694,000. We needed the space those supplies were occupying for storm readiness and other requirements, plus the supplies needed to be used before their expiration dates.".

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ESG Today

APRIL 10, 2024

Climate accounting software provider CarbonChain announced today the launch of CarbonChain Comply, a new carbon reporting solution for businesses within metals and energy supply chains.

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GreenBiz

MAY 19, 2020

This collection of disaggregated waste management decisions is a challenging start of the "reverse supply chain" that is recycling. Americans continue to value and demand recycling as an essential public service according to The Recycling Partnership’s 2019 Earth Day survey. The Recycling Partnership’s 2020 State of U.S.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The same study found that sustainability-marketed products are responsible for more than half of the growth in consumer-packaged goods from 2015 to 2019. Any company that has taken on net-zero commitments will be looking at its supply-chain partners to reduce its carbon emissions and switch to renewables in the next few years.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Remember 2019? German sportswear company adidas committed to using only recycled polyester across its supply chain by 2024. And pressing companies to eliminate deforestation in their supply chains has long been an activist focus. It was a very long year. But it was much, much longer than that. Neither do I.

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GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2020

There are also two highly recognizable minority "non-participating" investors: pop star Katy Perry and media queen Oprah Winfrey, who previously invested in Apeel in 2019. . "I Apeel can extend the life of fresh produce, which is critical to our food supply and to our planet too.". "Our Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 16, 2021

In addition to the net-zero goal, the e-commerce site has set two science-based targets using a baseline year of 2019, which are pending validation from the SBT i. Back in 2019, Etsy launched its first initiative focused on reducing the carbon emissions of its marketplace by introducing carbon offset shipping.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 29, 2021

In the context of sourcing and supply chains, we’ve seen this movie before. In a circular supply chain, sourcing no longer focuses exclusively on virgin materials. Yet, these efforts traditionally have acknowledged only one phase of a material’s life.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Increased regulatory pressures and ongoing supply chain disruptions are putting a bigger spotlight on sustainability risks and requiring organizations to rethink their approach to their social and environmental commitments,” said Pierre-Francois Thaler, co-founder and co-CEO of EcoVadis. Average sustainability scores reached 49.2

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Central to the SAC’s mission is the Higg Index, a suite of comprehensive tools that empower members to measure, evaluate, and improve sustainability performance across the supply chain. About the Social & Labor Convergence Program SLCP is a multi-stakeholder initiative driving decent work in global supply chains.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Through 2019, it managed a 1 percent reduction against a 2015 baseline. The company actually increased waste to landfill by 16 percent through 2019 but is has pledged to focus more closely on "a strong byproducts plan, product donation strategy and improved forecasting.". Through 2019, it has achieved 70 percent.

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ESG Today

MARCH 21, 2024

Global food and beverage company Nestlé has launched two new projects aimed at reducing and removing carbon emissions from the company’s cocoa supply chain.

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GreenBiz

JULY 12, 2021

"Each year, approximately 50 million tonnes of electronic and electrical waste (e-waste) are produced, equivalent in weight to all commercial aircraft ever built; only 20 percent is formally recycled," write the authors of a report published by the World Economic Forum in 2019. "If Strengthening the circular electronics supply chain.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 2, 2022

Prioritizing sustainability within supply chains is becoming increasingly critical, and this latest announcement is another step for Lenovo as part of its goal to remove one million tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its supply chain by Fiscal Year 2025/26. About Maersk. Website: www.maersk.com.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

According to a Prepared Foods report , 44 new fermentation companies launched in late 2019 and early 2020, a 91 percent increase compared to 2018. . Even as COVID-19 upended global markets, alternative protein companies focusing on fermentation raised $435 million in venture capital by July, 58 percent more than in 2019.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 17, 2020

With about $9 billion in annual revenue in 2019, AGCO is behind some of the best-known global brands in tractors, combine harvesters, balers and other farm equipment, including Massey-Ferguson, Fendt, Challenger and Valtra. . It's supposed to deliver the first models in fall 2021 and claims "hundreds" of pre-orders. Innovation.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Deutsche Bank announced the publication of its initial Transition Plan, outlining the bank’s methodologies, targets and achievements on its path to net-zero by 2050, across its own operations and supply chain, as well as financed emissions.

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GreenBiz

JULY 8, 2021

Likewise, a recent report from Ceres on climate commitments from fast-food chains shows progress being made on setting emissions reductions targets, but not so much on water. While the companies acknowledge the materiality of water risks to their supply chains, they’re lagging on disclosing these risks and on efforts to address them.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 27, 2021

According to Joshua Davies, sustainability manager for Multiplex Europe, 42 percent of his company’s overall 2019 footprint came from embodied carbon from its suppliers. According to a 2019 Rocky Mountain Institute report, full-scale hydrogen-based steel production would cost 20 to 30 percent more than conventional steel-making processes.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The bank, currently Europe's second largest financier of fossil fuels, has committed to reaching net-zero across its supply chain and operations by 2030, before reaching net-zero across its customer portfolio 20 years later.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

One goal of Closed Loop Partners (CLP), entering its ninth year, is to bring together institutional investors with strategic corporate investors who seek to build a circular economy for their supply chains while helping their sustainability goals. The economics are very efficient today.".

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GreenBiz

JULY 8, 2020

Amazon's plans to decarbonize its shipping supply chain isn't just focused on electrifying its delivery vans. However, just last week, the UN group that's in charge of implementing CORSIA agreed to set the baseline targets for 2019 because of the coronavirus, essentially watering down the targets. Katie Fehrenbacher.

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GreenBiz

MAY 19, 2020

division in 2019 signed the beer industry’s largest power purchase agreement to date) and support for farmers adopting regenerative agriculture practices. We've figured out how to make them and donate them to our supply chain partners — to launching digital platforms to support bars and restaurants. That's short-term efforts.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 21, 2022

In order to be on track to deliver on their most recent climate pledges, G7 and BRICS countries needed to reduce their carbon emissions by 822 million tonnes in 2019, the most recent year for which countries have reported. Decarbonize your supply chain. In recent years, this gap has widened. There are only 415 weeks until 2030.

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3BL Media

JULY 26, 2023

Bath & Body Works has been a corporate partner of Disability: IN since 2019. Disability: IN empowers businesses to achieve disability inclusion and equality practices not only in their supply chains, but throughout their organizations including hiring practices, work environment and digital accessibility.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 3, 2020

When surveyed in 2019, 42 percent of our member companies put "biodiversity risk" as important or very important to them. We need much stronger alignment with all stakeholders in the value chain surrounding industry to adequately scale the rapid adoption of next generation solutions that truly protect our biodiversity. Supply Chain.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 16, 2021

households reported lacking the resources needed to feed all members during 2019. Another solution involves expanding the pandemic programs that have created new supply chains between farmers and consumers. Another thing that’s insane: Less than 10 percent of surplus food is donated rather than wasted, while one in 10 U.S.

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3BL Media

APRIL 26, 2022

compared to the 2019 baseline. Water Reduction Progress Highlights: In 2021, Pentair’s absolute water withdrawal increased 12% compared to the 2019 baseline due to organic growth. Pentair then launched this enhanced Supplier Code to the company’s global supply base. workforce and 26% (from 23% in 2019) of its U.S.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 3, 2021

In 2019, the company added 400 electric vehicles to its fleet including delivery trucks, forklifts and airport ground service equipment and by the end of that year was operating close to 3,000 EVs. Supply Chain. By 2030, 100 percent of those new purchases will be ZEVs. . Transportation & Mobility. Carbon Capture.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In 2019, 690 million people or 8.9 While I understand the complexity of these supply chains and how difficult it will be to fully transition to a more sustainable food system, we are losing critical time in endless debates that are not focusing on action. . The world seems to be less nourished than ever before.

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