GreenBiz

MARCH 23, 2021

As the global economy reawakens after the COVID-19 shutdown, air emissions and VOC enforcement in China remain a hot topic. China’s new frontier for VOC regulations. Shuying Xu. Tue, 03/23/2021 - 01:15. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

This will have a tremendous impact on nature that, in turn, will affect businesses and the global economy. The World Economic Forum analyzed 163 industry sectors and their supply chains and found over half of the world’s GDP is moderately or highly dependent on nature and its services. But much more is needed.

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GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

Mon, 07/06/2020 - 01:25. In recent weeks and months, as many of us have "sheltered in place" in the face of a global pandemic, each of us has come to grips with a valuable reminder of what’s truly important: family, friends and colleagues; security and safety; food and water; healthcare. What role does ESG play in the 'new normal'?

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Mon, 10/12/2020 - 01:30. But carbon is also moving constantly through the global economy, which historically has been powered by burning fossil fuels for energy. Similarly, companies face different risks related to indirect emissions in their supply chain versus those that result from the use of their products.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 15, 2024

CALLAO, Peru, October 15, 2024 /3BL/ - DP World , a global leader in logistics and supply chain solutions, has been awarded the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA International) Corporate Diversity Award for 2024.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

Buried beneath the dour daily headlines on COVID-19 infections, lockdowns and travel bans, the latest science about our planet released during 2020 makes for tough reading. Despite the reductions in air travel and the global economic slowdown caused by the pandemic, climate change sadly has not slowed down this past year.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 10, 2021

How do they adequately analyze their human rights and racial equity practices both within their own operations and throughout their supply chains? The goal of building a just and inclusive economy may seem daunting and even impossible in the current context of racial tension, economic inequity and widespread systemic discrimination.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

Wed, 08/26/2020 - 02:01. In 10 short years, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) arguably has done more than any other group to define and advance the circular economy. It’s a global economy-wide issue but the fact that it is everywhere should inspire us to action. Elsa Wenzel.

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GreenBiz

JULY 10, 2020

Fri, 07/10/2020 - 00:50. With record high unemployment , a reeling global economy and concerns of food shortages , the world as we know it is changing. 20 must-read books about food systems. Danielle Nierenberg. Be My Guest: Reflections on Food, Community, and the Meaning of Generosity " by Priya Basil (forthcoming November).

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

seeking to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, by halving per capita food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reducing food losses along production and supply chains. trillion and directly employ nearly 10 million people, with a further 90 million related jobs estimated along the value chain.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 30, 2022

“The rapidly changing global context urges the global business community to respond with smarter innovations and more responsible operations, seizing every opportunity to act with a larger purpose in mind,” said Yuanqing Yang, Lenovo’s CEO and Chairman.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

It also means protecting, managing and restoring nature, coupled with major investments from businesses to reverse nature loss, beyond their value chains. Deforestation must be removed from supply chains by 2025. In a global economy no-one will be unaffected when climate-related disasters hit.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The 2023 edition of the Circularity Gap Report , an annual study of circularity adoption worldwide by Circle Economy, states that the global economy increasingly relies on materials from virgin sources. The authors estimate that the global economy is only about 7.2% circular, down from 9.1% In that same year, 4.9

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 30, 2020

This forecast will undoubtedly be impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, due to disruptions to global supply chains and project execution in 2020. However, it is too soon to predict the extent of the virus’s impact on the wider global economy and energy markets.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Nature underpins societal wellbeing by providing basic life support services and material goods such as soil, air, water, food, fuel, and fibre 1 , so the impacts of nature loss are wide-reaching and threaten the foundations of our global economies, livelihoods, and food systems 2,3.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 10, 2024

At a wider, global scale Aviva Investors believes climate t ransition planning – which the UK is set to mandate reporting on – across the whole global economy can provide a series of positive self-reinforcing actions and information flows.

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3BL Media

MAY 26, 2022

In addition, the current COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the national and global economy and commodity and financial markets, which has had and we expect will continue to have a negative impact on our financial results. SOURCE: The Chemours Company. DESCRIPTION: WILMINGTON, Del.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 26, 2022

In 2020, Chemours committed to developing a school partnership program as part of our diversity action plan and Corporate Responsibility Commitments," said Alvenia Scarborough, senior vice president, corporate communications and chief brand officer at Chemours.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Complex Supply Chains designed to run efficiently failed under the pandemic. Restrictions, Brexit regulations, a ship stuck in the Suez Canal, extreme weather events and energy shortages impacted supply chains and prevented firms to meet their demand. trillion in assets in 2020 ( Opimas LLC ).

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Chris Hall

MARCH 2, 2022

“Regardless of geopolitical developments, decentralised energy systems based on renewable energy sources increase energy independence and security, while lowering costs for end-consumers and contributing towards the decarbonisation of economies,” says Marco van Daele, Co-CEO and CIO at SUSI Partners, a Swiss-based infrastructure fund manager.

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Chris Hall

JULY 13, 2022

If we don’t respond, not only will a massive array of the rural and vulnerable poor not have access to key resources, but nor will the rest of the global economy,” says Wendy Elliott, Deputy Practice Leader and Innovation Lead for Wildlife at WWF Kenya. What solutions does the new species use report propose?

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 2, 2021

This Index is the successor to the Pilot GCS Index , which was released at the 2020 Tokyo Forum. Trade is an important source of income and prosperity in many coun­tries, yet unsustainable supply chains also drive environmental degradation such as defor­estation, rising GHG emissions, and other adverse effects.

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James Militzer

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

A Tipping Point for Social Enterprise Inclusion in the Global Economy. The pandemic pierced the reality of “business as usual” in many ways, including by revealing the fragility and unsustainability of existing supply chains. Why should SESOs prioritize corporate readiness, and why now?

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Sustainable Development Network

APRIL 20, 2020

Overall, the United States, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands topped the global 2019 GHS ranking. In March 2020, the Deep Knowledge Group (a consortium of profit and non-profit organizations) released the Covid-19 Safety, Risk and Treatment Efficiency framework and indices. Bloomberg , 16 March 2020. 5 February 2020.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

The report seems to find that annual investments in nature-based solutions will have to triple by 2030 and increase four-fold by 2050 from the current investments of $133 billion (using 2020 as base year). Biodiversity loss is already costing the global economy 10 percent of its output each year.

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Daniel Burrus

JANUARY 13, 2021

Its importance to our national and global economy is evident in how many white- and blue-collar jobs are integral in each process. Many of these types of changes are driven by technology, but during 2020, change has been physical and largely unpredictable. In the United States, manufacturing is a huge sector.

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B the Change

OCTOBER 15, 2022

To help these companies, Michel Scholte co-founded True Price , a Netherlands-based organization that aims to reduce food insecurity and shape a sustainable global economy through a pricing system that incorporates the cost of negative social and environmental impacts. “We Can any sort of company then apply this to their supply chain?

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2023

Starting at a 2% reduction in 2025 compared to 2020 intensity levels, it will increase to 6% by 2030, and eventually reach 80% in 2050. It will impose constraints on the average annual GHG intensity of onboard energy used by ships.

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Carlos Sanchez

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In this context, several countries and companies have taken up the challenge, and currently, 90% of the global economy and a third of the 2,000 largest companies have net-zero pledges. Companies release carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere due to their operations and supply chain.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2023

Despite investor pressure, the UK is losing its leadership position, as Australia and the US progress on laws to eradicate modern slavery from supply chains. Carlsson says if there are areas of high risk linked to a certain product or supply chain, this should be considered in the reporting process. .

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The number of beverage cans is set to increase from 420 billion in 2020 to 630 billion by 2030 and data has revealed that recycling all cans globally in 2030 would save 60 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year.

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3BL Media

MAY 20, 2024

This was bolstered by the 2020 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally. In 2023, Mexico surpassed China to become the U.S.’s

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, November 19, 2024 – DP World , a global leader in logistics and supply chain solutions, has deepened its commitment to environmental stewardship by enrolling three additional Canadian terminals – Vancouver, Nanaimo, and Saint John – in the Green Marine program.

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3BL Media

JULY 27, 2023

That loss would be a massive hit to the global economy. is not a party to the convention, but that matters little in these days of the global economy and the multinational companies many of you work for or the international supply chains you are all part of. I have to clarify that the U.S.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

In that role, she was engaged in helping clients develop strategies for supply chain transparency disclosures and claim, emissions reporting and human rights. . "In It aims to reach net-zero for its own operations and supply chain by 2030.) Skeptics have criticized its commitment for not going far enough. .

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 30, 2024

Typically, these steps are distinct way stations in a supply chain, and that anodyne fact has made the rare earth sector uniquely vulnerable to competition from China. Forty years on, he adds, “we are electrifying the global economy on every front possible, and rare earths are increasingly strategic, given their downstream use.”

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Richard Matthews

JANUARY 4, 2022

Less than a third of Americans (31%) currently believe there was widespread fraud in the 2020 U.S. This follows similar rulings in the Netherlands in 2019 and Ireland in 2020. Corporations are making their supply chains and operations more sustainable as part of transformative changes taking place across business sectors.

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