3BL Media

MAY 7, 2024

Centered on regulating production and consumption, the negotiations take every stage of the plastic value chain into account, from creation of the primary polymers to how plastic waste is managed. Additionally, it will require the evolution of waste management systems to deal with the legacy of plastic waste.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 26, 2024

That hard work is often hard to see, the product of millions of Canadians and thousands of businesses quietly, persistently adopting new approaches to life and work, eschewing waste, prioritizing collaboration and generally learning to do more with less. this year, up 9% over last year’s 49.7% – that’s compared to just 8.4%

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3BL Media

JULY 26, 2023

International Olympic Committee news The Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 will set new standards for environmental responsibility, demonstrating how to hold global sporting events in an era of accelerating climate change. These new grid connections will remain after the Games, becoming an important part of the Games’ legacy.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 23, 2024

It marked the first time the international community assessed its collective progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions since the Paris Agreement in 2015. The post Corporate climate action: 3 acceleration areas to get ahead on in 2024 appeared first on Corporate Knights.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

As a result, to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, the aviation sector will need to rely on carbon offsets and removals to neutralize residual emissions. In early 2024, Graphyte began operating the largest carbon removal facility in the world, its Loblolly facility in Arkansas. Both were 100% powered by renewable energy.

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3BL Media

JULY 8, 2024

for Operations and Maintenance evaluates Olympic House's performance across various key metrics that undergo regular monitoring, including energy and water use, waste management, air quality, user comfort and staff commuting, with the certificate remaining valid for three years. The LEED Platinum v4.1

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

November 20, 2024 /3BL/ - Medtronic plc, a global leader in healthcare technology, has today released its fiscal year 2024 (FY24) Impact Report. The Medtronic 2024 Impact Report reveals broader commitments to patients, people, and planet. Reduced operational waste by 19% and water use intensity by 28% since FY20.

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Environment + Energy Leader

APRIL 10, 2023

Paris 2024 will be the first Olympic Games to align with the Paris Agreement. The post Paris 2024 and the Evolution of ISO 20121: Redefining Sustainable Event Management appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

COP, which stands for Conference of Parties, is the series of formal meetings, where governments assess global efforts to advance the Paris Agreement and the Convention. The next Conference is currently taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November 2024. What is COP? What is the circular economy?

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 2, 2024

A total 31 waste and pollution-themed resolutions achieved 14.35% in average shareholder support. These can be broken down into three focus areas – circular economy, pesticides use and plastics waste,” Riganelli added. In addition, four resolutions this season concerned water and oceans, with a 28.7%

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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

Those guidelines are due to be released in 2024. Now, it’s being taken up by a multilateral panel that is expected to report in 2024 if all goes well. The document also holds out the possibility of subsidies for carbon trading deals under Article 6 of the Paris agreement, and for Indigenous participation in fossil fuel projects.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 9, 2022

While airlines in the EU are currently provided with free allowances to avoid paying for carbon emissions, the new deal, applying to intra-European flights, as well as flights departing flights to the UK and Switzerland, will phase out these allowances between 2024 and 2026, with allowances becoming fully auctioned in 2026.

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3BL Media

MARCH 15, 2022

The Sector Standard for Coal enables comprehensive and comparable disclosure on: How companies respond to climate change mitigation demands , as reflected in the Paris Agreement, including plans to transition away from coal mining. GRI 12 comes into effect for reporting from January 2024, with early adoption encouraged.

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3BL Media

JUNE 2, 2022

B&Q is urging the UK government to ban sales of bagged peat-based compost by 2024 to enable peatlands to optimise carbon sequestering. Peat-free compost is made of composted bark fines, coir, wood fibre and green waste with a mix of coarse and fine particles to create a balanced compost containing enough water and air for root growth.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2024

Upon the team’s return from the UAE, we sat down to gather their impressions from the historic event and hear how they plan to accelerate action in 2024. Q: At the conclusion of COP, delegates agreed to what is being called “the UAE Consensus,” an agreement that begins to lay the groundwork for transitioning away from fossil fuels.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Schmidt received the award following her efforts as part of the organising committee of the International Laser Class Association (ILCA) European Championships in Andora, Italy, which saw her introduce a range of measures to reduce waste at the event. World Rugby , meanwhile, has been honoured for implementing “The Bag that Builds”.

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Sustainability Matters

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

This is the finding of the recently released Global Methane Budget 2024 , which is produced by CSIRO alongside international research partners as part of the Global Carbon Project. The Global Methane Budget 2024 is the fourth such budget published in the journal Earth System Science Data. Image credit: iStock.com/Clara Bastian

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Established under Article 14 of the Paris Agreement , the Global Stocktake is designed “to assess the collective progress towards achieving the purpose of [the Paris] Agreement and its long-term goals. What is the purpose of the Global Stocktake? But the Global Stocktake is meant to go far beyond an assessment.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 22, 2024

The RI and stewardship report covers the first full year of Border to Coast’s direct engagement with companies on climate, showcasing its votes on 13,406 resolutions at 1,052 meetings in the year to March 2024, as well as detailing its strengthened voting policy.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Financial organisations thus have a major role to play in the decarbonisation of the global economy, yet it is estimated that since the Paris Agreement in 2015, the 60 largest banks have instead invested $5.5 For example, the indicative financed emissions from the UK financial sector in 2019 were found to be 1.8

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2022

The resolution will help to forge an international legally binding agreement by the end of 2024. Around 11 million tonnes of plastic waste flow into the ocean each year, an amount that if left unchecked could triple by 2040. We can learn from the Paris Agreement process and move fast on ocean plastics.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 16, 2023

European lawmakers hail 2024 as the year of sustainable and resilient food systems, but financial markets hold the key to unlocking this future, says Peter Elwin, Director of Fixed Income and Head of Food and Land Use at Planet Tracker.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 5, 2023

Solar photovoltaics are forecast to lead the way, supported by a doubling in manufacturing capacity to 1,000 GW by 2024. The remaining 12% is sent to energy recovery from anaerobic digestion or incineration, ensuring the company sends no food waste to landfill.

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Sustainability Matters

APRIL 23, 2024

This week marked Earth Day 2024 , and as we navigate an increasingly data-driven landscape and harness the burgeoning power of artificial intelligence, there are few justifications for organisations to not manage and report their environmental, social and governance (ESG) data with enhanced efficiency and transparency.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Following the successful pilot, the goal is to implement the initiative across all sites by 2024. Experts evaluate operational and environmental performance, as well as food safety and quality, and then identify exact challenges, losses and waste to be eliminated, striking a balance between performance, cost and risk. Nature Food 2.3.

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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 30, 2023

Position overview The intern is part of the SDSN Food/Land Team and works under the supervision of the FELD director to support the team’s preparation for COP28, and contribute to the team’s ongoing analysis and work, including around a community of practice on Food Loss and Waste. It is directed by Professor Jeffrey D.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2022

The circular economy aims to eliminate waste and pollution, keeping products and materials in use for as long as possible. The Ellen Macarthur Foundation, which promotes the circular economy, says the concept is based on three principles: eliminate waste and pollution, circulate products and materials, and regenerate nature.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 2, 2023

Despite airline travel currently remaining an estimated 15% below 2019 emissions levels, current projections anticipate a full recovery in air traffic by 2024, underlining the need to accelerate the production and adoption of SAFs. Trouble on the tarmac A key challenge in scaling up SAFs comes from production.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MARCH 5, 2024

However, as the Presidential elections approach, there is a danger the IRA becomes a culture wars punchbag and climate action is framed by some as a waste of money. ºC temperature threshold set down in the Paris Agreement and the US is seeing extreme weather events like never before. This could not be further from the truth.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 30, 2023

C target set by the Paris Agreement until 2050. Another start-up, Agroloop transforms organic waste into a sustainable protein source by upcycling organic materials while Better Origins uses AI to empower its insect farms aiming to eliminate food waste.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 12, 2020

As an example, heavy GHG emitters countries as China pledged for net-zero emissions by 2060, and the Paris Agreement became one of the issues driving voters to vote in the US presidential election. Adidas to use 100% recycled polyester by 2024. Sustainable business trend 1 – Eco-designed Products.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Or, as Redinger puts it, turning microbes in food waste “into miniature dye factories” that produce vegan colourants that are longer-lasting than plant-based dyes. million in financing so she can scale up her waste-diversion process to reach her goal of diverting 500,000 kilograms of waste from treatment and landfill by 2030.

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ESG Today

APRIL 2, 2025

C ambition of the Paris Agreement. absolute reductions of Scope 3 emissions including fuel & energy, waste from company operations, business travel, use of sold products and end of life of sold products.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 31, 2025

Having suffered Teslas first dip in annual sales in over a decade, its CEO unveiled this week lower-than-expected profits and revenues for Q4 2024. But how much time he intends to spend on that task alongside goading Europeans , cutting government waste and resolving US-Chinese tensions over TikTok remains to be seen.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 10, 2025

Despite international efforts to combat climate change, the EUs Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has confirmed 2024 as the hottest year on record. warming limit set by the Paris Agreement, reaching 1.6C The summit took decisions relating to the Paris Agreements Article 6 , including a centralised market under Article 6.4

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Sustainability Matters

APRIL 10, 2025

is stepping away from the Paris Agreement, clean energy, climate funding and environmental regulations. trillion in 2024, up 11% from the previous year. AI and cybersecurity is a third Goliath in the boardroom. Where to from here on climate? As the world gets hotter, governments across the world are reacting.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Climate risks and geopolitics were both in the limelight, and often clashing, in 2024 as a myriad of questions were raised concerning the future of sustainability efforts. In developing countries for instance, infrastructure and waste systems are particularly impacted by floods, playing a key role in the spread of diseases.

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