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Mars Targets Segregated Responsibly Sourced Cocoa Supply Chain by 2030

ESG Today

Cocoa sourcing has been associated with several sustainability-related risks, including environmental issues such as deforestation, ecosystem degradation and climate change, and human rights risks such as child labor, forced labor, and poverty. Mars is a major user of cocoa, with more than 350,000 farmers in its global supply chain.

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Ottawa vows to bring in methane emissions regs. Alberta promises to never implement them.

Corporate Knights

billion in “avoided global damages”, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) said in a release. We’re seeing here the beginning of a global movement toward almost eliminating methane emissions from the oil and gas sector,” Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault told reporters in Dubai. “As

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Feds, provinces reach agreement to boost funding for regenerative agriculture

Corporate Knights

megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents by 2028, FCS says. Climate change is going to cost us something, whether it’s up front or down the road,” says Bakker. “If The government has committed to reducing the emissions from nitrogen fertilizers by 30% by 2030, and FCS says its proposals would mean a 33% reduction.

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COVID-19, 3D printing and the digital supply chain reckoning

GreenBiz

VW aims to produce more than 22 million EVs worldwide by 2028. The global 3D printing market was worth about $12 billion in 2019, with a compound annual growth rate of 14 percent predicted from 2020 to 2027. One of HP’s high-profile customers is Volkswagen, which is using its technology in the design of electric vehicles.

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Green Gas Support Scheme application window extended to March 2028

Envirotec Magazine

Not only is this good for the industry, it’s also great news for society as a whole, as we address the impacts of climate change and seek to ensure energy and food security in the UK.” The extension announcement comes ahead of the actual publication of the GGSS Mid-Scheme Review, which is due to be released before the year ends.

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Five Takeaways From Climate Week NYC 2024

3BL Media

Climate Week NYC is not one event, but a collision of more than 900 events at multiple venues across the New York metro area. Sustainability leaders in business, governments, civil society and the academic community all gathered to discuss the most pressing issues in the fight against climate change under the theme: “It’s Time!”

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Keysight’s Near-Term Science-Based Targets Approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative

3BL Media

Rapid emissions reductions are necessary to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change and limit global warming to 1.5°C. Keysight also commits that 73% of its customers by emissions covering use of sold products, will have science-based targets by fiscal year 2028.

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