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Cooking the books: The magical math of ‘climate-friendly’ meat

Corporate Knights

A convoy of tractors was making its way to a Dutch government building in February when Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted out his support for farmers revolting against the EU’s regulatory push to drive down climate emissions: “I’m pro-environment, but I support the farmers! Farming has no material effect on climate change.”

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VIBE is pleased to announce our partnership with Ecologi to plant a tree for every book sold!

VIBE

In January 2022, VIBE became partners with Ecologi ( [link] ) to plant a tree for every "Earths Climate Heroes" book sold. Reducing our carbon footprint is necessary, however that transition is far slower than the time we have remaining rendering that tool for fighting climate change somewhat inadequate.

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VIBE Ecologi Blog February 2024

VIBE

In January 2022, VIBE became partners with Ecologi ( [link] ) to plant a tree for every "Earths Climate Heroes" childrens book sold. Let's please do our part to support their work purchasing more "Earth's Climate Heroes" books! And on this second anniversary of the partnership, so far we've planted nearly 400 trees.

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United Airlines Launches $100 Million Sustainable Aviation Fuel Venture Fund

ESG Today

United Airlines has committed to fully reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 without relying on carbon offsets. The company also announced that it has begun showing customers booking flights on its website or app an estimate of the flight’s carbon footprint, with indications of lower carbon options based on itinerary.

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Rewilding British farms is bringing back threatened species, storing carbon and growing hope

Corporate Knights

In 2000, they sold off their dairy herds and machinery to offset huge debts and contracted out their arable land. The book so inspired Burrell and Tree that they went to see Vera and the landscape he stewarded in Oostvaardersplassen, the Netherlands. based nature recovery investment company Nattergal. In the U.K.,

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Blistering heat is ravaging tourism hotspots. Can the industry reinvent itself?

Corporate Knights

Vineyards hiked their prices for wine tastings to raise revenue, but then a ban on tourists using hotels—to accommodate evacuees fleeing wildfires—eliminated the possibility of big group bookings and destination weddings. The location would be “beautiful and sunny for those that do make it through,” he added.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. If we lose that battle, the world will give up a lot of the gains that we’ve had and perhaps many we could have in areas like environment and climate change.".