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It’s time to speed up the sustainability shift

GreenBiz

We assumed the roles you would expect at a manufacturing site designed to supply a global market — supply chain, operations, HR, marketing, sales, IT, EHS — as well as the roles sometimes considered "fringe" but that are in reality critical success factors such as government officials (a local mayor) and civil society (an NGO leader).

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Moving From Sustainability Talk to Action

3BL Media

Climate is Water, and Decarbonization Requires Water A third of the global population today resides in a water-stressed environment, and it is only getting worse. Prolonged droughts, frequent floods, sea level rise, and drying rivers and lakes are climate change consequences. Why is this a triple-bottom-line issue?

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Investments in People Sustainability Drive Positive Business Outcomes, Says New SAP Research

3BL Media

It is defined by the impact an organization has on every part of its ecosystem: workers, supply chains, communities, and the environment. It is defined as treating people — within an organization’s workforce, across their supply chains, and in the communities in which they operate — ethically and fairly.

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Energy-Saving Water Technologies Could Bring the World Closer to Net Zero

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: Water is one of the most visible signs of climate change, whether it is too much or not enough. But until recently, it mostly was seen as primarily a climate adaptation and resilience concern. The fact is, however, that water also can play a powerful role in climate mitigation. Water and climate change.

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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. The company touts advancing responsibility for sourcing raw ingredients, such as cobalt, within its supply chain. Elsa Wenzel. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15.

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Bringing Science and Transparency to the Supplement Industry

B the Change

The supplement industry is built on the premise of supporting our health, and yet it has been asleep at the wheel when it comes to one of the largest health issues of our time: climate change. Ritual’s traceable supply chain sets itself apart from many of the supplement brands out there.

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How U.S. government procurement can lead the clean economy

GreenBiz

After 50 years of incremental progress in making its purchasing more sustainable, the federal government still faces tremendous challenges to making acquisitions value sustainability, reduce carbon and halt climate changes to our environment. The federal government needs to lead, not follow the Amazons and Walmarts of the world.