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

Corporate Knights

year-on-year between January and March, and tourist hotspots like Mykonos were overrun with cruise ship visitors this summer. A staggering 895 cruise ships were expected to visit Mykonos and the nearby island of Delos over the summer—a big jump from the 608 ships that docked there last year.

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Closing the Loop: Rethinking Operations, the Economy To Save the Planet

3BL Media

95 percent of this comes from the manufacturing processes, including the extraction of raw materials and shipping.” Redirecting food out of the “cowboy” economy (landfills or incinerators) and into the “spaceman” economy transforms food waste from a terrible GHG generator to a decarbonization and regenerative-agriculture weapon.

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The Circular Economy Has a Critical Role in Driving Climate Action

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: At the recent COP26 climate talks, countries and companies largely focused on tackling climate change by decarbonizing the energy sector. Net zero cannot be achieved by decarbonizing the energy sector alone,” the World Economic Forum (WEF) concluded in a March 2021 report. Words by Leon Kaye. SOURCE: TriplePundit.

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For Patagonia, phasing out fossil fuels means “getting the oil off our backs”

We Mean Business Coalition

Since then, Patagonia has introduced a variety of preferred materials such as recycled nylon, regenerative organic cotton or hemp. By Spring 2024, 87% of Patagonias products by weight were made with other materials such as organic and regenerative organic cotton, recycled polyester and recycled nylon.

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4 Steps Your Company Can Take to Move Toward Net Zero

B the Change

There are clear consequences for business , as well, from supply chain and shipping disruptions to higher costs, changing markets, and regulatory shifts. In food systems, for example, we need fundamental shifts to “regenerative” production and waste reduction. These risks will just get worse as the climate continues to warm.

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Take-off for the Net Zero Transition  

Chris Hall

Thomae sees some evidence of transition costs becoming more tangible to investors, such as the investment required to finally address methane flaring, as promised by the Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter (OGDC), part of the GDA. The cost profile [of transition] is going to become centre stage,” he notes.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Decarbonized buildings. The second is a commitment to sourcing 100 percent of the natural materials Timberland uses from regenerative agriculture, such as leather for boots. Today, he makes his living nudging others — namely corporate executives — toward a decarbonized sustainable future. Mon, 05/17/2021 - 00:01.

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