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Aflac 2021 Business & Sustainability Report: Renewable Energy

3BL Media

Other Environmental Issues: Waste Prevention and Reduction. The waste reduction and recycling strategy for Aflac U.S. diverted more than 1,800,000 pounds of paper waste from the landfill in 2021, and our recycling strategy diverted over 2,000,000 pounds of solid waste from the landfill for U.S.-owned owned properties.

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O-I Glass Partners for Sustainability

3BL Media

In some countries, we also participate in organizations that promote recycling and waste reduction. CEMPRE (Compromisso Empresarial para a Reciclagem): a nonprofit association that promotes recycling through publications, technical assistance, and seminars. Recent activities have included community waste collection in Medellin. .

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Sands China Expands Its Initiatives To Drive Innovation and Technology Development in Macao

3BL Media

LTD; and Laiye HK Limited – created projects in the areas of intelligent warehouse robotic solutions, food waste resource recycling solutions and AI consumption identification technology, respectively. The challenge’s three winners – Hai Robotics; Jiangsu OWIN Biotechnology Co.,

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Taking a Virtual Trip to the Last Mile: How an Innovative Program is Harnessing Virtual Reality to Advance Progress Toward the SDGs

James Militzer

We’ve also curated VR content involving markets outside Indonesia, allowing viewers to witness the impacts of climate change in Fiji; meet a waste recycling community in Cairo; and explore the rural village of Huaichai in Laos, where families are working to overcome malnutrition by improving sanitation and hygiene. Photo courtesy of Kopernik.

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Reflections and Solutions from the Andean Region: An interview with Experts from Argentina, Ecuador and Chile

Sustainable Development Network

During the seminar, the impacts of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 disease) pandemic was addressed, as they pertained to the webinar’s themes. The fifth session of the seminar was organized by SDSN Andes , and moderated by its Director, Dr. Jorge Gómez-Paredes.