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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

In Beck’s mind, too , forwarding-thinking companies should look at natural resources not just as consumables but as recyclable goods, and then design systems and products in a way that eliminates waste. Nearly a century ago, Ecolab sold dishwasher soap with a dispenser described as its first effort to reduce waste.

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These 50 Canadian corporate citizens are a cut above

Corporate Knights

It’s evidence that the “triple bottom line” (profit, people and planet) doesn’t compromise the single bottom line – but expands it. Since 2002 (the year we published our first Best 50 list), Best 50 companies have rewarded their shareholders with 128% higher returns than the overall composite index.

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Biofeed Separator food waste management technology

Sustainability Matters

The Biofeed Separator is an innovative, scalable and proven food waste management technology that sustainably closes the loop on all types of food waste. The self-contained, organic food waste management unit is designed to convert solid food waste into a liquid using Biofeed’s patented maceration and separation process.

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Meet the women warrior accountants pushing the envelope on climate action

Corporate Knights

Chauvin framed the most urgent issues facing the planet – climate change, waste, pollution, slave and child labour – as accounting failures. In the 1990s, progressive economists were pushing for what they called full-cost accounting: a triple bottom line that took profits, people and the planet into consideration.

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Start-up spotlight: Recycling waste plastic into bricks

Envirotec Magazine

A Dorset start-up says it is turning plastic waste into building materials, and looking to empower communities in developing countries to do the same. Overall, YTKO’s performance delivered a ‘conservative’ net impact of £282 million GVA, a £362 million triple bottom line impact and a ROI of £10.70 The tech bit.

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Book Review: the New Sustainability Advantage

Edouard Stenger

It shows ” how the benefits of the “triple bottom line” can increase a typical company’s profit by at least 51 to 81% within five years, depending on the company’s size and industry sector, while avoiding risks that could jeopardize its financial wellbeing. This is now done.

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Upcycling Innovations and Use of Food Waste Fuel Growth of Barnana

B the Change

Barnana was one of the first food brands to use upcycled raw ingredients to make its products and reduce climate-harming food waste. In the process of building Barnana’s supply chain, we encountered both the challenge of food waste and potential to use upcycled bananas and plantains in our products.

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