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Cider brand Frosty Jack’s, is replacing its 3-litre PET bottles with 2.5 litre bottles, in a move designed to “see 22 million fewer units of alcohol consum…
In a bid to restore high-quality coffee production in regions that have come under threat due to factors like environmental disaster, economic hardship or political conflict, Nespresso is working to provide farmers with training and material that will help them improve coffee yield and quality.
At the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit, over 140 senior executives from the beauty industry convened in New York City to delve into sustainability issues.
The meat industry is under siege these days over issues of sustainability. The major recommendation of the EAT-Lancet report is to cut consumption of red meat by half in order to reduce greenhouse……
England’s iconic Oval ground will host the opening game of this year’s cricket world cup on Thursday – and plastic pollution is set to be the biggest loser.
As shipping faces more regulation and there are wider demands for commercial transparency, we can no longer afford to turn the other cheek and accept corruption as a cost of doing business, notes Leon van Duivendijk, Director Shared Resources, Vroon B.V.
A strawberry-flavoured vodka made by distilling the discarded whey from cheese-making, an apple vodka flavoured with 14 varietals of “non-GMO” apples and an organic gin and vodka from Speyside. All making their drinks industry bow in the last few weeks, these new products underline emphatically…
The federal government of Canada announced on June 10th their national plan to address single-use plastic pollution.The goals of this plan are set to be achieved as early as 2021,…
TAKT is attempting to rewrite the script when it comes to production and consumption, including the entire lifecycle of their products. the copenhagen-based brand aims to rewrite the script when it comes to consumption, from manufacturing to shipping and from repairs to recycling.
Sustainability is a top priority at Workday Rising and Workday Rising Europe. See highlights from our Workday Rising Sustainability and Community Report.
Bengaluru-based Bambrew manufactures bamboo straws, cutlery, and packaging materials with the help of tribals in the Northeast. In a year, the team claims to have made a revenue of Rs 10 lakh….
If you haven’t heard of Allbirds yet, you will soon. Kiwi, Tim Brown, together with engineer Joey Swillinger created Allbirds, a footwear company creating a range to suit your everyday needs, from loungers to runners. What is special about the brand is the materials they use and the sustainable nature of their process.
In an exclusive interview with SAFETY4SEA, Nick Brown, Communications Director at Bureau Veritas, invites industry to bridge the gender gap and support effective leadership.
British mushroom grower G’s Fresh Mushrooms received the Fresh Produce Consortium’s Fresh Award for CSR Excellence for its introduction of the molded pulp punnet for mushrooms.
Africa and the Middle East present their own set of issues that require a fresh set of eyes. But rose-coloured glasses aside, in what ways is blockchain creating consequential change?
JoAnn Strickon, global sustainability manager, shares common misconceptions of the role and the importance of sustainability in businesses of all sizes.
The Fellowship Programme is designed to bring highly qualified people from academia, the business world, and civil society to the institute, who provide expertise, inspiration, and creative input…
REI Co-op is investing a total of $157,500 in 12 local nonprofit organizations in Atlanta in 2018, as part of the co-op’s continued commitment to steward outdoor spaces and connect people to the outdoors.
As music festival NOS Alive embark on a groundbreaking partnership with the United Nations around Agenda 2030, founder Álvaro Covões explains why sustainability has been part of the festival DNA from day one, and how one night in Lisbon saved a young Radiohead.
WeSustain is the integrated software solution that enables simplified sustainability management. Safely operated as a SaaS solution from the T-Systems cloud,…
WITH regards to traditional understanding, business has not been as usual in recent years, and won’t be so in the next few either.A Forbes article published in…
The purpose of this report, and the guidance within it, is to empower businesses and individuals to make the business case for improving environmental and social impact activities and to enable them to measure and demonstrate the value their organisations derive from such practices.
Today we are launching a new policy document that we hope will promote the concept of sustainability within our community. Our Sustainability Pledge is about ensuring that we do the right thing, but we hope in doing this it prompts attendees at our events to go back to their schools and consider…
“One Community is creating a global sustainability methodology built on open source DIY designs for sustainable food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more.
Companies may be cherry-picking sustainability measures that make them look good, while huge variation in what’s reported makes meaningful comparisons across firms impossible, a new international study shows.
Sustainability awareness has become an important requirement for business success in the property, construction and infrastructure industry, according to new research carried out by the Supply Chain Sustainability School of Australia.
The MIT Office of Sustainability awards grants that provide funding for new projects exploring on-site renewable energy storage systems and prototyping carbon-neutral cooling systems.
What are technology companies doing to be more sustainable? Can they be doing better? iSchool student Jessica looks into some sustainability initiatives at Microsoft and encourages all technology companies, enthusiasts, and consumers to make wise choices and support sustainable companies.
We are pleased to announce the launch of our latest report Advancing Sustainability Together? Citizen-Generated Data and the Sustainable Development Goals.The research is the result of a collabora……
Mmaking public transport efficient and accessible should be one of the challenges of building a new Malaysia, says Mustafa K Anuar.The government’s move to introduce passes allowing for unlimited use of public transport starting 1 January 2019 year in the Klang Valley is a step in the right direction…
To reach sustainability, we should consider what kind of world we actually want.Policies that are designed to control progress at molecular level will in practice prevent innovation and solutions, wr…
Climate change and deforestation are putting more than half the world’s wild coffee species at risk of extinction and threatening the sustainability of global coffee production, scientists have warned.
Why do people in the real estate industry rarely talk about the one of biggest changes to hit the real estate industry over the past few decades: the declining profitability of the real estate brokerage?
The apparel retail landscape has changed rapidly in recent years. While there are still some laggards in the industry, most brands want to do the right thing when it comes to sustainability, with smart brands now recognising that operating in a sustainable manner goes hand in hand with business…
Oxford’s environmental programs are designed to benefit the community and the surrounding ecosystem using more than 200,000 of its 1.5M ft² real estate.
This past weekend, more than 100 leading national authorities on climate change and sustainability attended the Yale Environmental Dialogues — a workshop series at the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. During the series, discussions focused on ideas related to strengthening the environment and building a more sustainable future.
As more investors pursue strategies that consider relevant environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, they look to data to inform the investment process. A new World Resources Institute analysis found that investors still face significant sustainability data challenges.
Sustainability in the world of fashion is soaring when it comes to consumer desire, according to global fashion search platform Lyst. Searches for “vegan leather” increased by 119% since October; the term “vegan fashion” was responsible for over 9.3 million social impressions, according to new…
Talk about Innovation and we think of new, bright, shiny.We immediately want or ‘need’ the latest version of our phone, laptop or other device; we immediately assume we need to replace the ‘old’ version – which may only be 12-18 months old – to take advantage of the new, even if in reality the ……
LinkedIn Twitter Sustainability reporting is mainstream. Its growth across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the rest of the world has been marked. Yet it is still seen by some as an exercise in compliance and a cost rather than an opportunity.
Top 3 corporate sustainability trends all business leaders should watch in 2019, identified through one-on-one conversations with companies across industries.
“Sustainability role modeling is one of the goals of One Community’s open source and free-sharing process that includes sustainable approaches to food, energy, and housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices.
Our consumers are quality-focused and want an elevated coffee experience. They also care deeply about sustainability. In fact, a high percentage of global consumers believe that companies need to place as equal a weight, or more, on societal interests as they do business interests.
In her first piece for Impakter, writer Elena Latici delves into what Outlander can teach us about sustainability, pushing us into asking ourself questions like: “What can we live without?”…
UK-based Bennetts Associates is the first architecture practice in the world to achieve approved Science Based Targets and commit to the UN’s Climate Neutral Now campaign…
Grad student Mickey Gilchrist’s research, supported by Addenda Capital and MITACS, will help decision-makers address climate change through sustainable investment.
