Radisson Hotel Group to reduce single-use plastics –
The hotel group plans to replace small bottles for common bathroom products with bulk amenity dispensers and stop using plastic straws and plastic stirrers…
Source: www.businesstraveller.com
The hotel group plans to replace small bottles for common bathroom products with bulk amenity dispensers and stop using plastic straws and plastic stirrers…
Source: www.businesstraveller.com
Broadening the market potential of plastic recyclates and thereby furthering the uptake of recycled content across Europe is APK AG’s core objective.
Supply chain sustainability has become a key issue for multinational corporations (MNCs). Hundreds of MNCs in agri-commodity sectors have recently committed to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains.
Even if your main mission isn’t environmental, the pressure is on all of us to combat the climate crisis. But it can be challenging to create a positive impact on the planet when you’re already stretched to deliver your primary purpose. In our next WISE Ways to Lead webinar on Tuesday 22 November from 1-2pm, we’ll be joined by Elaine Brown who is driving forward the concept of re-use and repair through her social enterprise, The Edinburgh Remakery. Elaine’s in-depth knowledge won her the Environmental Champion title in this year’s WISE100, and she will be sharing her tips and ideas for the small (and bigger) things that can help kick-start your business’s environmental journey. We’ll also hear from Alison Marjoram of P3 Charity, a social enterprise that supports vulnerable people in England.
Customers, consumers, and investors are now demanding businesses to consider the environmental and social impact of their products, services, and operations.1 Governments are following suit, with a 20-fold increase in global environmental regulations over the past two decades.2 Simultaneously, new technologies and business models are gradually enabling businesses to address the ecosystem shift towards sustainability.
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How do we transition from a linear ‘take-make-dispose’ system to a circular economy that promotes a more sustainable future? Single-use products that cannot be recycled or reused create vast amounts of waste and endanger the environment. Explore how to operate sustainably and turn waste into new resources by observing the effects that waste has on the environment, and become familiar with tools used to measure these impacts. Through practical examples you will learn more about the principles of circular economy – ‘reduce, reuse and recycle’ – and understand some of the most advanced technologies that support a change towards a circular society.
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Central Sustainability, a Central Michigan University student initiative, has been awarded a 2021 Student Sustainability Leadership Award by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). Central Sustainability is being recognized for their work over the past two years, including developing the 2020 Central Sustainability Campus Survey Report and other data collection efforts, creating the Sustainable Purchasing Policy for CMU, helping to create and lead the CMU Earth Week Conference and several other events, creating educational resources for students and the public, and more.