At McCormick, we are committed to the long-term vitality of people, communities, and the planet while delivering top-tier financial results. In other words, we’re focused on Purpose-led Performance. This guiding principle marries our commitment to high performance with its responsible and conscious stewardship of the environment. It is an underlying principle of everything we do at McCormick.
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We know that plastic bags, straws and microplastics have a deadly reputation when they wind up in the ocean, but there are other everyday items that are killing animals regularly without us noticing. This story contains images that readers may find distressing. Recently, a platypus was found dead in Warburton, 2 hours east of Melbourne, with an old hair tie wrapped around its neck. Geoff Williams from the Australian Platypus Conservancy says platypuses are killed from hair ties more often than you might think. “We are currently aware of one or two platypus deaths per year in Victoria caused by hair ties. However, this is only the tip of the iceberg,” he says.
Former Miss World and actor Manushi Chhillar on Wednesday said she wishes to have a “fully sustainable garden,” at her home. Chhilar’s current pet project is to turn her terrace into a sustainable garden.
“I want to have a fully sustainable garden at my home because I think the future of complex, modern society will be all about self-sustenance and environmental-friendly living. I have started planting different kinds of trees at my home and I can’t wait to see it all come together,” the 23-year-old actor said. “My dream garden is actually at a very nascent stage currently and it will take months of work for me to slowly bring it together,” she added.
Most of the salmon that Americans eat is farmed. Here’s why wild salmon is actually the more sustainable seafood choice.
Purse seine vessels account for about 66% of the world’s tuna catch. However, the number of purse seiners operating in the various oceans is not available from a single source. Focusing on large-scale purse seiners (defined here as having 335 m3 fish hold volume or greater) that target tropical tunas, we calculate there are 696 such vessels with a combined fishing capacity of over 874,000 m3. The number of these vessels increased by about 1.5% during the past year.
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