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A 10-Step Plan for Halving Food Loss and Waste by 2030
2 weeks ago - The **UN** set a global goal to cut food loss and waste in half by 2030. Alarming figures show just how big of a challenge remains. The size of the prize is huge. So, too, must be the action to seize it.
7 Things to Know About the IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land
1 month ago - The IPCC's new report highlights the critical importance of land — both as a source of greenhouse gas emissions and as a climate change solution.
Burgers for Biodiversity? How Much Difference Can the Impossible Burger Really Make?
1 month ago - For a country that loves its burgers, the Impossible Burger’s swift uptake has been a bit of a surprise. But it shouldn’t be — Impossible Foods is giving people what they really want: taste, health and ethics.
10 Breakthrough Technologies That Can Help Feed the World Without Destroying It
2 months ago - How can the world feed nearly 10 billion people by 2050 while also advancing economic development, protecting and restoring forests, and stabilizing the climate?
Business for Nature: Our Economy, Wellbeing Depend on Restoring Biodiversity
2 months ago - A diverse group of influential international organizations has launched a global coalition to elevate a business call for comprehensive action to reverse nature loss and restore the planet’s vital natural systems.
SB’19 Detroit: Brands Influencing Better Behaviors, Legislation, Supply Chains
3 months ago - On the fourth and final day of SB’19 Detroit, a host of brands shared lessons learned from efforts to engage consumers on everything from more sustainable food choices and healthier masculinity to much-needed changes in policy.
The New Protein Aisle: So We Don't Eat Ourselves Out of House and Home
5 months ago - As the veggie diet revolution continues to gain ground, we look at plant-based doppelgangers of two of our most beloved animal-based foods and why they could be key to saving the planet from ourselves.
Champions 12.3: Restaurants Realize 7:1 ROI by Reducing Food Waste
7 months ago - New research finds rather compelling business case for restaurants to reduce the amount of food they throw away.
Q&A: How a ‘Cuban’ Name Change Boosted Panera’s Soup Sales
7 months ago - WRI’s Better Buying Lab works with food companies to research and test science-based approaches that encourage consumers to choose more sustainable, plant-based foods.
How Businesses Are Stepping Up to Reforest California
9 months ago - The bureaucracy and logistics involved for helping the state recover might be complicated, but the facts for business owners and sustainability directors are simple: If you want to help California, you can!
New Report, WRI Platform and … Wu-Tang Clan Make Case for Plant-Based Diets
11 months ago - Meat-heavy diets have been under increased scrutiny of late, spawning a host of research and campaigns linking them to the accelerating impacts of climate change around the world. Now, a new report from the Changing Markets Foundation, Mighty Earth and Compassion in World Farming points the finger at governments, which they say are failing to tackle meat over-consumption to meet climate targets.
African Union, Champions 12.3 Unveil 3 Latest Weapons in Food Waste Fight
11 months ago - At the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2015, countries committed to Sustainable Development Goal Target 12.3, calling for the world to cut food loss and waste in half by 2030. Now three years on, Champions 12.3 — a global coalition of sustainable food champions — is tracking progress toward this fast-approaching target and finding that the private sector has seized the opportunity to tackle food loss and waste.
The UPS Foundation to Award $2.6 Million In Environmental Grants
11 months ago - ATLANTA – The UPS Foundation, which leads global citizenship and philanthropy programs for
GCAS: 1/8 of Global Market Cap Now Committed to Science-Based Targets
1 year ago - Companies representing roughly one-eighth of total global market capitalization are now using climate science to define their future direction. Nearly three years on from the Paris Agreement and with time running out before greenhouse gas emissions must peak, 2018 has seen an unprecedented rise in the number of companies committing to reduce their emissions in line with the levels required to prevent dangerous global warming.
Trending: C&A, Looptworks, John Lewis Spin Out More Circular Apparel Solutions
1 year ago - Increasing circularity in the apparel sector will require a variety of initiatives and some of the most valuable ways to bridge the implementation gap will be to provide funding, design new products with closed-loop design and launch take-back programs for would-be-waste items. Announcements on Monday revealed that these are exactly the contributions being made by the C&A Foundation, Looptworks and John Lewis.
SB Brand Transformation Roadmap to Help Companies on Journey to True Sustainability
1 year ago - Yesterday at SB'18 Vancouver, Kevin Hagen — VP of Environment, Social and Governance Strategy at Iron Mountain — and Dimitar Vlahov, Director of Content Development at Sustainable Brands (SB), offered a sneak peek at the SB Brand Transformation Roadmap (SM). Built for an executive audience, the first-of-its-kind Roadmap is a framework any organization can use as a compass towards setting goals and measuring progress towards becoming a truly "sustainable brand."
Sustainable Brands Launches Self-Assessment Tool for Brands Navigating Sustainability
1 year ago - New tool provides a clear pathway for companies approaching and defining sustainability goals.
Why Business Needs to Collaborate for a Clean Energy Future
1 year ago - Many people assume that tech companies are always competing. But as we celebrate Earth Day this year, we’re feeling grateful for our tech peers. When it comes to the environment, working together allows us to make bigger strides toward our shared sustainability goals — and collaboration is the only way forward.
The US Has a Low-Carbon Vehicle Fuel — But It's Being Thrown Away
1 year ago - The United States generates millions of tons of food scraps; inedible fats, oils and greases; sewage and manure. Some of this organic waste is used for energy or fertilizer, but most of it — around 50 million tons a year — is sent to landfills, incinerated or otherwise left to decompose.
#BusinessCase: Research Finds Hotels Saved $7 for Every $1 Invested in Cutting Food Waste
1 year ago - In a first-of-its-kind analysis for the hotel industry, food waste reduction programs were shown to be effective and financially beneficial. The research – which was conducted on behalf of Champions 12.3 – studied the costs and benefits of reducing food waste for 42 hotel sites across 15 countries. Over a three-year period, nearly every site realized a positive return on its investment; on average, hotels saved $7 in operating costs for every $1 they had spent on the programs.