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Meet the Organisation Giving the Homeless a Way Out of Poverty, Through Coffee
Change Please is empowering London’s homeless by training them to be baristas — providing full barista training, jobs paying London Living Wage, and support with housing, bank accounts and mental wellbeing. Read More...
A Tale of a Ballet Flat, Boba Tea and Fast Fashion
This story is about a lesson learned in the shoe business from an unlikely source: a boba tea drink. At the time, it seemed like an innocuous event in my travels — just sharing refreshments with a vendor — but I later came to realize it was a profound moment in my career. Read More...
Tracking Your Forest Sustainability Efforts Is Now Affordable, Fast, Accurate
The number of companies who have committed to ending deforestation within their supply chains is growing, but progress towards those goals has been slow. With a new application from Global Forest Watch (GFW) set to be released soon, companies will be able to track all their forest-related sustainability efforts in one secure place. Read More...
Inaugural Grounded Summit Showcases Radical Climate Solutions, Need for More
The Summit aimed to highlight real and actionable solutions; and, ultimately, to bring awareness and investment to the Grounded Foundation, which will provide funding and resources to innovative climate change solutions. Read More...
Show Me the … Health Benefits?
Utilities, retailers, appliance brands, even public officials beat the same drum to market to consumers: “Save energy! Save money!” It’s an easy refrain, but it’s not the smartest one. Read More...
Could Diversification, Bean-less Brews Hold Keys to Coffee Sustainability?
A new report says crop diversification will help Vietnamese coffee farmers reduce their CO2 footprint, but makers of a new beverage that’s the molecular equivalent of coffee posit that it could be the wave of a climate-changed future. Read More...
Goals with Impact: How to Set the Next Generation of Sustainability Goals
With scores of companies embracing science-based climate targets, we look at what it takes to set these goals and apply the approach to the biggest environmental and social risks across the business. Read More...
Target Sets Its Sights on Scope 3 Emissions with New Climate Goals
The new goals will reduce the retail giant’s carbon footprint from source to shelf, as it works alongside its supply chain partners to lower emissions throughout its value chain. Read More...
Trending: Vodka, Nutrient-Dense Snacks Show Glimpse Into Circular Food Future
“When you upcycle what’s already grown, you don’t need to grow more crops, occupy more land, consume more water. Repurposing byproducts, you can help to fight climate change; making protein affordable, you fight food insecurity for current and future generations.” — Michela Petronio, BLU1877 Read More...
New Platform to Help Rubber Industry Address Environmental Damage
Rubber plantations are a growing driver of deforestation worldwide, particularly in Southeast Asia and Western Africa. Mighty Earth joins Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber as founding member. Read More...
Understanding Plastic Recycling Codes: Your Guide to the RIC
Plastic juice bottles, shampoo bottles, and yogurt tubs can all be recycled the same way, right? Actually, wrong. While these are all commonly recycled plastic items, they all have entirely different plastic recycling codes. Read More...
Cisco Receives Three Climate Leadership Awards for Tackling Climate Change
We are proud to announce that Cisco was awarded three Climate Leadership Awards yesterday for excellence in greenhouse gas (GHG) management and supply chain leadership. Read More...
Trending: World Water Day Illustrates Flow, Ebb of Corporate Progress
This year, WWD is typically awash in announcements of commitments and advancements in preserving our most precious resource, but new CDP data on the subject feels like a wet blanket. Read More...
Water Savings Through Use Of Recycled Materials
World Water Day is held annually on March 22 as a way of focusing on the importance of freshwater and supporting the sustainable management of freshwater resources. As part of its 2030 agenda the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water for all. Read More...
Diversey Committed To Water Stewardship
World Water Day occurs once a year, but global efforts to conserve, protect, and transform water access can’t take a day off because in 2019, billions of people still live without safe water. Read More...
Neil Gaught: Turning Aspiration Into Action
With his award-winning book, Core, Gaught has bolstered the case for a radical rethink of the purpose of business by proving change is not only desirable but entirely possible. Read More...
The Impact of Aluminum in a Circular Economy
Hydro's new products and processes will increase recycling of post-consumer scrap to 250,000 metric tons per year by 2020, reduce waste to landfill by 60%, and reduce water usage in water-stressed areas by 15%. Read More...
Paper Recycling as a Means of Protecting World Forests
Earlier this month, more than 4,700 government officials and business leaders from around the globe gathered for the fourth UN Environment Assembly, to align on decisions regarding its 2030 agenda. Read More...
Wisdom Fund Aims to Close Lending Gap for Women
CNote's new impact investment vehicle provides funding to underserved women of color and low-income women entrepreneurs across the US. Read More...
