Climate Impact Partners has been named a 2022 Best for the World™ B Corp™ in recognition of its exceptional positive impact on its customers. Every year, Best for the World recognizes the top-performing B Corps creating the greatest positive impact through their businesses. The company earned this honor because of the impact from its programs that […]
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The Australian food packaging manufacturer Confoil and BASF have cooperated to develop a certified compostable and dual ovenable food tray based on paper. The paper tray is coated on the inside with BASF’s ecovio® PS 1606, a partly bio-based and certified compostable biopolymer especially developed for coating food packaging made of paper or board. The […]
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A new survey from the SustainAbility Institute by ERM and GlobeScan finds that sustainability leadership is increasingly being measured by evidence of action, impact, and above all the integration of sustainability into business strategy. The GlobeScan / SustainAbility Leaders survey, which questioned more than 700 sustainability professionals across 73 countries in March and April 2022, reveals a significant evolution […]
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Today, DSM Engineering Materials announces the launch of a new, more sustainable version of its flagship product Stanyl®: Stanyl® B-MB (Bio-based Mass Balanced), with up to 100% bio-based content. Using the maximum possible levels of biomass-waste feedstock, it enables DSM Engineering Materials to halve the carbon footprint of this product line and, in turn, of the […]
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The new results of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Investment Survey conludes that: For EU firms, energy costs were a major obstacle to business even before the recent energy price spike. 43% of European firms are investing in climate measures, and at a faster pace than firms in the United States. 58% of EU firms […]
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Exporters disclose their soy volumes free of deforestation and Cerrado grassland conversion Cerrado Region, Brazil 21 June 2022 – Six of the world’s largest food and agribusiness companies have developed a new method to disclose deforestation- and conversion-free soy purchases from Brazil’s biodiversity-rich Cerrado region, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) announced today. […]
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The full-time MBA students of TIAS participated in AIM2Flourish: an international, UN supported platform for sharing stories about business innovations that create value for both business and society. Business students around the world are participating in AIM2Flourish and using Appreciative Inquiry (strength-based interviews) and the UN Global Goals as a lens to search out and […]
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Vodafone moves beyond compliance: for every new mobile phone sold to consumers in the German market, Vodafone guarantees to put one used device back into circulation – over 1 million a year. The concept, also known as ‘One for One’ is executed by award-wining Dutch social enterprise ‘Closing the Loop’. Context The tech industry’s interest […]
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On Friday 3 June, approximately 100 colleagues gathered in The Hague to take part in the NN Sustainability Hackathon, ‘Hack for good’. The event challlenged our colleagues to use their IT and innovation skills to develop a solution to an issue facing our society, in support of our commitment to the well-being of people and […]
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EcoVadis, the leading provider of business sustainability ratings, has raised $500M with plans to accelerate its vision of influencing every business decision with sustainability intelligence, becoming a sustainability impact unicorn. The global investment round – the largest equity fundraising for a sustainability data SaaS company to date – brings EcoVadis’ total capital raised to over […]
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SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, has joined an innovative project with value chain partners to help UPM Raflatac launch the world’s first packaging label materials made from SABIC® certified circular polypropylene (PP) based on advanced recycled ocean bound plastic (OBP). The label materials are marketed under the UPM Raflatac Ocean Action trademark. “We […]
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As businesses set more ambitious environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals, their sustainability and technology strategies need to become more tightly aligned to gain competitive advantage, financial value and a lasting positive impact on society and the environment, according to new research from Accenture. However, only 7% of respondents have fully integrated their business, technology […]
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