Leading energy companies, bp, Eni, Equinor, Galp, Occidental, Repsol, Royal Dutch Shell and Total today announced they have agreed to apply six Energy Transition Principles as they play their part in the energy transition. The six Principles, agreed and embraced by the companies, are to: PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE GOALS OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT: publicly support […]
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After analysing the data from 226 large manufacturing companies from the European Union, a team of researchers from Lithuania, Poland and Sweden have drawn a conclusion that organisations almost do not mention circular economy principles in their environmental reporting. In their reports, the organisations mostly refer to the effective use of primary flows and minimising […]
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Today, Nutreco announces the launch of its milestone soy sourcing policy, aiming to simplify complex certification schemes for its procurement teams in Skretting and Trouw Nutrition, and facilitate the complete removal of deforestation from its supply chain by 2025. The policy forms part of Nutreco’s Sustainability Roadmap 2025. Deforestation is one of the major sustainability […]
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Avery Dennison Corporation today announced a series of recent actions that further acknowledge its accelerated sustainability efforts, ending the year with continued progress against its 2025 sustainability goals and re-committing to its role as a sustainability leader within the global value chain. The European Headquarters of the company is located in The Netherlands (Oegstgeest) This […]
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As business leaders strive for sustainability, systemic problems such as poor working conditions, unfair distribution of profits and wasteful consumption patterns will undermine Europe’s quest for a fair and truly circular economy. An increasing number of businesses market themselves and their products as being sustainable and circular. Yet, whether new business models actually deliver resource […]
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The Unilever Board today announced the intention to put its climate transition action plan before shareholders and seek a non-binding advisory vote on the company’s ambitious emissions reduction targets and the plans to achieve them. The plan will set out the company’s climate strategy to reduce emissions within its operations, through its value chain, as […]
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HEINEKEN, Nouryon, Philips and Signify have formed the first consortium to sign a Pan-European green energy deal securing additional renewable electricity for Europe. The four companies have a shared vision to further reduce CO2 emissions in support of the UN Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal objectives. The companies joined forces to support the development […]
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The University of Amsterdam’s Business School was ranked 7th among European business schools with research output focusing on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Amsterdam Business School (ABS) is also the only Dutch institution to be listed in the top-10. The Financial Times (FT) published a feature article this week on a study […]
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Amazon and Global Optimism announced that 13 new signatories, Atos, Brooks, Canary Wharf Group, Coca-Cola European Partners, ERM, Groupe SEB France, Harbour Air, ITV, Microsoft, Neste, Rubicon, Unilever, and Vaude, have joined The Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040, a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement’s goal of 2050. Signatories to […]
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The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) published the Europe Sustainable Development Report 2020, the second independent quantitative report on the progress of the European Union, its member states, and other European countries towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), agreed by all UN member states in 2015. The Europe […]
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Five years after the signature of the Paris Agreement, the LVMH Group is holding LVMH Climate Week. The week-long online event invites the Group’s 160,000 employees to share the priorities of the new LIFE 360 (LVMH Initiatives For the Environment) program, setting an ambitious environmental roadmap for the coming 3, 6 and 10 years. The […]
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Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) zal het verminderen van uitstoot van de business versnellen door de absolute uitstoot van broeikasgassen (BKG) in de hele waardeketen – met inbegrip van scope 1, 2 en 3 – met 30% te verminderen tegen 2030 (vs. 2019) en een traject uitzetten om tegen 2040 klimaatneutraal te kunnen zijn, in overeenstemming […]
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