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New Survey Finds Sustainability Experts Remain Pessimistic About Our Ability to Avert Major Damage from Climate Change

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Findings from a new report ‘Responding to Humanity’s Code Red‘ by GlobeScan and the SustainAbility Institute by ERM show that sustainability experts remain pessimistic about our ability to avert major damage from climate change and about the prospect of meeting the Paris Agreement goals.   While the public and private sector are both crucially important to progress, expert survey respondents […] ... lees meer

The Greta Effect: Children are turning their parents into green shoppers

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Kantar, the world’s leading data-driven analytics and brand consulting company today identified children as the most important influencers in making our daily household shopping habits more environmentally responsible. Who Cares, Who Does, a new sustainability study from Kantar, finds that almost half of households (49%) say the COVID-19 pandemic has made sustainability even more important to them. The percentage of ‘Eco-active’ households has grown from 16% in 2019 to 22% in 2021. Family, mostly children, were identified as […] ... lees meer

John Elkington and Jianguo Liu are the winners of the 2021 World Sustainability Award

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The MDPI Sustainability Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 World Sustainability Award: Prof. Dr. John Elkington and Prof. Dr. Jianguo Liu. The recipients were selected from the nominations received over the course of the year, and were voted by the Selection Committee made up of the two permanent members: Dr. Shu-Kun Lin, […] ... lees meer

New Global Survey Finds Covid-19 Is Intensifying Sustainable Development Challenges, But Leading Businesses Are Stepping Up Action

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New research from GlobeScan and the SustainAbility Institute by ERM finds that sustainability experts believe the global pandemic will help draw attention to environmental issues—but will also deepen socio-economic challenges such as poverty and inequality. The GlobeScan / SustainAbility Leaders Survey has tracked global expert opinions on the evolution of the sustainability agenda since 1997. The 25th edition of this report […] ... lees meer

Sustainable Procurement Barometer 2021: Sustainability Pays Off Through the Crisis and Beyond

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EcoVadis, the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, released its 2021 Sustainable Procurement Barometer. Conducted with Stanford Graduate School of Business, the research found that delivering on corporate sustainability goals has shifted to the top of the executive agenda, with 63% of executives now saying it’s very important, compared to only 25% two […] ... lees meer

The GSES launches the 2.0 version of its platform

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The Global Sustainable Enterprise System (GSES®) is a recognized automated platform to rate, verify and certify organizations, products, and projects for their sustainability performance. Today they announced the 2.0 update of the platform, adding an industry benchmark feature, a call-for-tender tool, changing the design of their Rating Cards, expanding the GSES database, and integrating the new blue […] ... lees meer

Business leaders and companies meeting at this week’s UN Global Compact Leaders Summit report growing pressure to act on sustainability

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Business leaders across the world report increasing pressure to act on sustainability and expect the momentum to grow significantly over the next three years, according to new data to be released at the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit on Tuesday. Results of the UN Global Compact 2021 survey of companies and chief executive officers, in […] ... lees meer

AVEVA and Henkel apply digital technologies to accelerate supply-chain sustainability

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AVEVA plc  and Henkel AG have implemented digital solutions to help accelerate sustainability within Henkel’s supply chain. By integrating AVEVA System Platform, AVEVA Historian and AVEVA Manufacturing Execution System, Henkel is monitoring and minimizing energy consumption saving €8 million YOY in 2020 and working towards its target of becoming three times more energy efficient by […] ... lees meer

Hiring of Chief Sustainability Officers Surged in 2020; Rise in Women, Little Diversity

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The Weinreb Group, a boutique executive-search firm specializing in the recruitment of Chief Sustainability Officers (CSOs), as well as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) leaders, today published a report on the US leading chief sustainability officers, or CSOs. These are the 95 people who have the most influence over how […] ... lees meer

Sustainability Actions Still Challenging to Implement, According to New Study from SAP

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Climate change, materials use, air pollution, solid waste and resource availability were the top sustainability issues business executives identified for investment, according to a new global research study from SAP SE. But implementing and scaling plans for action are still obstacles many encounter. “Improving the Environment at Planetary Scale: A Survey of Business Drivers and Actions” […] ... lees meer

McKinsey launches Sustainability platform for helping clients innovate to net zero

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McKinsey announced the launch of McKinsey Sustainability, their new client-service platform with the goal of helping all industry sectors transform to get to net zero by 2050 and to cut carbon emissions by half by 2030. McKinsey Sustainability seeks to be the preeminent impact partner and advisor for our clients, from the board room to the […] ... lees meer

Farm Sustainability Assessment (FSA) 3.0 launch accelerates growth of sustainable agriculture

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SAI Platform today unveils the new and improved Farm Sustainability Assessment (FSA) toolset, version FSA 3.0. This new version includes the widely trusted Self-Assessment Questionnaire that reflects the latest industry consensus on sustainable farming. Building on the success of previous iterations, FSA 3.0 also continues to serve as a global verification framework and benchmark reference […] ... lees meer