Single-use plastics checking out of Accor properties
The next major hotel operator has joined the plastics exodus, with Accor committing to remove all single-use items from its global estate by end of 2022.
Source: www.hotelmanagement.com.au
The next major hotel operator has joined the plastics exodus, with Accor committing to remove all single-use items from its global estate by end of 2022.
Source: www.hotelmanagement.com.au
Global stakeholders are gathered in Antwerp for the World Resources Forum, themed around ‘closing loops’. To achieve a more circular economy, industry and the EU need to work even closer to address the challenges, and having the right data underpins these efforts.
In 2018, the Maharashtra government had imposed a ban on manufacturing, use, sale, distribution and storage of plastic materials such as one-time-use bags, spoons and plates, among others.
Carbon is not the shiniest element, nor the most reactive, nor the rarest. But it is one of the most versatile. Carbon is the backbone of life on earth and the fossil fuels that have resulted from the demise of ancient life. Carbon is the essential ingredient for turning iron into steel, which underlies technologies from medieval swords to skyscrapers and submarines. And strong, lightweight carbon fibers are used in cars, planes and windmills. Even just carbon on its own is extraordinarily adaptable: It is the only ingredient in (among other things) diamonds, buckyballs and graphite (the stuff used to make pencil lead).
Colleges around the world have been taking major steps to enhance and grow their sustainability studies college majors and specialization options.
Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers, the local unit of the world’s largest accounting firm, said Monday that it has published a report on its sustainable business operations and accomplishments in 2019. While reinforcing the External Audit of Stock Companies Act and adopting the stewardship code adopted…
I believe sustainability is an unconscious thing in each of us. It’s that appreciation of a deep breath of fresh air and that long view across beautiful places. Sustainability is also the conscious, deliberate action we take in many small and large ways to protect our Earth, our home-sweet-home.