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Sustainability & corporate responsibility are built into Parexel’s culture, from our mission & values to the day-to-day actions of our employees.
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Sustainability & corporate responsibility are built into Parexel’s culture, from our mission & values to the day-to-day actions of our employees.
Source: www.parexel.com
By a conservative estimate, there are 200 Mn two-wheelers, 35 Mn cars & utility vehicles, six Mn commercial vehicles and another six Mn tractors in India. It is a common understanding today that when these vehicles reach the end of their life, they become an environmental hazard. The recently announced Vehicle Scrappage Policy is the right step towards regulating and mitigating the environmental risks they pose. Of course, the impact of the policy goes well beyond that. Once it fully kicks in, its knock-on impact will also help the domestic auto industry reduce its input costs. But even the best-formulated policy cannot address all aspects of a challenge.
“We can create better living through comprehensive sustainability. Truly comprehensive sustainability includes sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more.
As part of its ongoing effort to be a better global and corporate citizen, Stanley Black & Decker has launched a new brand aimed at developing technologies that innovate for social good.
Snøhetta is working towards a more circular economy with the S-1500, which is made from recycled plastic and steel taken from Norwegian fishing industries.
PROJECT’s DENIM ROOM was a special section of the show featuring dual-gender brands and panels on topics surrounding the denim industry.
The British Fashion Council’s inaugural (and virtual) Institute of Positive fashion Forum late last week made a big plea for more sustainable and inclusive behaviour from the industry at large and came up with both ideas to put that into action and warnings. One point that emerged clearly from speakers coming from widely different vantage points in the fashion sector was that the consumer really wants to see change happening. “Sustainability is at the top of mind of young people,” said Burberry CEO Marco Gobbetti. And they want to see authentic commitment. “There’s more than business, there’s more than clear goals. It’s about a designer brand’s role in the community. We need to rethink the ‘profit first’ mentality so that workers in the supply chain don’t have to choose between lives and livelihoods”.