Volvo Plans to Eliminate Single-use Plastics from its Activities
Volvo has made public its Plans to Eliminate Single-use Plastics from all its offices, events, and other corporate Activities.
Source: gas2.org
Volvo has made public its Plans to Eliminate Single-use Plastics from all its offices, events, and other corporate Activities.
Source: gas2.org
Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) factors as the core principles governing business processes, financial and investment decisions are considered, social, ethical and environment friendly, and hence more sustainable. Investing into socially responsible impact funds, also known as ESG investing, is fast becoming the preferred option for a growing number of investors worldwide.
Just days before COP26, Australia’s long-awaited climate plan has been slammed by civil society, scientists and opposition politicians as void of substance and full of spin. For years now, the Australian Government led by climate denier Scott Morrison, has been seen as a climate laggard, one still deeply addicted to dirty fossil fuels and an outlier when it came to concerted international action on climate. Let’s not forget that the Government is led by the same Scott Morrison who, when Treasurer of Australia, brought a lump of coal into the House of Representatives supplied by the Minerals Council of Australia. “This is coal,” he told his bemused fellow parliamentarians. “Don’t be afraid. Don’t be scared.”
Covid-19 has shone a light on many social and environmental issues faced around the world. As action begins on rebuilding from the pandemic, the calls to rethink how businesses create value and tackle big challenges ahead grow louder.
Nov.17, 2020 13:00 UTC Bolder Industries and Continental Carbon Partner to Commercialize Breakthrough Sustainable Products for Rubber &…
The Green Blue and the Final Straw Foundation joined forces at the Southampton International Boat Show to launch a Single-Use Plastic Free Accreditation. Aimed at inland and marine clubs, training centres and boating businesses, the new standard will highlight the responsible and innovative products and practices by organisations in the recreational boating industry. The Green Blue’s Kate Fortnam and the Final Straw Foundation’s Bianca Carr launched the accreditation on the Foredeck Stage of the world-renowned Southampton International Boat Show. Members of the audience were given an overview of the accreditation criteria and the long-term impact that single-use plastic can have on both our inland and coastal waterways.
Closing the circularity gap between what we create and discard, and what we can repair, reuse, remanufacture, refurbish, and recycle.