National Forest Week, held annually during the second week of June, raises awareness for the 193 million acres of National Forests across the United States and the benefits these landscapes provide.
Over the past 18 months, Antea Group in partnership with Fundación FEMSA has coalesced a number of thought-leading organizations to form the Monetization Working Group (MWG). This group aims to accelerate progress via removing obstacles to better, more sustainable business decisions by making key elements of sustainability more tangible and helping to build a better case for investment. Presently, the MWG is concentrating on creating a curriculum/tools that improve the monetization and business case development skills of those proposing and deciding on investments in sustainability.
This week marks 25 years of World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden. This annual international conference brings organizations together to focus on the planet’s water challenges. As part of this global water conversation effort, Newmont will be exploring water issues and strategies specific to mining over the coming months.
This week on Sea Change Radio we are talking about the California drought – getting an update on weather-related aspects, and finding out about an innovation designed to help.
The Coca-Cola Company and its global bottling partners (the Coca-Cola system) today announced they are on track to meet their 2020 water replenishment goal by the end of 2015. Based on the Coca-Cola system’s global water replenishment projects to date, the system is balancing the equivalent of an estimated 94 percent of the water used in its finished beverages based on 2014 sales volume. Since 2004, Coca-Cola has replenished an estimated 153.6 billion liters of water back to communities and nature through 209 community water projects in 61 countries. The Coca-Cola system returned approximately 126.7 billion liters of water used in its manufacturing processes back to communities and nature through treated wastewater in 2014.
With the publication of Moving Minds, its fifth biennial Corporate Responsibility (CR) Report, the company has showcased its achievements as a responsible corporate citizen in the years 2013 and 2014.
A large ceiba tree shades the center courtyard of the Ceiba Pentandra Park in Mérida, Mexico. The Mayans called the ceiba tree Yaaxché, and believed that it connected the underworld, the earthly realm, and the skies. Today, the site of this particular ceiba connects children to the unique environmental heritage of the state of Yucatán, as well as to a sense of sustainability awareness.
BSR's Clean Cargo Working Group shares its progress over the past year, including a reduction in carbon emissions by more than eight percent among group members.
Islamic leaders have issued an Islamic Climate Declaration, calling 1.6 billion Muslims around the world to work towards phasing out greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and towards a 100 percent renewable energy strategy.
On August 25, the H&M Conscious Foundation launches the first ever Global Change Award − one of the world’s biggest challenges for early stage innovation and the first such initiative in the fashion industry. By catalysing green, truly ground-breaking ideas the aim of the challenge is to protect the earth’s natural resources by closing the loop for fashion.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 25, 2015: Californians know first-hand how devastating climate change can be. Extended drought and extreme weather events have taken their toll on the San Francisco Bay Area and TerraPass has a solution: Bay Area Balance. Bay Area Balance combines carbon offsets and renewable energy credits (RECs) to balance your carbon footprint and Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) Water Restoration Certificates (BEF WRCs®) to balance your water footprint. This versatile solution is the first of its kind, tailored to the average emissions of Bay Area residents to make taking action easy and impactful.
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