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IKEA collaborates with partners to lower carbon emissions on one of the longest non-stop rail distances in Europe
For the first time, IKEA works with another transport buyer to deliver home-furnishing products without stops on one of the longest rail distances in Europe – around 2,000 km. Thereby IKEA strengthens its position as an intermodal transport buyer, decreases the use of fossil fuels, and lowers its carbon footprint. IKEA does 2 million shipments […]
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Kering and L’OCCITANE join forces to finance nature protection at scale with the Climate Fund for Nature
At the 15th Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on Biological Diversity, which took place in Montréal, global luxury group KERING and premium and sustainable cosmetics company L’OCCITANE Group announced that they are teaming up to create the Climate Fund for Nature 1 on December 13 at the start of the closing session for […]
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Climate resources – Job Boards, Newsletters, Blogs, Podcasts and more
This Google Spreadsheet has to be among the most extensive Climate resources out there. “So you want to work in Climate” has been the initial project name for this. Now it features dozens of examples for Communities, Job Boards, Newsletters, how to Volunteer, Blogs, Podcasts about Climate, Books and more.Artist and Newsletter publisher Nicole Kelner […]
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How to calculate your water footprint
Why it is important to calculate your water footprint you might ask? Water is a vital resource, for all living bodies, but also of course crucial for agriculture and in general maintaining a healthy ecosystem. This includes social, economic and environmental factors. There is barely anything more important than water. With the changing climate, water […]
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Sustainability Days 2022 Bolzano – JOIN NOW online – last minute!
Sustainability is more than a current fancy buzzword, it’s a crucial must. Sustainability needs to be accomplished on various levels, by everyone. May it be just you, or a big corporation. Wasting any resource, is draining. Sustainability Days 2022 in Bolzano, South Tyrol, are an international Platform for the Regions of the Future. From September […]
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Sustainability, diversity, innovation, profitability and optimism – the MINI future strategy.
Press Release by BMW Group 1. INTRODUCTION. Blue-skies thinking, seeing challenges as opportunities, taking the wishes and needs of individuals into account openly and unconventionally – all these facets are firmly anchored in the tradition of the MINI brand. MINI is now charting the course for the future on the platform of this self-assured mindset. […]
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COP26: IKEA to launch a new guide to unlock business action on air pollution
Today, IKEA and partners are introducing a practical guide for businesses on how to measure air pollution across value chains. The guide will support companies to understand their impact on air quality and to take necessary actions to reduce their emissions. The guide is being developed by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and Stockholm […]
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IKEA to share unique learnings from the restoration of rainforests and its ecosystems in Borneo
Over a period of 20 years, IKEA has together with partners restored around 18 500 hectares of rainforest in Borneo, Malaysia. The area has now been given the highest protection status in Malaysia, and with increasing awareness of the need to end global biodiversity loss, IKEA and partners invite research organisations from all over the […]
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3 new ways to navigate more sustainably with Google Maps
Press Release by Google Vehicles on the road account for over 75% of transportation CO2 emissions and are one of the largest contributors of greenhouse gasses worldwide, according to the International Energy Agency. Today at our Sustainable with Google event, we’re announcing three new Google Maps updates to help lower these emissions and provide people […]
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Facebook Joins European Climate Pact and Pledges Action to Build a Greener Europe
Press Release by Facebook Today, Facebook joined the EU Climate Pact and outlined four pledges for how they’ll help people take action against climate change and build a greener Europe. The European Commission-run Climate Pact was created to encourage Europeans to learn about climate change and develop, implement, and scale solutions. In signing the Climate […]
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Audi Denkwerkstatt presents ecomove app to playfully reduce your carbon footprint
Press Release by Audi AG Climate change is the greatest challenge facing humanity in the 21st century. More and more people, therefore, want to understand how much carbon dioxide (CO2) they are generating themselves – such as through their own mobility. This is precisely where an idea from the Audi Denkwerkstatt comes into play: the ecomove […]
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multi-mobility platform FREE NOW joins The Climate Pledge
Press Release by FREE NOW Europe’s leading multi-mobility platform takes another step to commit to its Net-Zero Initiative and signs The Climate Pledge, a commitment co-founded by Amazon and Global Optimism FREE NOW today joins The Climate Pledge, a commitment co-founded by Amazon and Global Optimism, an enterprise that focuses on social and environmental change, to […]
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lavera Naturkosmetik is now climate-neutral and is protecting 5,023 ha of rain forest in the Amazon region
The world is in a state of climate stress, and the forest area of our earth is visibly shrinking. Since 1990, the area has receded by over 80 million hectares*. Therefore the lavera natural cosmetics brand is continuing to expand its social and ecological commitment. As a gift to nature, lavera and natural cosmetics manufacturer […]
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Why you should participate in Circular Monday (rather than Black Friday)
What first started as White Monday, is now an internationally recognized action day titled Circular Monday. Launched just back in 2017 in Sweden is bringing more and more awareness to people worldwide. But what is the message behind Circular Monday? In short: it’s about the refrain from consumption. Black Friday and the associated deals and […]
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This is how you can calculate your own ecological footprint
Everyone has an ecological footprint, whether you’re an adult or a baby. Everyone needs food, often has more than one set of clothing and you live somewhere. If we were still living like the Neanderthals back then, in the pure nature only clad with furs, then, yes then, one would really have a minimal ecological footprint. And no climate […]
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SBTI defines CO2 targets that support the Paris Climate Accord: Transparency initiative in climate protection & prevention of air pollution
CO2 reduction and sustainable mobility are key elements of the business strategy. As part of “Ambition 2039”, Mercedes-Benz is working on offering a CO2-neutral new car fleet in 20 years. Mercedes-Benz AG is the first premium automobile manufacturer to have had its climate protection objectives scientifically verified by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTI). The […]