Wagner Moura and Greenpeace release animation to expose the destruction of forests for meat production

Greenpeace UK and Brazilian actor Wagner Moura teamed up to release “There’s a monster in my kitchen”, a powerful short film that highlights the devastating impact industrial meat production is having on forests like the Amazon. Wagner Moura, who plays drug lord Pablo Escobar in the popular Netflix series Narcos, narrates the animated video, a sequel to the viral hit RangTan. “There are few more incredible and precious places on earth than rainforests like the Amazon. Yet many don’t know that the meat and dairy products sitting in our refrigerators…

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Burger King® Brand to Pilot Reusable Containers Through Multi-National Partnership With Zero-Waste Packaging Provider, Loop

Burger King® restaurants are continuing efforts to minimize environmental impact across the globe by testing a new reusable packaging model that will help cut down on packaging waste. The brand, as part of its Restaurant Brands for Good framework, has launched a partnership with TerraCycle’s circular packaging service, Loop, to pilot a closed-loop system with zero-waste packaging that can be safely cleaned and refilled to be reused, again and again. Together with Loop, the trial will offer restaurant guests the option to conveniently reduce waste when ordering their favorite Burger…

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Lime Works with WWF Toward a Shared, Electric, and Carbon-Free Future

Lime was founded in 2017 with a singular mission: to provide reliable, affordable and safe forms of electric transportation to replace car trips that contribute up to a third of the carbon emissions in cities we serve. We couldn’t have grasped then the impact this would have.  We’ve now provided more than 180 million rides, and serve more than 120 cities with shared e-bikes and e-scooters across 27 countries on five continents. What inspires us most is what our riders have accomplished: preventing more than 45 million car trips, while…

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ELC and Aveda Pilot Blockchain Tech in Madagascan Vanilla Supply Chain

The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) and its brands work with multiple stakeholders across a global supply chain to source ingredients and materials from around the world that go into its products. When sourcing natural ingredients, ELC works to continuously improve and strengthen its sourcing practices. Whether it be the implementation of new tools and ratings platforms, or the testing of innovative, digital solutions, the company’s aim is to enhance transparency and traceability across the supply chain to benefit all stakeholders involved. In February 2019, the company and Aveda—an ELC brand…

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LanzaTech, Total and L’Oréal announce the production of the first cosmetic plastic bottle made from industrial carbon emissions

Through their innovative partnership, LanzaTech, Total and L’Oréal have premiered the world’s first sustainable packaging made from captured and recycled carbon emissions. The successful conversion process takes place in three steps:  LanzaTech captures industrial carbon emissions and converts them into ethanol using a unique biological process.  Total, thanks to an innovative dehydration process jointly developed with IFP Axens, converts the ethanol into ethylene before polymerizing it into polyethylene that has the same technical characteristics as its fossil counterpart.  L’Oréal uses this polyethylene to produce packaging with the same quality and…

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