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Businesses, investors welcome new EPA emissions standards for large trucks and heavy-duty vehicles

Stuart Mitchell

Major businesses and investors welcome the heavy-duty vehicle emissions standard unveiled today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which is projected to have vast economic, climate, and public health benefits by spurring the sale of clean large trucks and other vehicles across the U.S.  “As a nationwide fleet provider, Merchants Fleet is proud of the role we are playing in helping businesses across the U.S. shift to cutting-edge technologies and cleaner vehicles,” said Hari Nayar, vice president of electrification and sustainability at Merchants Fleet. “Stronger emissions standards will help spur…

PA Consulting and PulPac welcome LOGOPLASTE investment into the Bottle Collective as the technology partner to accelerate sustainable packaging

Stuart Mitchell

PA Consulting (PA), the company bringing ingenuity to life, and PulPac, the Swedish packaging solutions company behind Dry Molded Fiber, are pleased to announce that LOGOPLASTE, the global provider of innovative and sustainable rigid packaging solutions, has joined the Bottle Collective as the technology partner. The Bottle Collective brings together major brands across industries and leading packaging manufacturers to accelerate progress towards truly sustainable single-use bottles. LOGOPLASTE joins leading global companies Diageo, Haleon, and Sanofi as a member of the Bottle Collective. The Bottle Collective is working to produce bottles that…

UN Women welcomes the adoption of robust blueprint to end women’s poverty

Stuart Mitchell

The 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) delivered today robust commitments by UN Member States to strengthen financing and institutions to eradicate women’s and girls’ poverty. Globally, 10.3 per cent of women live in extreme poverty today, according to the report presented by the UN Secretary-General to the Commission, and progress towards ending poverty needs to be 26 times faster to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The outcome document (or Agreed Conclusions) recognizes that women and girls living in poverty become ‘shock absorbers’…

Ceres Welcomes New Board Member and announces new President’s Council Chair

Stuart Mitchell

The Boston-based sustainability nonprofit Ceres has welcomed new members to its Board of Directors and President’s Council.     Ceres welcomed Debbie Simpson, former CFO and Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group, to its Board of Directors in October 2023. Ceres’ Board comprises 25 leaders working to advance Ceres’ mission to build a cleaner, more just and sustainable world.   Ceres also announced today that Loren Blackford, Senior Advisor at the Sierra Club, who has been serving on the President’s Council since 2014, has been named Chair of the President’s Council and began…

Ceres welcomes landmark SEC rule on corporate climate disclosure

Stuart Mitchell

Ceres welcomes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) adoption of the first-ever federal rule mandating the disclosure of climate-related risks from all U.S. public companies. In a 3-2 vote, the Commissioners adopted the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors, which will require climate disclosures in companies’ registration statements and annual reports. “We congratulate the SEC on this important step forward to bring the U.S. closer in line with its global counterparts. Although this final rule does not go far enough compared to international standards and the SEC’s…