Tag: sustainability

New WWF Guide Provides Step-by-Step Instructions for Companies to Navigate Climate Risks and Make Sustainability Resilient

Stuart Mitchell

A new practical guide from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) illustrates steps businesses can take to help maintain profitability and social license to operate in a climate-insecure future. Rising to Resilience: A practical guide for business and nature breaks down the complex idea of planning for instability and managing change—beyond the capabilities of traditional risk management—and can help as companies work to ensure that investments of both time and resources are worthwhile in the long term. “A corporate sustainability strategy is important, but it’s no substitute for a resilience strategy; reducing…

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Tommy Hilfiger Accelerates Sustainability Journey With Ambitious Make It Possible Program

Stuart Mitchell

Tommy Hilfiger, which is owned by PVH Corp. announces Make it Possible, a bold approach to environmental and social sustainability that reinforces the organization’s commitment to create fashion that ‘Wastes Nothing and Welcomes All’. With Make it Possible, Tommy Hilfiger is initially committing to 24 ambitious targets centered around circularity and inclusivity, outlined across four pillars towards 2030: Circle Round: Make products to be fully circular, and part of a sustainable loop. Made for Life: Operate with sensitivity to planetary boundaries, for instance in the areas of climate change, land…

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New IOC Guide to Make Sustainability “Business as Usual” for the Olympic Movement

Stuart Mitchell

New IOC Guide to Make Sustainability “Business as Usual” for the Olympic Movement The guidelines – called “Sustainability Management in Sports” – will help National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and International Federations (IFs) integrate sustainability into their operations and events. Part of the IOC’s “Sustainability Essentials” series, the guidelines respond to the recommendations of Olympic Agenda 2020 – the strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement – which pledges to develop common methodologies and tools to help embed sustainability across all Olympic Movement operations. “The global sports community has…

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Sustainability Platform AWorld Launches Mobile App in Support of UN ActNow Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

In an effort to mobilize individual action on climate change and sustainability, the AWorld platform is launching a mobile app in support of the United Nations’ ActNow campaign. The app incentivizes people to take sustainable action through everyday habits that users can log and track. It also provides impact metrics, educational journeys, tips and quizzes, and engages users through eye-catching visuals and solutions-oriented content. Founded by Italian entrepreneurs Alessandro Armillotta and Marco Armellino, AWorld is a platform built to lead people toward a more sustainable, conscious and value-driven lifestyle. Powered by gamification,…

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Dropbox sets sustainability goals for 2030

Stuart Mitchell

Dropbox have announced thay they are committed to fighting global warming and reducing their carbon footprint. They”ve announcing the goals they plan to accomplish before 2030: Achieve carbon neutrality for scope 1, scope 2, and scope 3 business travel emissions Source 100% renewable energy for our operations, including our data centers Support organizations working for climate action Mobilize employees to use volunteer-time-off for environmental causes Achieving these goals is more critical than ever as the need to reverse global warming is urgent. Climate scientists widely agree that global greenhouse gas…

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