Tag: sustainability

Ingka Group increases its sustainability investments by EUR 600 million over coming 12 months

Stuart Mitchell

Ingka Group will accelerate its investments to further enable the transition to reach the IKEA overall commitment to become climate positive by 2030. Over the coming year, the company has committed to invest EUR 600 million more into companies, solutions and its own operations to enable the transition to a net zero carbon economy. This increases its overall investments into sustainability to EUR 3.8 billion.    Since 2009 Ingka Group1, through its investment arm Ingka Investments2, has continued to invest in innovative companies that support its sustainability goals, including achieving…

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AT&T and Discovery Education Put the Power of Sustainability in Students’ Hands

Stuart Mitchell

Discovery Education have launched a new effort supported by AT&T, providing innovative, dynamic resources focused on sustainability through the award-winning Experience platform. The new content created by AT&T and Discovery Education focuses on empowering middle school students to spark sustainable action in local communities. Discovery Education is the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources and professional learning for K-12 classrooms. Centered on the role of technology in building a more sustainable world, the resources from AT&T and Discovery Education provide educators and students the curated content required to learn…

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Walmart’s Sustainability Efforts Take to the Seas with MSC-Certified Sustainable Private Brand Canned Tuna

Stuart Mitchell

Practicing more sustainable fishing hasn’t always been easy. But with a growing global consciousness surrounding sustainability, change is possible. Walmart’s customers count on us to deliver affordable products in a way that helps preserve the planet, and we’re taking steps toward sourcing seafood more sustainably. As of July 2020, achieving a key aspect of our original goal years in advance, Walmart is moving to source its U.S. stores Great Value canned tuna as either Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)-certified or, based on supplier reports, from a time-bound Fishery Improvement Project (FIP)…

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Forever Beta launches strategic sustainability business

Stuart Mitchell

Forever Beta Group expands its ventures portfolio by launching Beta Good, a strategic sustainability consultancy aimed at delivering agile, effective solutions to modern sustainability issues.   Called Beta Good, it will focus on creating agile and effective strategies for clients who are struggling to come to terms with the modern demands of sustainability in business, demands that have been exacerbated by Covid-19.  Beta Good’s offering will include six areas of focus, with clients being able to tailor packages to suit their individual needs. These are; global macro trends analysis, full business…

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Condé Nast unveils results of first-ever global carbon assessment and sets out sustainability commitments

Stuart Mitchell

Condé Nast has announced the next phase of its long term global sustainability commitments by sharing its sustainability assessment and five-year strategy. The company aims to become entirely carbon neutral by 2030, starting with a reduction in corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 20% and print and digital supply chain emissions by 10% by the end of 2021. “At Condé Nast we believe that the health of people, of our businesses and of the planet are intertwined. We cannot care for one and ignore the other. We also think that…

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