How sustainability professionals can uplift the black community
I come to you again. It’s been three years since writing my first article for GreenBiz, "Why diversity is the key to unlocking sustainability."
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Why the way we’ve been doing corporate sustainability doesn’t work
Most big companies have set goals for incremental improvements — 25 percent of this by 2025, 30 percent reduction in that by 2030.
We lost a soccer field of primary rainforest every 6 seconds in 2019
The tropics lost 29.4 million acres of tree cover in 2019, according to data from the University of Maryland, released recently on Global Forest Watch.
Post-pandemic funding solutions for struggling social entrepreneurs
Small business owners across the United States are confronting the fact that financial help from the federal government, if it comes at all, may not be enough to weather the COVID-19 crisis
A new wave of sustainable seafood to feed generations to come
Seafood is having a moment. Fish, especially canned and frozen options, increasingly have become a go-to choice for Americans during the pandemic as they stock their pantries and freezers; seek out new immune-boosting meal ideas; and look for alternatives to meat due to shortages and health concerns over meat processing.
What role does ESG play in the ‘new normal’?
Facing existential crisis, it’s only natural that our perspective will change — for better and for worse. In recent weeks and months, as many of us have "sheltered in place" in the face of a global pandemic, each of us has come to grips with a valuable reminder of what’s truly important: family, friends and colleagues; security and safety; food and water; healthcare
Aviation industry opts to water down flagship climate plan
The global aviation industry has been accused of backtracking on its climate commitments after controversially agreeing to change the rules for its forthcoming carbon reduction scheme in light of the disruption caused by COVID-19, sparking fears the moves will lead to higher emissions.
The online tools urban changemakers really need to accelerate circularity in cities
When you put the words "circular economy," "city" and "digital tool" together, the first thing that often springs to mind is a "dashboard."
Maybe it’s time to think about composting clothing
What if the fashion industry functioned like an ecosystem? In the way a plant grows with the help of sunlight, eventually decomposes back into soil and serves as a building block for future life, so too could our shirts, shorts and shoes.
Build back better with a sustainable ocean economy
The coronavirus crisis has had a profound impact on the ocean economy. Before the pandemic, the OECD forecast that by 2030 the ocean economy would double in size to $3 trillion, providing full-time employment for around 40 million people.
