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Adriana Trujillo

Palm oil: WWF name and shame top global buyers | Guardian Sustainable Business | Guardi... - 1 views

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    Palm oil continues to proliferate in everything from ice cream to shampoo but sustainable palm oil has failed to catch on, as a punchy short film by the environment group, WWF, ... But there are more fundamental issues at play.
Del Birmingham

Half of Global Wildlife Lost, says new WWF Report - Press Releases on CSRwire.com - 0 views

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    Between 1970 and 2010 populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish around the globe dropped 52 percent, says the 2014 Living Planet Report released today by World Wildlife Fund (WWF). 
Del Birmingham

Hilton, WWF take on unsustainable seafood and water use | GreenBiz - 0 views

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    Working with WWF will help Hilton Hotels and Resorts to improve seafood choices, food waste, and other issues at thousands of sites worldwide.
Del Birmingham

WWF and Partners Secure Protection for Critical Sumatran Rain Forest - Press Releases o... - 0 views

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    Through an ambitious project model combining innovative financing approaches with traditional conservation, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS) and The Orangutan Project (TOP) will join forces with local communities to actively manage the 100,000 acres of former logging forest, known as Bukit Tigapuluh (known as Thirty Hills), to protect rather than exploit the land's natural resources.
Adriana Trujillo

John West Australia, WWF and MSC United for Sustainable Oceans -- MELBOURNE, Australia,... - 0 views

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    Food company John West Australia pledged to help end unsustainable fishing practices within the Australian canned tuna industry, in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).
Adriana Trujillo

Valuing the Invaluable: How WWF Is Helping Companies Protect the Ultimate Shared Resour... - 1 views

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    "Water is the ultimate shared resource," according to WWF's Lindsay Bass, and collaborative solutions to its depletion are crucial. WWF is working with companies to manage their water use through its Water Risk Filter tool and its strategic alliances with the private sector. I spoke with Bass about the opportunities for companies to improve their water management and become "positive actors" in shared watersheds. 
Adriana Trujillo

WWF and partners secure protection for critical Sumatran rain forest | Press Releases |... - 0 views

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    The World Wildlife Fund will help protect 100,000 acres of former logging forest in Indonesia's Bukit Tigapuluh National Park, in partnership with Frankfurt Zoological Society, The Orangutan Project, and local communities. The World Wildlife Fund has established a commercial company to generate revenue within the project area to help finance forest protection initiatives.
Adriana Trujillo

WWF, Unilever Partnering to Engage Consumers on Deforestation, Help Protect 1M Trees | ... - 0 views

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    WWF and Unilever have announced a one-year, international partnership to engage consumers in the fight against deforestation - one of the key drivers of climate change - with the goal of protecting a million trees. The partnership between the world's leading conservation organization and the consumer goods giant aims to raise awareness of the importance of forests to life on earth as well as the threats our forests face.
Adriana Trujillo

WWF: Companies Still Have a Massive Soy Footprint - 0 views

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    The World Wildlife Fund released its Soy Scorecard, which uses cultivation, land use, and workers' rights data to score the practices of 133 European companies in the soy industry.
Adriana Trujillo

For The First Time In A Century, Wild Tiger Numbers Are On The Rise - 1 views

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    In 1900, an estimated 100,000 tigers roamed free on our planet. Yet within a hundred years, that number plummeted by more than 95 percent - the result of rampant poaching and widespread habitat loss. But it seems the tide may finally be turning for the majestic cat. On Sunday, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced that wild tiger numbers were on the rise for the first time in over a century.
Adriana Trujillo

'Climate Saving' Companies Build a Framework for Progress - 1 views

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    World Wildlife Fund is encouraging Climate Saver companies to help reduce global carbon emissions by 1.2 gigatons by 2020. WWF created the Climate Savers program in 1999 to give companies a way to partner to achieve environmental and sustainability goals.
Adriana Trujillo

WWF - Blue whale conservation gets a boost - 0 views

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    The approval by the government of Chile of the largest Marine Protected Area (MPA) in continental Chile is a boost to conservation efforts for blue whales and dolphins
Adriana Trujillo

Apple Working With WWF China to Manage Sustainable Forests - Bloomberg Business - 1 views

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    Apple is working with the World Wildlife Fund to preserve as much as 1 million acres of Chinese forests and will also promote clean energy and sustainable manufacturing practices in China and elsewhere. "Apple is in a unique position to take the initiative toward this ambitious goal. It is a responsibility we accept," CEO Tim Cook said. 
Adriana Trujillo

Hilton Worldwide and WWF Collaborate to Strengthen Sustainability in the Hospitality In... - 1 views

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    Hilton Worldwide launched a 3-year commitment to develop a water stewardship strategy, expand its global sustainable seafood efforts, reduce food waste within its operations and supply chain, and accelerate the integration of renewable energy. The company has partnered with the World Wildlife Fund to help facilitate this commitment.
Adriana Trujillo

Hilton, WWF take on unsustainable seafood and water use | GreenBiz - 0 views

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    One of the world's largest hotel and resort chains is partnering with the massive NGO to dig into water conservation, supply chain and other issues.
Adriana Trujillo

Hyatt Partnering with WWF on Global Initiative to Source Sustainable Seafood | Sustaina... - 0 views

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    Hyatt Hotels Corporation has announced a long-term seafood sustainability strategy in partnership with WWF - to increase its procurement of responsibly sourced seafood and eliminate the procurement of highly vulnerable seafood species. For the first phase of the partnership, Hyatt has set an initial goal of responsibly sourcing more than 50 percent of its inventory by 2018.
Adriana Trujillo

Clean Energy Saving US Companies More Than $1 Billion Annually | Sustainable Brands - 2 views

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  • clean energy is becoming mainstream for U.S. corporations
  • Walmart, for example, now produces more solar power than 38 U.S. states.
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  • corporate investments in clean energy are not yet at the scale we need,
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    The nation's largest companies are rapidly embracing renewable energy sourcing and greenhouse gas emissions reduction efforts, according to a new report from Calvert Investments, Ceres, David Gardiner & Associates, and World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
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    The nation's largest companies are rapidly embracing renewable energy sourcing and greenhouse gas emissions reduction efforts, according to a new report from Calvert Investments, Ceres, David Gardiner & Associates, and World Wildlife Fund (WWF). 
Adriana Trujillo

Gold Standard Launches New Framework to Accelerate, Track Progress on SDGs | Sustainabl... - 0 views

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    Just weeks after the UN Secretary General released a report detailing sluggish progress on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), efforts are underway to bolster support for their widespread adoption. Gold Standard - a standard and certification body established by the WWF - has launched the Gold Standard for the Global Goals, a new standard to quantify, certify and maximize the contributions of climate and development interventions toward the Paris Climate Agreement and the SDGs
Del Birmingham

REPORT: Fortune 500 Companies Accelerating Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency Efforts ... - 0 views

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    Despite efforts from Washington to sideline action on climate change, a growing number of Fortune 500 companies are taking increasingly ambitious steps to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, procure more renewable energy and reduce their energy bills through energy efficiency, according to a new report released today from World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Ceres, Calvert Research and Management (Calvert) and CDP.
Adriana Trujillo

An open letter on COP23 from Walmart and WWF | GreenBiz - 1 views

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    Walmart has saved over $1 billion in fuel costs by upgrading its fleet, and plans to continue to cut consumption and emissions through an effort called Project Gigaton. The plan, announced in conjunction with the World Wildlife Fund, will reduce emissions from Walmart suppliers by a gigaton by 2030.
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