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Adriana Trujillo

Hershey & Mars Chocolate Reach New Sustainability Milestones | Convenience Store News - 0 views

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    Earlier this year, Hershey set a target to source at least 50 percent of its global cocoa supply from certified and sustainable sources by 2015 - a full year ahead of its original schedule. Hershey has committed to source 100 percent certified and sustainable cocoa by 2020.
Adriana Trujillo

General Mills: One of the World's largest food Companies - 1 views

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    General Mills has committed to reducing absolute GHG emissions by 28% across its entire value chain over the next 10 years.
Adriana Trujillo

Press Release - Rio de Janeiro First Fully Compliant City in Compact of Mayors, Tackles... - 1 views

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    Rio de Janeiro became the first city in the world to fully comply with the Compact of Mayors. City leaders can achieve compliance by registering a commitment, identifying their municipality's current emissions, creating GHG reduction and adaptation targets, and establishing an action plan.
Del Birmingham

Pacific Coast Leaders Sign Historic Climate Action Plan - 0 views

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    The four governments, California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia committed to take action to expand the adoption of zero-emissions vehicles, with a goal of 10 percent of new vehicle purchases by 2016.
Adriana Trujillo

Greenpeace: APP Making Progress on Forest Conservation Pledge · Environmental... - 0 views

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    Asia Pulp and Paper Group, one of the largest paper producers in the world, is serious about its pledge to end the clearing of natural forests, according to a progress review of the company's Forest Conservation Policy.Greenpeace International, a long-time critic of APP and the organization that conducted the progress review, is cautiously optimistic and warns that the company's commitments are likely to stand or fall by the quality of conservation and management recommendations to the company's senior management.
Adriana Trujillo

Match 'ethical' coffee with 'forest-friendly' food, Starbucks told | News | Eco-Busines... - 0 views

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    Forests and consumer campaign groups have called on the global coffee chain to step up its sustainability commitment and ensure its baked products do not use palm oil grown from destroyed forests and tiger habitats.
Adriana Trujillo

CSR Programs Increase Revenue up to 20%, Says Verizon, Campbell Soup Study · ... - 0 views

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    Well-designed corporate social responsibility programs increase revenue by as much as 20 percent, command price premiums up to 20 percent and increase customer commitment by as much as 60 percent, according to a study commissioned by Verizon and Campbell Soup.
Del Birmingham

CSR Programs Increase Revenue up to 20%, Says Verizon, Campbell Soup Study · ... - 0 views

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    Well-designed corporate social responsibility programs increase revenue by as much as 20 percent, command price premiums up to 20 percent and increase customer commitment by as much as 60 percent, according to a study commissioned by Verizon and Campbell Soup.
Adriana Trujillo

Pope Francis to Explore Climate's Effect on World's Poor - The New York Times - 0 views

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    Pope Francis will release a major encyclical this week calling for the world's Catholics to take a stand against climate change and environmental degradation. The letter, the first such statement by a pope, will frame environmental activism as a social justice issue. "Pope Francis is personally committed to this issue like no other pope before him. The encyclical will have a major impact," U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres said. 
Adriana Trujillo

ConAgra, Albertsons, Sodexo join fight to halve food waste | GreenBiz - 0 views

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    Some 252 food producers and restaurants have committed to reduce food waste. Along with green giants such asUnilever, they include 7-Eleven Stores and the Milwaukee Brewers. 
Adriana Trujillo

EU to Push for Carbon Neutrality by 2100 in Global Climate Deal - Bloomberg Business - 0 views

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    Some 252 food producers and restaurants have committed to reduce food waste. Along with green giants such asUnilever, they include 7-Eleven Stores and the Milwaukee Brewers. 
Adriana Trujillo

FACT SHEET: President Obama Announces New Actions to Bring Renewable Energy and Energy ... - 0 views

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    President Obama announced that an additional 15 U.S. cities (19 cities were committed prior to this update) have signed onto the Compact of Mayors-a global platform that helps cities accelerate their sustainability and climate change resiliency efforts. The president set a goal to have at least 100 U.S. cities signed onto the Compact of Mayors by the end of November 2015.
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ADM Bows to Shareholder Pressure, Commits to New Deforestation Policy - 1 views

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    Food and commodities giant ADM, which has reached over US$80 billion in revenues, says it will develop a no-deforestation policy in a move to source soy and palm oil more responsibly. The change occurred after a shareholder proposal, submitted by Green Century Capital Management and the New York State Common Retirement Fund, requested that ADM set quantitative goals for a reduction in supply chain impacts from deforestation....
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Why Procter & Gamble is resetting its sustainability goals | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

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    The world's largest consumer packaged goods company is expanding some of its commitments and dialing back on another
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'Pack It Green' Saves Cisco Nearly 2 Million Pounds of Packaging and Over $6 Million | ... - 0 views

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    The growing amount of solid waste being added to landfills from product packaging is an environmental concern to Cisco. To address this, we strive to design packages that protect against shipping damage while minimizing material usage. Our employee-led "Pack It Green" Initiative, which promotes optimized packaging and order fulfillment, is a big part of this commitment.
Del Birmingham

Nestlé Announces Landmark Commitment to Welfare of Farm Animals | Sustainable... - 0 views

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    Nestlé announced a pledge to improve the welfare of the farm animals in its supply chain, following the signature of a partnership agreement with NGO World Animal Protection.The agreement means that the hundreds of thousands of farms that supply Nestlé with their dairy, meat, poultry and eggs will have to comply with tighter animal welfare standards. Nestlé, with its global purchasing footprint, also becomes the first major food company to form an international partnership with an animal welfare NGO.
Del Birmingham

Hyatt Sets 2020 Environmental Goals · Environmental Management & Sustainabili... - 0 views

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    Hyatt Hotels has committed to reducing water use per guest night by 25 percent by 2020 - one of the hotel chain's new environmental goals announced yesterday
Del Birmingham

Nespresso Pledges Carbon Neutrality by 2020 · Environmental Management & Sust... - 0 views

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    The commitment is one of several new sustainability initiatives, part of a 500 million Swiss francs ($547 million) program called The Positive Cup. Nespresso says it will invest the money over the next six years to shrink its environmental footprint. Part of this investment will be used to establish a new Sustainable Development Fund.
Adriana Trujillo

ConAgra Pledges Deforestation-Free Palm Oil · Environmental Management & Sust... - 0 views

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    ConAgra Foods is the latest food giant to agree to eliminate any palm oil supplier engaged in deforestation. The company made the commitment in response to a shareholder proposal filed by Green Century Capital Management and the New York State Common Retirement Fund.
Adriana Trujillo

Apple bans use of 2 chemicals in iPhone assembly - 0 views

  • hat's more, Apple is requiring all its factories to test all substances to ensure that they don't contain benzene or n-hexane, even if the chemicals aren't listed in the ingredients.
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    Apple is banning the use of two potentially hazardous chemicals, benzene and n-hexane, during the final assembly of iPhones and iPads as part of the company's latest commitment to protect the factory workers who build its trendy devices.
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