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Unilever Saves $276M, 1 Million Metric Tons CO2 · Environmental Leader · Envi... - 1 views

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Unilever says it has saved 1 million metric tons of CO2 since 2008 in its manufacturing network.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Unilever says it has saved 1 million metric tons of CO2 since 2008 in its manufacturing network.</div>

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Canada Strikes a Deal to Cut Carbon Emissions by Putting a Price on Them - The New York... - 0 views

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Trudeau (Chris Jackson/Getty Images) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will implement nationwide carbon emissions pricing in 2018. According to Trudeau's plan, provinces will be charged CA$10 per metric ton of carbon emissions produced, which will increase to CA$50 per metric ton during 2023.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"> Trudeau (Chris Jackson/Getty Images) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will implement nationwide carbon emissions pricing in 2018. According to Trudeau's plan, provinces will be charged CA$10 per metric ton of carbon emissions produced, which will increase to CA$50 per metric ton during 2023. </div>

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Every year an estimated 8 million metric tons of plastic waste are added to the ocean. Without immediate intervention across all points of the pollution pathway, 250 million metric tons of plastic waste could be in the ocean in less than 10 years. The Ocean Conservancy and Trash Free Seas Alliance's new report, The Next Wave, examines some of the solutions and technologies currently available and looks forward to establishing a framework to generate greater collaboration and innovation toward long-term solutions.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Every year an estimated 8 million metric tons of plastic waste are added to the ocean. Without immediate intervention across all points of the pollution pathway, 250 million metric tons of plastic waste could be in the ocean in less than 10 years. The Ocean Conservancy and Trash Free Seas Alliance's new report, The Next Wave, examines some of the solutions and technologies currently available and looks forward to establishing a framework to generate greater collaboration and innovation toward long-term solutions.</div>

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(UN Food and Agriculture Organization) calculates that the world throws out 33% of the food it produces, resulting in 1.3 billion metric tons of food waste per year. This wasted food results in 3.3 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions, requires 3.5 billion acres of farmland, and costs the world $750 billion per year (excluding seafood).

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">(UN Food and Agriculture Organization) calculates that the world throws out 33% of the food it produces, resulting in 1.3 billion metric tons of food waste per year. This wasted food results in 3.3 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions, requires 3.5 billion acres of farmland, and costs the world $750 billion per year (excluding seafood).</div>

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Walmart Cuts 17.4M Metric Tons of GHGs from Global Supply Chain · Environment... - 0 views

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Walmart is on track to eliminate 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its global supply chain by the end of 2015.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Walmart is on track to eliminate 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its global supply chain by the end of 2015. </div>

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Power management company Eaton announced that its 39 zero-waste-to-landfill manufacturing facilities have avoided 2,750 metric tons of waste since 2010. The sites also avoided 2,500 metric tons of CO2 from waste transportation and storage over the same time period.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Power management company Eaton announced that its 39 zero-waste-to-landfill manufacturing facilities have avoided 2,750 metric tons of waste since 2010. The sites also avoided 2,500 metric tons of CO2 from waste transportation and storage over the same time period.</div>

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Nearly every piece of plastic still exists on Earth, regardless of whether it's been recycled, broken down into microscopic bits or discarded in the ocean. And the world keeps producing more of the material -- creating 288 million metric tons of it in 2012. About 4.8 to 12.7 million metric tons of it end up in the oceans in 2010, according to a new estimate published in the journal Science.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Nearly every piece of plastic still exists on Earth, regardless of whether it's been recycled, broken down into microscopic bits or discarded in the ocean. And the world keeps producing more of the material -- creating 288 million metric tons of it in 2012. About 4.8 to 12.7 million metric tons of it end up in the oceans in 2010, according to a new estimate published in the journal Science.</div>

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Companies are beginning to unleash a new generation of science-based sustainability goals, which promise to address social environmental problems at the local and global levels.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Companies are beginning to unleash a new generation of science-based sustainability goals, which promise to address social environmental problems at the local and global levels. </div>

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Mondelez International Smashes Waste Goal, Achieves 57% Reduction · Environme... - 1 views

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Mondelez International exceeded its goal to reduce manufacturing waste by 15 percent per metric ton of production by 2015, according to the company’s most recent sustainability report. Through 2014, the snacking company achieved a 57 percent reduction — four times the original goal.
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Mondelez International exceeded its goal to reduce manufacturing waste by 15 percent per metric ton of production by 2015, according to the company's most recent sustainability report. Through 2014, the snacking company achieved a 57 percent reduction - four times the original goal.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Mondelez International exceeded its goal to reduce manufacturing waste by 15 percent per metric ton of production by 2015, according to the company's most recent sustainability report. Through 2014, the snacking company achieved a 57 percent reduction - four times the original goal.</div>

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How Dell Saved $39.5 Million, Cut Carbon Pollution via Telecommuting · Enviro... - 1 views

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Allowing US employees to telecommute has saved Dell $39.5 million and avoided an estimated 25 million kWh of energy and 13,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions since fiscal year 2014.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Allowing US employees to telecommute has saved Dell $39.5 million and avoided an estimated 25 million kWh of energy and 13,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions since fiscal year 2014. </div>

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Coke Installs 1M HFC-Free Coolers · Environmental Management & Energy News · ... - 0 views

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The Coca-Cola Company has installed its 1 millionth hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)-free cooler using natural refrigerant, preventing the emission of 5.25 million metric tons of CO2 over 10 years, the company says.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The Coca-Cola Company has installed its 1 millionth hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)-free cooler using natural refrigerant, preventing the emission of 5.25 million metric tons of CO2 over 10 years, the company says. </div>

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Microsoft snaps up Madagascan rainforest protection credits - 18 Feb 2014 - News from B... - 0 views

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Microsoft became the first company to purchase carbon credits generated by the Makira conservation project in Madagascar, which intends to preserve 320,000 hectares of forests and prevent 32.5 million metric tons of carbon emissions.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Microsoft became the first company to purchase carbon credits generated by the Makira conservation project in Madagascar, which intends to preserve 320,000 hectares of forests and prevent 32.5 million metric tons of carbon emissions.</div>

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How much do stakeholders trust corporate sustainability ratings? | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

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With companies producing increasingly transparent sustainability reports, each with extensive metrics, a bourgeoning industry of rating agencies has emerged to help stakeholders identify industry leadership.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">With companies producing increasingly transparent sustainability reports, each with extensive metrics, a bourgeoning industry of rating agencies has emerged to help stakeholders identify industry leadership. </div>

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US Emissions Dropped 3.3% in 2012 · Environmental Management & Energy News · ... - 0 views

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Greenhouse gas emissions in the US totaled 6,501,000 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2012, a 3.3 percent reduction from the previous year, according to an annual draft report by the EPA.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Greenhouse gas emissions in the US totaled 6,501,000 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2012, a 3.3 percent reduction from the previous year, according to an annual draft report by the EPA.</div>

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Global E-Waste to Jump One-Third by 2017 · Environmental Management & Energy ... - 0 views

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End-of-life electronics worldwide are expected to increase 33 percent in just five years, reaching 65.5 million metric tons annually by 2017, according to data from Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP) Initiative, a UN-backed alliance

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">End-of-life electronics worldwide are expected to increase 33 percent in just five years, reaching 65.5 million metric tons annually by 2017, according to data from Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP) Initiative, a UN-backed alliance</div>

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Google Shrinks Carbon Footprint 9% · Environmental Management & Energy News ·... - 0 views

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Google emitted 1.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2012, a 9 percent decrease from the previous year, according to the search giant's latest carbon footprint data.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Google emitted 1.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2012, a 9 percent decrease from the previous year, according to the search giant's latest carbon footprint data. </div>

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Disney to up the ante on carbon offsets | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

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the Walt Disney Company will expand its already substantial voluntary offset purchasing program to account for indirect emissions generated by its operations, an effort to be financed by a $11 to $14 per metric ton internal carbon price the company charges its business units

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">the Walt Disney Company will expand its already substantial voluntary offset purchasing program to account for indirect emissions generated by its operations, an effort to be financed by a $11 to $14 per metric ton internal carbon price the company charges its business units</div>

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Lego Pledges Supply Chain CO2 Cuts, Joins Climate Savers · Environmental Mana... - 0 views

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Lego Group today pledged to work with its suppliers to reduce total carbon emissions as it joins the World Wildlife Federation's Climate Savers program. If Lego reduced CO2 emissions directly related to toy production at Lego factories by a minimum of 10 percent - the target - this would remove about 10,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions, the toy manufacturer says.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Lego Group today pledged to work with its suppliers to reduce total carbon emissions as it joins the World Wildlife Federation's Climate Savers program. If Lego reduced CO2 emissions directly related to toy production at Lego factories by a minimum of 10 percent - the target - this would remove about 10,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions, the toy manufacturer says. </div>

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Branch office: Interface, Staples invest in forest offsets | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

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Coca-Cola and Home Depot are also onboard with contracts meant to offset more than 100,000 metric tons of carbon in one year.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Coca-Cola and Home Depot are also onboard with contracts meant to offset more than 100,000 metric tons of carbon in one year.</div>

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Nestlé, Walmart, Coke, Pepsi and Unilever Support Recycling Network · Environ... - 0 views

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Nestlé, Walmart Chile, Coca-Cola Chile, PepsiCo, and Unilever have signed a partnership to reduce waste and support a new recycling network in Chile. The companies have backed the Collective Recycling Project, which aims to recycle about 1,200 metric tons of waste per year through the installation of five recycling centers in the capital of Santiago.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Nestlé, Walmart Chile, Coca-Cola Chile, PepsiCo, and Unilever have signed a partnership to reduce waste and support a new recycling network in Chile. The companies have backed the Collective Recycling Project, which aims to recycle about 1,200 metric tons of waste per year through the installation of five recycling centers in the capital of Santiago.</div>

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