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Adriana Trujillo

SFI Releases New Sustainable Forestry Standards, NGO Says Not So Fast - 0 views

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    Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) released a new set of standards that will guide the organization's certification practices through 2019. SFI claims that its standards include policies and guidelines that will help protect water quality, biodiversity, wildlife, endangered species and old-growth forests in the United States and Canada.
Adriana Trujillo

Pulp Nonfiction: 'Out of Fashion' Campaign Targets Apparel Brands Contributing to Defor... - 0 views

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    Out of Fashion campaign for forest-friendly fabrics - led by the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) - is calling on the "Fashion 15" group of companies - to take responsibility for their supply chains and develop strong, time bound commitments to protect forests and human rights.
Del Birmingham

Pulp Nonfiction: 'Out of Fashion' Campaign Targets Apparel Brands Contributing to Defor... - 0 views

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    The latest effort, the Out of Fashion campaign for forest-friendly fabrics - led by the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) - is calling on the "Fashion 15" group of companies - Ralph Lauren, Prada, LVMH, Tory Burch, Michael Kors, Vince, Guess, Velvet, L Brands, Forever 21, Under Armour, Footlocker, Abercrombie and Fitch, GAIAM and Beyond Yoga - to take responsibility for their supply chains and develop strong, time bound commitments to protect forests and human rights. With proven connections from human rights violations and forest destruction all the way to our store shelves, fashion companies can no longer ignore this critical issue.
Adriana Trujillo

A Tale of Two Northern European Cities: Meeting the Challenges of Sea Level Rise by Dan... - 0 views

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    Low-lying European cities such as Rotterdam, Netherlands, and Hamburg, Germany, are preparing for rising sea levels, and their innovative methods could prove instructive for cities in similar predicaments around the world. One strategy: "building with nature" by using sand and marsh grasses to protect coastlines. 
Adriana Trujillo

Martín von Hildebrand: An audacious plan for the Amazon | Ensia - 0 views

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    Martin von Hildebrand, founder of the Fundacion Gaia Amazonas, is working to establish an ecological corridor protecting 333 million acres of rain forest stretching from Colombia to the Brazilian coast. That will involve finding ways to work with the loggers, miners and farmers already active in the area, he says. "We have to look at those areas where there already is something like oil, or like agriculture, or like cattle ranching and approach it from a sustainable point of view," he explains. 
Adriana Trujillo

Monsanto Takes Action to Fight Climate Change with Carbon Neutral Crop Production Progr... - 0 views

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    Monsanto announced plans to achieve carbon neutrality across its operations by 2021. The company will focus its efforts on seed production, crop protection, sharing data, and increasing the adoption of best practices.
Adriana Trujillo

Supply Chain - 1 views

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    The Natural Resources Defense Council and China's Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs released the 2018 Green Supply Chain Corporate Information Transparency Index, which ranks companies across 15 industries on their supply chain transparency, compliance, energy conservation, and environmental protection practices. The top-3 ranked companies were Apple, Dell, and Levi Strauss & Company.
Del Birmingham

Deforestation Is Accelerating, Despite Mounting Efforts to Protect Tropical Forests. Wh... - 0 views

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    Despite a decade of intensifying efforts to slow tropical deforestation, last year was the second-highest on record for tree cover loss, down just slightly from 2016. The tropics lost an area of forest the size of Vietnam in just the last two years.
Adriana Trujillo

50 Major Companies Band Together to Stomp Out Illegal Tuna, Forced Labor | Sustainable ... - 0 views

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    Fifty of the world's largest businesses, retailers and fishing companies from across the tuna supply chain have banded together to stamp out illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in their industry, protect the health of oceans and eliminate forced labor from fishing vessels. The agreement was brokered by the World Economic Forum and is supported by policymakers and 18 civil society organizations.
Adriana Trujillo

Vivobarefoot will launch an amphibious shoe made with algae-based foam this summer : Tr... - 0 views

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    Vivobarefoot is producing Ultra III, amphibious adventure shoes that contain Bloom's algae-based foam. Each pair of shoes will be composed of 25% algae foam that the company says help protect waterways by recirculating "57 gallons of filtered water back into natural habitats."
Adriana Trujillo

Finally, Real Action from Big Banks on Deforestation | Sustainable Brands - 0 views

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    This month BNP Paribas, the world's seventh-largest financial institution, announced a new palm oil policy that sets responsible palm oil production as a pre-condition for financing. The policy requires that companies receiving financing protect forests and indigenous people. It also requires companies to adhere to strict human rights and labor standards, end the use of hazardous pesticides, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, among other significant measures. The move charts a new path for responsible financing that all major financial institutions should follow - or else face the growing consumer backlash against environmentally destructive institutions.
Adriana Trujillo

Kimberly-Clark Joins Forces with World Wildlife Fund to Engage Consumers to Help Save t... - 1 views

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    Kimberly-Clark will feature the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) logo on its Forest Stewardship Council- certified products to raise consumer awareness about the importance of choosing products made from responsibly sourced fiber. As part of the partnership, the company will contribute $4 million to WWF's forest and ecosystem protection programs.
Adriana Trujillo

FSC Gathers Global Forestry Leaders to Plan Future of Re-Sponsible Forest Management - ... - 1 views

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    As FSC's highest decision making body, the General Assembly sets the direction for the organization for the coming years, with several important areas of responsible forest management, conservation and sustainability on the agenda. These include, among others, the protection of High Conservation Value areas such as Intact Forest Landscapes, ensuring the rights and participation of Indigenous Peoples in forest development, and the future directions for forest restoration and conservation, all while permitting forests to continue to supply the vital products the world depends on for many purposes.
Del Birmingham

In Defense of Biodiversity: Why Protecting Species from Extinction Matters - Yale E360 - 0 views

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    A number of biologists have recently made the argument that extinction is part of evolution and that saving species need not be a conservation priority. But this revisionist thinking shows a lack of understanding of evolution and an ignorance of the natural world.
Del Birmingham

Chile to Become First Country in the Americas to Ban Plastic Bags - 0 views

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    Chile is set to become the first country in the Americas to ban plastic bags to help protect the environment and especially the ocean. Congress unanimously approved the measure on Wednesday. The bill was initially designed to outlaw plastic bags in Patagonia, but was later extended nationwide.
Adriana Trujillo

National Geographic releases first ever Sustainable Tourism Impact Report highlighting ... - 1 views

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    National Geographic released its first Sustainable Tourism Impact Report, which details the social and environmental impact initiatives at properties across its "Unique Lodges of the World" collection. In less than two years, member lodges in National Geographic's collection have achieved the following: rehabilitated and protected over 3.7 million acres of land and sea; provided over $76 million in direct contributions to historic and cultural site preservation; diverted over 3 million pounds of waste from landfills around the world; and more.
Del Birmingham

Apple's Forests Now Sustainable Enough to Cover the Paper Used in All Packaging - Envir... - 1 views

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    Apple says that 320,000 acres of working forest in China have been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council and that the company is now protecting and creating enough sustainable working forest to cover the paper use in its packaging for all products.
Adriana Trujillo

Biologists and Computer Scientists Team up to Map a Global 'Safety Net' for the Planet ... - 0 views

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    Washington-based research team RESOLVE, in collaboration with Globaïa Foundation and Universidade Federal de Viçosa, are teaming up to map a global "safety net" for the planet that would protect and connect 50% of the world's land area.
Adriana Trujillo

Two-thirds of Global Cocoa Supply Agree on Actions to Eliminate Deforestation and Resto... - 1 views

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    A group of companies - including General Mills, The Hershey Company, and Nestlé - have committed to working with the governments of Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana to end cocoa-related deforestation, protect national parks from illegal cocoa production, and improve the livelihoods of smallholder cocoa farmers. The initiative is led by IDH - the Sustainable Trade Initiative, the Prince of Wales's International Sustainability Unit, and the World Cocoa Foundation, in partnership with the governments of Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana.
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