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Brett Rohring

Ford and Microsoft invest in $1 billion bond for climate projects | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

www.greenbiz.com/...rd-microsoft-invest-green-bond

ford microsoft climate projects bond

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  • Ford and Microsoft were among investors in a $1 billion green bond launched last week to support "climate smart" investments in emerging markets.
  • Proceeds of IFC green bonds are used for private sector investments in renewable energy, energy efficiency and other areas that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as installing solar and wind power capacity and providing financing for technology that helps produce energy more efficiently.
  • IFC said in a statement that the bond transaction, jointly led by BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Crédit Agricole CIB and SEB, was heavily oversubscribed and sized to address the demand from "an increasing number of investors interested in climate-related opportunities."
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  • It marks the second $1 billion green bond transaction this year from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), an Aaa/AAA rated global development institution and member of the World Bank Group.
  • Bond issues are seen as an increasingly important way to raise funds for green projects, with the green bond market now estimated at $346 billion after doubling over 2012.
Adriana Trujillo

Hasbro Announces 2020 Sustainability Goals; Company Aims to Reduce Environmental Impact of its Global Operations (NASDAQ:HAS) - 0 views

investor.hasbro.com/...releasedetail.cfm

hasbro targets 2020

shared by Adriana Trujillo on 24 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Adriana Trujillo on 24 Sep 13
     
    Hasbro set new 2020 sustainability goals of reducing scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions 20%, landfill waste 50%, energy consumption 25%, and water use 15% from 2012 levels at owned and operated facilities.
Adriana Trujillo

The App That Will Make Sustainable Energy Cool - 0 views

mashable.com/...mpowering-action

app energy technology

shared by Adriana Trujillo on 05 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • The app is designed to inspire, empower and motivate a generation of global citizens to take positive action around the world
  • Adriana Trujillo on 05 Oct 13
     
    When you ask kids about their favorite things, sustainable energy probably doesn't top the list. But a new movement and mobile platform called mPowering Action might change that.
Adriana Trujillo

McDonalds - McDonald's - Official Global Corporate Website - 0 views

news.mcdonalds.com/...-2020-Corporate-Social-Respons

mcdonalds other company news ADD targets beef

shared by Adriana Trujillo on 05 May 14 - No Cached
  • Adriana Trujillo on 05 May 14
     
    McDonald's launched its first Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability framework alongside a new sustainability report. The framework sets new goals of purchasing beef from sustainable-certified sources by 2016, procuring 100% of fiber-based packaging from certified or recycled sources, and increasing energy efficiency 20% in company-owned restaurants in 7 markets
Del Birmingham

This Map Shows Where All That Carbon Dioxide Is Coming From | Smart News | Smithsonian - 0 views

www.smithsonianmag.com/...arbon-dioxide-coming-180952687

CO2 map carbon dioxide smithsonian global emissions monitoring

shared by Del Birmingham on 17 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Del Birmingham on 17 Sep 14
     
    The map shows the world's carbon emissions from 1997 to 2010, say the scientists who made it. The data came from satellite measurements and reported emissions rates from factories and power plants, among other sources.
Adriana Trujillo

Oceans face massive and irreversible impacts without carbon cuts - study | Environment | The Guardian - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...cts-carbon-cuts-global-warming

environmental news add oceans fishes seafood water

shared by Adriana Trujillo on 16 Jul 15 - No Cached
  • Adriana Trujillo on 16 Jul 15
     
    The world needs "immediate and substantial" reductions in carbon emissions to avoid huge and irreversible damage to the planet's oceans and fisheries, researchers say. "The oceans are closely tied to human systems, and we're putting communities at high risk," said fisheries researcher Rashid Sumaila
Adriana Trujillo

Nestlé pledges to achieve zero waste in Europe by 2020 | Nestlé Global - 0 views

www.nestle.com/...zero-waste-pledge

nestlé zero-waste target 2020

shared by Adriana Trujillo on 21 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • Adriana Trujillo on 21 Oct 13
     
    Nestlé pledged to achieve zero waste-to-landfill status at all 150 of its European factories by 2020. So far, over 25 of the company's European factories have already achieved this milestone.
Brett Rohring

Exclusive: Inside McDonald's quest for sustainable beef | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

www.greenbiz.com/...donalds-quest-sustainable-beef

sustainable beef food other company news McDonald's McDonald hamburger cheeseburger

shared by Brett Rohring on 07 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Today, McDonald’s announces that it will begin purchasing verified sustainable beef in 2016, the first step on a quest to purchase sustainable beef for all of its burgers worldwide.
  • The land management initiative led the company to commit to source-only palm oil certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil by 2015. All of its fish worldwide come from fisheries certified by the Marine Stewardship Council. McDonald’s requires its suppliers to source 100 percent Rainforest Alliance certified coffee for its espresso in the United States, for all of its coffee in Australia and New Zealand and all of it in Europe except for decaf.
  • Langert says McDonald’s isn’t yet ready to commit to a specific quantity it would purchase in 2016, or when it might achieve its “aspirational goal” of buying 100 percent of its beef from “verified sustainable sources.” (The company only will say, “We will focus on increasing the annual amount each year.”) Realistically, it could take a decade or more to achieve the 100-percent goal.
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  • The company's Sustainable Land Management Commitment, unveiled in 2011, requires suppliers to gradually source food and materials from sustainably managed land, although there are no specific timelines, and it is initially focusing on beef, poultry, fish, coffee, palm oil and packaging. Notably missing for now are pork, potatoes and other produce.
  • It involves engaging the global beef industry, from ranchers and feedlots to restaurants and supermarkets, as well as environmental groups, academics and the McDonald’s senior executive team.
  • “It’s a small part risk management and a large part about growing our business by making a positive business for society.”
  • “We aspire to source all of our food and packaging from sustainable sources, verified sources for sustainability on the way they treat animals, on the way they treat people, as well as the planet.”
  • Beef also represents about 28 percent of the company’s carbon footprint — nearly as much as the operation of its 34,500 restaurants worldwide.
Del Birmingham

Amazon gold rush destroying huge swaths of rainforest - 0 views

news.mongabay.com/...ush-destroying-rainforest.html

environmental news gold mining deforestation degradation Global Forest Reporting Network

shared by Del Birmingham on 15 Jan 15 - No Cached
  • Del Birmingham on 15 Jan 15
     
    While the usual culprits such as farming, ranching and logging are well known, gold mining is fast extending its destructive reach into some of the world's most untouched landscapes, according to research published this week in the journal Environmental Research Letters.
Adriana Trujillo

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

www.sustainablebrands.com/..._global_initiative_source_sust

other company news sustainable seafood fisheries ADD

shared by Adriana Trujillo on 11 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • Adriana Trujillo on 11 Aug 14
     
    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

FSC Forest Stewardship Council U.S. (FSC-US) · Newsletter - 0 views

us.fsc.org/newsroom.239.851.htm

forest council Add environmental news NGO paper BRETT

shared by Adriana Trujillo on 10 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • Adriana Trujillo on 10 Nov 14
     
    The Forest Stewardship Council issued leadership awards to individuals and organizations that it considered to be champions in forest conservation. Winners included Kimberly-Clark (CEF member), Scholastic, the World Wildlife Fund's Global Forest and Trade Network, and more.
Adriana Trujillo

Nestlé opens its first zero water factory expansion in Mexico | Nestlé Global - 0 views

www.nestle.com/...mexico-water-efficient-factory

ROi savings other company news Add water

shared by Adriana Trujillo on 12 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • Adriana Trujillo on 12 Nov 14
     
    Nestlé implemented technology at its Jalisco, Mexico dairy plant that will enable the facility save over 422,000 gallons of water per day by capturing water from milk and reusing it in operations. The company calls the plant is its first "zero water" manufacturing site.
Adriana Trujillo

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC : Media - News releases - IHG makes major environmental commitment by rolling out IHG Green Engage™ programme across global estate (27 October 2014) - 0 views

www.ihgplc.com/index.asp

hotels ROI savings energy

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 12 Nov 14
     
    InterContinental Hotels Group announced that its 4,700 hotel properties will begin using the IHG Green Engage online sustainability tool to track energy use, GHG emissions, water consumption, and waste management. The company stated that the system has already enabled a portion of their hotels save $73 million in energy costs during 2013.
Adriana Trujillo

Mars Chocolate North America Achieves Zero-Waste-to-Landfill Certification for All Sites | News | Mars - 0 views

www.mars.com/...news-releases.aspx

mars zero-waste add other company news

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 18 Feb 15
     
    Mars Chocolate North America achieved zero-waste-to-landfill at all 10 of its manufacturing facilities. The company plans to achieve zero-waste to-landfill across all business segments by 2015.
Adriana Trujillo

Global beverage industry sustainability leader, Coca-Cola HBC, announces new carbon and water commitments - 0 views

www.coca-colahellenic.com/...03-11-2015

add other company news bottle water reduction emission

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 18 Nov 15
     
    Bottling company Coca-Cola HBC announced plans to reduce its water use intensity by 30% and direct carbon emissions intensity by 50% by 2020, compared to 2010 levels.
Del Birmingham

5 Graphs Show Just How Unusual This Year's Wildfires Are | World Resources Institute - 1 views

www.wri.org/...ow-unusual-years-wildfires-are

international WRI environmental news fire season graphs global

shared by Del Birmingham on 13 Nov 18 - No Cached
  • Del Birmingham on 13 Nov 18
     
    This time of year always brings wildfires. But what's unusual this fires season is where and how the blazes are burning-and it could be a warning sign of what's to come. Hotter-than-normal temperatures and drought across much of northern Europe and North America in June and July have resulted in wildfires burning in what are typically wetter, cooler regions.
Del Birmingham

State of the Climate Report Confirms Planet Has Entered 'New Neighborhood' of Global Temperatures - 1 views

www.ecowatch.com/e-climate-2017-2592056203.html

international EcoWatch NOAA State of the Climate report emissions water carbon

shared by Del Birmingham on 03 Aug 18 - No Cached
  • Del Birmingham on 03 Aug 18
     
    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released the results of what it calls the "annual checkup for the planet" Wednesday, and the patient is not doing well.
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