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Ethical beef? Fresh range goes UK-wide with 'wildlife-friendly' red meat

Business Green

Online ethical grocer Fresh-range announces it is to expand its operations to cover England, Wales, and most of Scotland. There has been widespread coverage of the outsize environmental impact of eating lamb and beef in recent years, but now a new range of products is aiming to try and make red meat ethical again.

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5 reasons Home Depot and Lowe’s must weed out toxic weed killers

GreenBiz

Investors are increasingly concerned with the environmental, social and ethical implications of their investments and are taking a heightened interest in companies that adopt holistic chemical management strategies that go beyond regulatory compliance. Financial risk. Follow the industry leadership.

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Let?s get together: Intel?s 2030 commitments include ?shared? climate and social goals

GreenBiz

Swan, who took the helm as Intel CEO in January 2019, was the catalyst for the creation of the shared goals — because "one company can’t solve climate change" — and a broad coalition of stakeholders across the company was responsible for developing them, according to Brady. . One company can’t solve climate change’. Corporate Strategy.

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This summer, consider sustainable seafood

GreenBiz

Yet as a consumer, I’ve found it too daunting to evaluate whether the seafood at my restaurants or supermarkets are truly sustainable and ethical. . In 2019, a study from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future had a surprising finding. Hopefully, they help bring a better catch to your plate this summer. The smaller, the better.

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Community investments pay dividends

GreenBiz

In 2019, the Business Roundtable redefined the purpose of a U.S. Corporate community investment historically has been the realm of philanthropy and volunteerism departments, but there are a growing number of examples where direct investment by businesses benefits operations as well as the communities in which they serve.

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Is the golf industry doing enough to combat climate change?

GreenBiz

According to the National Golf Foundation 2019 Industry Report , there are about 15,000 golf facilities and 24 million golfers. These things are absolutely vital to the health and wellbeing of future generations, so we all need to do our best to make things better.". We need more sustainability commitments from golf equipment manufacturers.

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Fighting deforestation should be a top priority for 2021, and here’s how it can be

GreenBiz

Brazil, for example, recently recorded its highest rate of deforestation since 2008 during the period from August 2019 to July, an increase of 9.5 Mars also generated plenty of headlines in 2020 with its claim of a "deforestation-free palm oil supply chain," an initiative related to the Palm Positive Plan it adopted in September 2019.

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