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Reading about Sony’s 2001 “Cadmium Crisis” in Daniel Esty’s “Green to Gold” book was my first introduction to the financial gravity of environmental noncompliance. This incident had cost the company $130 million, which all began as a result of its inadequate supply chain policies. This illustrated the importance of having sustainability integrated into supply chains […]
Gabriela Burian, senior director of sustainable food systems at Bayer, says that hunger is an issue that the company is trying to combat. “Our goal is to make sure we empower especially farmers that are very small across the world and farmers that don’t have access to technology or to information,” Burian says. Bayer has […]
Sharon Basel, senior manager of sustainability at General Motors, works a lot on the company’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting. “I think it’s a really important thing not to be taken lightly,” she says. “A lot of people inside of General Motors call it the encyclopedia of GM and I think how we portray […]
Victoria Mills, managing director at EDF, works at the intersection of sustainability, public policy and business. “What we’ve realized — EDF and other NGOs — together is that it’s time to raise the bar for leadership to include climate policy advocacy,” says Mills. “We’ve been really encouraged by the number of companies that are setting […]
2019 saw an unprecedented growth in interest in and consideration for ESG (environmental, social and governance) issues from companies, investors and now government, with the first congressional hearing on ESG issues in the United States held in July. This trend signals a growing recognition that climate change is not only detrimental to our environment, but […]
In the Sonoran Desert, nature likes to take its time solving complex problems. Consider the saguaro — the most iconic of cacti in the world — which takes upwards of a typical human lifespan of 75 to 100 years to grow their signature prickly arms. There’s also the less famous desert ironwood tree, rugged and […]
2030 is a critical milestone for halting devastating climate change. With 10 years to halve global emissions, what are leading companies doing right now to fend off and prepare for the worst environmental consequences? In this talk, Bruno Sarda, president of CDP North America, shares exclusive insights from CDP’s latest data cycle, including key trends […]
Dow CEO Jim Fitterling speaks about the company’s increasing focus on sustainability and efforts to create a circular plastics economy — designing materials for easy recycling, incentivizing collection in local communities across the country, and recognizing the true value of recycled and recyclable plastic by creating a market. From GreenBiz 20.
“We were forced to work around the clock. We never saw land. They beat us. Whipped us. The company hunted us day and night,” intone Burmese workers in “Ghost Fleet,” a Vulcan Inc documentary about slavery on fishing vessels. The Ghost Fleet clip opened the GreenBiz20 workshop “Putting People First: How to be a Force […]
This article is adapted from GreenBiz’s weekly newsletter, Circular Weekly, running Fridays. Subscribe here. What role can tracking and traceability play in enabling a more circular economy? Earlier this month, at the GreenBiz 20 conference, I had the chance to discuss the state of technology, the future of connected goods and the potential — and […]
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