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    Briefing: Moving Ambition to Action With Unilever, IKEA, & Google Image

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    08-16-21

    Briefing: Moving Ambition to Action With Unilever, IKEA, & Google

    Sustainability is no longer at the fringes of business strategy; it is intrinsic to any successful business' future. We know what we need to do, and why, but the inescapable question is how.
    Sustainability Policy & Regulation Briefing: Policy Focus Needs to Be on Delivery, Not Promises Image

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    08-13-21

    Sustainability Policy & Regulation Briefing: Policy Focus Needs to Be on Delivery, Not Promises

    This has become a matter of trust – we need to collectively, as developed nations and donor nations, deliver on that." COP26 president, Alok Sharma, said ahead of the G7 meeting.
    “Phone-Book” Annual Sustainability Reports Need to be Replaced With Focused, Data-Driven Communication Tailored for Stakeholders  Image

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    08-12-21

    “Phone-Book” Annual Sustainability Reports Need to be Replaced With Focused, Data-Driven Communication Tailored for Stakeholders

    As companies focus on a core set of sustainability issues on which they can truly have an impact, they should consider retiring the conventional, “phone-book”-sized CSR, sustainability, and ESG reports.
    Briefing: The Sustainability Regulation on the Horizon Image

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    08-12-21

    Briefing: The Sustainability Regulation on the Horizon

    The mood music around sustainability issues has changed drastically in the past couple of years. Once seen as a niche issue to be relegated to operational managers, now it’s central to boardroom conversations all over the world.
    Industry Leaders Help Establish Groundbreaking Framework to Evolve Packaging Recyclability Image

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    08-11-21

    Industry Leaders Help Establish Groundbreaking Framework to Evolve Packaging Recyclability

    The Recycling Partnership announced today that it will open its Pathway to Circularity Recyclability Framework for public comment, a first of its kind opportunity for the entire recycling value chain and other stakeholders to shape the future of recyclability.
    Hydrogen As a New Source of Energy for E-mobility Image

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    08-10-21

    Hydrogen As a New Source of Energy for E-mobility

    Getting from A to B without endlessly choking the planet on a deadly cocktail of toxic pollution is more feasible these days as electric mobility continues to gather pace.
    Four Post-COVID-19 Supply Chain Sustainability Trends to Watch Image

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    08-10-21

    Four Post-COVID-19 Supply Chain Sustainability Trends to Watch

    As communities start reopening post-pandemic, we look forward to the upcoming trends and what is next in this space. If the previous year taught us anything, it is that supply chains are complicated, opaque and sensitive to shocks.
    Why Equity Is Critical to Our Future Infrastructure Spending Image

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    08-06-21

    Why Equity Is Critical to Our Future Infrastructure Spending

    For the last century at least, infrastructure in U.S. cities has been planned, designed, and built too often without consistent and meaningful regard for the impacts on vulnerable communities, historically people of color, particularly those living in poverty.
    Five Ways to Ensure Companies Create an Inclusive Workplace for LGTBQ+ Employees Image

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    08-05-21

    Five Ways to Ensure Companies Create an Inclusive Workplace for LGTBQ+ Employees

    As part of our DEI Speaker Series, Acre invited the team at Global Butterflies to host a talk on global trans & non-binary issues, with an added business perspective.
    Words Matter: Making ESG Communications With Employees Count Image

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    08-05-21

    Words Matter: Making ESG Communications With Employees Count

    Communicating with employees on environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics has never been more critical.

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