SOURCE: Alexion Pharmaceuticals
Advancing the emotional well-being of the rare disease community, our employees, and the communities in which we live, and work is a core commitment of ours. During Mental Health Awareness Month, we strengthened this commitment by joining One Mind at Work, a global coalition of employers deploying best practices for workplace brain health through our partnership with One Mind.
SOURCE: DOW
MIDLAND, Mich., September 14, 2020 /3BL Media/ –Dow (NYSE: DOW) announced recentlyit has reached a major milestone, achieving $500 million of savings from its “Valuing Nature” goal, halfway to its 2025 Sustainability Goal to deliver $1 billion in business value from projects that enhance nature.
SOURCE: Biogen
SOURCE: VMware
With the Climate Decade upon us, cutting global emissions in half by 2030 depends on bold actions and a global capacity for innovation. We’re focused on both. Throughout our 20-year history, we’ve pioneered solutions to help build a low-carbon economy and become a carbon-neutral business.
SOURCE: BSR
Best rates extended this week only
Did you miss the news last week that the best rates for BSR20 expired on Friday? If so—we’ve got you covered.
We’ve extended our early rates until this Friday, September 18. Make sure to register this week to save and secure your spot in our first-ever virtual Conference, only five weeks away.
SOURCE: Business Call to Action (BCtA)
September 11, 2020 /3BL Media/ – Felicitas “Joji” Bautista Pantoja, Co-Founder ofBusiness Call to Actionmember company, Coffee for Peace has won theOslo Business for Peace Awardfor 2020.
Pantoja, isone of three winnersthis year to win the award. The Oslo Business for Peace Award is given to business leaders annually as individuals, for their outstanding businessworthy accomplishments; leaders who apply theirbusiness energy ethically and responsibly, creating stronger economic and societal value.
SOURCE: Ceres
September 11, 2020 /3BL Media/ – As we experience another deadly and devastating hurricane and wildfire season, it is clear the climate crisis continues to wreak havoc around the globe. In 2020, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere hit an all-time high, triple-digit temperatures in the Arctic Circle led to another warmest month on record, and the dry spring and summer heat unleashed raging forest fires from America’s West to Brazil’s Amazon.
SOURCE: Tetra Tech
Tetra Tech’s Mark Donahue and Ian Deshmukh summarize the lessons learned from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)Productive Landscape(ProLand) projects work with community-based forestry enterprises (CBFE).
This post originally ran onClimateLinks.
Why do many CBFEs perform poorly even after years of donor and government investment? This was one of the questions that motivated a USAID ProLand project investigation into CBFEs as a strategy for improving land management.
SOURCE: Ecolab
September 10, 2020 /3BL Media/ –Emerald Technology Ventures is pleased to announce the closing of its water impact fund, with committed capital totalling USD 100 million from cornerstone investor Temasek and strategic investors SKion Water, Ecolab and Microsoft.
SOURCE: BSR
By: Samantha Harris, Global Lead, Climate and People, BSR
Drawn front and center and exacerbated by the many crises the world faces today—the COVID-19 pandemic, climate impacts, economic inequality, and the racial justice movement—it is clear that the current social contract is not fit for purpose.
