Addressing SDG 14: 3 Steps to a Sustainable Supply Chain

October 18, 2018

BUSINESS
Addressing SDG 14: Three Steps to a Sustainable Supply Chain
UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 aims to “conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources” of the world. The challenge today is for corporations to treat oceans as an essential resource that needs to be carefully managed to support a sustainable future. So, how can the global community source fish in such a way that contributes to economic and business growth, without endangering the environment?
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BUSINESS
New Guide Helps Banks, Investors, Insurers Assess Their Natural Capital Impacts
The Natural Capital Finance Alliance (NCFA), together with the Natural Capital Coalition and VBDO, has launched a groundbreaking guide to help financial institutions understand and assess their reliance on natural capital — i.e. the clean air, oceans, ecosystems and minerals that most of our goods and services depend on. The guide is the first of two major launches this year to help financial institutions understand natural capital risk.
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BUSINESS
Women-Led Alternative to Top-Down Philanthropy Is Driving Change
The Women’s Funding Network was founded by 20 women leaders who were convinced that philanthropy and social change needed to more fully recognize women’s voices. With an intention to “bring together the financial power and influence of funders of gender equity in order to address and solve critical and complex social issues ranging from poverty to global security,” the WFN is now a growing community of more than 100 women’s funds and foundations spanning 14 countries.
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COMMUNICATIONS
140 US Companies Band Together to Rally More People to the Polls
The US has one of the lowest voter participation rates in the developed world, recently as low as 36%, and one of the most common reasons that people give for not voting is that they are too busy, or have work and life demands that prevent them from voting. To change this paradigm, a diverse coalition of roughly 140 companies are coming together, starting with the November elections, to increase voter turnout.
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COMMUNICATIONS
Wu-Tang Clan Make Case for Plant-Based Diets
This week in extolling the virtures of plant-based diets: A new report points to the role of meat- and dairy-centric agricultural practices in contributing to climate change; WRI’s Cool Food Pledge is helping facilities offer diners more of what they want while slashing food-related GHG emissions by 25% by 2030; and Impossible Foods and White Castle send Wu-Tang Clan members into space with Impossible Sliders in a new web series.
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INNOVATION
BMW Group, Northvolt, Umicore join forces to develop sustainable life cycle loop for batteries
BMW Group, Swedish energy startup Northvolt and Belgium-based materials giant Umicore have formed a joint technology consortium to develop a circular value chain for battery cells for electrified vehicles in Europe. The project aims to continue the sustainable industrialization of battery cells in Europe and the associated acquisition of skills — from cell chemistry and development through to production and ultimately recycling.
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