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    Freshwater
    Insights
    November 6, 2023

    5 Takeaways for Companies Setting Science-based Freshwater Targets

    • science based targets
    • water risk
    • Water Security
    • Aqueduct
    A person wearing a hat sits on the rocks overlooking Laguna Churup in Peru.
    • science based targets
    • water risk
    • Water Security
    • Aqueduct
    Climate
    Insights
    May 20, 2022

    The Bar for Corporate Climate Leadership Has Risen

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • corporate sustainability
    • science based targets
    • Business
    London skyline
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • corporate sustainability
    • science based targets
    • Business
    Business
    Africa
    Insights
    December 2, 2021

    How a Partnership in Kenya Recycled 100,000 Kilograms of Fashion Waste

    • waste
    • circular economy
    Three recycling bins against a wall filled with garments to be recycled.
    • waste
    • circular economy
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America Oceania North America Europe
    Insights
    April 6, 2021

    4 Ways to Reduce Plastic Pollution

    • Business
    • circular economy
    • coronavirus
    • waste
    • Ocean
    • pollution
    • regulation
    Plastic waits for recycling landfill in the Philippines.
    • Business
    • circular economy
    • coronavirus
    • waste
    • Ocean
    • pollution
    • regulation
    Business
    Insights
    January 6, 2021

    Make the Market Work for People and Planet

    • carbon pricing
    • science based targets
    • Economics
    • Business
    • Finance
    Skyrise office buildings in Montréal, Canada
    • carbon pricing
    • science based targets
    • Economics
    • Business
    • Finance
    Climate
    Insights
    December 8, 2020

    6 Signs of Progress Since the Adoption of the Paris Agreement

    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP25
    • National Climate Action
    • science based targets
    • Urban Mobility
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    A dock filled with boats with the Eiffel Tower in the background.
    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP25
    • National Climate Action
    • science based targets
    • Urban Mobility
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Insights
    October 19, 2020

    Despite Shared Membership, US Chamber of Commerce and Business Roundtable at Odds Over Climate Policy

    • science based targets
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    U.S. Chamber of Commerce building in Washington, D.C
    • science based targets
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    Business
    Insights
    August 6, 2020

    How to Build a Circular Economy

    • Economics
    • circular economy
    • waste
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • natural resources
    • Climate
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Two recycling facility workers next to bales of aluminum cans. Photo by Aaron Minnick | WRI.
    • Economics
    • circular economy
    • waste
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • natural resources
    • Climate
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Climate
    Insights
    March 9, 2020

    How Can Financial Institutions Deliver on the Paris Agreement?

    • science based targets
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate science
    • COP26
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    Wind turbines
    • science based targets
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate science
    • COP26
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    Cities
    Insights
    December 18, 2019

    We're Underestimating How Many People Lack Sanitation Services—and Ignoring the Best Solution for Many Cities

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • sanitation
    • waste
    • Cities
    • world resources report
    Polluter waterways carry impacts of poor sanitation citywide. Photo by SusanA Secretariat/Flickr
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • sanitation
    • waste
    • Cities
    • world resources report
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    June 28, 2019

    Japan Is Leading on Business Climate Engagement. Will Ambitious Policies Follow?

    • Business
    • science based targets
    • climate change
    Japan's National Diet. Flickr/mbell1975
    • Business
    • science based targets
    • climate change
    Climate
    Insights
    June 25, 2019

    How Fashion Companies Can Collaborate to Tackle Their Biggest Source of Carbon Pollution

    • science based targets
    • U.S. Climate
    As the fashion industry churns out more items, climate impacts are growing.
    • science based targets
    • U.S. Climate
    Energy
    Insights
    April 30, 2019

    Kenya’s Farmers Battle Drought through Biodiesel Made from Cotton Waste

    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • waste
    • Energy
    Abel Mutie, a Kenyan farmer
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • waste
    • Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    March 25, 2019

    Urban Transformations: In Pune, India, Waste Pickers Go from Trash to Treasure

    • Cities
    • Urban Transformations
    • waste
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Members of a waste-pickers cooperative push collection carts along the streets of Pune, India
    • Cities
    • Urban Transformations
    • waste
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Business
    Insights
    May 24, 2018

    Barriers to a Circular Economy: 5 Reasons the World Wastes So Much Stuff (and Why It's Not Just the Consumer's Fault)

    • circular economy
    • waste
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Plastic pollution piles up on a beach on Clipperton Atoll in the Pacific.
    • circular economy
    • waste
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Insights
    November 14, 2017

    Major U.S. Businesses Have Pledged to Act on Climate. Here's What That Looks Like.

    • science based targets
    Women holding Kellogg's Cornflakes box
    • science based targets
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 11, 2017

    By the Numbers: America’s Pledge Shows How US Is Taking Climate Action Without Trump

    • COP23
    • science based targets
    • Paris Agreement
    • Business
    • Cities
    • Climate
    • U.S. policy
    young people preparing ground for tree planting
    • COP23
    • science based targets
    • Paris Agreement
    • Business
    • Cities
    • Climate
    • U.S. policy
    Asia
    Insights
    March 22, 2017

    From Waste to Watts: How Sewage Could Help Fix India's Water, Energy and Sanitation Woes

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • waste
    • renewable energy
    • wastewater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Unkal tank
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • waste
    • renewable energy
    • wastewater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Asia
    Insights
    August 7, 2013

    In China, Waste No Time in Stopping Waste

    • Energy
    • waste
    • climate change
    • pollution
    • low carbon development
    • Energy
    • waste
    • climate change
    • pollution
    • low carbon development

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