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Global Agencies Propose New Circular Electronics Economy

January 25, 2019May 8, 2020 by Alyssa Danigelis

UN agencies along with the World Economic Forum, the Global Environment Facility, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development called for an overhaul of the current global electronics system this week in Davos, Switzerland.

Davos 2017: Auto, Energy Giants Pledge $1.5 bn Hydrogen Investment, Multinationals Partner on Supply Chain Traceability, TerraCycle Recycles Cigarettes

January 18, 2017January 27, 2023 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Environmental management is taking center stage at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Davos: Nestlé, Unilever CEOs Join Food Waste Reduction Coalition

January 21, 2016January 21, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A coalition to reduce food waste made up of CEOs of major companies, government officials, heads of nonprofits and others formed today at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The coalition, called Champions 12.3, aims to accelerate progress toward meeting Target 12.3 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ... Read more »

Davos: Business Leaders Urge Climate Deal

January 27, 2015January 26, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos are urging governments to reach a climate change agreement at the UN Climate Change Conference, which will take place in Paris in December. “This is the year to make a big climate deal in Paris,” Feike Sijbesma, chief executive of DSM, ... Read more »

Davos Wrap-Up: Circular Economy, Global Risk Report, Fracking, Economics of Climate Change

January 27, 2014January 27, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Climate change and clean energy took top billing at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, with world leaders and CEOs discussing how both affect the global economy and businesses’ bottom line. The four-day annual meeting wrapped up on Saturday. Here are some highlights: The World Economic Forum and ... Read more »

Coke, Nike Call Climate Change ‘Commercial Threat’

January 27, 2014January 27, 2014 by Leon Walker

Coca-Cola and Nike are among the global companies that have acknowledged that climate change is a major threat to commerce and adapted their business practices as a result, the New York Times reports. Coke’s turning point came in 2004 when the beverage giant lost an operating contract in India due ... Read more »

Davos Update: SAP, UNEP, World Bank, Accenture

January 25, 2013 by Leon Walker

SAP has announced plans to invest $6.6 million in sustainability and entrepreneurship at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland. The software corporation will join the Livelihoods Fund with a €3 million ($4 million) investment. The Livelihoods Fund is an investment company which plants trees to fight climate change, improve ecosystems, ... Read more »

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