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Posts by Cheryl Baldwin, PH.D.
Advancing nature strategies with a planet-forward approach

Advancing nature strategies with a planet-forward approach

Leveraging the inherent connection between climate change mitigation and nature resilience leads to a more robust sustainability strategy.

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Time to Get Prepared - Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Laws for Packaging in the U.S. Are Ramping Up

Time to Get Prepared - Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Laws for Packaging in the U.S. Are Ramping Up

To comply with EPR laws, businesses will need to learn more about the packaging they use, provide data about it, and pay applicable fees through EPR programs.

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TCFD helps deepen business integration and bring greater sustainability success

TCFD helps deepen business integration and bring greater sustainability success

There is a compelling case that TCFD's recommendations can bring useful value to a company’s sustainability program.

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One year away from 2025 packaging goals; how close are we?

One year away from 2025 packaging goals; how close are we?

The wave of sustainable packaging commitments set a few years ago will expire in 2025. These programs focus on plastic packaging aims. How close are companies to meeting these goals?

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The climate and nature crises call for planet-forward strategies

The climate and nature crises call for planet-forward strategies

Leading scientists are calling for more action to address climate change and nature loss – a planet-forward strategy connects nature and climate for a solution that is set up to drive greater progress.

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Sustainable packaging tracking: Shifting from pain to progress and purpose

Sustainable packaging tracking: Shifting from pain to progress and purpose

With emerging regulations targeting sustainable packaging, and mounting customer and investor pressure, businesses need to better understand the packaging they use.

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Code red for nature means that companies need to step up

Code red for nature means that companies need to step up

The alarm has been sounded, and companies need to ensure that they have effective nature strategies.

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25 Years of Impact: Doing Our Part for Climate Action

25 Years of Impact: Doing Our Part for Climate Action

We work to advocate for transformative climate programs and environmental justice.

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Answers to consumer questions about the climate impacts of shopping

Answers to consumer questions about the climate impacts of shopping

NRF releases report on the carbon footprint of retail purchases

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25 Years of Impact: Celebrating Partnerships & A Look At Food Justice

25 Years of Impact: Celebrating Partnerships & A Look At Food Justice

This is a milestone year for Pure Strategies, with 2023 marking 25 years in business. The journey over this time has been rewarding and we are grateful to our clients, employees, and the partnerships that helped shape it and make it better than we could have ever imagined.

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Nature is taking center stage

Nature is taking center stage

Climate targets demand biodiversity and agriculture interventions. While funding has been far less than needed, that may not be the case for long.

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The Global Biodiversity Framework and COP15: What does this mean for businesses?

The Global Biodiversity Framework and COP15: What does this mean for businesses?

2022 is expected to be a milestone year for nature. COP15 aims to finalize a new Global Framework for Biodiversity. For the first time, business-specific targets are included in the draft framework.

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Closing the Loop with Post-Consumer Recycled Content

Closing the Loop with Post-Consumer Recycled Content

As a U.S. Plastics Pact Activator, Pure Strategies is committed to helping businesses transition to a more circular economy, such as increasing the use of post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic in packaging.

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Plastics and packaging: Can a new path be realized by 2025?

Plastics and packaging: Can a new path be realized by 2025?

The U.S. Plastics Pact aims to realize a new path for plastic packaging by 2025, one that is more circular. The group has been working since late 2020 to plan and take the first steps toward this big ambition.

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The hidden challenge: Have you defined plastic?

The hidden challenge: Have you defined plastic?

A hidden challenge with plastic strategies is a lack of clarity about what materials are considered plastic and preferred solutions.

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Pure Strategies Launches “Future Leaders in Corporate Sustainability” Mentoring Program

Pure Strategies Launches “Future Leaders in Corporate Sustainability” Mentoring Program

Pure Strategies is excited to offer a unique opportunity for students, recent graduates, and early-stage professionals that are interested in a career in corporate sustainability, especially those with identities underrepresented in the field of corporate sustainability, to participate in a four-month long formal mentoring program.

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Highlights of the New Net-Zero Standard

Highlights of the New Net-Zero Standard

We need to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Companies have been exploring this aim, but without clear guidance, there have been different approaches with various degrees of robustness. So, the Science Based Targets Initiative developed guidance to provide a science-based standard for net-zero targets.

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The next evolution of sustainable sourcing takes an allied approach

The next evolution of sustainable sourcing takes an allied approach

An allied approach to sustainable sourcing shifts from a transactional arrangement to more of a partnership where risk and costs of improving environmental and social outcomes are shared.

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