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3 steps to start protecting biodiversity and your business

3 steps to start protecting biodiversity and your business

By following three key steps, businesses can develop goals and follow actions to support the restoration of biodiversity, a move that has benefits for both business and nature.

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TAZO Joins the Fight for Climate Justice in Partnership with SZA and American Forests

TAZO Joins the Fight for Climate Justice in Partnership with SZA and American Forests

The TAZO Tree Corps will launch Spring 2021 and work to help combat climate change in the most impacted communities across the country.

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Science Based Targets Network Launches First Guidance for a Net-Zero, Nature-Positive Future

Science Based Targets Network Launches First Guidance for a Net-Zero, Nature-Positive Future

Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) has launched the Initial Guidance for Business: Corporate Action for a Net-Zero, Nature-Positive Future.

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Clearing Scope 3 hurdles to set your science-based climate target

Clearing Scope 3 hurdles to set your science-based climate target

How to overcome common challenges with reaching beyond scopes 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions - to address scope 3 - and set meaningful science-based targets for climate.

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A 20/20 View of Sustainable Packaging

A 20/20 View of Sustainable Packaging

Sustainable packaging is a keystone issue for corporate sustainability. When we look ahead, are we on the path to a circular and sustainable system for packaging?

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Emerging Food Trend a Win for Sustainability

Emerging Food Trend a Win for Sustainability

Companies are increasing the diversity of foods used to not just deliver flavor and a unique sales angle, but to also support more resilient and sustainable production. 

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Evolving Plastic Packaging Strategies - Beyond The Straw

Evolving Plastic Packaging Strategies - Beyond The Straw

With rising demand for plastic, little recycled content and poor recycling rates, companies need to look carefully at their packaging strategies to ensure improvement of packaging design, recycling systems, and consumer engagement in recycling.

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Benchmarking to Advance Safer Chemicals Management

Benchmarking to Advance Safer Chemicals Management

There is more demand than ever to advance safer chemicals programs at your company. One proven way to help get on the right course is through benchmarking to create a baseline that lets you compare your performance against other firms’ chemicals management practices.

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Three Tips to Advance Regenerative & Thriving Agricultural Supply Chains from Dr. Bronner’s, Sun World, and Wrangler

Three Tips to Advance Regenerative & Thriving Agricultural Supply Chains from Dr. Bronner’s, Sun World, and Wrangler

Best practices companies are taking to get closer to the farm while advancing critical sustainability aims and gaining valuable business benefits.

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Connecting to the Farm to Help Build Regenerative and Thriving Agriculture Supply Chains

Connecting to the Farm to Help Build Regenerative and Thriving Agriculture Supply Chains

The Pure Strategies report - Connecting to the Farm - outlines best practices that companies across industries can leverage to help realize cost savings, reduced risk, and new growth opportunities while building more sustainable agricultural systems with their supply chain partners.

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3 Key Things to Understand About Soil Health

3 Key Things to Understand About Soil Health

There is a concerted and growing effort to improve our land’s soil health. The U.S. Department of Agriculture spurred this shift with financial incentives for farmers through the Conservation Stewardship Program and Environmental Quality Incentives Program, among others, which require them to reduce soil loss on erosion-prone land and protect wetlands.

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Q&A: Pure Strategies on 20 Years in the Sustainability Trenches

Q&A: Pure Strategies on 20 Years in the Sustainability Trenches

We recently spoke with Pure Strategies’ Co-Founders, Tim Greiner, Managing Director and Bob Kerr, Principal, to reflect on the past two decades of their experience and explore what corporate efforts may be needed to drive toward a more sustainable future.

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Radio Flyer and measuring to manage safer materials

Radio Flyer and measuring to manage safer materials

In tandem with the rise in interest in green chemistry, companies are increasingly looking to gain business value from sustainable chemicals management. However, shifting to a program aiming for safer materials demands program changes that many struggle to achieve.

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Can sustainability give private brands a needed boost?

Can sustainability give private brands a needed boost?

Consumer interest in sustainability is steadily climbing, with 78% of U.S. consumers saying that they feel better when they buy products that are sustainably produced. Is there an opportunity to bring sustainability into private brands to differentiate them and give them a needed sales boost?

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June workshop to help companies get the most from supply chain engagement

June workshop to help companies get the most from supply chain engagement

CDP found that leaders have greater supply chain engagement contributing to their 67% higher return on equity and 50% lower volatility of earnings. To help companies build and improve their programs and achieve these gains, Pure Strategies is offering a June workshop that will explore best practices in sustainable sourcing and supply chain engagement.

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“Begin with the end in mind” to advance sustainable packaging, notes from TSC Summit

“Begin with the end in mind” to advance sustainable packaging, notes from TSC Summit

Challenges to optimize the package’s end-of-life may persist that call for collaboration and new solutions with suppliers, competitors, and waste stream partners. TSC may be able to play a role in enabling these approaches and this was explored during the workshop.

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Pure Strategies’ research shows growing corporate investment in sustainability

Pure Strategies’ research shows growing corporate investment in sustainability

Pure Strategies’ latest research reveals growth in corporate spending in sustainability; more than 80 percent of surveyed companies expect a budget increase from 2016 to 2017 with a third anticipating double-digit growth.

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Coop, Walmart bring safer materials to the circular economy

Coop, Walmart bring safer materials to the circular economy

Harmful materials present a significant barrier to shifting many products and supply chains to sustainable and circular economy solutions.

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