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MODs Sanctuary Awards winners 2020 The MODs annual Sanctuary Awards showcased sustainability across the MOD estate and highlighted projects to reduce plastic waste, conserve rare species, restore heritage assets, reduce emissions and save electricity. From: Details The long running awards, which are organised by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation, have showcased the best military and civilian conservation efforts from across the MOD estate for nearly 30 years. The awards highlight the...

Humanity’s penchant to waste food is trashing the planet The next time you pour expired milk down the drain or throw away wilted vegetables, consider how this waste could have been avoided. A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) finds the world is in the grip of an epidemic of food wastage. In 2019, consumers tossed away nearly a billion tonnes of food or 17 per cent of all the fare they bought. That is deeply problematic in a world where 690 million people were un...

04 March 2021 The fact that substantial amounts of food are produced but not eaten by humans has substantial negative impacts: environmentally, socially and economically. Estimates suggest that 8-10% of global greenhouse gas emissions are associated with food that is not consumed. Reducing food waste at retail, food service and household level can provide multi-faceted benefits for both people and the planet. However, the true scale of food waste and its impacts have not been well understood un...

Sustainable infrastructure can drive development and COVID-19 recovery: UNEP report Unsplash/Victor Garcia / 04 Mar 2021 Zimbabwe has long struggled with crippling power outages, some of which can last up to 18 hours a day. The cuts have been especially hard on the country’s hospitals and clinics, forcing nurses to deliver babies by candlelight and doctors to postpone emergency surgeries. But that is starting to change. Since 2017, Zimbabwe has installed solar panels atop more than 400 health...

Wasted in 2019: 931 million tonnes of food sold to households, retailers, restaurants and other food services  Study finds food waste is a global, not just developed world, problem Food Waste Index report helps countries track progress on UN Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 to halve food waste by 2030

New Zealand has joined the Global Alliance on Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency (GACERE). GACERE was launched on 22 February 2021 at the fifth meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5). Head of New Zealand’s delegation to UNEA-5 Nathan Glassey attended the launch. By bringing together governments, relevant networks and organisations, GACERE, aims to create global momentum for initiatives related to the circular economy transition and build on efforts being deployed i...

Northern Trust Selected by Osmosis Investment Management to Support Fossil Fuel Free Common Contractual Fund Northern Trust today announced it has been selected by Osmosis Investment Management (Osmosis) to provide fund administration, global custody and depositary services for the Osmosis Resource Efficient Core Equity (ex-fossil fuels) Fund in a Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) Common Contractual Fund (CCF). The strategy, which Osmosis developed amid growing investor ...

Share to Facebook Post to Twitter Email CORE partnered with artists, scientists, nonprofits, businesses, and municipalities for Imagine Climate 2021. On Feb. 20, the first of three community murals was installed at CMCs Lappala Center in Carbondale. Photo by Raleigh Burleigh. The Third Annual Imagine Climate event, hosted by Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE), kicks off on March 1 with the completion of three crowdsourced murals d...

Could a circular economy aid the COVID-19 recovery? We are in a time of crisis: hospitals are overburdened with a sustained overflow of patients in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, while many lose their jobs due to the associated economic downturn, and cope with isolation as a result of lockdown measures. Over the coming months, we will hopefully see lockdowns and hospitalizations turn into vaccinations and recovery. Yet, even when we start to get the pandemic under control, we will be fac...

The Global Alliance on Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency (GACERE) was launched on Monday in Nairobi to boost the growth of the circular economy while enhancing resource use efficiency to reduce carbon and water footprint. The alliance, launched on the sidelines of the virtual fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5), is expected to ...