Driving Packaging Sustainability From the Start
Driving Packaging Sustainability From the Start
Fabien Thibault, global manager, product and packaging sustainability at MilliporeSigma
Across industries, sustainability is becoming an increasing expectation. From reducing emissions to increasing recycling, both businesses and consumers are looking for ways in which they can reduce their environmental impact. But when it comes to products and packaging in the life science industry, developing sustainable solutions while meeting transit and safety regulation requirements is an ongoing challenge.
Now, imagine the complexity of executing this process for more than 300,000 products and 2.5 million SKUs along with associated packaging.
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Given the impacts of climate change on water, it is more imperative than ever that we value this precious resource in a responsible and accountable manner.
World Water Day will be celebrated on March 22, 2021 to raise awareness around global water shortages and support the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030.
“The theme of World Water Day 2021 is valuing water. The value of water is about much more than its price – water has enormous and complex value for our households, food, culture, health, education, economics and the integrity of our natural environment. If we overlook any of these values, we risk mismanaging this finite, irreplaceable resource. SDG 6 is to ensure water and sanitation for all. Without a comprehensive understanding of water’s true, multidimensional value, we will be unable to safeguard this critical resource for the benefit of everyone.”
American Airlines: Addressing Climate Change
American Airlines: Addressing Climate Change
Summary
Climate change is a pressing global challenge, and American Airlines believes it must do its part to address it. That is why the airline has set a goal to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. While ambition is important, American knows that what matters most is having a clear roadmap with both a long-term vision and intermediate milestones to achieve it.
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American Airlines has launched an effort to build its carbon reduction pathway to 2050 and to refine and expand its strategy for addressing the risks and opportunities associated with climate change. The airline s ESG Report is American s first step toward both efforts, and the airline intends to develop intermediate goals once their demand forecast is stabilized following the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Given the news towards the end of Q4 2020 of a number of successful COVID-19 vaccine discoveries, followed by expectations of an immediate rollout of a vaccination programme, and probable clarity around Brexit negotiations, we got to work quickly in early December to invest. Our belief that the small and mid-cap segment of the UK public equity market offers investment potential was corroborated within the first two weeks of SBO s launch when one of our holdings was bid for - a first for the portfolio. Calisen, a provider of energy meters and metering systems, received an offer from Coyote Bidco (a consortium consisting of investors including BlackRock Alternatives Management and Mubadala Investment Company) that was c.26% above the previous day s closing share price. Calisen s directors and KKR owned c.73% of the company and voted in favour of the deal; as such we believed limited acceptance would be required from the remaining shareholders to obtain