How the EU Commission Leads the Battle to Save the Planet
In contrast to American climate deniers, Europeans generally believe in the science of climate change and worry about threats to the environment. In the fight to save our planet, the European Commission has been at the forefront for a long
Kering: How a Global Luxury Group Becomes a Sustainability Leader
Kering, a global luxury group with an array of major brands from Gucci to Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta, some 29,000 employees and annual revenues exceeding €10 billion, has positioned itself as a world-class leader in sustainability. Under the guidance
The Body Shop: Challenging the Future
Founded in 1976 by the late British human rights and environmental activist, Dame Anita Roddick, The Body Shop is the lead ethical cosmetics company in the world. Yet it started modestly, as a small shop in Brighton, selling just 25
Amplifying WFP’s Impact: How Partnerships Make a Difference
The World Food Programme (WFP), the UN’s largest agency fighting hunger in some 80 countries, with an operating budget of $7 billion and 16,000 humanitarians providing food aid to 80 million people, the Director of Private Sector Partnerships: Prerana Issar.
In Defense of the Planet – Environmental Defense Fund Europe’s Bryony Worthington Speaks Out
One of the most important institutions working on climate change and the environment is the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), headquartered in New York, and since March 2016, its European affiliate is headed by a young and very dynamic woman, Baroness
The Real Impact of US Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord
Impakter Editorial Board President Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement is likely to have two major consequences. The first is environmental, the other political. Starting with environmental impact. It will be bad for the planet, but it will be bad primarily