The First Private Crew Blasts Off for the Space Station

The dining will be fine aboard the International Space Station (ISS) throughout the next week. Flying 408 km (254 mi.) above the Earth and clipping along at a brisk 28,000 km/h (17,500 mph), the crew will be tucking into arroz Estelle Valencia, a Spanish rice dish; secreto de cerdo with pisto—Ibérico Pork with tomatoes, onions, eggplant, and peppers; and chicken and mushroom paella.

That, at least, is what four of the 11 crew members aboard the ISS will be eating—the four who will arrive at the station tomorrow morning, along with their full larder, after blasting off aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft this morning from Cape Canaveral’s Pad 39A, at 11:17 AM EDT, on the first fully private station mission. The flight, sponsored by the Houston-based comp…

The Fight Over the New SEC Climate Rule Is Just Beginning

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For the past two years, proposed climate disclosure rules from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have occupied a central place in the conversation around business and climate. Climate advocates have pushed the agency to adopt the most stringent rules possibleคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. Many business groups (though not all of them) have argued the potential regulation is too costly. I’ve covered the issue multiple times in this newsletter.

On Wednesday, the SEC at last moved forward, voting to finalize a rule that would require some publicly traded compani…

Anthropologie partners with One Tree Planted

As part of Farm Rio’s 1,000 Trees A Day project, Anthropologie will donate 25,000 trees over the course of the year to One Tree Planted, an environmental nonprofit that helps reforestation efforts globally. In the past two years, the nonprofit has planted 4 million trees by crowdsourcing donations from co-conscious individuals and businesses, like Anthropologie.   “We are so inspired by the important work our friends at Farm Rio have been doing over the past 23 years and are beyond proud to partner with them to assist in One Tree Planted’s reforestation efforts in Brazil,” said Anu Narayanan, Anthropologie’s chief merchandising officer.

In addition to their partnership with One Tree Planted, Anthropologie will be launching a new capsule with Farm Rio including cheerful creations…

Amazon raises $1 billion sustainable bond for climate, social causes

The world’s biggest company joins a growing list of debt issuers tapping the market for green and sustainable bonds, which is swelling as asset managers come under pressure from their investors to advance environmental, social and governance (ESG) causes.Global green bond issuance reached a record high of $270 billion at the end of 2020 and could reach $450 billion this year, according to Climate Bonds Initiative.คำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง

The money raised through the sustainability bond is a fraction of the total debt Amazon issued on Monday – some $18.5 billion. The company said it forms part of a new Sustainable Bond Framework and will be spent on new and existing pro…

Chinese traders in online sneaker market punish NBA after HK controversy

The trader posted about the fall – which he told Reuters was more than 10% at the time – on Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter. His post went viral, attracting thousands of comments and becoming one of the most searched items on Weibo last week.The trader, who declined to give his name, said such price swings were not unusual in the speculative world of cryptocurrencies and asset-backed tokens.

“But it’s clear sneaker speculators were pulling money out of the market” after the Chinese government and netizens responded angrily to the comment by Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, he said.Morey quickly deleted his tweet, but the damage was done.Chinese state media started to attack him, the Houston Rockets and the National Basketball Association (NBA), accusing th…

Dutch e-tailer Bol.com ranked most popular e-commerce site in the Netherlands during holiday season

In November, the e-commerce platform recorded about 60 million sessions, double the number it saw in Septemberคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. These were the results of a study by international marketing platform SEMrush, which measured the number of sessions Dutch e-commerce websites registered in the period September through November 2018. Sessions include user interactions on the site such as visits; navigation; social interaction or transactions.Black Friday largely contributed to the surge, the report said. But the busiest shopping day of the year came before Christmas, on Monday Dec. 17, the retailer said earlier this week. That day, it processed about 25 holiday gifts per s…

Giorgio Armani announces environmental goals

Armani Group announced its intentions to reduce its Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 50% by 2030 (compared to 2019) in a press release. This refers to direct emissions and indirect, related emissions caused by the energy required to manufacture its products. In addition, the business has committed to reducing its Scope 3 GHG emissions, which are all other types of emissions, especially referring to those caused by downstream services, transport, and distribution, by 42% by 2029, also compared to in 2019. The business has specified that these concrete objectives have been, “validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.” This is a joint initiative by the CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project), the United Nations Global Compact…

Eva NYC partners with TerraCycle

The partnership will allow the New York-based brand to make the packaging for their line of hair care products nationally recyclable in the United States. Dubbed the ‘Eva NYC Recycling Program’, the initiative invites consumers to send their Eva NYC hair care packaging to TerraCycle to be recycled for freeคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. Customers can recycle empty packaging including tubes, bottles, trigger heads, complex closures and tinted glass. คำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง

Shoppers must sign up on the TerraCycle program page and mail in the packaging waste using a prepaid s…

Fjällräven launches Swedish wool project

Fjällräven had already launched a sustainability initiative in 2013, calling it ‘The Fjällräven Way’: it abolished the use of PFCs in the manufacturing process, increased the use of biological and recycled materials and established a down traceability policy, its ‘Down Promise’, which was voted the outdoor industry’s best by international animal welfare charity Four Paws.Because Swedish sheep are mostly reared to produce meat, their wool is rough and degraded, and most of it is discarded, or used to manufacture rugs. Fjällräven wanted to reduce wool waste, and analysed the supply chain in depth, attempting to eliminate unscrupulous manufacturing practices and revive Swedish wool production.

“Traceability is hard to achieve, especially when sourcing [wool] from far-away count…

Mango invests in 3D printing firm Ziknes via startup accelerator

The Barcelona-based fashion group established Mango StartUp Studio in 2022, a platform aimed at reinforcing its innovative spirit by supporting emerging firms across various sectors, particularly focusing on technology and sustainability. Currently, it has invested in five startups, including Recovo, specialized in surplus fabric resale, and Union Avatars, dedicated to digital identity and avatar development.Ziknes, founded in 2021, aims to revolutionize architecture and design through 3D printing and robotics, focusing on enhancing efficiency, flexibility, and sustainability in manufacturing.

Mango’s investment in Ziknes entails financial support via a convertible participating loan. It also means the startup’s entry into an acceleration program where the company founders “will g…