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Waterplan Announces $11 Million in Series A Financing Round

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Waterplan , the world’s leading climate platform that helps companies measure, respond and report increasingly-changing water risk, today announced the close of an oversubscribed $11 million Series A financing round.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Waterplan , the world’s leading climate platform that helps companies measure, respond and report increasingly-changing water risk, today announced the close of an oversubscribed $11 million Series A financing round.
  • The investment was led by Base10 Partners with co-founder and Managing Partner Adeyemi Ajao joining the Waterplan board.
  • Previous investors also participated, including Giant Ventures & Transition Global (who co-led the seed round), YCombinator, MCJ Collective, and the Branson Family among others.
  • “Both governments and the private sector face existential challenges around how they manage their freshwater supply,” said Jose Ignacio Galindo, CEO and co-founder of Waterplan.

Value Research Center (VRC) authors Value Model integrating ESG and Sustainability Measures

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Wednesday, March 23, 2022
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KYOTO, Japan, Mar 23, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - The Value Research Center (VRC) launched an integrated Value Model of ESG and Sustainability measures in a new white paper issued today.

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  • KYOTO, Japan, Mar 23, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - The Value Research Center (VRC) launched an integrated Value Model of ESG and Sustainability measures in a new white paper issued today.
  • A Value Model for Responsible Business: The new Value Research Center (VRC) white paper was officially released today.
  • The VRC's new white paper entitled "A Value Model for Responsible Business", integrates an additional 346 impact measurements from 6 new frameworks into the initial model.
  • The white paper is available for download at the VRC website:
    The Value Research Center (VRC) was officially established at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan in November 2021.

L'Oréal USA Achieves Carbon Neutrality Across All U.S. Sites

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Monday, September 20, 2021
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This is in-line with the beauty leader's global sustainability commitment, L'Oral for the Future, which states that all L'Oral operated sites worldwide must reach carbon neutrality by 2025.

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  • This is in-line with the beauty leader's global sustainability commitment, L'Oral for the Future, which states that all L'Oral operated sites worldwide must reach carbon neutrality by 2025.
  • In 2016, L'Oral USA joined the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Better Buildings, Better Plants program in an effort optimize energy reductions.
  • L'Oral USA also earned the distinction of 2017 Green Power Partner of the Year from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
  • Renewable Energy in L'Oral USA administrative offices - In 2012, L'Oral USA installed solar panels at its Berkeley Heights office.

"Time to Transform": Leading multinational companies set urgent action agenda for all people to live well, within planetary boundaries

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Thursday, March 25, 2021
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GENEVA, March 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The world faces three critical challenges: the climate emergency, nature crisis and mounting inequality.

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  • GENEVA, March 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The world faces three critical challenges: the climate emergency, nature crisis and mounting inequality.
  • As global risks continue to build, business leaders are rallying behind a bold and urgent transformation agenda developed by WBCSD, a CEO-led organization of over 200 leading companies.
  • Vision 2050: Time to Transform sets a shared vision of a world in which more than 9 billion people are able to live well, within planetary boundaries, by 2050.
  • Vision 2050: Time to Transformmaps how systems transform and lays out a new framework to guide business action in the decade ahead.

"Time to Transform": Leading multinational companies set urgent action agenda for all people to live well, within planetary boundaries

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Thursday, March 25, 2021
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GENEVA, March 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The world faces three critical challenges: the climate emergency, nature crisis and mounting inequality.

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  • GENEVA, March 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The world faces three critical challenges: the climate emergency, nature crisis and mounting inequality.
  • As global risks continue to build, business leaders are rallying behind a bold and urgent transformation agenda developed by WBCSD, a CEO-led organization of over 200 leading companies.
  • Vision 2050: Time to Transform sets a shared vision of a world in which more than 9 billion people are able to live well, within planetary boundaries, by 2050.
  • Vision 2050: Time to Transformmaps how systems transform and lays out a new framework to guide business action in the decade ahead.

Barilla Foundation and Food Tank announce the event: "Resetting the Food System from Farm to Fork - Setting the Stage for the UN 2021 Food Systems Summit"

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Friday, November 27, 2020
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The event will explore how to re-align food systems with human needs and planetary boundaries to become more resilient, more inclusive and more sustainable in the aftermath of the pandemic and beyond.

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  • The event will explore how to re-align food systems with human needs and planetary boundaries to become more resilient, more inclusive and more sustainable in the aftermath of the pandemic and beyond.
  • Opening keynote by Asma Khan, Chef and Founder, Darjeeling Express, with Danielle Nierenberg, President of Food Tank.
  • With 10 years to go to end hunger, poverty and inequality, food systems underpin all 17 of the UN SDGs for 2030.
  • The result will be a series of recommendations submitted to the UN Food Systems Summit.

Barilla Foundation and Food Tank announce the event: "Resetting the Food System from Farm to Fork - Setting the Stage for the UN 2021 Food Systems Summit"

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Friday, November 27, 2020
Articles, Sustainable development, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, Danielle Nierenberg, Hunger, Food Tank, Planetary boundaries

The event will explore how to re-align food systems with human needs and planetary boundaries to become more resilient, more inclusive and more sustainable in the aftermath of the pandemic and beyond.

Key Points: 
  • The event will explore how to re-align food systems with human needs and planetary boundaries to become more resilient, more inclusive and more sustainable in the aftermath of the pandemic and beyond.
  • Opening keynote by Asma Khan, Chef and Founder, Darjeeling Express, with Danielle Nierenberg, President of Food Tank.
  • With 10 years to go to end hunger, poverty and inequality, food systems underpin all 17 of the UN SDGs for 2030.
  • The result will be a series of recommendations submitted to the UN Food Systems Summit.

Johan Rockström Joins Conservation International as Chief Scientist

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Monday, September 10, 2018
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ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Internationally renowned scientist Johan Rockstrm has been named Chief Scientist of Conservation International, CEO Dr. M. Sanjayan announced today.

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  • ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Internationally renowned scientist Johan Rockstrm has been named Chief Scientist of Conservation International, CEO Dr. M. Sanjayan announced today.
  • Rockstrm will serve as chief scientist for Conservation International probono.
  • "We are thrilled that Johan Rockstrm will help guide us at Conservation International," Sanjayan said.
  • Rockstrm joins Conservation International as a leading international scholar establishing the nine "planetary boundaries" that together provide a "safe operating space for humanity.

Johan Rockström Joins Conservation International as Chief Scientist

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Monday, September 10, 2018
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ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Internationally renowned scientist Johan Rockstrm has been named Chief Scientist of Conservation International, CEO Dr. M. Sanjayan announced today.

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  • ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Internationally renowned scientist Johan Rockstrm has been named Chief Scientist of Conservation International, CEO Dr. M. Sanjayan announced today.
  • Rockstrm will serve as chief scientist for Conservation International probono.
  • "We are thrilled that Johan Rockstrm will help guide us at Conservation International," Sanjayan said.
  • Rockstrm joins Conservation International as a leading international scholar establishing the nine "planetary boundaries" that together provide a "safe operating space for humanity.