GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

A corporate water strategy manifesto: We can and will do better. The pandemic has strengthened our resolve to do better. The pandemic has strengthened our resolve to do better. We no longer can be silent on the tradeoff between pledges versus actions. Will Sarni. Wed, 09/23/2020 - 01:30. and globally.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 24, 2023

Doing so will also help you to meet your statutory obligations. Councils must look into odour complaints that could be a statutory nuisance. If it is a valid problem and you don’t do anything about it, things could get worse. Additionally, violating your operating permit could result in fines and legal repercussions.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Yet we haven’t responded to other planetary catastrophes with the same speed, scale, scope and coordination. This year’s Climate Week commitments notwithstanding, we haven’t shown the same guts and drive on climate as on COVID. But what if we did? We need to shift the whole game, raise the level of ambition, move that needle.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

I caught up with her recently for a brief conversation as the company disclosed its new target, chatting about how best practices from the previously independent companies have been shared, how the pandemic has affected progress and what’s to come for sustainable agricultural practices. Wed, 10/28/2020 - 01:00.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 1, 2021

Given all of the other things that companies need to communicate and want to talk about, we have perhaps missed a few tricks in the past in terms of the way in which we have told our people about what we have been doing, what we have been achieving," Ellis said. Walgreens is a fixture in the United States.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 16, 2024

They also wanted to future-proof the treatment plant so it could be used by multiple local municipalities once the skiing contest was over. Hosting an international sporting event may bring much-needed revenue to local communities, but it also brings some big challenges – such as the additional strain on local infrastructure.

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GreenBiz

MAY 15, 2020

Could indoor air quality become part of the post coronavirus playbook? Here is what we know, or think we know, about COVID-19: it can spread through the air. The reality is that at some point we will reopen society, our economy and therefore our buildings, with the coronavirus still very much a highly contagious threat.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Editor's note: The opinions and conclusions that appear in this piece do not necessarily represent the position of Intel. We are inherently linked through our biology, ecology, economy, the legacy of white supremacy and oppression. Now is the time to shake the foundation of how we operate as a society. Wed, 12/16/2020 - 00:30.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

With misconceptions remaining around the topic of sustainable business practices and given the increasingly challenging economic landscape we find ourselves in, there’s a risk that the offsetting of carbon emissions could be overlooked by large and small businesses. So what exactly are those misconceptions?

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

I was able to figure out how to apply the technological concepts of the work that I was doing for Texas Instruments for a partial solution for climate change, and that inspired me to start working on is basically a technology that captures heat from the sun and uses that heat to reduce fuel consumption," he said. "I

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

Yet here we are, a year later, looking at a very different world than the one envisaged last August. The Business Roundtable’s statement of purpose, one year on. Joel Makower. Mon, 08/17/2020 - 02:11. The short answer: It’s mostly business as usual. That’s an admittedly blunt and sweeping assessment of the state of corporate responsibility.

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GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

How can we be sure? Climate TRACE is just the latest example of the former vice president’s decades-long commitment to educating the world about the climate crisis, through The Climate Reality Project, and to investing in technologies and solutions that could address it, through Generation Investment Manager. . Heather Clancy.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 4, 2021

But the folks at the foundation make a compelling case that as everything becomes more connected, the way we build the software can have profound impacts. . "We From where we are sitting, there seem to be some ripe easy pickings for sustainability improvements by looking at how we run software on hardware.". Sarah Golden.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 25, 2022

Firms are doing their best to absorb costs, with around 1 in 3 saying they do not expect to pass on additional energy costs. Firms are doing their best to absorb costs, with around 1 in 3 saying they do not expect to pass on additional energy costs. Governments in devolved nations should do the same). (3)

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GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

It will take personal sustainability to meet the global challenges we face. Earth Day, when we remember the planet’s fragility and resilience, was when I finally understood that I had nothing left to give. And, wow, had we stepped up our game that year. Chris Gaither. Mon, 07/06/2020 - 02:15. It was April 2017. That wasn’t new.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

In what’s described as a global first, marine growth found on the legs, known as jackets, of decommissioned oil and gas platforms could form the basis of new novel livestock and aquaculture feeds, as researchers look at ways to reuse the material, which can include seaweed, mussels and corals.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In a new paper in Science Advances , they show how these takeout box–sized, plastic growth chambers could potentially provide scientists with a standardized and reproducible platform for conducting experiments on model plants and the microbes that live around their roots.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Scottish start-up Mako Aerospace plans to manufacture the world’s first all-electric jet engine, which they say could double the range of electric aircraft compared to current hybrid models. Supported by private equity funding, a prototype all-electric jet engine is currently in development.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 14, 2023

You want the best tools to do your job but to get good quality equipment does cost money. “I want to put decent tools in the hands of apprentices and young engineers from the start, and I’m committing to do this.” Let’s fix the world together,’ which is a great fit for what we are doing.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 21, 2021

Since acquiring Greentech Media in 2016, we have continued to use greentechmedia.com and GTM Squared news subscription service as vehicles to present greentech and renewables news. However, as outlined in February, we are in the process of fully integrating GTM with Wood Mackenzie. GTM news and GTM Squared. Newsletter.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2024

The UK’s approach to constraint management is outdated and needs a major revamp to maximise the UK’s renewable electricity generation and deliver best value for consumers, a new report appears to find. It was published on 16 January by The Energy Landscape and commissioned by Scottish Renewables.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The results demonstrated that treated sewage discharge was the best predictor of high nutrient levels, bottom-dwelling algae, and sewage fungus abundance, regardless of the type of land use (agriculture or urban) in the surrounding area. Improvements to waste water plants should be implemented along with more regulations.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Zero Waste Scotland’s Site Waste Reduction Protocol is designed by industry specialists The excel-based calculator tool is specifically designed to tackle material waste in construction Evidence shows that by reducing wasteful consumption and making construction more circular we could reduce Scotland’s overall material use by 11.2%

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2023

Commenting on the data, Mike Foster, CEO of EUA said: “We have our concerns over the principle of the Boiler Upgrade Scheme and how it is not the best use of taxpayers’ money, rewarding the well-off not supporting the fuel poor. We think it is the latter.” “We There are simply not enough trained installers to fit heat pumps.”

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2022

While scientists’ research is critical in reducing the environmental footprint of multiple industrial sectors as well as cities and households, scientific labs do in themselves have their own footprint. At the RSC, we intend for Sustainable Laboratories to be an ongoing, collaborative programme with our community and other organisations.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 2, 2023

Carolin Dahms, lead author on the study, said: “We observed a striking trend wherewith species living in are as that are warming faster are also showing the most rapid shifts in the ir geographical distributions. As a result, marine life change s caused by global warming have been up to seven-fold faster than animal responses on land.

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Michael Grossman

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It’s a truism we all start work doing the easy things, the things we know and then work outwards in concentric circles, leaving those things which are mystifying or beyond our comprehension until we can’t ignore them. Why Does Marketing Fall So Low On The Priority List? The rest they viewed as icing.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

A public comment period for the exposure draft of the revised GRI Biodiversity Standard is underway, with feedback sought so that the final standard delivers the global best practice for transparency on biodiversity impacts.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2021

We can now harness the carbon scavenging power of Japanese knotweed and other invasive plants, explains Nic Seal, Founder and MD of Environet, a UK specialist in the topic. This means we have a greater volume of knotweed rhizome to dispose of than ever before. Knotweed rhizome excavated from the ground. over the same period.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Michael Clarke, Scotland Chair, Nature Friendly Farming Network, says: “As Scotland sets forth future food, and farming policies and funding for environmental restoration, we stand on the precipice of transformational change. We know that farming is contributing to ecological disruption. Call for more action.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 9, 2022

Amid rising energy costs and worsening fuel poverty, the Policy Commission report ‘Pathways for Local Heat Delivery’ seems to send a timely reminder that clean technologies are available that could move homeowners and businesses away from fossil fuels. Again, the way to do this is by devolving decision-making to local governments.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 25, 2022

The industry’s 100 million plastic cups are responsible for 100,000 tonnes of C02e emissions and 30,000 tonnes of waste that could be avoided. City to Sea believes that another way is possible and by building on industry best practice they can make reuse and refilling the new norm at events across the UK. Photo Credit: Green Goblet.

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Grist

MARCH 21, 2024

“It’s only a matter of time — if not already — before someone on your block has a heat pump, and if you ask them about their process, you could probably skip a whole lot of steps,” he said. “And my friend is just about to do the same; my dad will do the same.”

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Terra Infirma

JULY 3, 2023

And thanks to the wonderfully liberal Scottish land access rules, I could pretty much ride where I wanted (although I followed Markus Stitz’s route ) and camp anywhere reasonable to do so. And given cycle infra is so cheap, imagine what we could do if that was upped to 10%?

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Charged

APRIL 1, 2024

However, as sustainability is central to the mission of the EV industry, we need to hold ourselves to much higher standards than those of past transportation technologies, and there’s a long way to go before we have a true circular supply chain for batteries. In contrast, lead-acid batteries have a 99% recycling rate in the US.

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Charged

JULY 8, 2020

We partner with most of the top 10 EV battery manufacturers to help build more than one million electric vehicles on the road today. While Nordson may know a thing or two about EV battery manufacturing we do want to inform OEMs and automotive manufacturers about the threats that could impact the production process of a battery pack assembly.

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Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 14, 2022

But let's face it: How many of us have the balls - male or female - to actually do it? How lucky we were exactly, or how we managed to take half a year of work, is not what this story is about. You do not talk about going on a sabbatical. You do not talk about going on a sabbatical. You simply do it.

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