GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

We took in the enormity of the problems facing humanity and the planet, and scanned the horizon. Indeed, for many of the world’s largest companies, sustainability is seen as key to minimizing risk, increasing resilience, enhancing competitiveness and unlocking new opportunities. Peeking around corners.

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GreenBiz

JULY 21, 2020

But many organizations are still grappling with how, exactly, to do this. Most senior executives are sympathetic to the problems that the world faces, and you have to face the roles and metrics they rely on. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

We can invest in a resilient and inclusive economy that builds jobs, infrastructure, growth and stability for the long term. While large trade associations represent companies on a number of issues, many have had a poor record in advocating for science-based climate policy. . Sponsored Article. More companies are speaking up.

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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. I drank beer and hugged the brilliant people from so many Apple teams who had pulled all of this off. Chris Gaither.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In this article, we’ll explore the steps leading powers can take to pave the way for an economy that works towards a greener future for all. This sees them as reluctant in transitioning towards renewable energy. Many businesses and governments put profits and short-term gains over the long-term health of our planet.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Many companies have promised to address deforestation related to their business activities for years, but few have fully delivered on those plans — and an astonishingly high number of companies don’t have an explicit commitment to ending deforestation. . Many promises, limited followthrough. Here’s what we’re up against.

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

"Finance professionals make up a fraction of the global population but are positioned to make and incentivize decisions that can shape the trajectory of the global economy," observed Ogechukwu Anyene, energy consulting manager at PowerAdvocate, who was part of the Emerging Leaders cohort at GreenBiz Group’s inaugural GreenFin event.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

One final note: Be sure to check the end of this article for quick job updates from others who responded to our outreach but chose not to comment on the two questions. We’ve been able to shift many environmental projects’ approaches to the home-scale, like home gardens, yard tree plantings and home recycling campaigns. .

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

With about 20 brands such as The North Face, Vans and Timberland under its umbrella — including its recent acquisition of popular streetwear brand Supreme — VF Corporation is big. We collected data from across our Scope 1 and Scope 2 sources, all of our energy consumption and so forth. The North Face. Deonna Anderson.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 5, 2024

This cast of players performs many functions from nitrogen fixation (converting nitrogen from the atmosphere to a form that plants can more readily use for growth) to decomposition to carbon storage. One such study by Heidi-Jayne Hawkins and colleagues looked at mycorrhizal fungi, commonly found across many landscapes.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2022

Householders can't foot the bill: That same research estimates a decarbonisation cost of between £2,500-£50,000 per household (without any government subsidies), although from my research experience it seems likely most homes would be facing costs at the upper end of that scale.

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Andrew Winston

MAY 4, 2022

I’ll explore why reality makes me uncomfortable in another article coming soon. In reality, except for a few points, I could have written this many years ago (and did do versions of it). This article got some good debate on my LinkedIn post. Worries that clean energy costs more, for example, are wildly out of date.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The synthetic mangrove’s elegant pressure-driven desalination process works at small scales, but a large mangrove-inspired desalination plant would foot a hefty energy bill. Like a mangrove, these buildings would rely on pressure differences to suck the water up, making them self-reliant buffers against storms flooding city streets.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2022

There are a variety of ways to make a property more sustainable such as using green building materials , following a regular maintenance schedule, upgrading to energy-efficient lighting and appliances , and investing in onsite renewable energy systems (e.g. For homes specifically, those with energy efficiency ratings sell for 2.7%

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2022

AI mapping of flooding incidents across UK since 2007 lays bare worrying lack of resilience in face of heavy rainfall. Flooding is one of the most serious climate-related challenges that this country is facing and will continue to face as the climate changes further in the coming years," he said.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The challenges facing us are wide-ranging. In particular, our exchange explored how food systems can be made healthier and more sustainable as we look to a future in which we’ll need to find a way to produce enough food to nourish as many as 10 billion people while staying within planetary boundaries. Au contraire, it is the reverse.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

And yet, for all the rave reviews from those in the hall and Johnson's many media cheerleaders, this latest effort felt worryingly complacent. This glossing over of the challenges the UK currently faces operated on two levels: the policy and the rhetoric. The Prime Minister delivered in Manchester yesterday, in spades.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 10, 2022

A positive Return On Investment (ROI) and Sustainability go hand in hand, as many sustainable business practices save money, create a competitive advantage, open new markets and attract customers and employees. Measuring Energy Usage and Savings. The Financial Risk of Not Being Sustainable. Fleet Management Efficiency.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In this article, we’ll take a look at the state of sustainable agriculture around the world. There are many reasons to pursue sustainable agriculture. And sustainable farms tend to be more resilient to extreme weather events, like droughts and floods. It represents a key part of the solution to the problems we face.

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2022

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. For all its complexity, these authors (and many others) agree upon the urgent need to diversify how this research is done. Source: Marazziti et al.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 15, 2022

The pivot to renewable energy away from fossil fuels will help slash global carbon emissions — but it’s likely to put significant strain on the grid, writes Emily Newton. The most popular forms of renewable energy cannot flexibly increase or decrease production to meet demand like fossil fuel-fired power plants can.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Many parts of the Northern Hemisphere - from the USA and Europe to India, Pakistan, and China - have in recent months suffered from the devastating impacts of record-breaking extreme weather events, which were made far more likely to occur due to climate change.

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Business Green

MARCH 20, 2020

But instead of stepping out into nature or joining one of the many activities planned to recognise this day, many of us are - voluntarily or not - staying put in our homes, amid the bleak global fallout from the coronavirus outbreak. It is time to pause and reflect on how to be the best stewards for a healthy and resilient planet.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

This article will cover the Holocene—the era of conditions that enabled society to grow and thrive, the theory of the Anthropocene, planetary boundaries, tipping points, and resilience thinking while urging readers to consider their impact and how to secure the future they want. Resilience Thinking and Sustainability.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) chair Sir John Armitt has called for greater honesty and openness with the public about the urgency of investing in major net zero infrastructure projects, such as energy efficient buildings, flood resilience and public transport networks, in a speech delivered to MPs last night.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2024

Climate risk and resilience is an ever-increasing priority for businesses and governments. In areas like energy and food & drink manufacturing , 5G-enabled technologies like Internet of Things (IoT), drones and remote monitoring systems can have a major impact on emissions reduction. The need for scalable solutions is pressing.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Discussions around the framework of Article 6 are under strain at COP27 - and concerns are mounting the outcome could further undermine the credibility of voluntary carbon markets. Article 6 is meant to help address concerns about the integrity of carbon markets and ensure only high quality projects can issue offset credits.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 4, 2022

Build a resilient fashion brand company using sustainable fashion. This means fashion accounts for 10% of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions globally, using more energy than both air travel and shipping combined. What sustainability challenges do fashion brands face? Sustainable fashion has come to save the fashion industry.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2021

Analysts are increasingly confident prices in both the UK's and EU's cap and trade systems could hit €100 per tonne by the end of the decade, which would render many unabated fossil fuel-based industries and processes economically unviable.

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Business Green

JULY 18, 2022

Rising fossil fuel costs have focused attention on energy security and energy resilience like never before, leading to greater awareness and understanding about fuel and energy sources. This, of course, is coupled with a rise in consciousness of the most efficient ways to use energy.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

What do we need to build a clean energy workforce? Beyond the climate-induced energy crisis, war-induced electricity shortages and grid failure-induced blackouts, we must not forget that the number of those living without any access to electricity stands at 733 million. The Powering Jobs Census from Power for All has some answers.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

In Europe, Spain and Portugal are battling wildfires, while Italy is suffering from the worst drought in the past 70 years, with many municipalities rationing water. The author of the article is, as director of the climate science website Carbon Brief, Leo Hickman, noted , a consultant for “companies operating in the energy sector.”.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 20, 2022

For a more thorough understanding, we recommend you read our previous article ESG Reporting: What Is ESG Reporting and Why Is It Important? Building on this, in this article we wanted to address a common misconception. To help, in this Green Business Bureau article we explain the difference between ESG and sustainability reporting.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 20, 2023

This article is the first in a series entitled “Real Talk on Reliability ,” which will examine the reliability needs of our grid as we move toward 100% clean electricity and electrify more end-uses on the path to a climate stable future. Changing reliability considerations with the energy transition Our grid is undeniably in transition.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

To work in solar, you need to be resilient, adaptable and committed to acting on climate science. After all, over the years, we've overcome a great many challenges. When times are tough, we've always had our sights firmly focused on the bigger picture; building a global energy infrastructure that is free from fossil fuels.

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Business Green

AUGUST 1, 2022

It is a characterisation many campaigners would reject, given the mining sector's notoriously mixed environmental and human rights record and massive emissions footprint. The World Economic Forum estimates that production of certain minerals could increase by 500 per cent by 2050 to meet demand for clean energy technologies.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2020

The reasons for scepticism are well documented and widely-held among many green business types and environmental campaigners. Fuel duty has been frozen for over a decade, energy efficiency funding remains underpowered, and the government is wedded to plenty of pro-fossil fuel policies. This is a multi-decadal mission.

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