DeSmogBlog

MAY 27, 2021

1 nominated, dealing a major blow to the oil company. While its focus has been on shareholder value, Engine No. It has been pushing for a commitment from Exxon to carbon neutrality by 2050. Such investment firms are better known for getting companies to stop investing in this type of thing so they can collect quick profits.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The report comes four months after the two organizations announced a lawsuit against the company alleging Eni used “lobbying and greenwashing” to push for more oil and gas production, despite having known about the risks fossil fuels posed over the past 53 years.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2022

ESG goals are company-wide objectives that help an organization meet environmental, social, and governance business needs as per the standards set in the ESG framework. In this Green Business Bureau article, we introduce the concept of ESG goals. ESG ratings impact profitability – regardless of what industry your company is in.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 5, 2022

This is my year-end article from Harvard Business Review that I mentioned in my last post (which has many more stories and links). On the social side of the agenda, companies have been expanding diversity and inclusion efforts, committing funds to fight racial inequity , and speaking out on societal issues they used to avoid.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The world is coming to us — all of us — seeking guidance and solutions on how, and how quickly, we can transform products, processes, strategies and business models to succeed in an increasingly warming and wobbly world. There's enough progress to turn even the most hardbitten sustainability skeptic optimistic.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 30, 2020

After years of R&D there is growing evidence that carbon capture and utilisation technologies are edging towards the crucial commercialisation phase. It's the exciting idea that we can take something that could be considered waste, draw it out of the atmosphere and turn it into a source of revenue or economic growth. What's on my mind?

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 4, 2022

Build a resilient fashion brand company using sustainable fashion. billion tons of carbon dioxide annually. According to McKinsey and Company, 67% of surveyed consumers consider the use of sustainable materials as an important purchasing factor. Sustainable fashion has come to save the fashion industry.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Companies on the cutting edge, such as Tesla, are already experiencing shortages. The company says its electroextraction technology—an alternative to the more traditional methods hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy—enables customizable, mobile, clean and consistent recovery of critical minerals. We started the company in 2017.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Thousands of companies have hitched themselves to the carbon-neutral bandwagon, from fossil fuel producers like BP and Shell, to other household names including United Airlines, Dell, Burger King, and Vodafone. Some companies say they’ll decarbonise by 2040 , others as early as 2022. The Taskforce. And it’s already made waves.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

These 20 C-suite executives have steered their companies forward through much disruption, providing inspiration for the possibilities of advancing sustainability, social responsibility and circular business models — sometimes all at once. Many leaders in this cohort happen to have climbed the ranks at one company for decades.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Simply exploiting a market opportunity does not count as sustainability ambition - businesses need to turn the dial further, writes Forum for the Future's Caroline Ashley. By the percentage reduction in carbon emissions committed and the deadline set? Recently I carefully read articles by an award-winning wealth manager.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 25, 2021

seeking approval of its acquisition of Narragansett, officials in the state’s highest offices are in a position to take action, advocates said. The sale of a distribution company is a rare occurrence,” said Kenneth Payne, a former senior policy adviser to the state Senate and the lead signatory. In an April 26 letter to Gov.

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Better Ventures

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Plus, it’s hard to compete with companies that have a more established brand, can offer higher pay, and appear less risky to prospective candidates. Continued layoffs from tech companies big and small are adding increasing uncertainty to the talent market. Especially at the early stages, it can seem like a daunting task. The result?

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Business Green

OCTOBER 1, 2021

It aims "to help employees like you to apply your skills and expertise to the climate crisis while holding your company accountable for sweeping climate action". Employee engagement on sustainability issues has been a challenge for companies ever since — well, for as long as there have been sustainability issues in business.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 6, 2021

This is the first article in a series. As the second-largest coal-producing and -consuming country on earth and the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, India’s transition from carbon-intensive resources is a critical front in the global climate change fight. With a few hours’ notice, all 1.3 Businesses closed.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 28, 2020

It’s the exciting idea that we can take something that could be considered waste, draw it out of the atmosphere and turn it into a source of revenue or economic growth. This morning, digital payments company Stripe announced a plan to let its merchant customers divert a portion of their revenue to carbon removal projects.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Of the 50-ish startup companies announced this week — dubbed ” Cohort 417 ” (for the peak of 417.1 Of the 50-ish startup companies announced this week — dubbed ” Cohort 417 ” (for the peak of 417.1 These companies are “incredibly motivated and visionary,” Hassin said.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

A small number of influential large companies are creating internal funds to support sustainability goals specific to circular economy initiatives, such as designing out waste and recovering materials from products used internally or sold in the market. The company's first investment was in the Closed Loop Leadership Fund.)

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GreenBiz

JUNE 1, 2020

I mean, why, amid all this human and economic carnage, should companies be focused on anything besides keeping their doors open? Among the Journal’s proof points: General Motors put the brakes on a car-sharing program, Starbucks washed its hands of filling reusable coffee mugs and "companies have delayed sustainability reports.".

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2020

One of the world’s largest oil and gas companies is betting that the future of flying is carbon-neutral. That may seem an audacious notion from a company whose business model for well over a century has centered around bringing fossil fuels to market — and is banking on petroleum being a key, albeit declining, fuel for decades to come.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

In this Green Business Bureau article, we present the case for business sustainability. We explain how a sustainable business model will: Create business value , Meet the needs of your customers , Meet investor demand , Attract and engage top talent , Slash business costs , Improve brand reputation , Leverage new opportunities.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The latest, most urgent call to action from the IPCC has increased attention on policies to reduce CO2 emissions and enhance carbon sequestration. This article provides a primer on the three major policy building blocks available for reducing carbon pollution: pricing mechanisms, subsidies , and regulations.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Soils are critical for cultivating crops, maintaining flood protection, sequestering carbon, and supporting biodiversity, but the UK government estimates two million hectares are at risk of erosion, a further four million are threatened by compaction, and 300,000 hectares are contaminated. The outlook is certainly worrying.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 7, 2024

Scientists tell us that we’ve pushed the planet beyond its ability to support us in critical areas such as availability of water, biodiversity, and, of course, carbon emissions. The forces driving companies toward sustainability are relentless … yet we’re not doing enough and some powerful counter-pressures are in play.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

It’s natural to follow the people impacted by all this: the local residents, usually in poorer neighborhoods, whose homes and livelihoods are being lost; the farmers and ranchers whose crops and livestock are withering and dying; the stranded travelers and the evacuees seeking shelter amid the chaos. Among the “complex risks for the U.S.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Certification is shown to attract and engage top talent, increase credibility and build trust, slash costs, meet the demands of a consumer majority, and protect a company’s mission in the long term. This is discussed in more detail at the end of this article. Use the links below to navigate through this guide: What is B Corp?

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 8, 2021

Buoyed by the success of red-meat mimics from the likes of Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat, a growing number of companies is angling to capture their share of the early market for animal-free seafood. Seafood stand-ins not only promise a low carbon footprint, they seek to serve people with dietary restrictions.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

It’s natural to follow the people impacted by all this: the local residents, usually in poorer neighborhoods, whose homes and livelihoods are being lost; the farmers and ranchers whose crops and livestock are withering and dying; the stranded travelers and the evacuees seeking shelter amid the chaos. Among the “complex risks for the U.S.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 30, 2022

This could be by reducing an organization’s carbon footprint while also establishing a healthy work-life balance for employees. For instance, both public and private clients are seeking legal counsel with responsible environmental and social practices. Hence, the business case for law firm sustainability is compelling.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

The strength of collaborations emerging toward circular solutions, among corporate competitors as well as between business and government, has surprised MacArthur, for one: "The system has to change and I think more than ever, the companies involved in the system want to change.". Her remark came moments before the launch of the U.S.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 9, 2023

ISO 14000: Sustainable business design using environmental management systems (EMS) ISO 14000 gives the framework, requirements, and standards for the implementation of an effective company-wide environmental management system (EMS). Like SSIR and HBR, the Green Business Bureau sees the leaders that seek a sustainable business world.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

For this article we’ve analyzed the business landscape to identify such trends. To produce this Green Business Bureau article we’ve analyzed the business landscape to identify new business opportunity that comes from a changing business landscape. What is retail sustainability?

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

Huang’s speech points to an industry nervous about its role in a carbon-constrained future. DeSmog conducted a five-month investigation into the meat industry’s PR and lobbying, reviewing hundreds of documents and statements by companies and trade associations. “We cannot continue business as we have done in the past,” he went on. “If

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Despite the inertia of the carbon-intensive economy and the fossil fuel capture of public policy , climate change has emerged as a top priority for boardrooms. As any scenario planner knows, value judgements are made to assign weights to certain factors over others; what is included and excluded in a pathway is subject to many forms of bias.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

This week, I'll try to untangle one of the more complex, confusing and contentious aspects of our food systems: the emerging market for soil carbon offsets. Multiple studies show that regenerative agriculture - principally, use of cover crops, diverse crop rotations and reduced till - builds soil fertility and stores carbon.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Schroders: We attach financial values to many assets - so why don’t we do the same with finite natural resources which our economic activity and wellbeing depend on? The idea of viewing nature as natural capital, recognising the true value of nature's assets, is rapidly increasing in popularity. What is natural capital?

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Andrew Winston

DECEMBER 13, 2019

It’s clear that CEOs are thinking about where their companies fit into society. Lots of good work is going on, and companies are making more commitments. Within those stakeholder groups, Millennials and Gen Z in particular want the companies they work for and buy from to stand for something. But are they ready to follow through?

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