DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 4, 2024

Climate advocates said that giving green accolades to companies who continue to produce adverts and public relations campaigns for major polluters undermines the credibility of Ad Net Zero, an advertising industry body formed in 2020 amid a broader push by the business world to show it was serious about tackling the climate crisis.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

In the Sonoran Desert, nature likes to take its time solving complex problems. Imagine if we had 100 or 1,000 years to solve the climate crisis and other pressing environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges? But I knew that, unlike the saguaro or ironwood tree, we humans lack the luxury of time.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

Recent extreme weather across the globe is showing us how rapidly the climate is changing in an increasingly warming world. 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.”. Have a tip or idea? Get in touch.

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2022

After two years dealing with a life-changing pandemic, here we all are again, doom-scrolling through social media, our screens flitting between updates on the most dire warning yet on the state of our planet from the world's top climate scientists, and a devastating war in Ukraine that threatens to boil over into far wider geopolitical conflict.

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Business Green

APRIL 24, 2020

While they're not immune to the forthcoming fiscal challenges, entrepreneurs developing solutions for addressing climate change - from agtech to decarbonization to clean energy and more - are among those proving to be the most resilient. They are in service of helping the climate.". An homage to cleantech.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Europe’s leading farming lobby group Copa-Cogeca has used the war in Ukraine as a pretext to push back behind the scenes against flagship EU laws to protect nature, DeSmog can reveal. We need to look at the interests behind that. We cannot wait any longer.”. If insects disappear, the food supply disappears.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. If a crisis is the ultimate test of leadership, last year provided ample narratives about leaders stepping up. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 15, 2021

COVID-19: A 20/20-vision crystal ball into our climate future. But all this self-inflicted pain is nothing compared to all the damage climate change can cause. Using this crystal ball, we shall: take a look at why the failures that led to the pandemic are the same as the failures leading to a climate catastrophe.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 28, 2020

Dame Ellen MacArthur, founder of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, which has been instrumental in catalyzing collective corporate action to address key circular economy issues such as plastics and food waste, kicked off the conference. This outtake feature her thoughts on systems change and the link between climate change and circularity.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

As Science-Based Targets, net zero and rules from regulators to disclose Scope 3 increasingly loom on the horizon, we have seen businesses racing to release ambitious targets to reduce Scope 3 emissions. Despite this, we seem to be in gridlock on Scope 3 action to achieve those goals. One solution to this is market-based accounting.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 21, 2020

Apple embeds racial justice into new supply-chain carbon neutrality pledge Heather Clancy Tue, 07/21/2020 – 04:13 Apple already has ventured far beyond most other companies when it comes to pushing for climate action within its supply chain. The 2030 timing is as important as the scale of this move.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 6, 2020

How to advance equity in energy solutions in the COVID-19 era Daphany Rose Sanchez Mon, 07/06/2020 – 02:01 During the day I work in the energy sector supporting government and utilities design programs to perform outreach to and educate low-income and diverse communities.

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

The Estée Lauder Companies' sustainability leader on racial justice, 'sector-agnostic' solutions. Moreover, Estée Lauder Companies also has declared its intention to make 75 percent to 100 percent of its packaging recyclable, refillable, reusable, recycled or recoverable by 2025 — the strategy will depend on the needs of individual brands.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

the beforetime — accentuating the positive, seeking signs of progress and hope. We need such reminders to get us through these challenging times. It’s not just the climate impacts of concern to investors. Here, in no particular order, are five storylines that I found encouraging during the 12 months just ending.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

How are European policymakers dealing with the energy crisis? In her State of the European Union Address , European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen talked at length about the horror and outrage of the Russo-Ukrainian war, discussing the shortages of food and energy sending shockwaves across the world.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 26, 2020

These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health Oliver Camp Mon, 10/26/2020 – 01:30 On the recent World Food Day, the clarion call was clearer than ever: We must fix our food systems to improve human health, drive economic growth and save the planet from environmental collapse.

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

Estée Lauder's sustainability leader on racial justice, 'sector-agnostic' solutions. Moreover, Estée Lauder Companies also has declared its intention to make 75 percent to 100 percent of its packaging recyclable, refillable, reusable or recoverable by 2025 — the strategy will depend on the needs of individual brands. Heather Clancy.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2023

According to ICVCM the criteria break new ground, as they require programs to ensure high-integrity credits come from projects with robust social and environmental safeguards that can demonstrably deliver positive sustainable development impacts.

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

As emissions keep rising and global carbon budgets decline, it is becoming increasingly apparent that if we are to stave off the worst of climate change we must deploy and scale these desperate remedies as quickly as possible. Three years ago, we recorded average temperatures that were 1.1 Time is a luxury we do not have.

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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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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Joshua Tosteson, COO of climate conservation marketing company Everland, offers a defense of REDD+ carbon offsets. It is clear that Rome is burning - literally - as the catastrophic loss of Earth's forests drives the spread of two planetary cancers, now at stage four: climate change and species loss.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2021

Partner Insight: Atkins' Kevin Skinner, David Gasca-Tucker, Stephen Barge, and Claire Wansbury explain the benefits of nature-based solutions and natural capital to benefit nature as well as climate restoration. This, we believe, is the key to making real progress when it comes to climate change.

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Grist

AUGUST 17, 2023

Living in rural areas during this period of catastrophic fires driven in no small part by climate change has forced many people — myself included — to look at tree cutting, and forests, differently. The gentle midmorning sun warms us as we follow McKay toward a ridge. Read Next The cost of wildfires is rising. But by how much?

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The aim is to help the entity understand its climatic impact. Your business too needs to understand where your emissions are coming from and the volume exuded, to then devise and implement an effective GHG reduction program. In this guide, we focus on the application of carbon accounting at the business level.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 9, 2023

Supporting these findings, the Harvard Business Review reports 99% of large company CEOs want to address sustainability issues as a must for the future success of their organization. By providing guidance and an actionable roadmap, third-party green business certification is the solution to these woes. What is ISO?

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GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

The case for raising up women in climate tech. Four years ago this week, Project Drawdown released groundbreaking research on climate solutions that catalyzed the narrative that reversing global warming is possible. After all, addressing the climate crisis is the entrepreneurial opportunity of this generation.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 6, 2022

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government is in crisis after a fresh scandal triggered resignations by a growing number of his top team. Amid this fast-changing political landscape, DeSmog takes a look at the current cabinet’s movers, leavers and shakers, and how they position themselves on climate.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

COP26 is showcasing private-sector solutions at a time when policymakers are at loggerheads. And while we don't yet know where the negotiators will end up on a host of critical issues — and whether they'll collectively step up to what's needed — it's been fascinating to watch the business side of the equation.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 15, 2021

But all this self-inflicted pain is nothing compared to all the damage climate change can cause. So, perhaps the single silver lining of the pandemic might be that it can be used as the crystal ball that lends its 20/20 vision for us to see how we can avoid the worst of climate change.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Can artificial intelligence conduct an informed conversation about the broad and complex technologies under the climate tech umbrella? Let's let it speak for itself If we're going to co-exist with our technology overlords, we ought to know them a bit better. And, to paraphrase Stewart Brand , we might as well get good at it.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 17, 2021

If those emissions were attributed to a single country, it would rank fifth in life-cycle emissions, a sobering fact that exposes the need for bold leadership at the helm of historically slow-moving federal agencies. and 70% of all public lands — and almost 700 million acres of natural resources that lay beneath it and its coasts.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 27, 2020

Moreover, Estée Lauder Companies also has declared its intention to make 75 percent to 100 percent of its packaging recyclable, refillable, reusable, recycled or recoverable by 2025 — the strategy will depend on the needs of individual brands. When [COVID-19} happened, we thought, “You know what? We have to do this right away.”

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 28, 2020

We’ll be posting videos for many systems in coming weeks. Dame Ellen MacArthur, founder of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, which has been instrumental in catalyzing collective corporate action to address key circular economy issues such as plastics and food waste, kicked off the conference. Join the webcast at 1 p.m.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021 Elsa Wenzel Mon, 01/11/2021 – 02:15 The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. At Starbucks, that expanded focus also blends with its climate leadership initiatives.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 27, 2020

Moreover, Estée Lauder Companies also has declared its intention to make 75 percent to 100 percent of its packaging recyclable, refillable, reusable or recoverable by 2025 — the strategy will depend on the needs of individual brands. When [COVID-19} happened,”‘We thought, you know what? We have to do this right away.”

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 28, 2020

To recall some of the key developments, as I have done each December for more than a decade, I’ve plumbed the nearly 1,300 stories, columns and analyses we’ve published on GreenBiz.com since the dawn of 2020 — a.k.a. the beforetime — accentuating the positive, seeking signs of progress and hope.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

Just a couple of decades ago, the notion of a major company investing in nature might have seemed absurd – today it is mission critical to the future of the economy. Yet, for all our apparent progress, there are some hard truths which urgently need confronting.

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