GreenBiz

OCTOBER 2, 2020

We think it’s really important to think of this from a closed loop and regenerative system, because humans are so used to going for the 'next thing,'" said Beth Esponnette, co-founder of unspun, during part one of a discussion about scaling circular fashion during Circularity 20 in late August. "We

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GreenBiz

APRIL 12, 2021

We decide how tomorrow will be by what we create today. In that reservoir of creativity, answers emerge: how to nourish myself, cultivate gratitude and joy, contribute solutions to the problems that call me, make the impact I dream of. Creativity is an act of leadership, and practice is all we can control.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 4, 2021

Renewables are the answer, but what's the question? The first speaker, Steph Speirs, runs a company called Solstice that uses software and outreach to find good prospective customers for community-solar plans. How do we create opportunities for people who, through no fault of their own, are locked out?" . Alec Appelbaum.

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GreenBiz

JULY 2, 2020

What would you do if the cause that lights your day turned out to be trapping fellow citizens in the dark? . Appelbaum: When you're looking at clean energy and social justice, what drives what? . There should be a more level playing field with all sophisticated actors. Alec Appelbaum. Thu, 07/02/2020 - 01:15.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Let's stop predicting the future because we've proven we're incapable of doing it," Irwin said. Instead of asking, as part of our risk determination process, how likely something is to happen, we ask a more cerebral question, which is, if it did happen, could we manage it? That's a very different question.". Consider disclosure.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Fighting deforestation should be a top priority for 2021, and here’s how it can be. Here’s what we’re up against. But not a step change over what we have seen in previous years. We were hoping [2020] would be a big year for forests and nature." Heather Clancy. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:00.

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Michael Grossman

OCTOBER 2, 2023

I’m talking about a vehicle to give your audience a better understanding of what problem the company solves and why the audience should care. Since it’s rare for the founder of a startup to be a branding/marketing specialist, we tend to get less attention in the evolutionary chain.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

For more essays and articles by Shana Rapport, sign up for VERGE Weekly , one of our free newsletters. Just sayin’ — we know how to spot a rising star. Us youth are the ones who are being affected the most by climate change, and we need, as I say, all of our superpowers to fight it. Shana Rappaport. Thu, 02/11/2021 - 00:01.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

And while we have a long way to go, businesses are also stepping up in the fight for racial equity — some leading the pack, such as Starbucks , and beginning to integrate equitable strategies across their business, particularly in their climate solutions. What business can do about climate justice. political will.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

This article originally appeared on Circulate News. What once simply could be written off as a "negative externality" has financial implications and has to be central to business strategies. It is linear — we take materials from the planet, make products from them and eventually throw them away. James Woolven.

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GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

What makes Al Gore hopeful: Tech innovation, science-based targets and the racial 'awakening'. How can we be sure? Heather Clancy: Do you see any long-term changes emanating from the COVD-19 crisis that could help the world deliver a zero-carbon future? Heather Clancy. Wed, 07/22/2020 - 02:00. Who is responsible for emissions?

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

And below, we provide memories of Bruce from many of his friends and collaborators in the sustainability community. In the course of a business career, you meet colleagues who are smart, or kind, or just really good at what they do. Bruce Klafter was all of those things. . I first met Bruce in 2007.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

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. We also considered the role of young leaders from the private and public sectors in this essential transformation. Oliver Camp.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

What’s up in the worlds of the 120 alumni from past lists? We reached out this spring to check in, asking those inclined to weigh in on how current events have changed their world views. We asked them to consider two questions: With the world turned upside down, what is your focus at work?

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

Because today’s stakeholders are fed up and armed with social media, and they will call a company out for greenwashing or an opportunistic antiracist tweet. After a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd last summer, the message from protestors in the streets was clear: We will no longer wait for justice.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 18, 2021

Vital reading, particularly in a year that should see Glasgow hosting the COP26 climate summit. If I had to give a prize for the best writing, it would go to "New York," but if the prize was for giving readers confidence that we can crack the climate challenge, I would choose "The Ministry." A New Year’s resolution for Bill Gates.

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GreenBiz

MAY 3, 2021

Last week, the cloud-based software company Salesforce notified its thousands of suppliers that it will include language in all future procurement contracts requiring them, among other things, to set science-based targets to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Because ultimately, we win when we all do better.”.

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GreenBiz

MAY 16, 2020

The above is an affiliate link and we may get a small commission if you purchase from the site. It is something we all contribute to and cannot just blame on enemy evildoers. All these factors surely make it easier for climate deniers to internally deny the risk and to convince others to do the same.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

But what if design teams seeking safer ingredients didn't have to know much about the molecules that comprise the stuff they're making? What if they had a handy menu that graded each chemical? We really saw this as a key to unlock in order to improve safe and circular chemistry. What's inside. Leaders on board. "We

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Private entities should think of themselves as community members and view local residents as political and economic partners. Yeampierre argued that waterfronts such as Sunset Park are where we need to start building for "climate adaptation, mitigation and resilience.". We need to be thinking big and locally," Yeampierre declared.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

She has contributed to law conferences, diplomatic events, and environmental summits as well as podcasts, interviews and articles for publications and broadcasters ranging from TIME Magazine to the New York Times and from The Guardian to the BBC. What she realized was that the aspect that protects our rights is actually criminal law.

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GreenBiz

MAY 29, 2020

Here’s the first thing to understand about the concept of Absolute Zero as it applies to corporate climate action: It’s not all about you, and it’s not all about reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit global temperature increases to below 1.5 But those that can should try, according to the speakers on this month's webcast. "In

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Calling all stakeholders. We don't want to talk about human rights or clean air or worker safety or how the mine is going to be cleaned up. We don't want them traded off against each other anymore.". We will prioritize things differently, and it could allow us to get the scale of adoption [of the standard] much faster.".

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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. So why do so many in business still feel that sustainability doesn’t “pencil out”?

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Andrew Winston

MAY 26, 2022

We’re finding ourselves back in the “what’s the shareholder value of it?” Some variation in how we talk about all of this is helpful, but we also need some common language that’s both relatively easy to comprehend and interesting. The Investment Community Embraces ESG.

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Charged

APRIL 6, 2023

Eric Starkloff: We have broad-based technologies that serve many things related to electrical and mechanical engineering, so automotive has always been a segment for us for the long history of the company. About five or six years ago, we started transitioning our strategy as a company to be more application-oriented.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 8, 2021

This is not lab grown meat; we actually use ancient techniques to make modern foods. If the sourcing is done carefully, fake fish also should be devoid of the mercury and microplastics that can stem from ocean plastic pollution. Plant-based seafoods are spawning in the freezers and aisles of mainstream stores.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Rarely do we see decades’ worth of experience combined with a mindset of innovation, but SLB’s GeothermEx is proof that the combination exists and that it is an essential component to remaining relevant in a constantly evolving geothermal industry. This article presents Part 1 of our interview.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 21, 2020

It’s seems like we’re seeing hype every week with regard to the two major plant-based meat companies: Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat. What is the problem and why is it a big deal to solve? What is the problem and why is it a big deal to solve? This is a good thing or else we’d be freezing.

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Grist

MARCH 27, 2024

“It’s because we have these really strict regulations on keeping temperature and relative humidity at certain levels in the name of preserving the collections,” said Caitlin Southwick, a former art conservator who now runs an organization called Ki Culture that helps museums transition to more sustainable practices.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2021

(The company got that figure by using the distance between meeting hosts and participants for each meeting it hosted; not counting audio-only calls.). And, just as important: What actions can or should a company take to mitigate the impact of emissions associated with remote offices? Sponsored Article. Carbon Removal.

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Grist

JULY 17, 2023

A fungus called batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, or Bd, has wiped out more than 200 species of frogs and other amphibians. Fungi are now coming for the Cavendish, the banana we bred to replace the bananas we lost. What overarching story were you trying to tell? How are all of these things connected?

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

As of March 2021, it had paid $16m to square things up. The 'equality' core value has also driven Salesforce to speak out against what is considered to be discriminatory legislation. Culture is about two things, sometimes we only look at one thing. You don't buy the norm, you build the norm in the culture.

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Grist

MAY 4, 2021

She and her colleagues followed all the conventional advice about what to say, but something felt off. Listening to them present steps of what he should have done to protect his home from fire had been traumatizing. Her rigorous academic training had not prepared her for this — and maybe it had made things worse.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JANUARY 10, 2023

More than ever, we need geographically wider, more diverse, and more inclusive content voices as we fight an ever-worsening climate crisis and an insatiable demand for animal protein. Article after article decries the death of the category, as swiftly as they welcomed the plant-based product boom a mere 24-36 months ago.

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Charged

AUGUST 2, 2023

Unlike individual car owners, fleet operators know exactly how many miles their vehicles travel, and they aren’t likely to be swayed by questions of styling or coolness factors—if you can demonstrate that an EV will save them money, then you should be able to make a sale. In the real world, things haven’t been that simple.

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Low Impact

JUNE 13, 2021

In part 1 we talked about what the future might hold for humanity, and here we talk about what our responses might be. The things they were worried about then are happening now. I guess our task is to help get things in place that can catch people if everything does fall over. I don’t think so.

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