Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 21, 2021

This measurement of performance includes three areas: people, profit, and planet. So, while businesses must be profitable in order to survive, for them to be sustainable they need to equally consider the other two priorities of people (all stakeholders in and outside the company) and the planet. Evolution of Sustainable Marketing.

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2021

Smart Energy GB and Energy Saving Trust reveal five simple energy saving actions that will help small business owners in the retail sector to cut down on their environmental impact. For example getting a smart meter installed could help small business owners cut down on their environmental impact and save a bit of money to boot.

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Greenability Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

If you’re reading this, climate change is probably one of them, and with one-third of students choosing to live on campus, dorm life can have a big impact on the health of our planet. If just one in 10 students adopted energy-saving practices, we could avoid millions of pounds of climate-warming carbon pollution. Save the Food.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 15, 2022

Straw is both a cheap and durable way to insulate a home. It is extremely durable and a great way to keep materials out of landfills and find a practical use for them. Solar power is the most practical way for a home or business to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels and help the planet. Solar Power. Double Pane Windows.

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Grist

JULY 15, 2021

We talk so much about the supreme challenge of reducing emissions — something that already requires transitioning our entire economy away from the burning of fossil fuels, adapting to existing climate threats, and doing all that in a way that at the very least doesn’t add to the burdens of already marginalized communities.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 15, 2022

Straw is both a cheap and durable way to insulate a home. It is extremely durable and a great way to keep materials out of landfills and find a practical use for them. Solar power is the most practical way for a home or business to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels and help the planet. Solar Power. Double Pane Windows.

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Grist

JANUARY 24, 2020

Each tipping elements, researchers say, can be triggered by one or more “social tipping interventions” (regrettably abbreviated to “STIs”) — smaller changes that pave the way for societal transformation. People need to know how their actions affect the planet. The next two can be achieved in 5 to 10 years.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

But as the planet continues to warm, there’s no way around one bedeviling fact: We’re going to need more air conditioning to keep many areas habitable and save lives in the face of rising temperatures. Air conditioning alone accounts for about 10 percent of global electricity use today.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Whether you are a well-established firm or a start-up, green business certification is a must for any company committed to the welfare of people and the planet. GBB’s forward-thinking certification program enhances your credibility and paves the way for long-term positive impact and rewards. MEASURE YOUR RESULTS AND SAVINGS.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

You’ll learn what a sustainability program is and how to create an effective one in 10 easy steps. How To Develop Your Sustainability Program In 10 Steps . Green Business Bureau has defined 10 steps you can follow to help you develop your sustainability program (plus its constituent sustainable plans). Is it hazardous?

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Business Green

MAY 17, 2022

But this is fundamentally a misreading of where we are not just as a planet, but also as investors. Because, without investment in nascent technology areas, we won't achieve the breakthrough innovations that are needed if we are to achieve our climate goals, save life on earth - and generate superior financial returns.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 9, 2021

In fact, observers have pointed to the ways that the deal shifts costs to the government of Guyana, as part of the reason that the so-called “breakeven” price of the cost of a barrel of oil from Guyana is below $30 a barrel. degrees at a minimum,” CIEL’s Reisch told DeSmog. Double the Risks”.

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2023

The Energy Bill Relief Scheme is already on its way out. There was a degree of relief that some form of support would continue and that several energy intensive industries can expect more generous discounts on their energy bills. How will the new scheme impact businesses? The reforms drew a decidedly mixed response.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

We are approaching that critical turning point - in less than two months - when we must show that we are capable of learning, and maturing, and finally taking responsibility for the destruction we are inflicting, not just upon our planet but ourselves. degrees or more by the end of the century. It is time for humanity to grow up.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

The government said its plans for a 'world-leading' ZEV Mandate would pave the way for the UK's 2030 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by requiring manufacturers to produce a rising share of ZEV models. per cent annual interest so as to maintain the carbon savings promised through the policy.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

An intense heatwave in India and Pakistan, which started in March and persisted into May, led to 90 deaths and an estimated 10 to 35 percent reduction in crop yields in three Indian states. A new analysis led by Zachariah also found that the UK heatwave in July was made at least 10 times more likely by climate change.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

As the world's two biggest economies and emitters, the USA and China have particular responsibility for making such a "historic" Pact a reality, said Guterres, as he called on the two superpowers to come together in the mutual interests of the planet, despite their political differences. "It Sunak also met with Kenya's new President H.E.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Reporting on environmental, social and governance (ESG) is an up-and-coming way for companies to prove that they have a positive impact on society and the planet. A second way ESG can drive financial results is by increasing employee quality and productivity. What is ESG? resource use, pollution), Social (i.e.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Climate experts have accused governments of overseeing a "massive credibility, action and commitment gap" at COP26, warning that even with the latest flurry of eye-catching pledges made in Glasgow, the planet is still likely on course for at least 2.4C of warming by the end of the century. of warming by the end of the century.

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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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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 7, 2020

But there are many other ways industrial and agricultural operations harm the planet. But the high degree of rainfall in the area produces intense agricultural runoff into the ocean near the reef. ” HSBC’s climate commitments include investing at least $750 billion in sustainable financing over the next 10 years.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Using Sustainability OKRs is one way to ensure your company is making real progress in its sustainability performance because this strategy is based on measurability. The benefits of using sustainability OKRs range from company savings to employee morale. Creates a way for companies and employees to hold each other accountable.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Executive Summary: Pricing Mechanisms: Pricing carbon is the most economically efficient way to reduce carbon emissions because the marketplace is more flexible and entrepreneurial than government programs. Conservation measures are often easy, generally have no upfront capital costs, and save businesses and consumers money.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

A spokesperson for the Mayor of London told DeSmog: “The Mayor has always said that expanding the ULEZ to the whole of London was a difficult decision, but the right thing to do is to save lives and protect children’s lungs by cleaning up our polluted air and helping to fight the climate crisis.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Mon, 10/12/2020 - 01:30. As a result, carbon dioxide (CO2) and other emissions have risen dramatically since the industrial revolution, presenting a daunting array of challenges for people, planet and prosperity. Effective risk management is often a function of the degree of control or influence a company has over the risk.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In Beck’s mind, too , forwarding-thinking companies should look at natural resources not just as consumables but as recyclable goods, and then design systems and products in a way that eliminates waste. Ecolab says it helped its customers save enough water in 2018 equivalent to the needs of 600 million people.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

The intensifying storms, flooding, sea level rise, heatwaves, wildfires, and drought that are on the way could prove hugely challenging to the global economy, or they could prove genuinely catastrophic - the emissions pathway the world opts for will likely determine which scenario plays out. degrees and rising. We are already at 1.2

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2020

I remember listening to Sir David King discussing climate change on the radio when he was chief scientific advisor to the government and realising how big a threat this represented to the planet and our way of living. Where would you like to be in 10 years' time? How do you unwind after a long day helping to save the planet?

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 17, 2022

Sustainable coffee shops: Balancing business with protecting the planet. Hence, sustainable coffee shops are not only good for our planet, but they’re also blatantly good business. They also don’t waste energy as heat, which not only saves energy but is also much safer for your coffee shop, minimizing the risk of fires.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Few people would relish following a man held in such monumental regard up on stage, and Attenborough's words certainly laid down the gauntlet by spelling out precisely what is at stake for the planet and the global economy at this year's crucial UN climate change summit. Our planet is swaddled in a great tea-cosy of the stuff.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Recent projections warn that Arctic summers could be nearly ice-free in 10 to 40 years. Serious ice loss means sea levels rise, more heat is absorbed by the ocean and planet, and weather and ocean currents could change. In one field test, the material increased reflectivity by 15 to 20 percent. Simulations showed a potential 1.5

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Records show that they began to plot ways to deceive the public and undermine policies, and in 1989 they created a coalition of American companies to fight policies and deny that climate change was real. They’re like, “If we keep going the way we are, then it’ll be catastrophic for some people in the world.” Document 10: 1988.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

However, in an exclusive interview, she tells Areti Ntaradimou how she believes Europe can successfully save energy, boost renewables and still deliver a ‘just transition’. Energy savings are the quickest and cheapest way to address the current energy crisis and we have also proposed to increase our ambition in this area.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2021

Meeting the new goal would move the UK more than three quarters of the way to delivering on its overarching target of building a net zero emission economy by 2050, cementing the UK's position as the industrialised economy to deliver the fastest decarbonisation trajectory in the process. "The We must collectively keep 1.5

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Business Green

DECEMBER 12, 2020

In a notable ramp up in rhetoric from the UN's top diplomat, Guterres reiterated demands for all countries to raise their climate commitments in support of the Paris Agreement ahead of COP26, as he called for urgent action over the next decade to "stop the assault on our planet". "If

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Since these beginnings, the B Corp movement has come a long way. Academia When B Lab first published the B Corp Certification requirements, there were 10-20 schools that participated. These statistics are concerning, as according to Gallup, a 10% employee turnover rate is optimal. ” Where is the B Corp movement today?

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 9, 2020

It’s great how WCS is about different topics coming together under the same goal of helping the planet get healthy. To me – Yoga has been a saving grace for my health and connecting me back to my own spirituality. By way of background, Earth Rides’ is a service that is offering electric vehicle rides for pay.).

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