Business Green

MARCH 4, 2024

Lots of people have requested an extension to last year's deadline for their entries, so we've decided to extend the deadline for everyone and ensure we can celebrate as many fantastic green businesses and projects as possible.

Demand 49

Demand 49

Better Ventures

AUGUST 1, 2023

In our efforts to lead in this category, we’ve invested time and effort in both adopting standards for what we measure and aggregating numbers across companies so that we can report total impact on people and the planet. Let’s delve into the key highlights from this latest report. Read the full report here.

Fashion 52

Fashion Investment Organic Innovation 52

Grist

JUNE 1, 2022

Agatha rapidly intensified into a Category 2 hurricane off the coast of Mexico on Sunday and made landfall in the state of Oaxaca the next day. At least three people were killed. The torrential rains caused mudslides, blocking two highways in Oaxaca, and some towns lost power and telephone lines.

Climate change 138

Climate change Sustainability 138

GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2021

The numbers tell the story of this shift, and we’re thrilled that for many in the textile industry, The Textile Exchange’s Material Change Index (MCI) has been a big part of tracking changes and revealing their impacts. People and planet at the heart. ?Beyond Companies now have a materials mission. Committed to improvement, together.

Sustainability 480

Sustainability Recycling Recycling Climate change 480

Grist

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Dangerously dry conditions helped spark the deadly wildfires on Maui in August, where the historic town of Lahaina burned down and 115 people died. This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The planet just sizzled through the hottest summer on record on Sep 6, 2023.

Climate change 98

Climate change Fossil fuels Organic Energy 98

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 19, 2022

In Marcal’s case, it may have started as a legitimate fear that people wouldn’t buy household paper made of other people’s castoffs, even if it was just their sterilized junkmail. As far back as the 2000 publication of their book, The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World , Paul H.

Packaging 147

Packaging Real Estate Recycling Recycling 147

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The initialism “ ESG ” stands for “ E nvironmental, S ocial, and G overnance” Under each category there are a set of standards and goals an organization must meet to be compliant. However, ESG adds to the sustainable business model by specifying the standards to be met under each category. E : Environment. G : Governance.

Organic 78

Organic Ethics Government Sustainability 78

Grist

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This story is part of Record High , a Grist series examining extreme heat and its impact on how — and where — we live. Dangerously dry conditions helped spark the deadly wildfires on Maui in August, where the historic town of Lahaina burned down and 115 people died.

Climate change 70

Climate change Fossil fuels Cooling Organic 70

Grist

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Cooking a feast, whether it’s for two people or 20, can come with some stressful considerations. For even more, check out Saunders’ story on the emerging genre of climate cookbooks Before the feast “When I have family or friends coming into town, I end up cooking in two streams,” Saunders says. What to make?

Biodiversity 65

Biodiversity Waste Waste Health 65

Grist

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

This story was co-published with Native News Online. When that happens, people will be able to grow the blight-resistant trees without restriction. They were an important part of the varied diet that sustained Patterson’s ancestors for millennia; in return, people cared for groves of the trees across thousands of miles.

Biotechnology 141

Biotechnology Agriculture Government Technology 141

Michael Grossman

DECEMBER 12, 2021

One should not be viewed simply as an extension of the other, and in fact, “this is why I built it" and "this is why people buy it" often lead to conflict between the two disciplines. They were an entirely different category and marketed as such. Run With The Herd & You’ll Get Trampled.

HVAC 246

HVAC Startups Technology Construction 246

AFN Sustainable Protein

JANUARY 10, 2023

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. In the rest of the world (ROW), Asia particularly, it’s an entirely different story. That’s close to 5 billion people. Heck, it’s been a rough year. See: Beyond Meat’s terrible year.).

Asia 102

Asia Agriculture Demand Seafood 102

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Now advertising and public relations companies, it seems, are also feeling the pressure from the societal drive for a rapid net-zero transition — and it is posing difficult questions for an industry far more used to pushing messages from behind the scenes than being front and center of the story itself. Pull Quote.

Fossil fuels 468

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Sustainability Organic 468

Andrew Winston

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

That is, how we can we move sustainability into a category of things we just do in business — like safety, quality, investing in people, and so on. The year started with Amazon and Salesforce cutting 18,000 and 8,000 people , respectively, and sector momentum grew into the spring. Now He’s Speaking Out.”

Sustainability 78

Sustainability Packaging Fashion Demand 78

Better Ventures

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

This is the first in a series of posts on our investment themes, which will be followed by deeper dives into each of the three categories below. Several of our existing portfolio companies are mentioned, and we’re looking to add more in each of these categories as we get to work on Fund IV.

Investment 52

Investment Resilience Innovation Natural gas 52

Enervee

APRIL 9, 2019

The Efficiency Vermont Marketplace provides shoppers with a number of unique features not available elsewhere: An Enervee Score® showing how energy efficient a model is compared to other products in the same category, based on a 0–100 scale. Estimated energy bill savings over the life of the product, compared to typical, similar products.

Energy 60

Energy Energy Retail Sustainability 60

Better Ventures

AUGUST 20, 2020

Perhaps no category is better served by telemedicine than behavioral health. The first movers in behavioral telemedicine have done well, and the category is maturing. Shuni is focused on sleep therapy, and Prairie is focused on precision medication, initially for people with depression. Prairie Health?—?Precision

Health 52

Health Investment Startups Innovation 52

Enervee

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

By providing a one-stop-shop for those looking for energy-smart buys on a wide range of consumer product categories, Enervee’s newest utility partners are confident their customers will benefit from the actionable energy efficiency information provided by the online platform.

Energy 60

Energy Energy Retail Innovation 60

Grist

AUGUST 30, 2019

The powerful storm is expected to barrel into Florida and parts of Georgia this weekend, potentially as a Category 4 hurricane. Tuesday), there were a lot of worries that the weather system would directly hit Puerto Rico , where people are still recovering from the destruction wreaked by 2017’s Hurricane Maria.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Hundreds of homes have been flooded and more than 1,000 people rescued from the floodwaters. Our preoccupation with “hurricane” status leads people to underestimate the threat of tropical depressions like Imelda, he wrote on Forbes.com on Thursday. Who would have thought a “tropical depression” could be this terrible?

Climate change 105

Climate change Sustainability Energy Energy 105

Better Ventures

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

They often tell stories of how they’ve been personally impacted by the problems they’re seeking to solve, which fuels their drive to succeed. If most people are searching for meaning in their work, then companies that offer it should have a competitive advantage in attracting employees over those that don’t. Come join us!

Startups 52

Startups Investment Sustainability Biotech 52

Better Ventures

JUNE 6, 2020

The challenges run deep, and the solutions require innovative thinking around equal access to economic opportunity, healthcare, education, healthy food, financial services, and more to enable all people to thrive.

Investment 40

Investment Education Innovation 40

Business Green

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Winners were chosen from 15 finalists across five categories. The Republic of Costa Rica won in the Protect and Restore Nature category for its country-wide programme of paying local citizens and engaging indigenous communities to restore natural ecosystems. We know where this story is heading, and we must now write a different ending.

Waste 36

Waste Waste Innovation Recycled materials 36

Grist

AUGUST 2, 2023

“These are improvements that we’ve made to our existing community centers in order to ensure that they can be spaces where people can find respite during wildfire smoke events,” says Rachel Schulkin, public affairs manager for Seattle Parks & Recreation. have become addicted to checking weather apps.

Cooling 74

Cooling Pollution HVAC Education 74

Green Business Bureau

MAY 6, 2021

Over the past 25 years, despite numerous instances of political unrest, famine, and recession, the global workforce has seen significant improvements in the number of people living in global poverty. This highlighted how heavily billions of people rely on tourism and the need for consistent, reliable, diversified sources of income. .

Education 120

Education Sustainability Innovation Climate change 120

Enervee

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Eliminating barriers (market-based approach) delivers most savings According to Opinion Dynamics, the independent evaluator that conducted the study: The savings achieved in the non-rebated categories account for more than 70% of overall electricity savings and demand reductions?—?and, and, notably, this was done without incentives.

Energy 78

Energy Energy Retail Demand 78

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 3, 2022

People who are poor don’t have access to adequate shelter, don’t have access to the mobility that they need to either avoid the worst impacts or move elsewhere afterwards. NC : I think the one that would not be surprising to people would be consumption, that idea that the wealthy consume more. Is that right?

Climate change 95

Climate change Politics Policy Carbon 95

Better Ventures

APRIL 21, 2020

We talked at length about computational biology and why he sees it as an attractive category. Having made iconic investments in the category, like Zymergen And Recursion Pharma, Nan walked us through why computational biology is so promising and how it represents Obvious Ventures’ strategy in a microcosm. Mission Driven Podcast?—?Episode

Blockchain 52

Blockchain Investment Innovation Technology 52

Grist

JULY 18, 2019

That’s the silver lining many people seemed to cling to in the wake of Hurricane Barry (quickly downgraded to Tropical Storm Barry), which made landfall in Louisiana on Saturday. million people, while 1.25 People can also take individual precautions when it’s really coming down outside. At least it wasn’t another Katrina.

Stormwater 102

Stormwater Climate change Global warming Soil 102

Grist

JULY 19, 2023

Giving a name to an extreme weather event makes it easier to remember, easier to report on and communicate about, and research has suggested that it makes people more likely to take precautions. Seville’s system ranks heat waves on a scale from 1 to 3, with 3 being the most severe. He appreciates it, I think. So are solutions.

Cooling 80

Cooling Organic Climate change Europe 80

Enervee

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Seventy-five percent of people who click to our aggregator partner TRUECar are seeking dealer offers for electric vehicles. …and Seamless integration between SCE Cars and SCE Marketplace charger category Among survey respondents who bought an EV (and applied for an EV reward), 31% used the utility Marketplace to shop for an EV charger.

Electric vehicle 60

Electric vehicle Electricity Innovation Organic 60

Front And Centered

DECEMBER 3, 2020

It contains 26 policy recommendations spanning four categories on how state agencies can incorporate EJ into their responsibilities. Prioritize awards of State contracts for environmental investments to enterprises owned by people of color, women, and veterans, and those that have high labor standards and value workers’ health and safety.

Health 98

Health Policy Organic Law 98

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

O’Grady talked to Inhabitat about how she started this unusual business and why people have responded in such an overwhelmingly positive way. I wanted to help remove barriers for people who wanted to show up, but for whatever reason weren’t getting there. Any special stories you can share?

Waste 36

Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 36

Better Ventures

APRIL 13, 2021

How technology will enable a new wave of startup companies to make tele-behavioral health better than in-person therapy There’s an old story in technology circles about how at the dawn of television, people didn’t know what to do with it, so they basically put a radio show on television. Image Credit: CBS and HBO.

Health 52

Health Startups Building Energy Monitoring Technology 52

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Another crew member told News 10 that he believes people were left on board the vessel and left in harm’s way for no other reason than the expense of removing them and bringing them back once operations were ready to continue,” KLFY reported. On Sunday night, after Ida made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane, Noble Corp.

Packaging 91

Packaging Sustainability Energy Energy 91

AGreenLiving

AUGUST 25, 2021

As every day brings us new stories of climate-related horror, there’s never been a better time to be old. “Children and young people need to be recognized as the rightful heirs of this planet that we all share,” Fore told The Guardian. Via Common Dreams Lead image via Pixabay.

Climate change 28

Climate change Pollution Policy Carbon 28

Enervee

APRIL 4, 2019

For all other categories, market transformation approaches that tackle underlying behavioral and market barriers are needed to scale savings cost effectively. The Marketplace webpage provides customers efficiency scores for both rebated and non-rebated product categories. Efficient markets. No incentives needed.

Energy 60

Energy Energy Technology Government 60