GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

June 22 marked the publication of the fifth annual GreenBiz 30 Under 30 , our report celebrating rising young professionals in the field of corporate sustainability. . We reached out this spring to check in, asking those inclined to weigh in on how current events have changed their world views. Mon, 06/29/2020 - 02:30.

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Sustainability Health Carbon-negative Innovation 499

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Hard truths about tough times. Back in the day, I had a reputation as someone who always offered to my team a positive interpretation or hopeful outcome to supposed bad news. In fact, I didn’t realize I was doing it until a senior engineer on my team told me, "You’re always so [expletive deleted] positive, it makes me want to puke." .

Climate change 242

Climate change Health Politics Innovation 242

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The Biodiversity Benchmark , developed in partnership with The Biodiversity Consultancy and Conservation International and supported by Sappi, will enable companies to understand their impacts and dependencies on nature in their materials sourcing strategies, chart a pathway to delivering positive biodiversity outcomes, and benchmark their progress.

Biodiversity 480

Biodiversity Fashion Soil Climate change 480

Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 4, 2022

Net zero” has become one of the main buzzwords with nearly every company and governmental association nowadays expressing commitments to achieve net zero. However, current net zero plans fall short of what is required to stop the effects of global warming, leading one to question whether net zero is truly the optimal solution.

Carbon-neutral 147

Carbon-neutral Carbon-negative Carbon Global warming 147

Green Business Bureau

JULY 15, 2022

Sustainable manufacturing as a strategic approach for factories and warehouses. The pressure mounts for manufacturers to step up and use the principles of sustainable manufacturing. With this in mind, manufacturing organizations need to realize the environmental impact of their operations, to create sustainable manufacturing processes.

Sustainability 147

Sustainability Waste Waste Packaging 147

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Seasoned observers fear that growing calls for a bolder and more ambitious global policy framework are continuing to founder on the rocks of vested interests and short-term cost concerns. . Bennett also argued the total decarbonization of the shipping sector ultimately would rely on technological innovation.

Carbon-negative 479

Carbon-negative Transportation Carbon Fossil fuels 479

Smart Energy International

APRIL 23, 2024

Africa may be the home of one-fifth of the global population, but the continent only receives 3% of the global energy investment. At the 26th World Energy Congress in Rotterdam, this turned out to be a prominent talking point. And that gap needs to be realigned for us to see less people not having access to energy.”

Africa 59

Africa Investment Energy Energy 59

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 11, 2021

Sustainable Business Success: Avoid the Common Mistakes. Creating a sustainable and socially responsible business starts at the top, with the CEO and leadership team. But to be a great company today, profit alone is no longer enough. Mistake #1: Missing The Relevancy Of Sustainability to Your Business.

Sustainability 145

Sustainability Organic Waste Waste 145

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 27, 2021

Lucy Victoria Desai, a writer for Northern Powergrid who specialises in sustainability, business, and innovation, appraises the potential and practicalities of wind energy. Now that the world has placed a greater focus on the effects we have on the environment, finding more environmentally friendly ways to source our energy is vital.

Energy 130

Energy Energy Wind power Fossil fuels 130

Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

You therefore hear people talking about reducing carbon footprints on the environment. One of the ways of doing this is by reducing the emission of greenhouse gases. Fossil diesel or fuel is one of the things that emit greenhouse gases and because of that, there has been a lot of advocacies against its use.

Carbon-negative 89

Carbon-negative Hydrogen Policy Electric vehicle 89

Green Business Bureau

JULY 13, 2020

This technology, whether it’s hardware or software, can be used in a more sustainable way or be applied to enable more sustainable ways of doing things. Green IT starts with using more eco-friendly equipment and providing IT services in a more sustainable way. This is often referred to as Green IT.

Sustainability 147

Sustainability Technology Recycling Recycling 147

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 11, 2021

Sustainable Business Success: Avoid the Common Mistakes. Creating a sustainable and socially responsible business starts at the top, with the CEO and leadership team. But to be a great company today, profit alone is no longer enough. Mistake #1: Missing The Relevancy Of Sustainability to Your Business.

Sustainability 123

Sustainability Organic Waste Waste 123

Low Impact

DECEMBER 20, 2020

This is the third in a series of interviews that will accompany a book I’m writing , that will be published by Chelsea Green – an employee-owned company, and part of the new economy that book is describing, built around a mutual credit core. I get asked a lot of questions about this – about saving and buying houses especially.

Building Energy Monitoring 135

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Investment Business Energy Monitoring 135

Grist

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Many people don’t understand key terms experts use to talk about climate change, according to a recent study from researchers affiliated with the United Nations Foundation and the University of Southern California. If they don’t understand what you’re trying to tell them, you could be missing an opportunity to make a difference.”.

Climate change 136

Climate change Carbon-neutral Carbon-negative Carbon 136

Low Impact

APRIL 18, 2021

I’d like to introduce Will Ruddick, who set up the Grassroots Economics Foundation in Kenya around ten years ago, that runs a very successful mutual credit network (called the Sarafu Network) there. And regular usage – about 2000 active traders per week. And in Kenya – about $2.5 It just wasn’t there. Hello Will.

Africa 95

Africa Blockchain Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 95

Terra Infirma

JULY 12, 2019

Mrs K, aka Professor Karen Johnson, has appeared as a talking head in a Guardian video about soil health (see above). She’s super excited getting soil health some publicity and wanted my help with sharing it on social media. For more on Green Jujitsu, download our white paper here! Soil fetishists. Love that.

Sustainability 40

Sustainability Soil Health 40

Andrew Winston

MAY 4, 2022

This is another in the realm of the “business case” for sustainability (within a corporation for its own capital and investment decisions, not as an investment thesis for investors). I admit to being very tired of making the business case at all, andI get some question like “does it pay?” ” every day.

Investment 147

Investment Sustainability Carbon-negative Fossil fuels 147

Business Green

OCTOBER 13, 2021

COP26 presents a massive greenwashing risk - companies must be sure the claims they make ahead of the summit are credible, writes Given's James Edney. COP26 has pushed sustainability firmly up the corporate agenda. Now is the opportunity for increased, more meaningful table time with the leadership team and the moment must be seized.

Sustainability 51

Sustainability Energy Energy 51

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 23, 2022

Sustainable Commercial Landscaping and Lawn Care. Lawncare and landscaping businesses that are eco-friendly and practice sustainability are realizing real benefits including cost savings, new customers, and sales growth. Customers Are Demanding Sustainability. How Do Landscapers Negatively Impact the Environment.

Business Energy Monitoring 78

Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Sustainability 78

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2022

As a consumer, do you consistently believe the products you purchase are as green as they are advertised to be? To compound this concern, the report also indicates that 81% of consumers think this lack of trust could be a deal-breaker in their purchase decisions. but perceived as being unfounded or intentionally misleading.”.

Sustainability 147

Sustainability Packaging Recycling Recycling 147

Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 10, 2023

Now the CEO of Rubi Laboratories , Mashouf wants to clean up the industrial sector and create processes that harness the powerful systems of the natural world to create a sustainable manufacturing ecosystem. Read more about the industry’s footprint in our sustainable fashion deep dive ]. What to watch Grab a partner.

Building Energy Monitoring 86

Building Energy Monitoring Fashion Business Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 86

Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The IPCC report is genuinely terrifying and Russia's attack on Ukraine has revealed the complacency contained in suggestions worst case climate scenarios can be definitively ruled out - the only good news is that the world knows what needs to be done and has the tools to do it. I mean, when you think about it.".

Global warming 101

Global warming Climate change Resilience South America 101

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2020

Flood risk management therefore focused on measures to protect communities and industry in affected areas. However, flood risk is now addressed on a wider catchment scale so that initiatives in one part of a catchment do not have negative effects further downstream. Conveyance.

Energy Monitor 205

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Soil 205

Low Impact

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Tucked away in the report is this: “The available NDCs of all 191 Parties taken together imply a sizable increase in global GHG emissions in 2030 compared to 2010, of about 16%”. Has there been any progress in reducing global carbon emissions since Paris in 2015? The Pope recently asked for radical decisions to be made at COP26.

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COP Carbon-negative Climate change Government 113

Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In Poland and Ukraine, key facilities on the energy map of the world were put into operation. Big projects and big steps – these will be the domain of Eastern European energy in the next decade. “Spectacular investments in Eastern Europe are the reason to be proud of us”, says Miros? awski, Electrum’s CEO.

Investment 127

Investment Europe Fossil fuels Ethics 127

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

At new and expanding facilities, from northern Europe to Pennsylvania and Louisiana , Shell is suggesting that more chemical and plastics manufacturing can help usher in environmental solutions , sustainability , and even diversity. Shell agreed to fund their relocation in 2002 — but Hawkins’ family was one of the few who decided to stay.

Sustainability 93

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels 93

Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The move to bring together many of the world's top investors in support of the net zero transition has quickly emerged as a 'gold standard' for how to drive climate action, but how did it come about and what will it do next? 2050 can seem a long way off - many of us will be retired," he reflects. I thought this was a fantastic idea.".

Carbon-negative 99

Carbon-negative Carbon Investment Climate change 99

Business Green

APRIL 28, 2021

PR boss gives BusinessGreen his take on net zero, COP26, and ‘greenwashing' as Freuds scoops prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise for its commitment to sustainable development. Fast forward a couple decades and the world looks very different.

Carbon-negative 56

Carbon-negative Sustainability Climate change Government 56

GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

How 12 Emerging Leaders are embarking on sustainability career journeys. In early February, more than 1,200 sustainability professionals gathered online for GreenBiz 21. From marketing to engineering, the GreenBiz 21 Emerging Leaders represent a variety of professions in the sustainability field. Deonna Anderson.

Sustainability 409

Sustainability Plastics Innovation Education 409

DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

DeSmog analysed examples of more than 100 influencers being paid to promote fossil fuel firms worldwide since 2017, from the US to Malaysia, in campaigns that have reached billions of people. While there’s more knowledge in general around climate change and the harms of fossil fuels, I think that people have a lot of trust in creators.

Fossil fuels 93

Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral Pollution Carbon-negative 93

Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2022

Meanwhile, academic studies have detailed how the emissions produced by clearing land and fertilising, farming, and shipping many 'energy crops' can be almost as large, and in some cases larger, than the emissions resulting from the fossil fuels they are designed to replace.

Aviation 68

Aviation Fossil fuels Waste Waste 68

DeSmogBlog

JULY 28, 2022

It’s the first such move at the county level in the state, one fracking opponents term a milestone in a state where the fracking industry almost always gets its way. The Allegheny County Council initially passed the measure on July 5 by an 11-4 vote. Activists concur that the effort has broad support. Taken March 2021.

Natural gas 86

Natural gas Politics Methane Organic 86

Business Green

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Joel Makower talks to the former Unilever boss about his new book, 'Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take'. An icon of sustainable business has a new book. At one of the WEF meetings that we had, so many companies wanted to hear the Unilever story. Does net positive help get us there?

Carbon-negative 40

Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Sustainability Climate change 40

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2022

As a consumer, do you consistently believe the products you purchase are as green as they are advertised to be? To compound this concern, the report also indicates that 81% of consumers think this lack of trust could be a deal-breaker in their purchase decisions. but perceived as being unfounded or intentionally misleading.”.

Sustainability 78

Sustainability Packaging Recycling Recycling 78

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Veteran sustainable food and farming experts welcomed the strategy as one that just might have a genuine shot at transforming the agriculture sector and result in better public health, contribute to ending the vertiginous decline of biodiversity, and lower greenhouse gas pollution. Big Ag’s Delay Tactics.

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Europe Sustainability Agriculture Biodiversity 93

Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 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 centre of the story itself. It is a big business.

Fossil fuels 73

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Politics Sustainability 73

AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

It’s time to speed up the sustainability shift Katie Thompson Levey Tue, 03/23/2021 – 01:45 “I am discovering a whole new respect for chief sustainability officers,” I texted the facilitator of Leading the Sustainability Transformation. Here are my lessons learned.

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Sustainability Climate change Innovation Demand 36