GreenBiz

APRIL 21, 2021

In any other situation, if you were an investor, you want to talk about a healthcare concern, you'd hire a consultant or somebody who's got healthcare training," he said. Why not use that same strategy when you're talking about ESG and racial equity?". Finance & Investing. Social Justice. Diversity and Inclusion. GreenFin 21.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 20, 2022

We have been thinking about this topic a lot at Evoqua, and we see three big macrotrends – climate and water risk, health and safety and connectivity. Whether they are from the microelectronics industry, food and beverage, healthcare or power, company needs are different but many of the challenges they face are the same.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Astorga explained how during the pandemic, Zoetis looked for ways it could help people struggling outside the company and support healthcare workers. According to Kwik Lok’s 2020 Corporate Social Responsibility report , the company covered 100 percent of health insurance costs in the U.S. during COVID-19 and nearly one-third of U.S.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 11, 2021

Or as Karp reminded me, "You can’t achieve women’s equality without access to water, education, healthcare, capital, broadband, etc. We need to impact the entire system.". Pull Quote. For years, companies have struggled to report on their social impact in a financially meaningful way. That's changing. Finance & Investing.

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Grist

APRIL 19, 2024

In Oakland, California, Dr. Cierra Gromoff has a lot of experience with families on Medicaid, and she says the pressure on them and their healthcare providers is real “There are these already incredibly marginalized groups of kids facing other insurmountable things,” she said. These are small steps you can take.”

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

Current management practices harm employee engagement and job performance, Pfeffer says, and they increase employee turnover and healthcare costs. There’s even more at stake. To solve global, complex challenges like the climate emergency, racial injustice and species extinction, we must be adaptive leaders. We need to be mindful. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

MAY 15, 2020

As engineer Gregory Hudson notes in his article " Ventilation Strategies for Healthcare Facilities ," "Appropriate ventilation, when properly applied and designed, can limit the spread of airborne pathogens throughout a healthcare facility.". Yes, energy is important, but the concept of 'green building' includes healthy people as well.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 24, 2020

Indeed, the pandemic response is being financed in part through bonds designed to fund development of vaccines or treatments, support healthcare systems fighting the outbreak or provide relief efforts, such as for cities and counties facing budgetary challenges due to lost revenues and emergency spending. Finance & Investing. Featured Column.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 22, 2021

Writing in On Air Quality Professor Hugh Coe says: “Addressing poor air is central to meeting many sustainable development goals and should be embedded in future urban planning and public healthcare policy.”. Currently the UK has an opportunity to lead on tackling a global problem.

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GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2021

Ping An Good Doctor has created a healthcare ecosystem in China that champions telemedicine innovations. Ecosystems of patients, providers and payors are moving online not only to respond to the pandemic but to improve health outcomes across the board. Pull Quote. Corporate Strategy. Sustainable Development Goals / SDGs.

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GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

These are the people that provide us healthcare, transport, agricultural products and the list goes on.". People in lower paid jobs "have disproportionately paid for this crisis and yet these are the people that we need the most," he said. What COVID has done is a few things that we weren’t really able to get across until then. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Now, with climate change, come scorching hot temperatures during the summer months which bring additional challenges to healthcare systems that already operate under great pressure due to the pandemic. It also has highlighted the stress we put on the environment and in many places greatly increased inequality — including the response to heat.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 19, 2020

taylor flores Tue, 05/19/2020 – 09:49 Sarah Golden Senior Energy Analyst & VERGE Energy Chair GreenBiz Group @sbgolden Joe Bialowitz Head of Sustainable Healthcare ENGIE Impact gbz_webcast_date Tue, 06/16/2020 – 10:00 – Tue, 06/16/2020 – 11:00.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The social infrastructure that has left many millions without access to healthcare in the middle of a major pandemic certainly threatens global stability. We could talk about why we haven’t acted, but the real question is about what we will do going forward: How will we provoke the world into attacking carbon as it has the virus? Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

But look for future updates and essays on this topic, such as the one digitally penned recently by Jarami Bond (named in 2017). COVID-19 will definitely change the world, and I truly hope that this will bring a new priority for sustainability topics. Jessica Artioli Centurião ( 2018 ). Corporate Strategy. Collective Insight.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 12, 2021

Despite being in a global pandemic, essential low-wage workers, healthcare providers, knowledge workers and many others have continued to work. What’s in store for the future of commuting? Marian Jones. Tue, 01/12/2021 - 01:00. However, since the start of lockdowns in March 2020, some 42 percent of the U.S. Transportation & Mobility.

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Better Ventures

APRIL 13, 2021

A $16 Trillion Problem Behavioral healthcare is neglected worldwide. Source: The Economist So we are all “going crazy” if we continue to stigmatize behavioral healthcare and people go untreated. There is a perverse comorbidity cycle playing out in healthcare. A two week wait to see your therapist won’t do. Hallelujah!

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

Later this year, the developer intends to build a plant in California to make hydrogen from waste for transportation fuel or for the power grid; it is negotiating with a healthcare provider to supply the trash. It will start by making transportation fuel from wastewater sludge, then add plastics, according to the company. . locations in 2021.

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Green Market Oracle

APRIL 21, 2020

SRI welcomes all timely, topical, and relevant suggestions with a clear connection to investing to drive change through SRI and ESG. This can include topics like the future of healthcare, public policy, industry, the environment, cities and communities, food and land use, space, and privacy.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

Reducing the pollution and toxic emissions that come from the open burning of plastic waste would lower healthcare costs, while reducing fossil fuel use for plastic production would help mitigate climate change and its associated costs. A long-term view is key, as are short-term incentives to drive the change. Circular Economy.

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GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2020

Today, we have the opportunity to advocate for equity — in healthcare and access to resources. Shifting focus: During times of crisis we get a glimpse of the next emerging issue and how companies can impact for the long term. Following the financial crisis, we focused on more corporate transparency and accountability. Contributors.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 12, 2020

With healthcare professionals advising “social distancing,” we are all keeping physically distant from others, even as states begin to reopen. We have to think about fighting this virus as a team effort, not as something that just healthcare professionals can do. Think about the resources you have that might help others.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 13, 2021

The Nancy Hale Fellows Program is a full-time, 12-month program that comes with a $55,000 annual stipend and two weeks paid vacation, plus healthcare and benefits. 55,000 annual stipend and two weeks paid vacation, plus healthcare and benefits. The Fellow will report to the Senior Policy Advisor for Climate and Energy. Fellowship Info.

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Front And Centered

APRIL 26, 2024

I also want to say that I am in no way an expert, and that I’m writing on this topic as an able-bodied person, so you should view what I’m about to write within that context. What I do want to talk about is disability justice—and in particular, a few of the many ways that it intersects with climate and environmental justice.

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

It is about amplifying the voices and leaders that have been fighting for clean energy, civil rights and equitable healthcare for decades. Sustainable finance is an opportunity to give our counterparts in the social sector the financial support they've needed for decades. Finance & Investing. GreenFin 21. Emerging Leaders.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2021

This ranks 250 of the world's largest fashion brands and retailers against 220 indicators, covering topics from animal welfare and climate, to forced labour, gender equality, supplier disclosure, and waste and recycling. Headline results confirmed our current thinking on this sector: while improvements are evident, there is much to be done.

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Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2020

By tracking trends in regulation across topics and sectors, we can help identify companies facing bigger risks. An increasing number of workers are in casual or "gig" economy roles without benefits such as paid sick leave, healthcare or retirement provision. Employee protection: Supporting vulnerable workers.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 14, 2019

SF Environment is also a great place to work, offering an attractive benefits package that includes healthcare and retirement. SF Chronicle, etc): · Track media featuring the Department or key topic areas important to the Department. Oversee the Department’s media monitoring service and media subscriptions (e.g.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 2, 2020

Topics Forestry COVID-19 Equity & Inclusion Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere) Off Duration 0 Sponsored Article Off. Pull Quote Tribal people living in the Amazon Basin have been made even more vulnerable to the virus by the recent uptick in deforestation.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 14, 2019

SF Environment is also a great place to work, offering an attractive benefits package that includes healthcare and retirement. SF Chronicle, etc): · Track media featuring the Department or key topic areas important to the Department. Oversee the Department’s media monitoring service and media subscriptions (e.g.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 1, 2021

And it was precisely this topic which several experts sought to navigate throughout yesterday's various discussions and speeches. "[The People are worried about healthcare, jobs, money and we have a ridiculous proportion of people living in poverty.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Climate change and healthcare (53:45) . What's the emissions profile of the powerful healthcare sector? Maria Mendiluce, CEO of the We Mean Business Coalition, chats about signs of progress, the power of alliances and how companies can improve disclosure without engaging in greenwashing. . How should training evolve? Contributors.

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GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

I mean, they are much more likely to be downwind from the smokestacks and downstream from the hazardous waste flows, but they also have much less access to quality healthcare. Their housing, by and large, is not the same. They don’t have the Zoom-able jobs like we do right now on average. Incomes, I mean, it takes 11.5 Climate Change.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 6, 2020

In recent weeks and months, as many of us have “sheltered in place” in the face of a global pandemic, each of us has come to grips with a valuable reminder of what’s truly important: family, friends and colleagues; security and safety; food and water; healthcare. For some of us, that includes our work.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 21, 2021

“In any other situation, if you were an investor, you want to talk about a healthcare concern, you’d hire a consultant or somebody who’s got healthcare training,” he said. “Why not use that same strategy when you’re talking about ESG and racial equity?”

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Better Ventures

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

That said, a meta-analysis of 2,200 studies (the most comprehensive study on the topic to date) provides strong evidential support that companies focused on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) outperform the market, with 63% of the studies indicating outperformance, while only 8% showed underperformance.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 20, 2021

SF Environment is also a great place to work, offering an attractive benefits package that includes healthcare and retirement. We’re a passionate, mission-driven team that values credibility, collaboration, impact, innovation and equity. SF Environment Statement on Racial Equity.

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