GreenBiz

JANUARY 23, 2023

For all that those 12 months threw at us — a still-raging pandemic, a global economic downturn, major supply-chain chokepoints, political upheavals, climate exacerbated natural disasters and a global energy crisis spurred by Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine — there’s no turning back for sustainability professionals.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Date/Time: January 24, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT) The sustainable business world enters 2022 flying high, as the world focuses with increasing urgency on many of its core issues: sustainable finance, the circular economy, clean energy, climate tech and more.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Why corporate partners are essential for Third Derivative, a new climate-tech support network. Climate tech is more important than ever, but the systemic challenges entrepreneurs face in shepherding these solutions to commercial success is formidable. Heather Clancy. Mon, 11/30/2020 - 03:00.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 2, 2021

Episode 262: In praise of climate lobbying, renewable aggregation deals. Time for tech employees to speak up on climate lobbying (34:30). Heather Clancy. Fri, 04/02/2021 - 02:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (2:00). ESG non-conforming: There’s more than one way to identify good companies. Contributors.

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GreenBiz

JULY 29, 2021

If star power doesn’t impress you as a sustainability practitioner or climate-tech evangelist, the flurry of deals and alliances that Nexii has forged since that time will definitely get your attention. The deal sets up Honeywell as the exclusive tech supplier for new buildings constructed by Nexii. Climate Tech.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 12, 2020

Episode 224: Biodiversity, climate tech and voices of clean energy equity. Funding climate tech and entrepreneurs of color should go hand in hand. Ideas for building a supply chain resilient to both short-term disruptions such as the pandemic and long-term risks such as climate change. Energy & Climate.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Rob Bailey, director of climate resilience for Marsh & McLennan Companies, offers insights. . Climate Tech. Concerns over environmental risks such as biodiversity loss and extreme weather remain top of mind for leaders in the new Global Risks Report published in late January by the World Economic Forum. Risk & Resilience.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 26, 2021

Power struggle: The looming high-tech battery crisis. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development — and 40 of its member companies — collaborated on Vision 2050: Time to Transform , a "framework for action" for addressing the climate emergency, nature loss and systemic inequity. Week in Review. E-mail us at 350@greenbiz.com.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Amazon, Google, Microsoft and the climate cloud. Despite all they're doing to address climate change with both emissions reduction plans, circular economy innovation and consumer awareness, Amazon, Google and Microsoft have been criticized — rightly so, in my mind — for their close ties to the oil and gas sector. Heather Clancy.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Carbontech, a category of climate tech I’d love to see break through next year. Stripe’s climate initiative is a gift because it removes all barriers to positive action," wrote Substack CEO Chris Best, a beta tester, in a statement. This space is about climate, it’s also about a climate solution. Heather Clancy.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 22, 2021

Apple creates $200 million fund for nature-based climate solutions. Nature-based solutions to climate change are having a moment, and Apple is riding the trend with a $200 million fund dedicated to related investments. . What started as a $10 million investment became the $100 million Right Now Climate Fund. Jesse Klein.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 16, 2021

When it comes to climate investment funds, diverse management is imperative. The case for raising up women in climate tech . Episode 264: GreenFin insights from Salesforce, State Street and Johnson Controls. Heather Clancy. Fri, 04/16/2021 - 01:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (9:58). Contributors. Joel Makower.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 8, 2021

2020 was a breakthrough year for climate tech, and there’s more to come in 2021. Stories discussed this week (5:35). Big in 2021: American jobs created by EV companies. 5 sustainable packaging developments to watch in 2021. The right to flush and forget' (16:15) . 2021 reflections from sustainability leaders (22"45) . Contributors.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 11, 2020

Green Tech on the Red Sea: Inside Saudi Arabia’s Innovation Machine. How do we innovate our way out of the climate crisis? Among the topics we’ll cover: How oceans are reacting to climate change and what that means beyond rising waters. .

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 13, 2021

For the first time in its 54-year history, the world's largest tech show — the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) — kicked off this week as an all-virtual event, cramming a week of keynotes, press conferences and over 1,000 exhibitor booths onto the screens of our laptops and from the comfort of our homes. . Follow her on Twitter.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 4, 2021

The future is climate-friendly software. We often look at sustainability in tech through the lens of hardware, focusing on how to make hardware more carbon-efficient," said Asim Hussain, green cloud advocacy lead at Microsoft and executive director of the Green Software Foundation, in an email. Sarah Golden. Fri, 06/04/2021 - 01:30.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 18, 2021

The tech sector’s fascination with tree restoration as a climate solution apparently isn’t unique to U.S. Latin American e-commerce giant invests in Brazilian ecosystem restoration. Heather Clancy. Thu, 03/18/2021 - 01:00. companies. . Pull Quote. Carbon Removal. Tree Planting. Featured Column. Practical Magic.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

Climate tech startups, and investments into them, are growing. In 2020, investments into early stage climate tech companies topped $60 billion and grew at a faster rate than all VC investments from 2013 to 2019. This week, we announced five startups pitching June 17 at Accelerate at Circularity 21. Who are they?

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Central to this shift is likely to be is a collaborative endeavor called Climate TRACE. Climate TRACE (Tracking Real-Time Atmospheric Carbon Emissions) is a project to use satellite image processing, remote sensing technologies, machine learning and artificial intelligence to monitor worldwide human-made greenhouse gas emissions in real time.

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38 North Solutions

JANUARY 5, 2024

Order 2222 implementation (not as many heroes), clean tech workforce issues (wanted: more skilled people), and what we need to do in 2024 for clean energy and climate tech. Katherine dives into Inflation Reduction Act implementation (spoiler alert: the IRS is the hero!),

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 23, 2023

. | Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi / Bloomberg via Getty Images More than 130 companies, including Volvo Cars, Ikea, Unilever, Nestlé, and AstraZeneca, signed a letter calling on governments to adopt a global plan to phase out fossil fuels without carbon capture during upcoming international climate negotiations.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 4, 2021

Alongside Lowercarbon Capital , home to a slew of hot climate tech startups, is The Nature Conservancy, which recently began investing in young companies that can speed the spread of soil health improvements. The startup is backed by unusually diverse array of funders. Food & Agriculture. Featured Column. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

MAY 22, 2020

L et's get together: Intel's 2030 commitments include "shared" climate and social goals. This is climate tech. EDT May 28 about compelling solutions and startups that address the climate crisis — and how big companies can play a role in scaling them. Commentary on this week's news highlights begins at 4:35. EDT May 26.

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GreenBiz

MAY 5, 2021

Some Silicon Valley employers have been eagerly waiting for an electric version of a popular commuter bus from Belgian bus maker Van Hool; its coaches make up a good portion of fleets for tech companies including Google and Facebook. Making these buses cleaner and quieter will help the tech companies be better members of their community. .

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GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2020

While overall startup funding is down this quarter because of the economic disruption brought on by COVID-19, entrepreneurs focused on solving climate-related problems have been bucking the trend. Climate Tech. Heather Clancy. Tue, 05/26/2020 - 06:01. I think it gives confidence to put more product on the shelf. Food Waste.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 5, 2020

Episode 223: Climate action and racial justice must converge, urban forest credits. Al Gore: Climate action is "bound together" with racial equality and liberation. It takes a village to succeed in climate tech. Heather Clancy. Fri, 06/05/2020 - 02:00. Week in Review. This moment: An open letter to the GreenBiz community.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 30, 2021

Foundations , celebrity philanthropists and tech giants alike have announced plans this year, with grand sums of money attached, to combat climate change. Gopal said, "We realized that we're in a pivotal moment, in the next five or six years, which is a make-or-break for climate. Liz Morrison. Wed, 06/30/2021 - 02:00.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 17, 2021

The array of AI applications within climate tech is staggering -- and rapidly expanding. She’s a PhD student at Carnegie Mellon and co-chair of the Climate Change AI organization. She’s a PhD student at Carnegie Mellon and co-chair of the Climate Change AI organization. Accelerating technology innovation.

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GreenBiz

MAY 8, 2020

This is climate tech. EDT May 28 about compelling solutions and startups that address the climate crisis — and how big companies can play a role in scaling them. Experts from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, ChargePoint, Smart City Columbus and the city of Oakland, California share tips at 1 p.m. EDT May 26. .

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

It makes buildings healthier , cheaper and is essential to addressing climate change (building operations account for 28 percent of emissions globally — more than all of the transportation sector). It also is a glimpse into financing models that can help commercialize technologies, while ensuring all communities have access to climate tech.

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GreenBiz

JULY 17, 2020

Energy & Climate. For companies buying entire portfolios of devices based on these processors, they will see their electricity consumption reduced. The specific reduction you’d see by upgrading 50,000 laptops would be 1.4 million kilowatt-hours.). I wish every company were that transparent. Information Technology. Energy Efficiency.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 12, 2021

Climate scientists expect private vehicle usage to surpass pre-pandemic levels. Pre-pandemic, tech companies, including Google and Facebook, developed plans to create onsite housing at their campuses. Public, mass forms of high-density transportation are the future our climate relies on. Pull Quote. Transportation & Mobility.

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Transportation Innovation Health Policy 388

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 9, 2022

Big Tech platforms are spreading climate disinformation “with impunity” but have the tools to solve this crisis, a new report has said today. Deny, Deceive, Delay: Documenting and Responding to Climate Disinformation at COP26” was launched on Thursday at the Bonn Climate Change Conference. Vested Interests’.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 1, 2021

We spend most of our time on this show talking about what's happening in climate tech. But there's an equally interesting topic. The mandate of a new non-profit called Actuate is to identify and fill gaps across multiple areas, including climate. What technologies, business models, and markets are being developed?

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Our team is proud to unveil Sightline Climate , our new market intelligence platform for the new climate economy. More than 20 leading investors, corporates, and governments already use the platform including the US Department of Energy, BHP, and Galvanize Climate. After all, the new climate economy has grown beyond VC.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 15, 2021

Agtech is often associated with highly efficient yet unsustainable practices, but the same tech can benefit sustainable approaches. The result is a food desert surrounded by fertile land. Technology is part of the solution. Food & Agriculture. Food Systems. Featured Column. Sponsored Article.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Look forward to 2024 predictions from many of your favorite clairvoyant climate voices. Meta-Headlines of 2023 As our beloved industry matures, our hope for when climate tech grows up is for it to “become boring.” 🧑‍💻 COP28 was climate tech-ier than ever.

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