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Climate Intelligence: The Digital Fabric for Climate Action

Better Ventures

Thus far we have made investments towards reducing the climate impact of our food, industrial production, and energy systems, and we are eager to make more. Some of you may recall the boom-and-bust cycle of clean tech from 2006–2011. More on the CI landscape and market opportunity below.) Why Climate Intelligence? Overstory (Seed | $1.8M

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How to Select a Sustainability Certification for Your Business

Green Business Bureau

Green America uses the power of consumer choice and business practices to help build an economy that values people, planet, and peace over profit. Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). Zero Energy Certification. For businesses in the financial sector (i.e. Living Product Challenge.

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Against the grain

Envirotec Magazine

Rivers, for example, though we would expect this to be a catchment-specific issue, said David Tompkins, a soil scientist with Aqua Enviro, during the November event. It also investigated how to measure plastics levels in composts, digestates and soils, and what process interventions are available to reduce it.

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Recycling firm fined £20k following illegal export of household waste from Scotland

Envirotec Magazine

Saica Natur UK Limited pled guilty on 21 September 2021 at Airdrie Sheriff Court to transporting waste collected from households (code Y46) to China in contravention of Article 36(1) of the Waste Shipment Regulation (EC1013/2006) and Regulation 23 of the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007 (the Waste Shipment Regulations).

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As U.S. LNG Expands in Europe, a Hidden Threat Grows

DeSmogBlog

Radon will break down into radioactive lead-210 and polonium-210, one of the most toxic substances on earth, which was famously used in 2006 by Russian assassins to kill the former spy Alexander Litvinenko. In 2016, Houston-based Cheniere Energy opened the first LNG export terminal in the continental United States.

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What Is B Corp? B Corp Certification Guide + Quick Assessment

Green Business Bureau

The birth of the B Corp movement and its evolution over the years B Lab was founded in the United States in 2006 by three friends – Jay Coen Gilbert, Bart Houlahan, and Andrew Cassoy – who shared a vision – to use business as a force for good. Monitor and evaluate the plan. Why is meeting this initiative important?

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On the Future of our Food

Mr. Sustainability

Soil degradation. Food is basically a combination of energy, water and nutrients. Some plants and micro-organisms can make food ‘out of thin air’ by simply rearranging carbon, water and oxygen molecules using energy from the Sun. The beauty of this type of agriculture, is that it does not require soil. Deforestation.