GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

These 20 C-suite executives have steered their companies forward through much disruption, providing inspiration for the possibilities of advancing sustainability, social responsibility and circular business models — sometimes all at once. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. Company profile.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

A new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has this week warned that one third of the world's countries still have no legally-mandated outdoor air quality standards in place, and even where such laws exist standards vary widely and often misalign with World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Business interest in plant-based food is growing, but many consumers are still in the dark over the environmental sustainability of their eating habits. Meanwhile, businesses are themselves grappling how to drive sustainable behaviour change. There can be little doubt diets are steadily changing in the UK. That breaks down into a 13.7g

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Think thin-film solar and biofuels, the two “big bad bets” that Shayle Kann, partner at Energy Impact Partners, identified in a 2020 Interchange conversation. billion according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance to $16 billion, according to PwC. ” Bring incremental improvements to fast-growing cleantech sectors.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

IBM has spent the past decade advancing smart meter and digital grid technologies around the world, including playing a key role in designing the "Smart Grid Maturity Model" that helped guide investment strategies for hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

Danone, founded more than a century ago and famously declared an asset of national importance by the French government in 2005, has long prided itself on being a purpose-led business. If you really want to do sustainability well in a company, you need to know your business well," Soubeiran said.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

While 70% of total expenditures are directed toward “Clean Energy & Clean Air” investments, additional claims on those funds may diminish the amount made available for direct emission reduction activities. 3 Less coverage generally lowers price signal impacts, unless the changes for those sectors require a much higher price signal.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The system works by setting a limit on the total amount of greenhouse gases released by refineries, power plants and other large emitters, and requires polluters to obtain permits to cover their share. In-state emissions were offset by purchasing cleaner power and carbon credits from other projects that reduced emissions elsewhere.)

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

These 20 C-suite executives have steered their companies forward through much disruption, providing inspiration for the possibilities of advancing sustainability, social responsibility and circular business models — sometimes all at once. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Exxon completes an “Atmospheric CO2 Scoping Study,” which concludes that reducing fossil fuel use through efficiency and renewable energy is the only foreseeable option. And the company was monitoring all scientific research and policy activities, through a single collection point. One of them is called “Energy in Depth.”

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

I wanted to see how much it knew and how well it could contextualise the broad and complex range of technologies under the climate tech umbrella - everything from clean energy to water treatment to e-bikes to carbon capture - and what it understood about corporate sustainability in general. And it's just getting started. Makower: Great.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

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. Tasty Buggers For a growing number of entrepreneurs in China, cockroach-factories are a booming business. Literally.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, or TCEQ, has not told residents about the health risks they face. TCEQ documents obtained by Public Health Watch show that some of those early readings were double the level Texas considered safe at the time. Emerging research also connects it to diabetes and reproductive problems.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 20, 2020

Danone, founded more than a century ago and famously declared an asset of national importance by the French government in 2005, has long prided itself on being a purpose-led business. “If you really want to do sustainability well in a company, you need to know your business well,” Soubeiran said.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 21, 2020

Last week, short-term blackouts rolled across an overheated California after the grid operator said there wasn't enough power to meet demand. Then, coal power generation in the United States plunged 30 percent in just the first half of this year. Finally, we discuss some stunning public health research. Learn more.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 4, 2021

“It’s naive of us to think that all of a sudden the oil and gas industry is going to put forward policies that are going to keep fossil fuels in the ground,” Jim Walsh, senior energy policy analyst for environmental NGO Food and Water Watch, told DeSmog. NEW: @MittRomney leans in on carbon tax to spur clean energy technology breakthroughs.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

VERGE Energy Conference (VERGE 20) will take place on October 26-30, 2020. This online event can be attended from anywhere, The central theme at VERGE 20 will focus on how energy systems can be decarbonized, decentralized, digitized and democratized.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

But local conservation groups and residents remained skeptical from the start, warning that the plant could leak toxic waste into water and air, harming human health and ecosystems in a largely forested region where tight-knit communities live close to the land. Geological Survey report noted. To put it simply,” the report states.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Moreover, the people that depend on it are getting access to health, education, food security, and sustainable livelihoods. To gage progress, 12 forestry experts camp in the forest, monitoring 400 sample plots and measuring trees to calculate how much carbon they store based on their biomass. Rare wildlife is returning.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

SDG17's vision of a sustainable future driven by cross-border partnerships has been under siege for the past four years, but is a change coming in the way governments and businesses tackle global challenges? Meanwhile, a fightback is gathering momentum. The SDGs in general, and SDG17 in particular, are suddenly back in vogue.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2020

For the fourth year running the number of coal-fired power plants under development around the world declined steeply in 2019, as the CO2-intensive fossil energy source continued to face an increasingly chilly reception from many governments and investors won over by competition from low cost green energy.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Needless to say, with the bulk of RGE's business rooted in the production of wood pulp or palm oil, its various subsidiaries have faced plenty of criticism over the years for their records on deforestation, land disputes, and drainage of carbon-rich peatland habitats.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2020

The video and anecdote raised a smile at a time when the world is facing its biggest collective health and economic crisis since at least the end of the Second World War. We have a framework for action - the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The fear is that it won't.

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Grist

JANUARY 10, 2024

Pilots flew through alpine valleys, where ribs of electric green growth emerged from a blanket of snow. Predator and prey dynamics are complex: The calves may have died anyway from injury or disease, and their removal may reduce competition for food and resources, improving the herd’s overall health.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2020

A government spokesperson said the situation was being monitored closely. "We Moreover, writing in a Twitter thread this morning, Richard Black, director of the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit think tank and a long-time observer of UN climate negotiations, warned the UK could not unilaterally postpone the Summit.

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Green Market Oracle

JULY 6, 2020

Trump shut down the entire Global Health Security and Bio-defense agency and he fired Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossart, whose job was to coordinate a response to global pandemics. Trump and Republican's support for the fossil fuel industry further undermine the health of Americans and biodiversity.

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