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Joe Biden can be the president for a sustainable private sector

GreenBiz

Joe Biden can be the president for a sustainable private sector. To accomplish this ambitious agenda, we believe the time is right for the president to establish a White House Office of Sustainable Finance and Business. The Office of Sustainable Finance and Business would develop a national strategy for U.S.

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Nina+Co sustainably furnishes a zero-waste London restaurant

Inhabitat - Innovation

Locally sourced and recycled materials by Nina+Co decorate the London location of Silo, a zero-waste restaurant focused on sustainability. Launched in Australia in 2011, Silo was heralded.

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Go Green: 6 Basic Tips to Live a Sustainable Lifestyle

U.S. Green Technology

The year 2011-2020 was the hottest on record. The post Go Green: 6 Basic Tips to Live a Sustainable Lifestyle appeared first on U.S. No wonder we see the following statistics: The CO2 in the atmosphere reached a record high of 417 parts per million in May 2020. The proportion of Arctic sea ice that is at least five.

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UK tots up £6bn in climate finance for developing counties since 2011

Business Green

Totting up the UK's International Climate Finance (ICF) since 2011 in an update report published on Tuesday , the government said it had mobilised £4.1bn public and £2.2bn private finance for climate change efforts in developing countries over the period.

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Trend: The bots are coming (to ratings and reporting)

GreenBiz

Corporate reporting on sustainability has grown more than fivefold in the past 10 years. Roughly 20 percent of S&P 500 companies published a sustainability report in 2011. In 2018, that number rose to 86 percent.

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ESG is rewriting the job description for CSOs

GreenBiz

Within companies, the primary person responsible for understanding and defining how a company will respond to these pressing social and environmental issues is the chief sustainability officer. Who are these CSOs, what are they responsible for and which issues do they think will take hold as we look to the future of sustainable business?

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Repsol establishes new entity for geothermal and hydrogen business

ThinkGeoEnergy

Repsol Exploración, SA has three geothermal exploration permits in the Canary Islands , a geological region with high geothermal potential due to its volcanic activity, evidenced by recent eruptions such as those of La Palma in 2021 and El Hierro in 2011.

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