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Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future

GreenBiz

Business strategy organization Boston Consulting Group will use remote workplace lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce per-employee travel by at least 30 percent by 2025, one key element of the $8.5 Another business consulting heavyweight, Bain & Company, was declared carbon neutral by Natural Capital Partners in 2012.

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America is hungrier than ever for sustainable food systems. Can we build them?  

GreenBiz

If a farmer wants to transition a farm from conventional practices to organic or regenerative ones, costs are associated with that transition. These factors are different for organic and regenerative farmers, so the numbers often don’t work, resulting in loans being denied or unaffordable. These farms accounted for 5.5

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Firm secures three-year stack emissions contract extension with SEPA

Envirotec Magazine

This work is covered by regulations including the Environmental Protection Act 1990, the Pollution and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012, and the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 2011. I look forward to working together again over the duration of our new contract.”.

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Food waste startup backed by Oprah Winfrey snags $250 million

GreenBiz

Apeel, which got its start in 2012 with a grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has attracted funding from many high-profile funds, such as Andreessen Horowitz, as well as several firms that have championed a focus on climate tech including S2G Ventures, DBL Partners and Powerplant Ventures.

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Sponsored content: Ionizer tech inhibits SARS-Cov-2

Envirotec Magazine

In 2012, Panasonic conducted a virus clearance test with a third-party organization and confirmed the effectiveness of each of its technology in terms of biological characteristics. components.

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NeighborWorks America: Sustainability Improvements Help Build Larger Community Resilience

Green Business Bureau

and Puerto Rico, NeighborWorks America is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization working to achieve housing affordability and community resilience across the nation. The organization’s Green Committee meets quarterly to organize sustainability and community outreach plans and communicate progress with the rest of the divisions.

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Watt It Takes: BlocPower CEO Donnel Baird Wants to Electrify Buildings for Everyone

GreenTechMedia

BlocPower was founded in 2012. CPower and its team of energy experts are back with a webinar series aimed to help organizations make sense of the chaos and optimize their energy use and spend in 2021. It’s raised venture capital from Kapor Capital and Andreesen Horowitz. The Energy Gang is also brought to you by CPower.

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