GreenBiz

JULY 8, 2020

Ingram is the chair of investment advisory company Wilshire’s ESG and Diversity Committee. billion in assets under management and $168 billion in assets under advisement, recruited Ingram in 2017 as part of an effort to expand its ESG and socially responsible investing capabilities. Wilshire, which has more than $8.6

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Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The research underscores a trend that scholars have warned of for decades: climate change presents new and intensified challenges for human health. Experts are urging decision-makers headed to COP27 to center human health in this year’s discussions about climate change mitigation and adaptation. a) and RCP8.5 (b).”

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Project STOP Banyuwangi was co-founded in 2017 by waste technology firms Borealis and Systemiq, with support from National and Regional Governments, international institutions, academia and others in the private sector. Those behind the initiative say it will create approximately 200 jobs by 2025 and service over 250,000 residents.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

This week, the company announced a Series A funding round to the tune of $63 million, led by The Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group. Core to this strategy is keeping the benefit of building electrification in these communities — creating jobs, improving health and saving households money.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 1, 2021

The commitment focuses on Cargill’s aquaculture and aquaculture feed business, targeting a reduction in Scope 3 emissions of 30 percent by 2030, from a 2017 baseline. . Salmon is very efficient, from a carbon perspective, protein to begin with," said Heather Tansey, sustainability lead for animal nutrition and health at Cargill.

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Grist

MAY 30, 2024

As a researcher at the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Basu knew that other vulnerable populations, notably the elderly, were particularly susceptible to heat. Higher temperatures will also have knock-on impacts to gestational and fetal health.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 5, 2023

ImpactAlpha, October 5 — San Diego-based Cortica launched in 2017 to streamline the fragmented care journey that families of autistic and neurodivergent children. The post Cortica raises $115 million to expand care for children with autism and neurodiverse conditions appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

But look for future updates and essays on this topic, such as the one digitally penned recently by Jarami Bond (named in 2017). And, if you want to consult those lists in their entirety, here are the links: 2016 , 2017 , 2018 and 2019. Devin Carsdale (formerly Kleinfield-Hayes) (2017). Jessica Artioli Centurião ( 2018 ).

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E8 Cleantech Angels

OCTOBER 17, 2020

We have the technology now to ensure a livable world for future generations, and investing in that technology will be good for our economy and our health too. Is there evidence that investing in decarbonization can generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for investors? That’s a grim and undisputable fact.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

OCTOBER 12, 2020

We have the technology now to ensure a livable world for future generations, and investing in that technology will be good for our economy and our health too. Is there evidence that investing in decarbonization can generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for investors? That’s a grim and undisputable fact.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

OCTOBER 12, 2020

We have the technology now to ensure a livable world for future generations, and investing in that technology will be good for our economy and our health too. Is there evidence that investing in decarbonization can generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for investors? That’s a grim and undisputable fact.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 31, 2020

Current investment round: Seed. Current investment round: Seed. Current investment round: Entrepreneur-financed. Current investment round: Seed. Founded in: 2017. Ensemble combines data science and AI to provide its customers with accurate information on the health of their wind assets. Founded in: 2017.

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GreenBiz

MAY 8, 2020

Sustainable infrastructure investments can aid the post-COVID recovery. In 2017, semiconductor and technology manufacturing giant Intel committed to restoring 100 percent of its global water use. Commentary on this week's news highlights begins at 4:35. Why global engagement is essential to sustainable supply chains.

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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.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2022

There are a variety of ways to make a property more sustainable such as using green building materials , following a regular maintenance schedule, upgrading to energy-efficient lighting and appliances , and investing in onsite renewable energy systems (e.g. solar photovoltaic, wind, microhydropower and hybrid systems).

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Professor Hector added: ‘Having diversity in a tropical forest can be likened to an insurance effect, similar to having a financial strategy of diverse investment portfolios.’ Between 2004 and 2017, 43 million hectares of tropical forest were lost – an area roughly the size of Morocco (WWF).

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

A new approach to digester additives from biogas experts FM BioEnergy has boosted gas output at an Essex anaerobic digestion plant, delivering a 400% return on investment for operators BioWatt. Our staff didn’t need to handle liquids or heavy bags of powder – decreasing the potential for health and safety issues.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 4, 2020

SAI’s Farm Sustainability Assessment dives into 112 questions over 17 categories to evaluate a farm’s investment in sustainable practices. In 2017 , Wisconsin produced 5.4 The water in natural land supports the cranberry bog and in return, the cranberry bog enriches the soil that supports outside land.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

For example, state records suggest that the Chevron Richmond Refinery, one of California’s largest emitters, released more greenhouse gases in 2017 and 2018 — the last years for which data are publicly available — than it has since 2008. How we invest our resources is really a reflection of our priorities. As the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Investor-state dispute settlement” (ISDS) mechanisms allow companies to sue national governments if they believe regulation or unfair competition is impeding their investments. In 2017, a London arbitration tribunal ordered Nigeria to pay $6.6 Boyd is calling on states to reform or leave these treaties.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

However, the Government has now failed to deliver against one of the most important legal requirements of that Act – to set binding legal targets to improve environmental health. g/m 3 , against a recognised health standard of 10?g/m This means we are falling at the first step in implementing this crucial legislation. million hectares.

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Grist

AUGUST 1, 2023

That March, we started to see cholera, which is usually endemic in Malawi, becoming an outbreak,” said Gerrit Maritz, a deputy representative for health programs in Malawi for the United Nations Children’s Fund. That is an important point, because we can block those impacts if we invest in [those things].” Kamadju agrees.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The Climate Commitment Act directs a minimum of 10% of investments to projects supported by Washington Tribes. Join us at the Future of Carbon Policy Forum to hear how tribal entities are leading the charge for renewable energy, forest health and battery storage. We look forward to hearing him speak at the Forum.

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Sustainability Consulting

MAY 13, 2020

According to Sonia Shah, author of the 2017 book Pandemic , there is a direct correlation between outbreaks on the rise (dengue fever, Ebola, avian flu, Lyme Disease, SARS, MERS, and now COVID-19) and human development. "As A bat halfway across the world, through human contact, can wreak havoc on our health, economy, and social ties.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 26, 2021

Spokesperson Benji Brown said: “We believe that the time is right for transitioning to a different type of economy which prioritises people’s health and wellbeing over corporate profits, which is what Shell and Exxon care about most.”. “We’re It impacts our mental and physical health.”. Your House Vibrates’.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 10, 2020

But startups serving the EV charging market have continued pulling in new investments in spite of the uncertainty. Just last week, Australian fast charger company Tritium secured a $45 million debt private placement from the investment arm of U.S. health insurance company Cigna. million raise.

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Planet Pulse

JULY 24, 2023

Forest management: legal harvesting and ecosystem health Verifying reported information from contractors alongside satellite data is a tool deployed by our partner Interpine , a forestry consultancy, on behalf of wood processing manufacturer Juken New Zealand.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

James Murray, Editor at Business Green told DeSmog: “Policymakers and grid operators are well aware of how the grid will have to evolve and the investments that will be required to ensure energy security – and they are making those changes.” The IPCC has said it is “unequivocal” that human influence has caused “unprecedented” global warming.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

Soil pollution is deteriorating worldwide as a result of unsustainable farming practices and industrial processes, all of which poses a major and growing threat to global food production, human health, and the environment, the United Nations has warned. Our society wants more nutritious and safe foods, free of contaminants and pathogens.".

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AutoGrid

AUGUST 16, 2023

August 16, 2023, marks the first full year of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and this milestone demands a health check. That estimate surpasses total investment into U.S. clean energy projects commissioned between 2017 and 2021, combined. The previous regulations imposed a $500 lifetime cap on such investments.)

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In December 2015, as a response to increasingly frequent environmental disasters that disrupted ecosystems and human health — plus caused unforeseen business losses and jeopardized assets and infrastructure — the Financial Stability Board launched the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Finance & Investing.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

If we’re going to actually build an agile and resilient system going forward, then we have to invest in it.". In 2017, there were 16,585 certified organic farms, a 17 percent increase from just a year earlier, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s latest Organic Survey , released this month.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2022

41 countries are currently facing severe food insecurity, impacting economic development, public health, and social harmony, with 830 million people at risk, with 89% residing in sub-Saharan-Africa, followed by MENA with 49 million. Food stress. In 2021, almost 92% of the world’s undernourished people lived in low to very low peace countries.

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Defend Our Future

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Multiple analyses have shown that this state has the fifth dirtiest power sector in the nation, and that joining RGGI would provide benefits such as tackling emissions, generating economic growth, saving consumers money, and improving public health. percent, or nearly double that, adding 7,794 jobs in 2017-2019.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Our baseline is from 2017, and that covers our entire value chain. So that's really where we've been collaborating with the brands to identify some of the long-term innovations, short-term investments that we can make, [and] what kind of partnerships and collaborations we need to invest in to really move us towards that goal.

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Energy Innovation

JUNE 18, 2020

Actual wind and solar costs for 2017-2018 were lower than most models’ projected costs for 2030-2035, while battery prices have fallen 85 percent since 2010. trillion of private investment into the economy over 15 years, supporting 530,000 new net jobs per year, and cutting wholesale power prices 10 percent. Cleaning up the U.S.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

This story was originally published by Southerly , in partnership with Scalawag and Environmental Health News for its Powerlines series, which looks at climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South. The report also found that at least a third of wood pellet facilities violated their air permit limits in 2017.

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