GreenTechMedia

APRIL 6, 2020

Rooftop solar market leader Sunrun withdrew its 2020 financial forecast Monday and announced cost cutting measures in response to the coronavirus pandemic. In February, Sunrun told investors that it expected to grow its installations 15 percent in 2020, from a base of 413 megawatts installed in 2019. Sungevity laid off 400 workers.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 16, 2021

The analysis summarizes human health and environmental impacts associated with over 50 weed killers offered by one or both retailers online and in their stores. Human health. Consumers are increasingly aware of the health risks associated with common products. Reputational risk. Regulatory and legal risks. While the U.S.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2021

In April, Bloomberg reported that "a third of endemic species on land and half in the sea will become extinct if greenhouse gas emissions are not reined in," and WWF's 2020 Living Planet Index , which measures the population sizes of mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles, found a 68 percent decline in animal biodiversity since 1970.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 24, 2020

In ACORE's new analysis, Expectations for Renewable Energy Finance in 2020-2023 , both investors and developers reported confidence in the continued growth of the renewable energy sector over the next three years. In 2018, ACORE launched $1T 2030: The American Renewable Investment Goal , an effort to secure $1 trillion in U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

Coronavirus will create a $400 billion hole in energy investment in 2020, but the power sector is faring relatively well compared to oil and gas, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Going into 2020, the IEA had expected a 2 percent increase in global energy investments this year.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

MAY 8, 2020

National cleantech investing network offers updates on angel investing, venture fund and a new philanthropic impact fund to mitigate climate change. Through investment presentations, collective due diligence and learning opportunities, the E8 community unites interest, passion and expertise from the Northwest and nationally.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The Planet Sustainability Summit will be convening on October 15th as part of the Explore 2020 conference. The Sustainability Summit will be part of the Planet Explore 2020 conference, our largest event of the year, which will draw thousands of online participants from a broad array of fields, geographies and disciplines.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

National cleantech investing network offers updates on angel investing, venture fund and a new philanthropic impact fund to mitigate climate change. Through investment presentations, collective due diligence and learning opportunities, the E8 community unites interest, passion and expertise from the Northwest and nationally.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

1 With agriculture estimated to have been the source of 48% of the UK’s methane emissions in 2020 – an increase of 1.3% Benefit #4: Crop rotation Biogas production can support new crops in the rotation, improving diversity and boosting crop health. Benefit #5: Soil health AD offers significant benefits in terms of soil health.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2021

A new 'confidence survey' from the NFU has found British farmers are increasing investments in soil health, tree planting, renewable energy generation, and energy efficiency. It finds that 30 per cent of farmers are planning to invest in energy efficiency measures, up six percentage points from 24 per cent last year.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

New study appears to find that a tripling of current investments into nature-based solutions is needed by 2030 to tackle the climate crisis, otherwise there will be a $4 trillion financing gap. Today, just one tenth of 1% of global GDP is invested in nature-based solutions, says WEF. A total investment of $8.1

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 24, 2020

Mon, 08/24/2020 - 02:11. Last week, Moody's Investors Service raised its forecast for 2020 sustainable bond issuance to as much as $375 billion, a category that includes green, sustainability and social bonds. The rise (and rise) of sustainability-linked finance. Joel Makower.

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GreenBiz

JULY 8, 2020

Wed, 07/08/2020 - 00:40. 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. Shannon Houde.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

. “Proceed with caution” in fintech investing was the conclusion of our preview last month of 2020 impact investing trends in Africa. billion, employee financial health, vertical farms, Looney pledges BP to net-zero appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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altenergymag

JULY 9, 2020

In addition to the survey findings, speakers on the webinar will discuss the health of the renewable sector and potential pathways toward achieving ACORE’s $1T 2030 goal of reaching $1 trillion in U.S. private sector investment in renewable energy and enabling grid technologies by 2030.

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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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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Thu, 09/24/2020 - 01:00. Funding tree planting in rural areas across the globe was an easy way for businesses to invest in green initiatives and to win points with the general public. . That’s one reason investing in urban forestry isn’t as simple; nor does it have the same sustainability impacts. Jesse Klein.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Will Rogers is health and safety director at Eco Verde Energy, a firm that provides operational, advisory and back office support to anaerobic digestion plants. At EVE, we have recently reviewed the health and safety policy for all EVE-managed AD plants, to optimise worker safety. Addressing lone working has been a key element of this.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

Mon, 08/17/2020 - 01:00. But the larger discussions about dismantling systemic racism are about how we will invest in people and communities. Sustainability is part of that necessary community investment. It starts with equality, and it leads to the health and resilience of people and the planet. on June 5, 2020.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The paper calls for a radical change in government spending on wildfires, shifting their investments from reaction and response to prevention and preparedness. A recent example is the Australian 2020 bushfires, which are estimated to have wiped out billions of domesticated and wild animals. The full report is available here.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Mon, 12/07/2020 - 02:00. But CEO Mark Schneider took pains to position this investment as one that will be "earnings-neutral.". Nestlé will discuss its climate-related progress and investments on an ongoing basis, with the long-term view in mind. Their multi-billion-dollar investments are significant in their own right.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Fri, 12/11/2020 - 01:45. 1, venture capitalists invested a whopping $1.5 billion in alternative proteins during 2020, according to the latest data from the Good Food Institute. The trend: Another area where a flood of new initiatives in 2020 made it challenging to keep up. That’s it for part one of my 2020 roundup.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

We've been meticulously tracking climate tech investment, deal by deal, since the term ‘climate tech’ emerged. In 2023, a challenging macro environment marked by higher interest rates and a cautious private investment market raised the hurdles for deployment.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 5, 2020

Fri, 06/05/2020 - 00:30. Food deserts — or "food swamps," which one researcher argues is a better term — are linked to obesity and other health problems. . Meet the fellows for 2019 and 2020. The Seeding Power Fellowship invests in leaders creating a more equitable food system in the New York area.

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Front And Centered

APRIL 14, 2020

The recently concluded 2020 Washington Legislative Session resulted in some victories, some losses, but all around continued our progress in shifting state government to directly address environmental inequities and centering impact communities in decision-making. Make Transportation Investments Equitable (HB 2688/SB 6399).

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Tue, 09/29/2020 - 00:21. And we’re not starting from scratch: For years, Seattle’s transportation department and others in city leadership have been working to reduce the health-harming pollution from cars, trucks and other sources. Our public transit infrastructure needs — and deserves — investment. Amanda Eaken.

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Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 19, 2020

This week, Energy Innovation launched a significant model update to the United States Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) , our open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan model that estimates the environmental, economic, and health impacts of hundreds of climate and energy policies. This update is timely. As of EPS 3.0,

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2021

Government export agency says its provided record levels of sustainable investments to developing countries last year. Stuart emphasised UKEF was committed to helping other countries benefit from efforts in the UK to "build back better" from the ongoing economic and health crises.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 11, 2021

For years, companies have focused voluntary social reporting on metrics that are, let’s say, comfortable: government-mandated data, such as occupational health and safety or certain hiring metrics, that has been measured and managed for years. Finance & Investing. Reprinted from GreenFin Weekly, a free weekly newsletter. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 30, 2021

To better support the health of these communities, Berckes’ organization employs local teenagers to plant and care for trees. In the corporation’s efforts to invest in communities that house its data centers, it funded Trees Forever’s work in 2019. And in 2020, the collaborative piloted a project that promises to put equity first.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

JULY 13, 2020

CaPI Webinar: Building Back Better: Investing in a Resilient Recovery for Washington State. July 9, 2020. In this webinar, we discussed the newly released report, Building Back Better: Investing in a Resilient Recovery for Washington State. jobs per million dollars invested. million in clean air and climate benefits.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

JULY 13, 2020

LCPI Webinar: Building Back Better: Investing in a Resilient Recovery for Washington State. July 9, 2020. In this webinar, we discussed the newly released report, Building Back Better: Investing in a Resilient Recovery for Washington State. jobs per million dollars invested. million in clean air and climate benefits.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

2020 was the year that…. Mon, 12/28/2020 - 02:11. To recall some of the key developments, as I have done each December for more than a decade, I’ve plumbed the nearly 1,300 stories, columns and analyses we've published on GreenBiz.com since the dawn of 2020 — a.k.a. All links are to stories published on GreenBiz.com during 2020.)

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

The European Union’s scientific and political communities are locked in a battle over whether gas and nuclear can be considered green investments. In July 2020, the European Union established the EU Taxonomy Regulation , “a classification system establishing a list of environmentally sustainable economic activities.”

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Tue, 10/13/2020 - 01:40. health insurers are all invested in the fossil fuel industry" and will call on insurers to divest from these companies, calling them "the greatest threat to human health.". Are lawyers and accountants doing enough on climate change? Joel Makower.

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Business Green

APRIL 9, 2020

The global economic slowdown triggered by the escalating coronavirus crisis is on course to deliver the steepest annual fall in CO2 in history, with a larger reduction in emissions expected in 2020 than seen even during the Second World War, tentative analysis today from Carbon Brief indicates.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

Climate tech startups, and investments into them, are growing. In 2020, investments into early stage climate tech companies topped $60 billion and grew at a faster rate than all VC investments from 2013 to 2019. Accelerate is a fast pitch competition featuring startups across the circular economy value chain.

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