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5 steps boards can take to be ESG-ready for 2021

GreenBiz

5 steps boards can take to be ESG-ready for 2021. Thu, 01/21/2021 - 01:40. Amongst the many dramatic challenges global businesses faced in 2020, one that had been simmering for years bubbled up and promised to stay at a high boil in 2021 is ESG: Environment, Social, Governance. . Pamela Gordon.

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Property industry likely to be breaking the law by failing to disclose air pollution levels

Envirotec Magazine

Visitors to addresspollution.org are then urged to sign an online petition demanding that estate agents – and property websites like Rightmove and Zoopla – disclose air quality information to buyers and renters at the earliest opportunity.

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Sustainable Business Went Mainstream in 2021

Andrew Winston

I’ve tried here to touch on big themes and stories from 2021 that seem more lasting, and offer some thoughts on what to look out for in 2022. The Big Stories of 2021. A few months later, corporate giants also spoke out against state laws meant to restrict voting. Here we go. Business defends democracy.

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Biomass Lobby Makes ‘False’ Claims to Sway EU Law-makers

DeSmogBlog

Environmentalists have long warned that demand for the pellets is endangering irreplaceable primary forests in areas including parts of Estonia, British Columbia in Canada and the southeastern United States. . The post Biomass Lobby Makes ‘False’ Claims to Sway EU Law-makers appeared first on DeSmog.

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A circular approach to electrification and renewable energy

GreenBiz

Mon, 04/26/2021 - 00:30. While electrification and renewable energy are key to decarbonizing the economy, the growing demand for solar PV may be creating a new problem. Today's standard practices for solar manufacturing and disposal need close examination — especially as demands for the cheap, clean energy is set to increase. .

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Cyber Switching’s new Cyber Charger C1 is a made-in-America commercial EV charger

Charged

Under the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, hardware used in federally-funded EV infrastructure projects must be entirely made in America, and use at least 55% domestic materials. EV technology provider Cyber Switching has launched a new made-in-America EV charging station. Many companies are concerned that this will push up costs.

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Drill dominion: First ever CfDs awarded for geothermal energy

Envirotec Magazine

The Renewable Energy Association and Arup have estimated* that the development of deep geothermal projects in the UK could fulfil the UK’s entire residential heat demand for 100 years and create as many as 10,000 direct and 25,000 indirect jobs by 2050. Keeping Warm: a review of deep geothermal potential of the UK, 2021

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