EDF + Business

APRIL 18, 2023

Climate-Smart Agriculture Inflation Reduction Act Activation Guide Download Guide Produced by EDF in collaboration with A broad range of companies within the food sector can use IRA-funded agricultural programs to support their climate goals. Sources: Deloitte Analysis, CDP The IRA adds ~$19.5 Key Takeaways IRA adds $4.95

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Low Impact

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

It’s clear from these interviews that without addressing the problems driven by the expectations of the industrial supply chain (retail and catering), encouraging public goods through the Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS) will be like pedalling a bicycle with the brakes on.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2023

Selecting the right sustainability certification for your business can be a tedious process requiring thorough research and understanding which program will best suit your needs and budget. General business sustainability certifications. Green building certifications. GENERAL BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATIONS.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2024

Partner Insight: Vodafone's Nicki Lyons explains the environmental benefits a 5G Standalone network could bring to traditionally carbon intensive industries We often hear people and organisations talk about net zero - from consumers and businesses to governments and NGOs. The need for scalable solutions is pressing.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Ministers have made the big decisions – to decarbonise the power sector by 2035, to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles, to back heat pumps for homes. There are some strategic gaps, as well as uncertainties over how the Government’s ambitions will be delivered in some sectors: Plans to tackle emissions from agriculture are still unclear.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The groups said the summit disregarded “the urgent need to address the gross power imbalances that corporations hold over food systems.”. And a recent investigation by Greenpeace’s Unearthed revealed how a coalition of meat industry associations have been pushing for the summit to boost global meat consumption. Corporate Capture.

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Business Green

APRIL 15, 2021

Agriculture sustainability improvements have long-term positive outcomes both for the planet and the farmer's wallet, but the upstart costs can be a preventative obstacle. RePlant's first loan in January 2020 went to a Kansas family farm to install moisture probes to reduce water usage. percent interest to be paid over 10 years.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In February 2021, German agribusiness giant BASF hosted a virtual wine tasting, a seemingly cozy affair swirling glasses of Portugal’s finest in front of a webcam debating the future of EU agricultural policies. Read more about the industry’s climate lobbying at DeSmog’s agribusiness database. Europe’s Green Deal.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

It’s important for business owners and global citizens to understand the source of this change to be empowered to anticipate and adapt to these changes and potentially help reverse them through intentional, sustainable action. . Ocean acidification – Surface ocean acidity has already increased by 30 percent since pre-industrial times.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In deals, major funding includes $116M for hydrogen-powered aviation, $44M for sustainability software, and $75M in project finance investment for SAFs. In new funds, energy transition infrastructure is bringing in the big bucks with Brookfield's record-breaking $28B infra fund and Antin's $1.2B sustainable infra fund.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Joint IEA, IRENA, and UN assessment of COP26 Breakthrough Agenda sets out priorities for collaborative climate action between businesses and governments. With greater collaborative action, the report estimates some technology costs could drop by as much as 18 per cent by 2030, while accelerating the green energy transition in line with a 1.5C

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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2021

The public market offering and the capital gained during the process will be crucial for AeroFarms to reach the next level of its growth and to achieve several strategic expansions, including improving operational and energy efficiency, adding into new products (right now it's focusing on berries), and maintaining its social impact. "We

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Business Green

JUNE 5, 2020

The berry grows best in boggy, water-soaked soil that can't be used for many other crops. It's a symbiotic relationship," said Chris Ferzli, director of global corporate affairs and communications for Ocean Spray, the well-known agricultural co-operative, which generates annual revenue of about $2bn. "The

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

The initiative will work with farmers to create stores of water – both in soil “sponges” as well as lakes and ponds – that can be “re-charged” through wet weather, then drawn on through ever-more common dry seasons, to the benefit of either the farmers themselves, or local communities.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

It’s also changed how companies do business. According to EDF’s second annual “ Business and the Fourth Wave of Environmentalism ” report , while 92% of business leaders agree that technologies can improve ROI and sustainability only 59% of leaders are investing in technology for sustainability.

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Planet Pulse

JULY 28, 2022

Earth observation data can serve as a powerful tool for increasing peace and security because of the enhanced situational awareness it provides. Even farmers far from the front lines watched tens of millions of tons of grain and other agricultural goods sit idle in silos and ports due to a naval blockade. Foreign Agricultural Service.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

One declared use for this latest infusion of money is acquisition targets, which isn’t surprising given the anticipated boom in commercial drone usage: One forecast provides revenue related just to ag drones will reach about $5.9 ” There are many commercial drone companies, of course.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The fast-expanding alternative protein industry has been provided with a new set of investor-approved reporting guidelines to help companies better demonstrate how plant-based products deliver significant environmental benefits. Newton Investment Management, PIMCO, Blue Horizon and the WWF-UK.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 15, 2021

Organic Valley loans dairy farmers funds for renewable energy Jesse Klein Thu, 04/15/2021 – 00:45 Agriculture sustainability improvements have long-term positive outcomes both for the planet and the farmer’s wallet, but the upstart costs can be a preventative obstacle. And not all lenders are comfortable lending for solar.”

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

All of this amounts to a waste of the energy, water, and land needed to produce food. According to estimates from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, if food waste were a nation, it would rank third in terms of greenhouse gas emissions after the US and China.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2021

Salesforce tower in downtown San Francisco: The software firm was lauded for its support for blackwater reuse in a commercial high-rise building. Brave Blue World Foundation founder Paul O’Callaghan said: “Every industry has a vanguard; the pioneers we will all come to follow. Salesforce.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Nitrogen — which is often added to farm fields through commercial fertilizer, manure or leguminous plants — is essential for feeding and clothing eight billion people around the world, and counting. Too little lowers crop yields and depletes soil health. This updated guide builds on previously published resources.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

The Series C round was co-led by return backers Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the fund most visibly associated with billionaire Bill Gates, and Singapore-based investment firm Temasek; it brings the company's total backing to $186m. corn crops.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

It had been about a year and a half since he left his job at an aerospace company to found a clean energy startup in San Francisco with three of his friends, but the path to success he’d once envisioned had crumbled. For a while things had been looking up for Charm Industrial. Courtesy of Charm Industrial.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Thousands of acres of forest, and the carbon-dense peat soils beneath, have gone up in flames, clearing the way for rows of oil palm trees. For decades, governments of Southeast Asia gave agricultural companies the rights to develop vast swathes of forest, and those companies turned wilderness into plantations as fast as they could.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Industry Voice: From UNFCCC to NDCs and IPCC to 1.5°C, This is the global temperature rise above pre-industrial levels targeted by the 2015 Paris Agreement. It can either be used to reduce carbon emissions or promote ways in which to adapt, mitigate and build resilience to the effects of climate change. Energy transition.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 26, 2021

World-leading life science company will engage directly with climatetech startups to advance agriculture technology. Bayer , headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany, is a multinational life science company with core competencies in the areas of health care and agriculture. Somerville, Mass., Learn more about them here. ###.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The latest report from the Energy Transitions Commission has set out a roadmap for how the world can move on to a 1.5C It is a daunting task, but one governments and businesses have no option but to complete if they want to avert a rolling climate crisis. warming trajectory over the course of the coming decade. in the current decade?

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2021

Remember how the nation mobilized seemingly overnight for the Allied Powers 80 years ago? homes have a gas meter, feeding water heaters, cooking appliances and so on. "So Electrified technologies are already well understood and many are widely available to consumers, such as electric stovetops and heat pumps, Griffith noted.

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2023

Twenty-year research project comprising 30 million records unearths 'powerful and concerning' human impact on native plants A new publication from the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) has revealed a catastrophic decline in native plants caused by climate change and intensive agricultural practices.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Not only does it account for more than a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions, but intensive agriculture also depletes finite resources, including water, land and forests. We believe the potential of vertical farming remains underappreciated as a solution to many problems posed by agriculture. More capital needed.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

The field of sustainability in business offers many career paths, including roles in corporate, consulting, government and entrepreneurship. Examples include energy engineers, environmental attorneys, urban planners, water resource engineers, wildlife conservationists and environmental researchers. Sustainability Careers. Consulting.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Farmers must avoid the pitfalls of a "false choice" between nature protection and food production, as building nature recovery into Britain's agricultural practices is the only way to put both society and the economy on a sustainable footing, Natural England chair Tony Juniper is expected to say later.

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Planet Pulse

APRIL 22, 2020

Planet’s tools and technologies are powering a new generation of sustainable development and climate solutions. According to the UN, human beings have altered 75 percent of the land surface of the planet, mostly for the purposes of extracting resources, building habitats and growing food. Consider agriculture.

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Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 19, 2019

In order to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions and protect our planet, we will need to creatively redesign and reinvent our underlying energy, agriculture, water, mobility, and economic systems. 84% renewable energy by 2030. 100% clean energy by 2045 , as set out by SB-100. * * *. California goal.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

These 20 C-suite executives have steered their companies forward through much disruption, providing inspiration for the possibilities of advancing sustainability, social responsibility and circular business models — sometimes all at once. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S.

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Business Green

JUNE 15, 2020

According to recent figures from Kantar Worldpanel , households are preparing an additional 500 million meals a week with lockdown still in place, which highlights the importance of a resilient agricultural supply chain to ensure that customers have enough access to essential products, most urgently in the short-term but also after the pandemic.

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