GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

How the climate crisis will crash the economy. Even before all that, we’d been watching the real-world risks of climate change looming and growing across the United States and around the world. The financial climate, it seems, has been as unforgiving as the atmospheric one. Joel Makower. Mon, 09/14/2020 - 02:11.

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Business Green

APRIL 18, 2024

It estimates climate damages are likely to reach $38tr a year by 2050 and could get as high as $59tr. Even if the world starts to rapidly decarbonise, climate impacts are likely to knock 19 per cent off projected per capita incomes and 17 per cent off GDP by mid-century. The headline conclusions are bad enough.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

PepsiCo CSO on embedding sustainability into 'day-to-day business'. The latter commitment is one touted by members of The Climate Pledge, orchestrated by Amazon and Global Optimism, although PepsiCo isn’t a member of that campaign as of this writing. I've got history in sustainability, but I'm a business guy. Heather Clancy.

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GreenBiz

MAY 29, 2020

Residential energy is becoming companies' business. Everything changed so quickly, it makes sense that climate and energy teams have yet to figure out how to account for the shift. And it’s not too soon for climate-forward companies to think about how to incentivize employees to make their home (office) run off clean energy. .

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: A Driving Force for Business. Business leaders should understand the goals that the UN have established and align their sustainability initiatives accordingly. The 17 SDGs are: The Case for Business Support of the SDGs. What Does SDG Mean?

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 3, 2021

Benioff-backed software startup helps companies get smarter about climate risk Heather Clancy Thu, 06/03/2021 – 01:30 Will that new $50 million factory be threatened by flooding or wildfires? How many buildings in your company’s real-estate portfolio might require climate-adaption retrofits?

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2021

Ahead of COP26 in November, where mobilising green finance will rightly be one of the four key themes, the UK government has announced a number of exciting initiatives to mobilise capital towards tackling climate change and biodiversity loss whilst delivering a green economic recovery to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves Roland Hunziker Tue, 10/06/2020 – 01:00 The COVID crisis has exposed our interdependencies and the insufficient preparation of our urban systems for coping with shocks. 16, California recorded what could be the hottest temperature ever on earth: 54.4

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Planet Pulse

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

We are already seeing the effects of climate change causing unprecedented stormy weather, flash flooding and extreme rainfall. Water companies are required by law to report overspill events, but difficulties arise in recording accurate readings due to old infrastructure and inadequate sensors.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

4 ways businesses can connect with their communities to create a clean economy Marian Jones Fri, 11/06/2020 – 01:00 Companies often struggle with building community trust as they navigate between profit-making and authentically engaging on climate change and environmental justice matters. Here are four key takeaways: 1.

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Unsustainable

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The impacts of climate change are already being felt in South Asia in the form of erratic rainfall patterns predicted by climatologists. Around 2010, authorities in Surat began a process that strengthened understanding of how more intensive periods of projected rainfall due to climate change would magnify the risk of floods.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

Recent extreme weather across the globe is showing us how rapidly the climate is changing in an increasingly warming world. The author of the article is, as director of the climate science website Carbon Brief, Leo Hickman, noted , a consultant for “companies operating in the energy sector.”. Have a tip or idea? Get in touch.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Elsa Wenzel takes a deep dive into the latest literature on how to develop new zero building projects. Designed and executed with care, net-zero carbon goals can offer more than sustainability window dressing for commercial buildings in the decades to come. Risk and adaptation. based Building Research Establishment (BRE).

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

To work in solar, you need to be resilient, adaptable and committed to acting on climate science. When times are tough, we've always had our sights firmly focused on the bigger picture; building a global energy infrastructure that is free from fossil fuels. On the development side, permitting is continuing.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2020

The consensus on climate action is far from perfect (nor would you want it to be), but there is a broad agreement around how a mix of clean technology innovation and advanced R&D, low carbon infrastructure, shifting consumer attitudes, and effective policy interventions could drive rapid decarbonisation.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

From Loss and Damage and just transitions to rows over fossil fuel phase outs and carbon markets, we take a look at some of the key lessons for businesses from COP27. From Loss and Damage and just transitions to rows over fossil fuel phase outs and carbon markets, we take a look at some of the key lessons for businesses from COP27.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Luxury in the new normal: Leadership and innovation in 2020 and beyond Elisa Niemtzow Fri, 10/16/2020 – 01:00 Business as usual for the luxury industry is over. And brands are hurrying to transfer business to online outlets. Meanwhile, digitization is accelerating efficiency and agility.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Luxury in the new normal: Leadership and innovation in 2020 and beyond Elisa Niemtzow Fri, 10/16/2020 – 01:00 Business as usual for the luxury industry is over. And brands are hurrying to transfer business to online outlets. Meanwhile, digitization is accelerating efficiency and agility.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 1, 2021

Our nation’s task now is to manage that transition in a just and sustainable way so that people living in “coal country,” who made sacrifices to build our economy, are not left behind. Several buildings at the power plant along with the coal railway were donated to the Navajo government.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

How the climate crisis will crash the economy Joel Makower Mon, 09/14/2020 – 02:11 The chickens are coming home to roost. Even before all that, we’d been watching the real-world risks of climate change looming and growing across the United States and around the world. So many people and stories. financial system.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2020

The world currently finds itself battling a major public health and economic crisis as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, yet - as the green economy knows only too well - it also faces a race against time to avoid a crisis of far greater and longer-lasting proportions in the form of accelerating climate change.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

How the climate crisis will crash the economy Joel Makower Mon, 09/14/2020 – 02:11 The chickens are coming home to roost. Even before all that, we’d been watching the real-world risks of climate change looming and growing across the United States and around the world. So many people and stories. financial system.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 26, 2022

In this Green Business Bureau article, we present a case study to showcase Costa Rica sustainability. The UN recognized the country’s role in protecting nature and commitment to ambitious policies to combat climate change. Building resiliency. Building an inclusive, modern, green, and emission-free economy.

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Business Green

JULY 23, 2021

And therein lies a challenge to the growth of sustainability and climate solutions. And the field has gotten increasingly sophisticated: In a relatively short time, ESG jobs have expanded from data collection and dissemination to the need for business strategy in which ESG considerations are front and center.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

COP26 has delivered an fresh set of commitments and the finalisation of the Paris Agreement rulebook - but what does it all mean for business? by the end of the century, and thereby avoid the very worst climate scenarios. Indeed, for that global emissions must be cut in half by 2030, yet as it stands they are on course to rise 13.7

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The aim is to help the entity understand its climatic impact. Carbon accounting is a must for any becoming business today. Such businesses better meet the demands of the regulatory environment while coming into alignment with investor, consumer, and employee preferences. And to do that, this Green Business Bureau is your guide.

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Green Market Oracle

MAY 14, 2020

Whether as a defense against global pandemics or as part of a wider climate strategy companies are exploring ways of improving their supply chain resilience. Now more than ever companies need to increase their efforts to build more resilience into their supply chains so that they can quickly respond to changing demands and disruptions.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Creating better businesses with B Corp Certification and beyond B Corp Certification presents a set of guiding principles that support organizations to minimize their impact on the environment and society. Hence, certified B Corps often experience bottom-line benefits helping the business thrive. What is B Corp?

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2021

Continuing deadlock over carbon market rules and frustration over access to vaccines and missed climate funding pledges means pressure is mounting on diplomats ahead of COP26. As co-hosts of COP26 the UK remains broadly optimistic that the Glasgow Summit should deliver on many of its core goals.

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Business Green

MAY 7, 2021

Floating turbines, Amsterdam's ban on fossil fuel advertising, American fridges, and all the green business stories from around the world this week. French regulators warn climate impacts could send insurance costs skyward. We don't have any time to lose towards the Paris climate goals. US EPA moves to restrict HFC emissions.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

should be explicitly inserted into final Summit decision texts as the core aim of parties to the Paris Agreement, a move which has strong support from scores of industrialised countries, the least developed and climate vulnerable groups of nations, and the UN. One of the key sticking points remains whether 1.5C warming trajectory.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Decarbonized buildings. We’d like to express our appreciation to the World Business Council for Sustainable Business and Net Impact for helping to cast a global net for this year’s nominees. EV100 Program Manager for North America, The Climate Group; New York City. Mon, 05/17/2021 - 00:01. Planet-healing fast food.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The dust has barely settled on the Conservative Party leadership race and the new UK government has already begun confirming many climate campaigners’ worst fears about the direction Liz Truss intends to take the country in. Jacob Rees-Mogg – Business and Energy Secretary. What action that actually leads to, only time will tell.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2021

With the status of the Glasgow Summit up in the air, Alok Sharma has set out his 'wish list' for crucial Paris Agreement climate negotiations in 2021. Holding the Summit without the direct in-person participation of the world's most climate vulnerable nations would be "undemocratic", she has said. The Paris Rulebook.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

Decarbonized buildings. We’d like to express our appreciation to the World Business Council for Sustainable Business and Net Impact for helping to cast a global net for this year’s nominees. The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30 GreenBiz Editors Mon, 05/17/2021 – 00:01 Their dreams are bright: Walkable, equitable cities.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

But while the political row inevitably generated the headlines, it is O'Neill's critique of the wider problems with the UN climate talks and her proposals for reinvigorating the negotiations that should intrigue business and policy stakeholders. Introducing a properly-funded global package for adaptation and resilience building.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

Others are making waves in the business world from other perches, including government, consultancies, startups and environmental justice advocacy groups. Grateful appreciation to the World Business Council for Sustainable Business and the Yale Center for Business and the Environment for helping us spread the word.

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