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Why We Need to, Have to, Want to Act on Climate Change

Andrew Winston

Need to explain the “why” of climate change action? Each half degree of warming is worse — not linearly but exponentially. Take, for instance, energy efficiency or renewable energy initiatives, which can quickly reduce operating costs. Subscribe to get all of Andrew’s articles in your in-box.

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Sustainably exporting the best of British: Helping A 162-year-old cheese producer go global

Business Green

Industry Voice: UK Export Finance explains how it helped cheese brand Wyke Farms' secure a £30m General Export Facility with Barclays to support its global expansion plans Wyke Farms is the UK's largest independent cheese producer, exporting around 6,000 tonnes of cheddar every year to countries, including Japan, Australia, South Africa and the USA.

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Is net zero maximalism blinding us to the death of business as usual?

Business Green

It is much easier to question plans to decarbonise the grid if the focus is on the long term effort to close the last fossil gas plant, rather than the near term and entirely feasible push to massively expand renewables capacity.

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“Learning” Frontiers In The Energy Transition

Energy Innovation

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. A full list of AGCI’s quarterly research updates covering recent climate change research on clean energy pathways is available online at [link]. Here are some highlights.

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What business needs from COP26 to deliver on global climate goals

Business Green

The decisions included in the Glasgow Package will have a major impact on the global economic recovery, jobs and business growth opportunities. Businesses have a stake in the COP outcomes for three main reasons - let me explain. per cent in global emissions from energy and industrial processes over the same period.

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What Is B Corp? B Corp Certification Guide + Quick Assessment

Green Business Bureau

We explain what B Corp Certification is, and how these standards have evolved over the years, before jumping into a quick B Corp impact assessment for you to grade your current sustainability credentials against B Lab standards. This is discussed in more detail at the end of this article. Why is meeting this initiative important?

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Is the COVID-19 Outbreak a Black Swan or the New Normal?

Andrew Winston

[This article was posted on MIT Sloan Management Review last week. That’s the nature of something moving at exponential speed through society. We have to get better at understanding and reacting to exponential growth. Even if you use a 50% growth rate instead of 100%, it’s day 28 and day 19.