Business Green

MARCH 31, 2023

The Tories have been so obsessed with protecting future generations from the burden of debt they have instead bequeathed them flat-lining productivity, a degraded public sphere, an increasingly uncompetitive economy, and a worsening climate crisis. A lot of investment should start to flow from here.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 15, 2022

The good news is that new technologies and methods have come about making it possible for the manufacturing industry to reduce its environmental footprint through energy conservation , alternative packaging, and smarter storage and organization (amongst other solutions). 6 tips to create a sustainable warehouse and green factory.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 5, 2023

Vertical farming is increasingly being regarded as one of the solutions to the problems faced by global food production systems, and in the following article Antti Viitanen explains why measurement and control technology will be key to the success of this rapidly growing sector. Antti Viitanen of gas instrumentation firm Vaisala.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

At the start of the second week, here’s what I’m seeing and hearing, both inside the negotiations and outside. C trajectory in half for carbon dioxide emissions and by almost 40% for methane. Joining the inside and outside. C, inside discussions on transparency and reporting on climate progress are stalled.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 8, 2022

If you’re an event planner, you should organize your events so that they impact the community, the environment, and the economy positively. By recycling, less raw material, energy, water, and chemicals are used to produce new products. . – Meet Green , The Environmental Impact of the Events Industry.

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Andrew Winston

MAY 4, 2022

I’ll explore why reality makes me uncomfortable in another article coming soon. This article got some good debate on my LinkedIn post. With little resistance, CEO’s will spend money on IT, training, new factories, R&D, and more; but when it comes to investing in the future of the business and humanity, they hesitate.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2021

Once inside the modern glass and steel exterior of the NatWest Group's London flagship building, located in 250 Bishopsgate, it reveals itself as a giant greenhouse. The building's futuristic, edgy architecture gives a hint that inside it houses a team of forward-thinking individuals, always looking to create a better future.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Our team is proud to unveil Sightline Climate , our new market intelligence platform for the new climate economy. Explore Sightline Climate In May, we announced our $2M fundraise from John Doerr, Tom Steyer, and AccelR8 “to expand CTVC beyond the newsletter into a market intelligence platform for the new climate economy.”

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Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Climate tech is doing what technology often does: becoming cheaper and more efficient, leveraging economies of scale, network effects, global trends and competitive pressures. Circular economy professionals are also in growing demand as that field matures inside companies. It's not just ESG.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The text now calls on countries to accelerate the transition to low carbon energy systems, including "rapidly scaling up clean power generation and accelerating the phase-out of unabated coal power and of inefficient subsidies for fossil fuels". You would have hoped Article 6 would have been further along by now," he said. of warming.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2022

On 10 May, Scotland's minister for zero carbon buildings, Patrick Harvie MSP, called on the UK government to rethink its " woefully inadequate " plans to insulate homes and tackle fuel poverty - central elements of the UK government's net zero strategy, which would eliminate 20.8 This article first appeared on The Conservation.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

However, the draft text sparked an angry response from green groups and some developing country delegations who criticised the failure to include proposals for a new Loss and Damage Finance Facility. Some observers have questioned whether the call for countries to update their NDCs is robust enough, given it does not explicitly reference a 1.5C

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Business Green

JULY 18, 2023

Hence, we should just stop new oil and gas projects, electrify everything, and halve emissions inside seven years. But it also points to how a net zero emission economy might yet be achieved, perhaps even by mid-century. This is entirely as it should be and completely the right level of ambition. What of planning constraints?

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Business Green

AUGUST 1, 2022

It is one of the most important, and yet under-reported aspects, of the net zero transition – how are the world’s supply chains responding to surging demand for the commodities needed to decarbonise the global economy? Commodities are literally the building blocks of the global economy. The net zero transition faces myriad challenges.

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Business Green

MARCH 5, 2020

The climate movement, like any change movement, needs an inside and outside game. It is vital Thunberg remains part of the outside game, calling constantly for more ambition, more urgency, right up to the point when the last tonne of carbon has made its way into the atmosphere. Surrender"? "We There is a lot to like here.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Hopes are building that the COP27 Climate Summit in Sharm El Sheikh could deliver a late breakthrough, after reports that the EU and the G77 group of developing economies had reached an agreement on proposals for a new Loss and Damage funding mechanism. It also "requests parties that have not yet done so.

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Clean Energy Trust

JANUARY 11, 2021

Photo by Olga Subach on Unsplash Technically, MIT Technology Review’ s article “How VCs can avoid another bloodbath as the clean-tech boom 2.0 We recommend reading it to orient yourself for the new year ahead and as a reminder of our cleantech past. tons of carbon dioxide.” View the full article here (behind a paywall).

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Inside the world’s first VR circular fashion summit: 4 key takeaways Lilian Liu Wed, 10/14/2020 – 01:30 COVID-19 has radically accelerated the need for the fashion industry to innovate. The second edition of the Circular Fashion Summit bears fruit of this new socially distanced reality. Attendee avatars can be seen.

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Business Green

MAY 21, 2021

In the front yard of the Coast Mountains in North Vancouver, Canada, Arc'teryx, an outdoor clothing and climbing gear company, is building a circular economy. ReBird also shares educational resources about what a circular economy is and how customers can help Arc'teryx continue to scale its circular operations.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 28, 2020

This week, GreenBiz hosted Circularity 20, the largest North American conference focused on circular economy issues. Audrey Choi, chief marketing officer and chief sustainability officer of Morgan Stanley, gave a great presentation on ways to engage the C-suite about circular economy issues. Today's carbon-negative fuel.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 22, 2021

Aviation is plotting a sustainable course Joel Makower Mon, 03/22/2021 – 00:05 This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021. It wasn’t just that the economy was in a holding pattern. It wasn’t just that the economy was in a holding pattern. You can download the entire report here.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2021

Joel Makower explores the various strategies and investments airlines are deploying in pursuit of their new sustainability goals. This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021. It wasn't just that the economy was in a holding pattern. You can download the entire report here.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

7 tips for companies developing reusable packaging Features Mainstage highlights from Circularity 20 (15:30) Last week, GreenBiz hosted Circularity 20, the largest North American conference focused on circular economy issues. Today’s carbon-negative fuel. Inside The Climate Pledge. ” You can read an excerpt here.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 19, 2021

Outdoor gear company Arc’teryx flies toward a circular economy Deonna Anderson Wed, 05/19/2021 – 10:14 In the front yard of the Coast Mountains in North Vancouver, Canada, Arc’teryx, an outdoor clothing and climbing gear company, is building a circular economy.

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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. This was hardly the first expression of concern about the potentially devastating economic impacts of climate change on companies, markets, nations and the global economy. Among the “complex risks for the U.S.

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Business Green

APRIL 24, 2020

economy, more than 200 US startups have cut thousands of jobs. in a Series C round intended to help it expand into up to 10 new markets this year. These are businesses that accelerate the transition to a more sustainable economy," she told GreenBiz. An homage to cleantech. What, exactly, falls under the climate tech category?

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

Meet the entrepreneur helping farmers capture carbon and increase crop yields - with rocks. Earlier this year, she cofounded Lithos Carbon , along with two Earth Sciences professors. It also measures how much CO2 is removed and sells carbon credits to companies, providing a share of the payment to the farmers it works with.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Why IKEA is investing in sustainable mobility Holly Secon Tue, 11/03/2020 – 00:30 Swedish home furnishing company IKEA isn’t just focusing on what’s happening inside your home anymore. That is, the company is pumping cash into a new sustainable mobility program. “The No.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The global coffee chain is preparing to pioneer an ambitious new sustainable approach to the design of its outlets. The Wednesday announcement marks the company's latest effort toward meeting its "Planet Positive" goals to cut waste, water and carbon in half by 2030. How will you know if you're inside a Greener Store?

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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. This was hardly the first expression of concern about the potentially devastating economic impacts of climate change on companies, markets, nations and the global economy. Among the “complex risks for the U.S.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Microsoft, Tiffany help carve out new responsible mining standard. GreenBiz senior energy analyst Sarah Golden offers an inside view to Clean Energy for Biden, which is raising visibility for the economic potential of clean energy industries ahead of the presidential election. . Behavior change and the circular economy.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

So we cannot only invent new solutions but commercialize them and then scale them up quickly.". To meet this challenge, we need your business to join in, and you can be the champion inside your business to create these breakthroughs. Support accelerators and incubators by being willing to pilot and demonstrate new technology.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

"GreenBiz 21 reaffirmed that there are multiple paths when navigating a career in sustainable business," said Anna Koskol, an Emerging Leader who serves as an environmental educator at Hudson River Park Trust in New York City. "It I am grateful and honored to be a part of this new community. Natalie Gray. Systems Specialist, Omnidian.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

In 10 short years, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) arguably has done more than any other group to define and advance the circular economy. Its landmark report, "The New Plastics Economy," sounded the alarm in 2016 that if "business as usual" continues, by 2025 the ocean may hold more plastic than fish by weight.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2023

With a new department dedicated to delivering net zero and energy security, we are driving economic growth, creating jobs, bringing down energy bills, and reducing our dependence on imported fossil fuels." At the time of writing, he is still yet to tweet any comment on the CCC's report. But the overall picture is unremittingly bleak.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In the minds of the fossil fuel executives, this point must have been hammered home when federal scientists published a report on carbon dioxide and climate change in 1979. Carbon capture is technically possible but not economic. And they talk about solutions like carbon capture, which shows this was an established technology.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Such investors rely on ESG — environmental, social and governance — scores created by ratings agencies to assess a company’s exposure to financial risks associated with issues from its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, to human rights violations in its supply chain, and executive pay. MSCI ranks all five as ‘ESG Leaders’ for carbon emissions.

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