GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Thanks to converging forces — including supportive policies, dropping battery costs and aggressive climate goals — transportation leaders at large and small organizations are increasingly turning to new zero-emission and low-carbon options that decarbonize fleets and in some cases save money. Mon, 10/26/2020 - 02:00.

Sustainability 545

Sustainability Scooters Electric vehicle Natural gas 545

GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2021

Is your carbon accounting system prepared to count remote work? Over the course of the pandemic, I’ve seen numerous dispatches issued by software developers touting the carbon footprint reduction potential of shifting to collaboration applications for many employee meetings. . Heather Clancy. Thu, 05/27/2021 - 02:00.

Carbon 280

Carbon Policy Sustainability Transportation 280

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

It has been encouraging to see company and government commitments to cutting greenhouse gas emissions coming thick and fast in recent months, even despite the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, investor BlackRock is asking that by the end of 2020, companies issue reports aligned with the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.

Sustainability 520

Sustainability Biodiversity Organic Climate change 520

GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

In 2020, investments into early stage climate tech companies topped $60 billion and grew at a faster rate than all VC investments from 2013 to 2019. Textiles and the fashion industry account for about 20 percent of global wastewater pollution, 10 percent of global carbon emissions and 17 million tons of municipal solid waste.

Startups 519

Startups Carbon-negative Waste Waste 519

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

What’s more, the concept means different things for different crops in different regions. Some practitioners and regenerative ag pioneers are piloting new technologies to help with that process. Measuring soil carbon levels with a handheld probe. 5 cool measurement tools attempting to quantify regenerative agriculture.

Agriculture 545

Agriculture Cooling Soil Health 545

GreenBiz

JUNE 8, 2020

How on-demand food delivery apps could encourage low-carbon food. Even before the COVID era, food order and delivery apps were growing rapidly, and the sector was on track to more than double in value by 2025 — from $82 billion in 2018 to $200 billion by 2025. Anna Zhang. Mon, 06/08/2020 - 02:00.

Demand 418

Demand Carbon Carbon-negative Climate change 418

GreenBiz

AUGUST 5, 2020

trillion industry accounts for about 8 percent of the world’s carbon emissions when considering the entire value chain — higher than the entire iron and steel manufacturing industry combined, for comparison. Without any intervention, that figure is projected to increase more than 60 percent by 2030.

Technology 501

Technology Fashion Sustainability Energy Monitor 501

Green Business Bureau

MAY 16, 2022

In our previous article, titled Scope 1 2 3 Emissions Explained: Understanding the GHG Protocol’s Emission Classification System , we defined scope 1 emissions, scope 2 emissions, and scope 3 emissions as follows: Scope 1 emissions are GHGs released directly from a business.

Business Energy Monitoring 148

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 148

Green Business Bureau

MAY 25, 2022

The GHG Protocol’s emission classification system. Hence the pressure mounts for companies to measure, manage and report their GHG emissions. Hence the pressure mounts for companies to measure, manage and report their GHG emissions. This article focuses on scope 3 emissions.

Business Energy Monitoring 148

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Carbon-neutral Energy Monitor 148

GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

We have only until 2030 to get things on track for a net-zero and nature-positive economy — this should sharpen our minds for action. Floods affected more than 10 million people across China, India, Nepal, Japan and Bangladesh, and there were a record 29 tropical storms in the Atlantic, with a record 12 making landfall.

Plastics 432

Plastics Government Waste Waste 432

GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

Leading sustainability for a meal kit company, I am acutely aware of our weak points and an advocate for the benefits. I have seen significant progress to this end — both in my company and the industry at large — from iterating on packaging needs to rethinking how to sustainably control temperature during transport.

Packaging 545

Packaging Waste Waste Retail 545

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The fashion industry is damaging to the planet — it's responsible for 10 percent of the world's carbon emissions. But there are companies — both large and small — trying to solve this problem. She noted that unspun is not trying to villify consumption, but rather to set up a more responsible industry.

Fashion 508

Fashion Waste Waste Seafood 508

GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined. It helped make the bricks that hold up your home; the cement underfoot. At 10 percent, industrial heat ranks on par with the combined emissions of cars (about 6 percent), planes (about 2 percent) and ships (about 2 percent). . Adam Aston.

Aviation 372

Aviation Carbon Natural gas Cooling 372

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

What’s more, hunger and micronutrient deficiencies are concentrated among the poorest and most vulnerable — often including those who produce the food we eat. This is not because food is more expensive in Africa than it is in the United States. percent emissions reduction every year over the next decade (United Nations).

Health 535

Health Sustainability Agriculture Organic 535

Green Business Bureau

MAY 11, 2022

The 2001 GHG Protocol’s guidelines were the first to categorize business GHGs as scope 1 emissions, scope 2 emissions, and scope 3 emissions. The aim of this emission classification system was to help organizations measure and manage their carbon footprint. These are fossil fuels burnt on site.

Energy Monitor 148

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 148

Smart Energy International

JULY 27, 2022

Emily Newton, editor-in-chief of Revolutionized Magazine , writes on three use cases where the Internet of Things (IoT) is proving a useful instrument to help reduce carbon emissions. These are three ways in which people currently use IoT to reduce carbon emissions. Smart home technology helps consumers go green.

IoT 130

IoT Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 130

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Lately, I’ve been mulling that framework a great deal in the context of a much-ballyhooed nature-based solution for removing carbon emissions: planting trees. Our local planting partners help determine the species, number and space of trees to promote regeneration while preventing fires of this drastic severity in the future.".

North America 286

North America Climate change Carbon Innovation 286

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The number of companies proclaiming their intent to go net-zero by 2050 has expanded exponentially in the past 12 months, but the ones short-cutting that commitment by a decade are a rarer breed. The extension will see $6 million more invested through 2026, initially in the Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Guatemala.

Sustainability 402

Sustainability Recycling Recycling Packaging 402

GreenBiz

MAY 29, 2020

Residential energy is becoming companies' business. But as companies such as Mastercard , Facebook and Twitter look at long-term remote work policies, working from home (WFH) is adding a new dimension to corporate carbon accounting. . Five companies with residential energy programs for the COVID era. Sarah Golden.

Home Energy Monitoring 228

Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor 228

GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

Who is responsible for emissions? From companies looking to select cleaner manufacturing suppliers, to investors seeking to divest from polluting industries, to consumers making choices about which businesses to patronize, one thing is clear: a reliable way to measure where emissions are coming from is necessary," they wrote.

Innovation 472

Innovation Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 472

Green Business Bureau

JUNE 1, 2021

If your company is working toward improving its sustainability performance, you need a strategy, plan and roadmap. There are ten steps we’ve defined at Green Business Bureau to gear your company’s purpose, culture, focus and actions towards sustainability. Step 7: Leverage the GBB Scorecard to track progress and measure results.

Sustainability 148

Sustainability Carbon Policy Organic 148

Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 10, 2022

There is company risk in not being sustainable, both to the planet and to the business. Climate change has been linked to carbon emissions, yet another reason for businesses to change. Companies need to get serious about sustainability. The framework also includes an EcoScorecard to track results. Increased Sales.

Business Energy Monitoring 158

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring 158

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 7, 2022

It is relatively common knowledge at this point that large organizations and corporations are responsible for the vast majority of carbon emissions. Understandably, the larger a company is, the more waste it produces, the more resources it uses, and the more energy it consumes. Others are minute.

Business Energy Monitoring 78

Business Energy Monitoring Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 78

Business Green

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Google has added new tools to its features designed to give users more control over the carbon emissions generated when using Google Cloud Platform (GCP). It also allows users to see the daily CO2 emissions attributed to a given project. It also allows users to see the daily CO2 emissions attributed to a given project.

Energy Monitor 84

Energy Monitor Carbon-neutral Carbon Packaging 84

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2022

ESG goals are company-wide objectives that help an organization meet environmental, social, and governance business needs as per the standards set in the ESG framework. In this Green Business Bureau article, we introduce the concept of ESG goals. How to set ESG goals guide. What is ESG and why is it important? Sustainalytics.

Organic 78

Organic Sustainability Government Waste 78

Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Industry Voice: Companies with ambitious plans to decarbonise can be climate leaders, no matter what their industry - and it will give them a competitive advantage, according to Schroders. Despite numerous governments setting targets to reach net zero carbon emissions, the world is not on track to contain rising temperatures.

Business Energy Monitoring 89

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Carbon-neutral Energy Monitor 89

Green Business Bureau

JULY 8, 2022

“ The typical conference attendee produces more than four pounds of waste and nearly 400 pounds of CO 2 emissions a day. For more information, the city of Folsom has developed a waste management guide that includes valuable information on the processes of recycling and the collection of waste at events.

Sustainability 147

Sustainability Waste Waste Recycling 147

The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

The urge to adopt and manufacture sustainable products and technologies to save the planet isn’t new, but it has never been more urgent than nowadays. Almost all your business processes can be handled with the help of software. As tech advances and you adopt more technologies, you produce a lot of electronic waste or e-waste.

Business Energy Monitoring 269

Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 269

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Partner Insight: With only a small proportion of emissions produced during final manufacturing, businesses must focus on their supply chains to combat CO2 more effectively, according to Boston Consulting Group. Q: Why do companies need to tackle emissions across their supply chains?

Sustainability 94

Sustainability Carbon Agriculture Transportation 94

Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Besides doing the right thing for future generations, going green in the office can provide your company with tangible bottom-line benefits. This article outlines 20 sustainable business practices your company can implement to make your offices more sustainable (ordered from low cost, high impact to high cost, low impact).

Business Energy Monitoring 179

Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 179

Green Business Bureau

JULY 29, 2022

Sustainable transportation reduces total GHG emissions from the transportation sector. Sustainable transportation is the practice of reducing total GHG emissions from the transportion sector. The transportation sector accounted for 27% of total greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, amounting to 1.6 New federal data from the U.S.

Transportation 78

Transportation Sustainability Electric vehicle Carbon 78

Green Business Bureau

JULY 29, 2022

Sustainable transport reduces total GHG emissions from the transport sector. Sustainable transport is the practice of reducing total GHG emissions from the transport sector. The transport sector accounted for 27% of total greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, amounting to 1.6 We explain these emission categories below.

Transportation 78

Transportation Sustainability Electric vehicle Carbon 78

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 29, 2021

If your company is working toward improving its sustainability performance, you need a strategy, plan and roadmap. There are ten steps we’ve defined at Green Business Bureau to gear your company’s purpose, culture, focus and actions towards sustainability. Step 7: Leverage the GBB Scorecard to track progress and measure results.

Sustainability 78

Sustainability Carbon Policy Organic 78

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

ProducePay teams up with Allcot to create a carbon crediting project designed for fruit and vegetable growers. The carbon offset market is inching its way onto the farm. Hence why ProducePay, together with Allcot , a carbon credit project developer, is launching a carbon offset program specifically for fruit and vegetable growers.

Carbon 68

Carbon Agriculture Soil Packaging 68

Business Green

MAY 28, 2021

The world of work has changed drastically in the wake of the pandemic, but can carbon accounting systems keep up? Over the course of the pandemic, I've seen numerous dispatches issued by software developers touting the carbon footprint reduction potential of shifting to collaboration applications for many employee meetings.

Carbon 82

Carbon Policy Sustainability Transportation 82

Andrew Winston

JANUARY 5, 2022

This is my year-end article from Harvard Business Review that I mentioned in my last post (which has many more stories and links). Trends in corporate sustainability have been mostly consistent — an expanding climate crisis, lightning-speed growth in clean tech, rising pressure from many stakeholders, and more. [Happy New Year!

Sustainability 120

Sustainability Fossil fuels Plastics Carbon-negative 120

Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

When cutting carbon emissions for the good of the planet became a corporate responsibility, in some ways it was an easy sell to CEOs. Along with the reputational benefits, companies were also able to work toward energy efficiency and reduced costs under the guise of 'going green'. "We degrees Celsius of warming.

Biodiversity 68

Biodiversity Soil Agriculture Carbon 68