AGreenLiving

JUNE 25, 2020

“By convening the world’s largest and most forward-thinking real estate leaders in this alliance, we can collectively take responsibility and bold, proactive actions to identify, develop, and adopt critical new technologies to reduce the industry’s GHG footprint.”

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2020

In conjunction with the release of the Textile Exchange 2019 Material Change Index, GreenBiz has partnered with Textile Exchange to publish actionable insights for apparel and textile companies looking to source raw materials more sustainably. The entire series may be found here. Leather is one of the oldest materials in the world.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

While the rate of annual deforestation slowed to about 25 million acres between 2015 and 2020, the trendlines in several regions — especially countries in Africa and South America — aren’t moving in the right direction. percent. So far, 60 percent of the beef it sources is “deforestation-free,” according to Aramark.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2020

This morning brings one of the biggest deals yet this year: an infusion of $250m in new financing for food waste crusader Apeel Sciences. What's more, the funding pushes the Santa Barbara, California-based company's valuation to more than $1bn - a status dubbed in VC circles as 'unicorn'. This article originally appeared at GreenBiz.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 17, 2020

Not exactly radical statements, given that these commitments reflect much of the corporate sustainability agenda that has been decades in the making. Fifty years ago next month, writing in the New York Times (PDF), Friedman argued that the social responsibility of business was to “increase profits.”

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

With this in mind, the Green Business Bureau wanted to help you understand your options for sustainability certification, and with that, learn how to become B Corp Certified. With over 500 initiatives to choose from – compared to B Labs 250 – GBB raises the bar in sustainability certification. What is B Corp?

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 7, 2024

Scientists tell us that we’ve pushed the planet beyond its ability to support us in critical areas such as availability of water, biodiversity, and, of course, carbon emissions. The good news is that even though we’re not moving fast enough, sustainability in business is mainstream — a must-do, not a nice-to-do. I see duality.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Use the links provided to navigate through this article. It’s a relatively new discipline born from the collective awareness that carbon dioxide emissions are impacting our climate. The Paris Climate Agreement : COP21 took place in Paris 2015, and marked a new momentum for climate action. C per century.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

However, aviation remains a new frontier for zero emissions. There are several new powertrain options, and none has yet proven itself in regular commercial service. His new company, ZeroAvia, is developing an aircraft powertrain energized by hydrogen fuel cells. Several startup companies are pursuing different possibilities.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 2, 2021

This is creating a soup of ESG interpretations , muddling what constitutes a sustainable investment vs what does not. In this article, you’ll learn what ESG reporting is and the challenges it faces. In this article, you’ll learn what ESG reporting is and the challenges it faces. What Is ESG. Why Is ESG Reporting Important.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2021

The vice-president of sustainability at CCEP, the largest Coca-Cola bottler in the world, spills the details on how the firm intends to achieve net zero packaging, manufacturing, shipping, and ingredients within 20 years. The corporate sustainability strategy, which is aligned with a 1.5C

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Retail business sustainability. These 7 sustainable developments are business opportunities that arise from key market trends we’re witnessing today. For this article we’ve analyzed the business landscape to identify such trends. For this article we’ve analyzed the business landscape to identify such trends.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 21, 2021

It goes without saying that buyers are looking for sustainable companies to do business with and a big part of going green involves reducing fossil fuel use and cutting down your carbon emissions. Younger generations have become increasingly more excited about sustainable brands and oftentimes seek out green companies to do business with.

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Grist

MARCH 13, 2024

The spotlight If you’ve read any climate-related news in the past several years, you’re probably familiar with the scourge of microplastics. They show up at alarming rates in bottled water , food , clouds — and in the human body. She believes that a wave of new materials is ready to outcompete plastic-based textiles.

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

Single-use plastics are helping keep people safe during the Covid-19 pandemic, but creating new challenges for governments in dealing with the waste problem. More than 450 organisations have signed on to the New Plastics Economy commitment, sparked in 2018 by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) and the UN Environment Program.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Charged attended the New York City E-Prix in July, and spoke with several execs from EV infrastructure powerhouse ABB. The real action will begin with the 2022/23 season, when ABB will become the official infrastructure supplier for Formula E. Is ABB pushing for one solution or the other? Efficiency is everything. Not really.

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Mr. Sustainability

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

This article is taken from DNV GL. The new battery technology will make a $25,000 Tesla car a reality. A Decentralized and Electric Future Tesla’s mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. For the original, click here. Tesla Battery Day event finally happened. Elon Musk made some big announcements.

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Andrew Winston

MARCH 26, 2020

[This article was posted on MIT Sloan Management Review last week. But it also could be the kind of challenge we now will face all the time — a new normal. Even if you use a 50% growth rate instead of 100%, it’s day 28 and day 19. Things are moving so fast with COVID-19. The answer is, of course it is.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 19, 2021

As we passed the one-year anniversary of lockdown in the United States, I planned to write about how the pandemic has affected sustainability in food and ag. It’s hard to be precise about the impact of these failures, but they surely play some role in the alarmingly high rates of COVID the U.S. Sponsored Article. Human Rights.

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Charged

AUGUST 16, 2022

Every new technology must overcome a series of temporary constraints on its way to widespread adoption. Range has increased, access to charging infrastructure has expanded, and major automakers have (finally) begun to actively market their EVs and to prepare for a new era of mass production.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 19, 2021

The food and ag sector’s inequality pandemic Jim Giles Fri, 03/19/2021 – 01:15 As we passed the one-year anniversary of lockdown in the United States, I planned to write about how the pandemic has affected sustainability in food and ag. But I kept thinking of the number of people felled by the virus — 536,000 people in the U.S.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2022

As usual, it was another year of ups and downs for sustainable business. Two steps forward, one step back: the sustainable business cha-cha, as I've long described it. And there were new climate laws in the United States and Europe, which breathed new life to climate action in those countries.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Speaking of giving credit where credit is due, nominations are open for the seventh annual Women in Sustainability Leadership Awards, to be conferred by the Women in Sustainability Alumnae Group at a virtual ceremony May 19. Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister, New Zealand. LinkedIn | Twitter. percent of its GDP.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

We are proud to introduce our fifth annual cohort of twentysomethings who are sustainability leaders within — and without — their companies, nonprofits and communities. 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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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Standing alone in the open field, the solar-powered equipment Sheffer shows me could be mistaken for some sort of high-tech scarecrow, but it has a far different job: to monitor and measure the CO 2 in the soil at this farming operation and research center in New York’s Hudson Valley. . Photo courtesy of C.J.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2020

"We have a framework for action - the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. All proponents of a particular SDG see it as the cornerstone in the sustainable development hierarchy - and goal 16 is no exception. Jenkins says sustainable development should be a boon to companies.

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