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Four ways businesses can embrace the net zero energy transition

Business Green

Partner Content: Getting to grips with data in business operations, collaboration, and becoming a more engaged energy user can all bring financial rewards, argues BrytEnergy Awareness of the net zero energy transition (the move from fossil fuels to renewables) has been growing in recent years.

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Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni

GreenBiz

Following are some of their responses, lightly edited, representing perspective from all four past cohorts. One final note: Be sure to check the end of this article for quick job updates from others who responded to our outreach but chose not to comment on the two questions. Business as usual wasn’t working.

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Why climate goals must lie at the heart of organisational strategy in order for it to succeed

Business Green

Industry Voice: Businesses must actively support all stakeholders - both internal and external - throughout value chains towards net zero, writes Project Management Institute's Ashwini Bakshi. One way businesses can embed climate goals into organisational strategy is to adapt their corporate structure. Adapting corporate structure.

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The retrofitting strategy behind Sonoma Clean Power's all-electric headquarters

Business Green

Passive design elements and electrification of building systems combined with grid interaction to transform a California electricity provider’s headquarters. With buildings accounting for about 70 per cent of electricity use , it is crucial that they play a role in grid decarbonisation. This article first appeared at GreenBiz.com.

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A Guide to Six Greenwashing Terms Big Ag Is Bringing to COP28

DeSmogBlog

In the wake of blazing heat, rising food insecurity and devastating floods, COP28 leaders have released a four-point “food and agriculture” agenda for the conference, which will call for governments to work with industry to find new solutions. This year, the term will likely be part of discussions related to negotiations around Article 6.4

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Mapped: Europe’s Fossil Fuel-Backed Hydrogen Lobby

DeSmogBlog

Green” hydrogen is created using electricity generated from renewables and could play a key role in decarbonising heavy industry such as steel and cement production. When taking into account methane its climate footprint is “more than 20 percent greater than burning natural gas or coal for heat”, they found.

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What does system change mean, anyway?

Business Green

If business truly is to lead the transition to a more just and sustainable world, it will require more than the incremental tweaks common in the sustainability realm. It will, in effect, require transforming things at the systems level: system change. As I said, I approached this through the lens of business. The basics.