Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 27, 2022

In this article, you’ll learn the benefits and challenges of running a company internship program, intern project ideas that will bring long-lasting benefits to your company, and strategies for facilitating intern engagement and ensuring quality work. Company Internship Program Benefits. Challenges to Running a Successful Internship Program.

Business Energy Monitoring 147

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Ethics 147

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Building and Retrofitting a Sustainable Home. Whether you’re building from scratch or adding onto an existing home, there are a variety of green building materials and products on the market today to create your sustainable home vision. Eco-Friendly, Ethically-Sourced Building Materials. RECLAIMED LUMBER.

Building Energy Monitoring 148

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Sustainability Recycling 148

Low Impact

DECEMBER 6, 2020

This is the first in a series of interviews that will accompany a book I’m writing, that will be published by Chelsea Green – an employee-owned company, and part of the new economy that the book is describing, built around a mutual credit core. I’ve got quite a few questions, so very briefly if you can. Very exciting.

Packaging 84

Packaging Innovation Investment Law 84

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

While California already has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 13 percent since their peak in 2004, many residents still suffer from high levels of air pollution — much of it produced by fossil fuels. He still struggles to catch his breath when he plays basketball at the park. Climate change is usually seen as a global problem. "Me

Pollution 432

Pollution Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Policy 432

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The ire of environmentalists seemed to be directed more at the developed countries, and Friends of the Earth’s Sara Shaw said the agreement left them “free to keep polluting” in addition to “giving the green light for massive land grabs for offsets in developing countries”.

COP 130

COP Fossil fuels Carbon Climate change 130

GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

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. That’s why I hope that after COVID-19 we will be more human and environmental-driven than money-driven. We as human beings and our planet are all connected.

Sustainability 499

Sustainability Health Carbon-negative Innovation 499

Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Steve Baker and his various allies in Parliament and the press have an established and successful Brexit playbook for taking a fringe concern of limited interest to the public and turning it into a wedge issue so powerful it upends the economic and geopolitical direction of the entire country. They now hope to repeat the trick.

Politics 69

Politics Policy Global warming Fossil fuels 69

Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 2, 2021

Investors in the energy sector are increasingly opting for companies with a green profile. This article from the Financiele Dagblad was translated from Dutch and added upon. With every investment that takes place now, it is clearly explained why this is still justified”, says Berkelder. Now that has become a green list."

Solar Energy Monitor 78

Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Investment 78

Charged

MAY 13, 2020

Things soon started to look a bit sunnier, as GM sold the plant to Lordstown Motors, founded by Steve Burns, who previously founded Workhorse Group, an EV builder that’s been around since 1998, and has supplied electric vans to UPS, FedEx and other fleet operators (we ran a feature article on the company in our May/June 2017 issue).

Electricity 99

Electricity Batteries Automotive Scooters 99

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2021

Last year brought tremendous change in the business world with the acceleration of so many mega trends including remote work, video conferencing, eCommerce, and the digitization of almost everything. Just like many of our GBB business members, Green Business Bureau has a business to run. The business world will never be the same.

Sustainability 143

Sustainability Education Organic Waste 143

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

There is so much going on, and I have so many things to do. So, it just feels like a great moment to reflect. Tell me why that feels like such an important part of who you became. It felt so natural when I was a child there to be part of this amazing place and to wage peace. So we created a protocol about that.

Carbon-negative 36

Carbon-negative Carbon Recycling Recycling 36

Andrew Winston

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

So, sustainability is on the strategic agenda to stay. But at the same time, there are still many fence-sitters. So, why should CEOs care about sustainability when they have to worry about profits?” Companies operating more sustainably slash costs, manage risks better, drive innovation, and build brand value.

Sustainability 60

Sustainability Climate change Resilience Innovation 60

Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The buildings industry, which is responsible for about 40 pe r cent of global greenhouse gas emissions annually, is poised to experience major changes and innovations in pursuit of its decarbonization efforts. So even if 2050 seems far away, the processes we put in place in ten years will last and be there 20 years later. Well done.

Startups 98

Startups Carbon-neutral Innovation Organic 98

Low Impact

DECEMBER 13, 2020

This is the second in a series of interviews that will accompany a book I’m writing, that will be published by Chelsea Green – an employee-owned company, and part of the new economy that book is describing, built around a mutual credit core. First – why are you doing this? Why did you do this instead?

Government 77

Government Blockchain Politics Waste 77

DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

On July 19th, the day the temperature in London passed 40 degrees Celsius for the first time in history, the Daily Mail, a leading British tabloid, published an editorial titled “Why can’t the Met Office just tell us the weather, instead of spreading alarm and scolding us with doom-laden lectures?” So I googled him. Changing Extremes.

Climate change 98

Climate change Fossil fuels Politics Africa 98

Grist

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Our vision is a robust eastern forest restored to its splendor,” reads The American Chestnut Foundation’s homepage, against a background of glowing green chestnut leaflets. A 1912 article from the Sun describes the American chestnut tree blight. On the timescale of Haudenosaunee history, the losses still feel new.

Biotechnology 141

Biotechnology Agriculture Government Technology 141

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy? Jim Robbins Thu, 11/19/2020 – 01:30 This article originally was published on Yale Environment 360. gas company, Air Products & Chemicals, announced that as part of Neom it has been building a green hydrogen plant in Saudi Arabia for the last four years.

Hydrogen 36

Hydrogen Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 36

GreenBiz

AUGUST 19, 2020

Why the District of Columbia is a leader in energy efficiency. The technical fixes register considerable energy savings, prevent energy waste and demonstrate there is still so much we can do to reduce pollution, especially within old existing infrastructure, such as data centers, commercial real estate and transportation systems.

Real Estate 517

Real Estate Energy Energy HVAC 517

Business Green

JUNE 3, 2020

The Times reported today that offshore wind, carbon capture, and green skills programmes are all set to be at the heart of a multi-billion pound stimulus package that is set to be unveiled next month. Green infrastructure projects are 'shovel-ready', labour-intensive, and result in good and rewarding jobs. This is extremely good news.

Packaging 54

Packaging Government Pollution Politics 54

Charged

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

My father worked in the oil industry, but his formal education was in aviation maintenance and mechanics back in the Soviet Union, so I got exposed to some of that early on. It was always a personal passion, and I was already working on green transportation, so that was a natural intersection. That’s when we started.

Aviation 111

Aviation Hydrogen Batteries Automotive 111

DeSmogBlog

MAY 9, 2022

But that is exactly what NW Natural is attempting to do with its various advertising campaigns, a coalition of environmental groups led by Earthjustice and the Green Energy Institute argue in a testimony opposing NW Natural’s rate increase request. Its ads also promote the benefits of cooking with gas and why chefs prefer cooking with gas.

Natural gas 98

Natural gas Methane Education Health 98

Business Green

JANUARY 16, 2023

It isn't hard to understand why. But as mobile internet has expanded its reach around the globe over the past two decades, to the point that it is now integral to many economies, so has the industry's climate impact, with recent estimates suggesting it produces 220 million tonnes of CO2 per year, or around 0.4

Sustainability 36

Sustainability Carbon Resilience Recycling 36

GreenBiz

APRIL 29, 2021

What’s the value of opening a coal plant today when the economic and social cost of operating it is so much higher than alternatives? And what’s the cost of being so overwhelmed by these time loops that we change nothing at all? And so, at this point, it’s hard to translate changes in climate & policy into econ & financial projections.

Innovation 510

Innovation Earth Day Climate change Patents 510

Business Green

JUNE 25, 2021

Yes, the businesses that have set those goals are coming under special scrutiny, never mind that only about 20 per cent of the world's 2,000 largest corporations have yet done so, according to the University of Oxford. It's the so-called leaders that are taking the heat. Why is the atmosphere any different? The problem?

Pollution 61

Pollution Fossil fuels Carbon Technology 61

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Shortly after the 2025 strategy’s publication, I spoke with Ann Tracy, chief sustainability officer at Colgate-Palmolive, about the specific commitments, how the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on its sustainability goals and why it held firm with the release schedule for the company's recyclable toothpaste tube. "We So, can it be tablets?

Recycling 390

Recycling Recycling Plastics Packaging 390

Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Climate tech solutions can sometimes seem vexingly distant on the horizon, but as climate impacts bear down hard, the urgency of the problem is palpable. That's why it's invigorating to see a solution such as Remora, which reduces emissions from long-haul trucking by sucking up carbon dioxide directly from the tailpipe.

Carbon 41

Carbon Carbon-neutral Startups Logistics 41

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 27, 2021

Industry experts say current processes for doing it are so extremely expensive that few manufacturers have the financial ability. But there has been little demand because the end product is so expensive. “Can we borrow $100 million or $200 million to make something more expensive than our competitors is a hard business case? .

Hydrogen 28

Hydrogen Carbon Real Estate Demand 28

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Why Google, BASF and Sephora are coming together on safer chemistry Elsa Wenzel Wed, 10/28/2020 – 02:02 It’s probably fair to say that nobody expressly set out to devise a sunscreen to bleach coral reefs or a yoga mat to emit carcinogens.

Plastics 28

Plastics Innovation Organic Retail 28

GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

We recognize the importance of public sector investment, particularly in green infrastructure, to facilitate the transition to net-zero emissions. emissions by greening the electricity and transportation sectors. buildings to be more sustainable, clean energy manufacturing and climate research and development. .

Sustainability 396

Sustainability Climate change Carbon-neutral Investment 396

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

To prevent additional layoffs as the pandemic dented sales, Barra took a temporary pay cut, and GM pivoted with partners to build ventilators and masks. Starbucks ramped up its anti-bias training, closing 8,000 stores one day to do so — a prelude in 2018 to its response to the interconnected crises of 2020. LinkedIn | Company profile.

Sustainability 520

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 520

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

We named eight of the biggest players in the space so sustainability professionals know what and who to watch out for. READ THE FULL STORY: The stunning impact of COVID-19 social distancing on air pollution & To make offices safe during COVID-19, buildings need a breath of fresh air & How coronavirus will affect 4 key environmental issues.

Sustainability 540

Sustainability Plastics Agriculture Carbon-negative 540

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 21, 2020

And then once [Enviva] start building it, then they were saying ‘oh this is coming,’ and I told them ‘this is what I tried to tell you all about.’” In June, I interviewed Joyner and other members of her community in Northampton County, which is located in the Northeast corner of the state, close to the Virginia state line.

Building Energy Monitoring 36

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 36

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

With this in mind, in this Green Business Bureau article, we’ll define what Carroll’s CSR pyramid is, before looking at how this pyramid can be adapted to meet today’s social demands. Yet, CSR lacked (and still does lack) a clear and consistent definition. This is why meeting ethical responsibility in business is vital. .

Ethics 148

Ethics Law Demand Sustainability 148

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

With this in mind, in this Green Business Bureau article, we’ll define what Carroll’s CSR pyramid is, before looking at how this pyramid can be adapted to meet today’s social demands. Yet, CSR lacked (and still does lack) a clear and consistent definition. This is why meeting ethical responsibility in business is vital. .

Ethics 148

Ethics Law Demand Sustainability 148

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Certification is shown to attract and engage top talent, increase credibility and build trust, slash costs, meet the demands of a consumer majority, and protect a company’s mission in the long term. This is discussed in more detail at the end of this article. Is Green Certification Right For Your Business? What is B Corp?

Business Energy Monitoring 78

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 78

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2022

That paragraph, in article 2, paragraph 2.a., But why are both numbers so important? Nordhaus published an article in the American Economic Review entitled Can We Control Carbon Dioxide? ” Two years later, he publishes another article where he insists on the same idea, and accompanies it with a revealing graph.

COP 92

COP Building Energy Monitoring Politics Global warming 92

Green Business Bureau

JUNE 28, 2021

Right now, prominent media companies are already setting the stage for sustainable business practices in the industry, so it is imperative that smaller companies follow suit or they may fall behind and miss out on the opportunities that come with being green. Improve Utility and Building Energy Efficiency.

Sustainability 148

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 148