Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

ImpactAlpha, September 9 – Stockholm-based BIMA provides mobile health, life and accident microinsurance to first-time customers. It has issued more than 35 million policies in Asia and Africa. COVID has spurred a surge in demand for its telehealth consultations and health policies.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 6, 2020

24: Solar financing for frontline health clinics in Africa and Asia. Agents of Impact, it’s time to put on your catalytic caps to think through this compelling challenge for innovative finance. Frontline public health clinics are playing a critical role in the COVID crisis, but the vast majority of.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 14, 2021

For the last two decades, the European Union has played a leadership role in tackling the risks hazardous chemicals pose to our health and environment. Several countries in Asia, including China, the world’s largest chemical producer, have developed national chemical regulatory programs strongly influenced by the EU’s design.

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Eco-Business

JANUARY 8, 2024

With the past three years characterised by a global health crisis, geopolitical conflict, and climate-induced extreme weather, the Hitachi Young Leaders Initiative sees the youth as the new custodians of the future – able to find opportunity within challenges

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

The annual ceremony of the EI Awards 2020 took place on 26 November, with an aim to celebrate the most innovative people and projects across the global energy sector – with the winners feted by both the President of the Energy Institute (EI) and the UK Energy Minister. Health and Safety: NDT Global. www.infracoasia.com.

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Mayors from Latin America, Africa and Asia will be welcoming more than 90% of the new urban inhabitants in the next decade. Governing these ballooning cities is a continuing challenge, not just in terms of urban design and revitalization, but.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Amid myriad social, health and political crises, business sustainability is alive and well and living the Paris Agreement. Lisa Williams , former chief product officer, becomes head of innovation, design and merchandising. Thought for Food announced Melissa Ong as its Southeast Asia CEO. Who's news. On the move.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 9, 2021

New golf course developments in Asia, the Middle East and Africa are incorporating sustainability into the design and implementation phases of their projects. These things are absolutely vital to the health and wellbeing of future generations, so we all need to do our best to make things better.". Particularly, Laguna L?ng

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The Angry Clean Energy Guy

JULY 5, 2018

This is true without even taking into account the health, environmental and pollution advantages of renewable energy over coal, oil, and gas. The role of technological innovation KIUC’s Tesla solar-plus-battery facility. FourthWave Southeast Asia is the global laggard in renewables, but for how much longer?

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Front And Centered

JANUARY 10, 2021

The people behind the innovative efforts are imagining a new economy – one that has a vision for sustainable, equitable, and healthy communities. Asia Tail is the fellow and cofounder of the Y?haw? Five Frontline Community Fellowship projects launch this month to showcase the range of possibilities. In 2018, she co-founded y?

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The policy briefing document was released in early January by Belgium-based organization, HealthforAnimals (HfA), which represents some of the world’s biggest and best known animal pharmaceutical companies, including Zoetis, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, Merck Animal Health, Elanco Animal Health, IDEXX, and Ceva Santé Animale.

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The City Fix

MARCH 24, 2023

While cities are hubs of innovation and opportunity, the increasing pace of urbanization also exacerbates inequality, stresses infrastructure, and fuels climate change, air pollution and other environmental problems. About two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

Business Secretary pushes green finance agenda as he unveils £12m climate fund to support projects Africa, Asia and South America.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Vast amounts of valuable energy, agricultural nutrients, and water could potentially be recovered from the world’s fast-rising volume of municipal wastewater, according to a new study by UN University’s Canadian-based Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH).

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 1, 2020

In this role, you will be a senior member of the team and face off to Institutional Investors globally, with primary focus on investors in the US and Asia. We are seeking a talented, highly motivated Director of Business Development to join our Investor Relations team. Our Ideal Candidate will be…. Bachelor’s degree required.

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Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2023

The S&P 500 company, which operates in 54 countries including the UK, employs approximately 34,000 staff worldwide, providing commercial, personal property, accident, health, and life insurance to a range of clients. Chubb also provides reinsurance, risk management and underwriting services.

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Green Technology

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

The Camfil Group, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, has 3,800 employees and 26 production units and R&D centers in four countries in the Americas, Europe, South East Asia and the Asia-Pacific region. Fox Blocks ICF buildings are energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly, sustainable, quiet and comfortable.

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Grist

JUNE 27, 2022

Many of us have spent the last two-and-a-half years worried about the health risks posed by other people. As the climate warms, more health risks will come not only from other people, but increasingly from the environment around us. The question remains whether we will be prepared.”. Since 2014, cases of the virus in the U.S.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Innovation or tradition? “Demand for meat is growing faster in Asia, especially China, than anywhere else on the planet, and satiating the continent’s demand has global implications,” says Impossible Foods. Fitch also notes that environmental, ethical, and health concerns may also be driving demand for fake meat in China.

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Front And Centered

JANUARY 10, 2021

The people behind the innovative efforts are imagining a new economy – one that has a vision for sustainable, equitable, and healthy communities. Asia Tail is the fellow and cofounder of the Y?haw? Given his deep expertise, Mark has been innovating and leading community enterprise efforts throughout the region.

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Sustainability Consulting

OCTOBER 14, 2020

What does this mean for residents’ health? Similar global studies suggest a link between wildfire exposure and poor health outcomes among newborns in Southeast Asia. Chan School of Public Health found that people with COVID-19 who live in U.S. million fatalities, per year. A new nationwide study from Harvard T.H.

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Eco-Business

JANUARY 20, 2020

The Plastics Data Challenge is a global innovation challenge that will source, support, and scale innovative technologies, methodologies and working prototypes that help entrepreneurs and others collect, analyse and leverage data to understand and address the leakage of plastic waste into the environment.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 22, 2020

In recent years, seaweed has been quite a catch for health-conscious consumers, in turn, making kelp, a brown macroalgae, one of the more in-demand types of seaweed offerings. Kelp’s health benefits extend beyond vitamins, as documented by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) FoodData Central site.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 10, 2020

To date, we have awarded over $36 million to 99 companies and deployed more than 59 projects in Hawaii, California’s frontline communities, and the Asia Pacific. The Portfolio Manager will report to the Director of Accelerator Operations and work closely with Directors of Innovation, as well as the Pipeline and Partnerships teams.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 12, 2022

Yet, there is another side to this tale of darkness – one in which electrification, light, new interconnections and power developments are springing up all over the continent and innovative technology is being adopted at a rate never seen before. Strict health and safety COVID-19 protocols will be observed. Hydrogen future.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

According to environmental experts and campaigners, the meat industry downplays the climate impact of animal agriculture and exaggerates the potential of different innovations to reduce it, depicting meat as indispensable to feeding the world’s population while denying the need to cut consumption globally to reach climate targets.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2022

"How can the developed world recognise the magnitude of the triple planetary crisis and not respond to calls for greater ambition in biodiversity funding beyond the existing financing architecture through additional and innovative strategies and instruments?" the letter states.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The investment marks a first for Prosus Ventures in the utilities domain, traditionally investing in tech growth opportunities in fields such as logistics, fintech, health, blockchain and more. Under the terms of the three-year partnership, commercial financing will be extended on a project-by-project basis. billion ($300.9 million).

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Several speakers highlighted how a large cause for declining US emissions since the early 2000s has been switching from dirty coal to “clean” natural gas, and that such coal-to-gas switching could enable further emission reductions in Asia.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In a bid to encourage uptake from customers, the firm said it would focus on value to ensure affordability does not become a barrier to buying more environmentally-sustainable plant-based food, as well as working with suppliers and investing in innovation to develop new products.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 14, 2021

How the EU’s new ‘toxic-free’ vision could shape your safer chemicals strategy Bob Kerr Thu, 01/14/2021 – 01:00 For the last two decades, the European Union has played a leadership role in tackling the risks hazardous chemicals pose to our health and environment. and elsewhere.

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Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2023

With experience spanning several countries, she managed go-to-market for utility-scale solar in Latin America, smart grid software in Asia Pacific, clean air gas-insulated high-voltage switchgear (GIS) & breakers in North America, and wildfire mitigation in California. She is a Politico Ambassador, economist and self-taught developer.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2020

The plant-based meat and dairy market is expected to balloon over the years to come, as consumers increasingly seek to reduce the environmental impact of their diet while tapping the health benefits related to reducing meat consumption. Products are just tastier now than ever before, thanks to leaps in food technology innovation, he says.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2022

As well as entering new territories - Masdar announced its first projects in Greece and Armenia last year - Al Muharrami gave a strong indication of growth plans across the UK, Europe, USA, and Asia. Closer to its home, the company is also heavily involved in the built environment and clean tech innovation. Masdar City.

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Energy Energy Hydrogen Real Estate 86

The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Bridgestone’s Bill Niaura, executive director of sustainable innovation and circular economy, says guayule is a drop-in replacement with many potential advantages. Location: “Hevea trees are primarily grown in Southeast Asia,” he says, “while guayule is grown in the Southwestern US.” Chief among them?

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The spokesperson added that food production must increase by 70 percent to keep pace with population growth, and complained that the common narrative on livestock was dictated by “simplistic negative conclusions of livestock’s role within rising global temperatures, nature decline and decreasing human health”.

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Grist

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Meanwhile, innovators of all ages are developing plastic alternatives made from things like fish skin, vegetable starches and other biodegradable substances that offer the promise of rapid decomposition when disposed of properly, a sharp contrast with the thousands of years that traditional plastics may linger in the environment. “We

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