Smart Energy International

APRIL 18, 2024

The World Energy Council’s World Energy Trilemma 2024 report reveals changing ambitions and new challenges facing global energy systems. Energy security now encompasses the reliability of renewables, availability and accessibility or critical minerals, and resilience in the face of physical and cyber threats.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2023

Selecting the right sustainability certification for your business can be a tedious process requiring thorough research and understanding which program will best suit your needs and budget. General business sustainability certifications. GENERAL BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATIONS. OVERVIEW OF SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATIONS.

Business Energy Monitoring 148

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 31, 2023

ISO 14001 certification to run an effective environmental management system ISO 14001 certification is designed to help businesses run an effective environmental management system (EMS), to reduce an entity’s impact on our natural world via operating more sustainably.

Business Energy Monitoring 78

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Business Green

OCTOBER 8, 2021

As the gas price crisis escalates, a comprehensive new study underscores need for 'changes in the way we live, move, and consume' to cut energy demand in pursuit of net zero.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

UK government should introduce secondary legislation and guidance that can provide further clarity about how the biodiversity offset market will work and be policed, non-profit argue. Multiple government roles in the market could result in perverse outcomes and conflicts of interest.".

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

As the quest for sustainable energy intensifies, biomass emerges as a pivotal player in the arena of renewable resources. This exploration into the realm of biomass energy untangles the complexities and delves into its multifaceted nature, uncovering the potential of plant-based and waste-derived materials as alternative sources of power.

Energy Monitor 89

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 4, 2021

Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet C.J. Until very recently, investor demands regarding environmental impact largely have focused on the climate crisis and greenhouse gas emissions. Clouse Thu, 03/04/2021 – 02:11 Reprinted from GreenFin Weekly, a free weekly newsletter. Subscribe here.

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Business Green

MARCH 6, 2023

The high seas cover some 42 per cent of the Earth's surface, are a major carbon sink, and home to vast amounts of biodiversity. It also creates new guardrails around exploitation of internatioanl waters, by establishing a more formal and transparent process for permitting of commercial activity in the high seas.

Business Energy Monitoring 40

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Here are some of the latest commitments, along with perspective on progress so far: Procure most electricity from renewable sources by 2025 and decrease energy usage by 15 percent. Decrease water usage by 20 percent at high-risk sites and 15 percent overall by 2025 (per metric ton of product made).

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Business Green

JUNE 26, 2020

In order to achieve this, there are a number of pressing environmental issues that we face, with governments, business and citizens focusing their efforts to reduce our carbon footprint and become more sustainable as a nation. Organisations should also be looking for innovative and creative ways to help make their business more biodiverse.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The series is supported by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University, and is part of their POWER project. . South, where companies find ample forests, lax business regulations, and ports along the Atlantic coast. South to burn them overseas in its power plants.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2023

A 2021 survey of corporate occupiers of buildings commissioned by JLL revealed that 83 per cent believe that climate risk is financial risk, 79 per cent anticipate that carbon emissions reduction will be part of their corporate sustainability strategy by 2025, and 42 per cent felt their employees would demand green and healthy spaces to work in.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

🚗 Vertical: Transportation and Energy investment declined, but remained on top. Redwood Materials received a $2bn loan from the US Department of Energy in Feb 2023. Ascend Elements received a $480m grant from the US Department of Energy in Oct 2022. 2 spot behind Energy Storage, which rose from no.2 2 to to no.1.

Building Energy Monitoring 144

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Coal-fired power plants in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (image credit: Asian Development Bank , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 A properly functioning carbon price covering a large number of countries would send clear signals across global supply chains and help address the distributional impacts of the energy transition. license ).

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Since the IRA passed, 265 clean energy and manufacturing projects worth $100B+ have been announced. 🏦 The Loans Program Office kept busy. Proterra, the dominant electric bus maker, was just one high profile example. 👻 Spooky season for clean energy stocks. 💪 Climate joined the labor movement.

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Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

We have globally seen a record breaking fire season in 2023, and from Canada to California, Planet data has been leveraged to monitor and prepare for these fires, helping protect civilians and conserve natural resources. Over the years, our data has also provided critical insights for managing and mitigating bushfires in Australia.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

With droughts affecting the UK for much of last summer, the project, from Westcountry Rivers Trust and South West Water, will not only contribute to better hydrated wetlands, woodlands and fields, but can help farms manage water demand through dry weather, as well as boost aquatic biodiversity.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 26, 2022

At the COP15 Biodiversity Summit which ended last week, much focus was on the depletion of natural capital, the world's stock of natural assets. Corporate measures could also go some way to reversing the loss of biodiversity and address about 60 per cent of chemical and plastic pollution. Yet fatalism would be misplaced.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 28, 2023

In the news this week, $7T for fossil fuel subsidies, the summer brings more tropical storms, and Equinor opens the world’s largest floating wind farm… to power oil drilling. for Northvolt to build energy storage, $100M for direct lithium extraction, and $60M for heat batteries. Thanks for reading!

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 20, 2022

This report demonstrated that ESG investments make good business sense. Customers and employees are also demanding business with a purpose. As such, we’re seeing an ideological shift in the business realm where responsibility goes beyond the profit line. If a business is not profitable, it cannot operate.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

While commercial mining of the deep seafloor is not yet happening, momentum is building and the world is now seriously entertaining the possibility. And what constitutes benefits to humankind is also unclear as the deep seafloor is filled with untold biodiversity, much of it vitally important to the survival of our planet.”.

Building Energy Monitoring 88

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Varuna

OCTOBER 18, 2019

The water utility industry has an opportunity to improve its infrastructure to meet the demands of climate change and customer needs. The American home is fast becoming a honeypot of data, and the water utility needs to harness this data in order to run their business better.

Home Energy Monitoring 60

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 3, 2023

As energy demands increase for heavier and longer-distance transport, the energy efficiency equation for fossil based-fuels becomes harder to displace. So far, electrification and hydrogen-based options have struggled to achieve sufficient energy densities. These lower-carbon fuels are only as good as their ingredients.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Critics, meanwhile, have been quick to point out that the plan is thin on details around how the government intends to scale up energy efficiency improvements, boost green skills, decarbonise heavy industry, and encourage people to embrace lower carbon diets. work with business to deliver cost reductions for clean technologies.

Building Energy Monitoring 83

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 83

Business Green

JULY 1, 2022

The price of water - essential for human life, nature, communities and businesses - is often subsidised , reflecting a commonly held belief that everyone should have abundant access to clean water. That makes it difficult for companies to fully evaluate and account for the business risk of supplies drying up as a result of climate change.

Carbon 69

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2021

We will work together to tackle the world's biggest problems, reducing carbon emissions, fighting the loss of biodiversity and getting another 40 million girls into school by 2025," he added. ScottishPower said the project was the first of its kind in the UK and is set to provide enough green power for up to 15,000 homes. "I

Building Energy Monitoring 71

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Planet Pulse

APRIL 22, 2020

Planet’s tools and technologies are powering a new generation of sustainable development and climate solutions. And this comes before the demands of the next one billion human inhabitants are factored in, who will arrive on Earth in just the next decade. This blog covers our work with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

COP27's focus this year circled similar essence, on holding organisations accountable to their commitments and demanding to see gradual, yet impactful change. A roadmap can show exactly what the steps to meeting climate change goals, minimising impacts of the climate crisis and reaping business benefits.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

Two new reports today warn urgent is needed to eliminate deforestation arising from surging demand for soy. Collectively, the 22 traders wield enough power to trigger large-scale, transformative change across the soy industry, WWF said, yet too little is being done to curtail soy-linked deforestation.

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Planet Pulse

JUNE 13, 2024

Ever since then, we’ve built strong relationships across the federal government and we work closely with our commercial customers and partners who provide critical services to the federal and civil sectors. Here’s our top three takeaways from the event: Planet is aligning our offerings with the demand signals of the U.S.

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Business Green

JULY 31, 2021

But in one case involving a farmer doing business with the companies, multiple fires were recorded on land that had been embargoed after earlier deforestation, and the investigation tracked cattle supplied by the farmer implicated in this deforestation to abattoirs run by JBS and Marfrig. Meat and dairy account for around 14.5

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The analysis, published late last week, reveals net inflows into ESG ETFs in 2020 powered past the the $31bn of inflows recorded in 2019, reaching a level 10 times bigger than the $9bn seen in 2018. Yet as clean-energy flows take a larger share of the pie, they increase the volatility of overall ESG investing.".

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Low Impact

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Small-scale growers, selling via farmer-focussed supply chains, are better able to deliver public goods due better calibrated supply and demand and to customer understanding of issues such as seasonality, waste and packaging avoidance and trade-offs between crop damage and agrochemical use.

Building Energy Monitoring 74

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

In the UK, supermarket shelves have been stripped bare, foodbanks have faced unprecedented demand and producers are now calling for a 'land army' to prevent fields of crops from going to waste. It has also led to significant declines in biodiversity and soil health. This can lead to huge amounts of food waste.

Technology 67

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

It’s important for business owners and global citizens to understand the source of this change to be empowered to anticipate and adapt to these changes and potentially help reverse them through intentional, sustainable action. . meters , with even a partial loss of its ice being enough to change coastlines around the world dramatically. .

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

Danone, founded more than a century ago and famously declared an asset of national importance by the French government in 2005, has long prided itself on being a purpose-led business. If you really want to do sustainability well in a company, you need to know your business well," Soubeiran said.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

These 20 C-suite executives have steered their companies forward through much disruption, providing inspiration for the possibilities of advancing sustainability, social responsibility and circular business models — sometimes all at once. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S.

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