Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In this report, the sustainability of a given company is measured under 3 key areas: Risk of biodiversity loss. Climate change and carbon reduction reporting. Thinking about these three focus areas, are they enough to infer whether an organization is sustainable or not?

Sustainability 148

Sustainability Organic Ethics Investment 148

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Named Farm to Fork, it calls for less fertiliser and pesticide use, and more organic production. Most important of all, academics, campaigners, and the European Commission , say the impacts of failing to act on the extinction crisis far outweigh any predicted negative impacts of green reforms. The EU Targets Ignore Science’.

Europe 94

Europe Sustainability Agriculture Biodiversity 94

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The initialism “ ESG ” stands for “ E nvironmental, S ocial, and G overnance” Under each category there are a set of standards and goals an organization must meet to be compliant. Reports reveal that 87% of business leaders expect an increase in sustainability investments for their organizations over the next two years.

Organic 78

Organic Ethics Government Sustainability 78

Unsustainable

APRIL 30, 2019

The main drivers of change are the demand for food, water, and natural resources, in the face of severe biodiversity loss and changes in ecosystem services. Biosphere (biodiversity) integrity: infinite human activities affecting eco-systems risk disintegration of natural biodiversity.

Biodiversity 53

Biodiversity Carbon-negative Resilience Real Estate 53

Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

It joins a growing number of startup support organizations and startup companies already located or locating there, as well as Houston-based accelerator programs including MassChallenge (also founded in Greater Boston, Mass.), gener8tor, Impact Hub Houston, and others.

Incubators 98

Incubators Incubators Innovation Startups 98

Renewable Energy World

MARCH 4, 2021

C when places reminiscent of Mordor continuously pump carbon into the atmosphere. Good-faith efforts to reuse carbon, heat and steam are underway with a target to reduce the Port’s emissions to 50% of 1990 levels by 2025. Those that can create artificial sinks with technological carbon capture, utilization, and storage.

Climate change 63

Climate change Carbon-negative Carbon Electric vehicle 63

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2020

These continuous changes result in increases in waste, emissions, resource depletion and high energy consumption. The problem we face today, is really the problems associated with population growth, consumption, waste and disposal. Terms such as climate change, climate crisis, carbon neutral, negative emissions, etc.

Global warming 99

Global warming Carbon-neutral Waste Waste 99

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The issues are many, from the resources needed to grow cotton or produce synthetic fabrics, usually from petroleum feedstocks, to the waste that ends up in landfills, especially for inexpensive and trendy clothing items that often have a short useful life. In 2020, several new developments help put sustainability in fashion.

Carbon-negative 545

Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Fashion Upcycling 545

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In the $500 billion-per-year cosmetics space, small-scale packaging leads to large-scale single-use plastic waste. At beauty and hygiene products company Lush, for example, working to implement zero-waste when possible has led to innovation across the board. But solutions exist, and we wrote about them. Media Source. Shutterstock.

Sustainability 540

Sustainability Plastics Agriculture Carbon-negative 540

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 4, 2024

The wood pellets Drax produces are treated as “carbon neutral” under international accounting rules, based on an assumption that new-growth trees will capture the carbon lost by wood burnt for electricity. Drax already operates 18 wood pellet plants across the U.S. But scientists and campaigners have long disputed these claims.

Logging 124

Logging Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Health 124

Green Business Bureau

JULY 26, 2022

Sustainable food management is a systematic approach that concentrates on reducing wasted food, supporting local communities and employees, and mitigating the environmental impact of operations over the complete life cycle of food items. Listed below are the five main ways foods supply chains negatively harm our environment.

Sustainability 148

Sustainability Business Energy Monitoring Waste Waste 148

GreenBiz

JULY 19, 2021

If planned wisely, population decline could, in the words of British conservationist David Attenborough, provide an opportunity to "rewild" nature by relieving major stress points upon critical ecosystems and species that could enable a gradual regeneration of biodiversity. Innovation marches forward.

Politics 471

Politics Innovation Fossil fuels Carbon-negative 471

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 28, 2022

British biomass giant Drax is lobbying the Californian government to play host to its first ever “carbon negative” power plant outside of the UK, despite concerns about the sustainability of the energy source. BECCS is a controversial technology that captures carbon dioxide from burning organic matter and buries it underground.

Carbon-negative 86

Carbon-negative Carbon Biodiversity Waste 86

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Creating better businesses with B Corp Certification and beyond B Corp Certification presents a set of guiding principles that support organizations to minimize their impact on the environment and society. B Analytics aggregates data from B Corps and other impact-focused organizations to provide comparative analysis and best practices.

Business Energy Monitoring 78

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

AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 25, 2019

That synthesis looked impressive at first glance; it outlined how we could change global food systems, so they emit fewer greenhouse gases, occupy less land, and protect the earth’s biodiversity — all while producing ever higher volumes of food for a global population approaching ten billion by 2050. .

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Agriculture Methane Soil 52

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

We urge policymakers and scientists to embark on ambitious research into tyre wear pollution to fully understand and reduce their impacts on biodiversity and health, as well as research to reduce the generation of these particles.” That’s why we need to look beyond just carbon and to consider human-made pollution in all its forms.

Pollution 246

Pollution Health Microplastics Transportation 246

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 9, 2023

Supporting these findings, the Harvard Business Review reports 99% of large company CEOs want to address sustainability issues as a must for the future success of their organization. The ISO 14000 standards address a need to standardize EMSs on a global scale, meaning comparisons between organizations can be made. What is ISO?

Business Energy Monitoring 78

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Organic Energy Monitor 78

AGreenLiving

MARCH 8, 2021

That’s despite this being the second pandemic in 10 years, the fourth respiratory illness in 18 years, and numerous warnings from the World Health Organization, he added at the February virtual event. “Let’s stop predicting the future because we’ve proven we’re incapable of doing it,” Irwin said.

Resilience 28

Resilience Climate change Carbon-negative Blockchain 28

Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

These technologies include the use of insects, ‘fake meat’ made from plants, lab-grown meat, vertical farming, genetic modification (GMO), micro-organisms (such as algae) and 3D printing of food in general. Loss of biodiversity. They require little water and attention to grow and can survive perfectly fine on waste.

Solar Energy Monitor 78

Solar Energy Monitor Organic Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 78

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The issues are many, from the resources needed to grow cotton or produce synthetic fabrics, usually from petroleum feedstocks, to the waste that ends up in landfills, especially for inexpensive and trendy clothing items that often have a short useful life. In 2020, several new developments help put sustainability in fashion.

Carbon-negative 36

Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Fashion Upcycling 36

Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Schools give us a glimpse into what carbon neutrality looks like. The campus community diverted nearly 70 percent of all waste this past school year (up from 56 percent the previous year), thanks to student-driven recycling audits. The Golden Bears are also retrofitting an art museum into Berkeley’s first zero-carbon building.

Cooling 52

Cooling Carbon-neutral Carbon-negative Waste 52

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In the $500 billion-per-year cosmetics space, small-scale packaging leads to large-scale single-use plastic waste. At beauty and hygiene products company Lush, for example, working to implement zero-waste when possible has led to innovation across the board In fashion, similarly, going the extra mile takes an innovative approach.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Plastics Climate change Agriculture 28

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 28, 2021

Video conferencing and web collaboration software is changing how companies operate their business while lowering their carbon footprint. The 2021 World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report identifies extreme weather, climate action failure, biodiversity loss, and infectious diseases as top risks in terms of both likelihood and impact.

Technology 147

Technology Climate change Biodiversity Sustainability 147

AGreenLiving

JULY 19, 2021

If planned wisely, population decline could, in the words of British conservationist David Attenborough, provide an opportunity to “rewild” nature by relieving major stress points upon critical ecosystems and species that could enable a gradual regeneration of biodiversity.

Politics 36

Politics Innovation Fossil fuels Climate change 36

Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

It will specifically explore systemic solutions to the climate crisis focusing on clean energy, electrified, transportation, the circular economy, carbon removal and sustainable food systems. Momentum is building as businesses and governments transform their organizations to be more efficient and resilient. 400+ sessions.

Building Energy Monitoring 52

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 52