Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Climate action 4. Health CLIMATE IMPACTS Disposable City: Miami’s Future on the Shores of Climate Catastrophe by Mario Alejandro Ariza, 2020 A deeply reported personal investigation by a Miami journalist examines the present and future effects of climate change in the Magic City -- a watery harbinger for coastal cities worldwide.

Climate change 95

Climate change Ethics Sustainability Health 95

Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Greater community resilience – Sustainable buildings also support community resilience to withstand the impacts of climate change. WELL Certified buildings nourish physical and mental health, and enhance the mood and performance of its occupants. parks, bridges, trails, etc.),

Real Estate 148

Real Estate Sustainability Carbon-negative Health 148

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. For instance, suddenly sustainability is about climate change, ending poverty, and achieving gender equality.

Sustainability 148

Sustainability Organic Ethics Investment 148

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 26, 2020

These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health Oliver Camp Mon, 10/26/2020 – 01:30 On the recent World Food Day, the clarion call was clearer than ever: We must fix our food systems to improve human health, drive economic growth and save the planet from environmental collapse. Learn, share, act.

Health 28

Health Organic Sustainability Agriculture 28

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Which is exactly what our economy needs to help mitigate global issues such as climate change, and protect basic human rights. In addition, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report 2022, the top risks facing our economy are climate action failure , extreme weather , and biodiversity loss.

Organic 78

Organic Government Ethics Sustainability 78

Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2022

To reach its conclusions, the non-profit assessed how companies across a range of industries - including the food and agriculture, oil and gas, automotive, and power sectors - fared against 18 different indicators related to respecting human rights, promoting and providing decent work, and ethical conduct in areas such as lobbying and taxation.

Ethics 46

Ethics Automotive Biodiversity Agriculture 46

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

BASF’s wine tasting is just one example of many such pandemic-style lobbying efforts by the European agriculture industry since the EU has attempted to pass sweeping new policies to combat climate change through measures included in its “Green Deal,” first presented in December 2019. Europe’s Green Deal.

Building Energy Monitoring 98

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Sustainability 98

Grist

MAY 25, 2021

Scientists at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have concluded there is no way of keeping the global temperature rise to the internationally agreed target of 1.5 The coordination hub for the new trials will consider the social, ethical, and legal issues related to removing carbon. Large-scale tree planting.

Carbon 140

Carbon Soil Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 140

Business Green

MAY 17, 2020

The story of businesses delivering strong growth and profits while helping to tackle climate change, biodiversity collapse, and poverty has a long way to run, argues Liontrust's Peter Michaelis. Second is health. Within the past couple of months, country after country has gone from business as usual to full lockdown.

Biodiversity 36

Biodiversity Climate change Ethics Government 36

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Economist sits down with BusinessGreen to discuss the response to his landmark review into the economics of biodiversity. Feminist scholars have argued that when the overriding goal of family planning has been to reduce population, the results have actually been detrimental to women's health.

Biodiversity 36

Biodiversity Government Health Africa 36

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

In our previous Green Business Bureau article, titled Carbon Offsets Vs Carbon Credits: Addressing The Issues (The 5 Rules of Carbon Offsetting) , we discuss the rules that ensure offsets deliver the GHG emission reductions promised, and do so ethically. Carbon offset example: The Climate Trut’s Anaerobic Digester.

Carbon 148

Carbon Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Methane 148

Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

They cover such things as elimination of poverty, ending extreme hunger, the promotion of human health and well-being, the conservation and protection of life on land and the oceans, and addressing the climate emergency, among many others. Coral Reef mosaic of Nukuni, Fiji. 2018, Planet Labs, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Energy Monitor 117

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Sustainability Agriculture 117

Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 26, 2020

Anyone who follows climate change, environmental degradation, or biodiversity loss, knows how stressful it can be. We are depleting, and poisoning the earth, while endangering entire ecosystems and altering the global climate system. As some have said, "if you're not terrified, you're not paying attention".

Climate change 52

Climate change Biodiversity Health Ethics 52

Unsustainable

AUGUST 20, 2019

Of course, we all know that deforestation isn’t just about cutting down trees, it is also about damaging a whole ecosystem as “the majority of the world’s biodiversity (the huge array of insects, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, plants and trees) lives in, and depends on, forests” iv 2.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 26, 2020

Anyone who follows climate change, environmental degradation, and biodiversity loss, knows how stressful it can be. However, over time, such states of mind can take a toll on our mental and physical health. We need to learn how to manage the psychological repercussions associated with our ecological crises.

Climate change 52

Climate change Biodiversity Health Ethics 52

Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The Dasgupta Review of the Economics of Biodiversity published this week hammered home a point that has long been clear: the transition towards a more nature-positive and climate-responsible economy requires a major overhaul of core business assumptions and an embrace of new metrics for gauging economic success.

Sustainability 64

Sustainability Biodiversity Policy Global warming 64

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2023

This includes such topics as human rights, climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts, labor practices, anti-corruption measures, diversity initiatives, financial services industry stability commitments and more. These standards are constantly revised to reflect changing global priorities and regulations.

Business Energy Monitoring 148

Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 148

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Environmental journalist George Monbiot even had a hand in one of the works: an immersive experience designed to highlight the huge importance of soils in supporting ecosystems, and the threat modern farming techniques and deforestation pose to their health. One of the most fascinating aspects of the exhibition is its positivity.

Fashion 68

Fashion Soil Innovation Sustainability 68

Grist

AUGUST 17, 2023

Living in rural areas during this period of catastrophic fires driven in no small part by climate change has forced many people — myself included — to look at tree cutting, and forests, differently. This array of species and surfaces reduces fire intensity and promotes biodiversity.

Resilience 98

Resilience Biodiversity Soil Logging 98

Green Business Bureau

JUNE 2, 2022

Climate change, biodiversity, customer relations, supply chains, board management practices, data, and security…these all fall under the ESG heading. Examples of ESG-related risks include: Environmental : Climate change, greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), deforestation, biodiversity, waster, waste, and pollution.

Organic 148

Organic Government Sustainability Demand 148

Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2022

A zero waste program should avoid burning and eliminate discharges to land, water, or air that threaten the environment or human health. Comparatively, poor waste management contributes to air pollution, exacerbates climate change, contaminates ecological habitats, and is harmful to wildlife and human health.

Waste 148

Waste Waste Business Energy Monitoring Recycling 148

Green Business Bureau

JULY 26, 2022

Our food supply chain uses an excessive amount of land leading to biodiversity loss. Agriculture causes extensive land-use change, destroying natural habitats and biomass, which is the leading cause of extinction. Our food supply chain has a high carbon footprint contributing to climate change.

Sustainability 148

Sustainability Business Energy Monitoring Waste Waste 148

Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

The production of genetically-modified foods can be controversial, but it can also offer benefits for increasing yields and easing pressure on land, water and biodiversity. Journalists often liken the rearrangement and changes to genes to Frankenstein and the idea of runaway science. Power in the seed system.

Biotechnology 92

Biotechnology Patents Agriculture Biodiversity 92

Unsustainable

AUGUST 12, 2019

This article is reposted from The Earthbound Report, a blog which deftly addresses equity amongst all the world’s peoples, protection of all non-human life, and ethical responses to the challenges that face our planet.) Deforestation is a major cause of climate change, and it also has serious effects on local conditions.

Energy Monitor 40

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Ethics 40

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Resolutions to global challenges such as climate change, poverty, inequality, biodiversity loss, habitat destruction, resource depletion, racism, and exploitation need the backing of our economic system. Does your company have a health and wellness program in place? And with this strong social conduct, AND1 thrived.

Business Energy Monitoring 78

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

Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Introduction Climate Change. Loss of biodiversity. Bottom line; lab-grown meat might be the biggest impact on reducing or eliminating climate-change and relieving animal suffering. Maybe however the best argument is not climate-change, animal suffering, health or low costs. Deforestation.

Organic 78

Organic Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 78

Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Home to the Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, UMass Amherst works with regional researchers and graduate science students to develop tools needed to help fish, wildlife, and ecosystems adapt to the impacts of climate change. The project is pursuing SITES Silver and LEED Gold certification.

Cooling 52

Cooling Carbon-neutral Carbon-negative Waste 52

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Retail packaging defined: The impact of packaging waste and the rise of the ethical consumer. Retail packaging defined: The impact of packaging waste and the rise of the ethical consumer. “Biodiversity loss can have significant direct human health impacts if ecosystem services are no longer adequate to meet social needs.

Packaging 78

Packaging Retail Innovation Sustainability 78

GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wasted little time raising the stakes in her nation’s fight against climate change after handily winning re-election in October. Drawing on that mandate, Ardern declared a "climate emergency" and set the wheels in motion for New Zealand’s public sector to become carbon neutral by 2025.

Sustainability 546

Sustainability Plastics Organic Retail 546

Low Impact

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Usually the biggest environmental news pertains to climate change at the global level, or local pollution problems such as lead in the water pipes. Biodiversity” gained traction as an issue in the 1990s, but seems to have slipped off the public’s radar. What is their measure of biodiversity? Populations of wildlife.

Biodiversity 55

Biodiversity Energy Monitor Politics Home Energy Monitoring 55