Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

This confirms our long-held view that in order for AD projects to be fully sustainable, both economically and environmentally, the entire process must be considered and optimised. Many studies into the value of AD only look at the value of the energy or biomethane produced by the plant. Notes [1] [link]

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 18, 2021

For example, in 2005, the "Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhancement of carbon stocks" (REDD+) system was created as a social and biodiversity safeguard to make sure carbon removal efforts didn’t harm biodiversity and that its benefits were given to local communities.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2022

Researchers from the University of Aberdeen and James Hutton Institute have worked with The Glenlivet distillery to introduce environmentally sustainable solutions at Chivas Brothers’ Speyside distillery to address water scarcity and protect whisky production.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The facility is also equipped with geothermal heating and cooling and located within 100 miles of nearly all their suppliers, substantially cutting down on Busy Beaver’s emissions. Sustainability Leader Spotlight. Busy Beaver continually makes the effort to green every aspect of their operations, including the products themselves.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2022

New York sustainability: Urban sustainability that supports the green business. For the purpose-driven business operating within the New York district, this Green Business Bureau article looks at the New York sustainability agenda to detail the developments this city is championing to achieve urban sustainability.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Among other impacts, deforestation drives systemic risks like climate change and biodiversity loss that affect not just companies in agricultural supply chains, but companies throughout portfolios. Scope 2 are emissions released in generating electricity, heating or cooling used by a company.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

On the IJ Waterway at the heart of Amsterdam’s Overhoeks district, The Line embodies sociable, sustainable design. The building uses sustainable materials that reduce waste, are recyclable and promote durability. ” Additionally, the apartments connect to shared thermal storage, which provides universal cooling and heating.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 6, 2020

In Sweco’s most recent Urban Insight report, "Building resilience: being young and getting old in a hotter Europe," more solutions for how we can create sustainable, livable cities are proposed: . We also need comfortable dwellings that are neither too hot nor too cold, as well as gardens and parks that are accessible to the whole community.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The facility is also equipped with geothermal heating and cooling and located within 100 miles of nearly all their suppliers, substantially cutting down on Busy Beaver’s emissions. Sustainability Leader Spotlight. Busy Beaver continually makes the effort to green every aspect of their operations, including the products themselves.

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Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2023

A new global philanthropic initiative to help mobilise the estimated $3tr a year needed to deliver net zero emissions, reverse nature loss, and restore biodiversity by 2050 was launched this week at the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Davos Summit. warming pathway "hangs in the balance". gigatons of avoided CO2 emissions by 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Greater use of nature such as rewilding and more green spaces such as rooftop gardens and green walls, as well as sustainable drainage systems mimicking natural processes while enhancing biodiversity. Michael Lewis, Chief Executive of E.ON

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The City Fix

JULY 26, 2023

Climate change is impacting cities and their residents in many profound ways, from poor air quality to flooding to biodiversity loss and extreme heat. Now, with the help of a new tool, select cities can access localized, integrated data to.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 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. Elsa Wenzel. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15.

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Business Green

AUGUST 19, 2021

Writng in a blog post to accompany the news, Facebook's sustainability water lead, Sylvia Lee, explained that the company "has always strived to responsibly manage how we use water resources in the communities we operate in". "We

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Low Impact

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The are beneficial in so many ways, including biodiversity, community cohesion, local food, carbon storage and human well-being. It is important that they provide benefits to both biodiversity and human wellbeing. The NbS Initiative at Oxford University has laid out four key guidelines for delivering a successful, sustainable NbS.

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Grist

JULY 26, 2023

Cool roofs lowering home temperatures in India: The city of Ahmedabad was the first in India to develop a heat action plan, following a devastating heat wave in 2010. The plan has been through several iterations over the past decade — and one of the latest initiatives is a focus on “cool roofs.”

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 19, 2021

In June 2021, Dryad was named as a cool vendor in Gartner’s Cool Vendors in IoT Thingification report. A commercial business with sustainability and tech for good at its core, Dryad was set up in 2020 with a mission to digitize the forest and help protect and regrow the world’s largest carbon sinks.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Urban forestry project in Italy is first to benefit from tech giant's nature-based solutions, biodiversity and community wellbeing funding programme. Amazon's director of sustainability in Europe Zak Watts said the investment in Italian trees complemented the company's broader sustainability programme. "As

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The strategy calls for enhanced status for chalk streams to drive investment to prevent pollution and over-abstraction, as well as restoring habitat to boost biodiversity. The wishlist includes: Targets for sustainable abstraction. Targets for reducing pollution. Restoring process. Integrated policy actions. Commentators respond.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Trees have a crucial role to play in meeting UK and global net zero targets, but a skills crisis is impeding the industry's ability to deliver the modern sustainable forestry vital to combatting climate change. As a natural material that can be reused or recycled, it is also crucial for the circular economy, a key lever of sustainability.

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The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

From reducing carbon footprints to minimizing waste, there are numerous steps one can take to establish a more sustainable and environmentally conscious lifestyle. Start by investing in proper insulation, energy-efficient windows, and doors to regulate indoor temperatures, reducing the need for excessive heating or cooling.

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Grist

MARCH 6, 2023

Arctic sea ice, which is responsible for maintaining cool polar temperatures, is dwindling rapidly. Newcomers like the whales, which require a lot of food to sustain themselves and migrate thousands of miles, are now consuming more than 1 million tons of food per year, outcompeting other animals.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Based out of Huntingburg, IN, with multiple showrooms around the country, furniture manufacturer OFS sets the bar high for sustainable production, protecting the environment and setting an example for other companies. Replanting and maintenance of the forest led to the current 7,100 acres held and monitored by OFS and the Menke family.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2024

The shortlist is announced ahead of the glittering awards ceremony and dinner on the evening of Wednesday 12th June, and finalists can now book their place and join around 600 top green business executives, investors, entrepreneurs, policymakers, campaigners in showcasing the achievements of the fast-expanding sustainable business community.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 6, 2021

If your business is working to become a more sustainable company, that requires you to look at what products you buy and bring into the workspace. As a green certified business committed to sustainability, Greenerprinter uses only the lowest VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) inks and works to minimize the release of VOCs into the atmosphere.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 25, 2019

Its researchers proudly brandished a 96-page “synthesis” of its World Resources Report: Creating A Sustainable Food Future. The WRI has done a lot of consulting work on shifting consumer diets onto these plant-based alternatives; you can follow this work via their initiatives the Better Buying Lab , or sign up to their Cool Food Pledge. ).

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 7, 2024

Scientists tell us that we’ve pushed the planet beyond its ability to support us in critical areas such as availability of water, biodiversity, and, of course, carbon emissions. The good news is that even though we’re not moving fast enough, sustainability in business is mainstream — a must-do, not a nice-to-do. I see duality.

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Business Green

AUGUST 31, 2020

The current crisis should support and accelerate many trends and themes integral to sustainability, writes Liontrust's Peter Michaelis. We believe the Covid-19 pandemic will result in changes to how society behaves and ultimately ease the transition to a more sustainable world.

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2022

to support tree planting across the capital, in bid to boost vital canopy cover and sun shade for citizens, support urban wildlife and biodiversity, reduce flood risk, and help combat climate change by absorbing and storing carbon. The Mayor of London has pledged a further £3.1m

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2023

But climate resilience remains a much less chartered territory for firms, with sustainability strategies typically focusing on water, carbon, and waste reduction, and having little or nothing to say about climate resilience. For instance, not admitting the sun in a way that means we are overheating our spaces and can't cool them off at night.

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Fairsnape

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Our homes and buildings contribute 40% greenhouse gas emissions, with 28% through design and the way heat cool and light, the way we live, play and work within our homes and buildings. Failure to do so only stokes a future of ever increasing emissions, biodiversity degeneration in addition to the health and finance for future generations.

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2021

From planting more trees and shrubs to create cooling effects in urban hot spots and bioswales to trap water, to creating more wild roofs and walls, providing pollination opportunities that will enhance urban agriculture. Robert Spencer is UK and Ireland director of sustainability at AECOM. Take London's hidden rivers.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

The market is still warm, but cooling. Jury is out on whether investment will keep cooling or heat back up. Aramco Ventures announced their $1.5bn Sustainability Fund, and Microsoft, Exor, and SK Ventures have been active in the largest deals of the year. 2023 saw a 29% increase in the cumulative total.

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Business Green

JANUARY 25, 2021

Housing, including commercial and industrial buildings, generates around 13.5Gt of emissions every year, the report estimates, consuming vast quantities of virgin resources and relying on the abundant use of carbon-intensive materials such as cement and steel, while also creating significant emissions from heating and cooling.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Biodiversity. Industrial chemicals, mainly used for cooling and refrigeration, which are potent greenhouse gases and contributing to climate change. Actions that protect, sustainably manage and restore the natural environment, such as reversing deforestation and accelerating the transition to sustainable agriculture.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The organisations also suggested greater use of nature such as through urban rewilding schemes and more green spaces such as rooftop gardens and green walls, as well as the development of sustainable drainage systems which can be used to mimic natural processes while enhancing biodiversity. The decade ahead is crucial.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2020

"We will propose better ways to measure renovation benefits, minimum energy performance standards, more EU funding and technical assistance encourage green mortgages and support more renewables in heating and cooling. This will be a game changer for home-owners, tenants and public authorities.".

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