Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Six years ago today, on September 25, 2015, the United Nations finalized the 2030 Agenda , ratifying the 17 Sustainable Develop Goals, or SDGs which outlined key objectives for a more equitable and sustainable future. Planet is also helping organizations measure, take action, and report on their sustainable development efforts.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The Planet Sustainability Summit will be convening on October 15th as part of the Explore 2020 conference. In a period of planetary crises and transformational change, the world needs to create pathways to more sustainable futures as never before. What do they mean for the way we organize societies, organizations and communities?

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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. OVERVIEW OF SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATIONS. General business sustainability certifications. Green building certifications.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Creating a sustainable home doesn’t necessarily mean you have to purchase the latest green gadgets and install solar panels on your roof. Read on to learn about several renovations and improvements for sustainable homes. Leaky ducts can dump conditioned air into attics and crawl spaces, wasting energy and lowering HVAC performance.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Building and Retrofitting a Sustainable Home. Whether you’re building from scratch or adding onto an existing home, there are a variety of green building materials and products on the market today to create your sustainable home vision. Recycling metal rather than using virgin ore helps preserve natural resources and saves energy.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 20, 2022

That is, a successful business is one that makes a profit while supporting and sustaining the environment and society. That is, ESG can be used interchangeably with the term sustainability. To help, in this Green Business Bureau article we explain the difference between ESG and sustainability reporting.

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Planet Pulse

AUGUST 2, 2021

How a Multi-Stakeholder Project, MOCUPP, is Advancing Costa Rica Towards Sustainable Practices to Protect the Country’s Biodiversity. Costa Rica is one of the most biodiverse places in the world, containing nearly 6 percent of the world’s biodiversity. Boundaries detected by MOCUPP. © 2021, Planet Labs Inc.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 13, 2021

During the second day of Explore 2021, our customers shared how they are enabling global transparency and supporting critical sustainability research. Planet’s daily imaging data enables powerful agricultural insights through the integration of machine learning capabilities. General John E.

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Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Since the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement six years ago, the nations of the world have slowly begun to bend the curve on emissions, due largely to spectacular advances in renewable energy. We need just such a guidance system for the Earth itself, to safely navigate the sustainability transition.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 30, 2021

In South Africa, BioTherm Energy’s Excelsior Wind farm is collaborating with conservation organizations to minimize the wind industry’s impact on local bird populations (avifauna). The eight biodiversity monitors, who are predominately female, have been recruited from the surrounding communities.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 18, 2021

Ugbaad Kozar, senior policy advisor at Carbon180, discussed these disparities and the power imbalance associated with carbon removal measures. However, as argued by Holly Buck, assistant professor of environment and sustainability at the University at Buffalo, these safeguards have not been carried out without issues.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Investment will monitor, report, and verify collective climate actions in support of the Global Methane Pledge. Carbon Mapper , a new nonprofit organization created to help improve understanding of and accelerate reductions in global methane and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, was launched in April 2021.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Since then, leading industry associations and agrochemical companies have used their lobbying might to push back against core European measures aiming to lead the transition to a more sustainable way of farming. The European Biodiversity strategy, which is another core plank of the Green Deal, includes similar goals.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Spinoff benefits could include improved biodiversity; flood and erosion mitigation; increased crop yields (important in terms of a growing global population); better animal health and welfare; a reduced need for artificial fertilisers and therefore less pollution; and enhanced nutritional value of food produced.

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Planet Pulse

MAY 4, 2021

Through this partnership, organizations and stakeholders representing every step of the food value chain will come together to decarbonize the European food system, while maximizing other benefits such as soil health and farmer resilience. Currently, the following organizations are partners in the European Carbon+ Farming Coalition: BASF.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The top three finalists, in no particular order, are: DirtSat – DirtSat leverages geospatial data and AI to unlock powerful insights and help reframe urban food systems. IMARA – IMARA combines ground truth and satellite data to boost land restoration projects to work towards a more sustainable, biodiverse and better balanced world.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 1, 2022

You could organize a group walk with coworkers who live close by, a great opportunity to connect outside of work. The World Health Organization estimates that over 13 million deaths are due to avoidable environmental causes which includes the climate crisis. Upgrading to energy and resource efficient appliances and equipment.

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GreenBiz

MAY 29, 2020

If your sustainability team has regular debates about how to label or describe its various initiatives, it’s not alone. So how does this idea apply to the world of sustainability? Some organizations never may reach the last stage. "In Demystifying the ‘Absolute Zero’ concept. Heather Clancy. Fri, 05/29/2020 - 02:15.

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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. . As the Northeast Organizer for Clean Water for North Carolina , she’d met with residents of a small, majority Black town called Ahoskie, 40 miles from her home.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

When I moved to the SF Bay Area in 2012, I was looking for a community of folks interested in cleantech and sustainability. At the same time, we’ve seen an explosion of new tools and technologies in machine learning and artificial intelligence that can be used to aid in building a sustainable society.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MARCH 30, 2021

When I moved to the SF Bay Area in 2012, I was looking for a community of folks interested in cleantech and sustainability. At the same time, we’ve seen an explosion of new tools and technologies in machine learning and artificial intelligence that can be used to aid in building a sustainable society.

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Business Green

AUGUST 17, 2021

The sustainable oyster reef in Dornoch Firth will help to purify the water and could act as a carbon store. The restoration project began in 2014 as part of the whisky distillery's sustainability strategy, and is set to continue for the forseeable to assess the restored reef's climate benefits.

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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. What is an environmental management system?

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GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

Countries around the world can harness the power of nature to adapt to climate impacts. Countries around the world can harness the power of nature to adapt to climate impacts. Environment Program World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) produced for the Global Commission on Adaptation. Pull Quote.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 6, 2021

But all of this stuff is made from resources of some kind, uses up energy and eventually winds up as waste. 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. What a cool way to show off your company name and commitment to sustainability!

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The scale of agri-food giants’ influence and greenwash efforts surrounding the first-ever UN Food Systems Summit , held yesterday in New York City, has raised concern among sustainable farming experts. The groups said the summit disregarded “the urgent need to address the gross power imbalances that corporations hold over food systems.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2020

They are also home to much of the world’s biodiversity, and regulate key aspects of the carbon cycle. In short, forests are vital in global and national efforts to combat climate change and biodiversity loss, and eradicate hunger and poverty. Around the world, 1.6 Changing rural demographics.

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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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Business Green

OCTOBER 2, 2020

All of them are using their artificial intelligence prowess and analytics power to help companies such as BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil continue exploration and extraction. Another deal that has my attention is one between the Google cloud team and Unilever's supply chain organization. But there's a lot more to the relationship.

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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. Energy-Efficient Homes One of the most impactful steps towards eco-friendly living in Canada is ensuring that your home is energy-efficient.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 26, 2021

Sustainable development and inclusive growth are core elements of Bayer’s corporate strategy and vision: “health for all, hunger for none.” Bayer has outlined target sustainability goals that are aligned with the Paris Agreement and has set out to decarbonize and achieve a net zero target for its supply chain by 2050. Somerville, Mass.,

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

How much biomass is produced each year and how much can we sustainably harvest? Land biomass can be divided into four distinct groups suitable for energy production: wood and processing waste, agricultural crops and waste materials, food, yard and wood waste in garbage, and finally animal manure and human sewage.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

One declared use for this latest infusion of money is acquisition targets, which isn’t surprising given the anticipated boom in commercial drone usage: One forecast provides revenue related just to ag drones will reach about $5.9 I asked Dendra CEO Susan Graham how a corporate sustainability organization might use her company’s services.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JULY 6, 2021

As part of our mission to cultivate a more environmentally, socially and economically sustainable world, we are planting and protecting forests by enabling people to channel their everyday actions into environmental good. Our reach is expanding as we continue to grow and plant native and biodiverse trees worldwide! Technology Stack.

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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. Clearly, there is a role for business to help developing countries reap the economic benefits of protecting and sustainably developing waters that previously seemed off-reach.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 1, 2020

All of them are using their artificial intelligence prowess and analytics power to help companies such as BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil continue exploration and extraction. Another deal that has my attention is one between the Google cloud team and Unilever’s supply chain organization.

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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. Engines are optimized for fossil fuels.

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