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Sustainable Aviation Fuel blockchain solution to offer business travel credits

Business Green

Shell-backed platform aims to drive funds into nascent Sustainable Aviation Fuel sector, while enabling airlines and business travellers to claim transport emissions reductions. The "book and claim" model allows an airline to effectively purchase SAF, or SAF-related emissions reductions, without being physically connected to a SAF supplier.

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Carbon-captured net-zero cement launches

Envirotec Magazine

For both products, Heidelberg says the carbon-capture attributes are transparent and traceable by harnessing the power of blockchain technology through which customers will receive a verifiable carbon proof for their evoZero purchase. Customers will benefit from complete flexibility and trusted product performance.

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What’s Lost When We Talk ‘ESG’ and Not ‘Sustainability’

Andrew Winston

But the work of sustainability continues, perhaps more important than ever. You’ll see that my argument is about the use of “ESG” in place of broader ideas like sustainability in companies. In tech, for example, “blockchain” sounds much cooler than “a shared, immutable ledger for recording transactions.”

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Inside Shell's new plan to bolster sustainable aviation fuel

Business Green

That means travelers, airlines, corporations and fuel suppliers all need to be working together toward a sustainable future of aviation. The ultimate goal is to send a signal to fuel suppliers that it's worth investing in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). "We Collecting data on the viability of book-and-claim will not be a simple task.

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

GreenBiz

In particular, our exchange explored how food systems can be made healthier and more sustainable as we look to a future in which we’ll need to find a way to produce enough food to nourish as many as 10 billion people while staying within planetary boundaries. We have access to myriad documentaries and books aimed at increasing awareness.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

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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The Biggest Sustainability Stories of 2019 (and what to watch for in 2020)

Andrew Winston

In my annual review of big themes in sustainability and business — in other words, how companies manage environmental and social issues and opportunities — I’ve always included a changing climate as a big story. With that broad context, let’s look at 8 fascinating developments in sustainability from 2019. degrees Celsius.