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5 Companies Where Tech & Sustainability Go Hand in Hand

EDF + Business

It’s also changed how companies do business. Technology like artificial intelligence (AI), sensors and blockchain are enabling companies to provide cutting-edge products and services for consumers – from virtual gyms to smart water dispensers – and increase operational efficiency as they do. Daniel Hill, Manager, EDF Climate Corps.

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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 β€” sometimes all at once. Elsa Wenzel. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15.

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We need fresh thinking about the role of digital technologies in our food system

Business Green

Greater digitalisation could be one way of improving the sustainability of the system. Through Green Alliance's Tech Task Force programme, we've already investigated the transformative potential of smart green tech in the energy efficiency, transport and construction sectors. Imogen Cripps is a policy assistant at Green Alliance.

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Mutual credit in Africa: interview with Will Ruddick of Grassroots Economics

Low Impact

And regular usage – about 2000 active traders per week. It’s a bit confusing, because at the end of 2019, we had 11 currencies, we’d gone digital, and trading was happening through β€˜liquidity pools’ where a village could trade with another village, and we were experimenting with blockchain. New businesses get created too.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021 Elsa Wenzel Mon, 01/11/2021 – 02:15 The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S.

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SDG15: The fight for life on land

Business Green

When well managed the land helps regulate water and air quality, sequester and store carbon, and minimise flood and soil erosion risks. The problem is that terrestrial ecosystems can quickly flip from sources of life-sustaining abundance into actively hostile environments when they are exploited unsustainably. Cristiana Pa?ca

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q3 2021

Greentown Labs

Twenty startups joined our community in Q3 2021, working on innovations as diverse as carbon-negative fats, energy-efficient membrane materials for chemical separations, and scalable electric vehicle charging solutions for high-density urban settings. Electricity. Agtech + water.

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