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The risky business of climate risk: 'Stop predicting the future'

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That's despite this being the second pandemic in 10 years, the fourth respiratory illness in 18 years, and numerous warnings from the World Health Organization, he added at the February virtual event. Let's stop predicting the future because we've proven we're incapable of doing it," Irwin said. The risks of not sharing.

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Bill McDonough at 70: A look back … and ahead

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What we were looking at was how do we look at carbon in this circular economy? How do we look at carbon itself as an element, which is both an energy source and a material? It was about five square miles of trees’ worth of oxygen production or carbon sequestration required to set up one building. Where did that take you?

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Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni

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Issues of health, the working poor and racial justice are making people uncomfortable, and with the supply chain disruption with the closing of meatpacking cesspools, Jonathan Safran Foer writes, "Our hand has been reaching for the doorknob for the last few years. Sara Bogdan (formerly Lindenfeld) (2016). Willemijn Brouwer (2018).

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The emerging “non-utilities”—EVs are helping new players in the energy marketplace.

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The emergence of non-utility market participants is being enabled by four forces that have begun to converge: advances in information and communications technologies; the movement towards sharing economies; new business models and ownership models; and blockchain-encrypted transaction systems. A diverse range of business models is available.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

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The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. It uses blockchain to trace sourcing in India for guar, used in shampoos.

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

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What is carbon accounting? Carbon accounting – also known as a carbon or greenhouse gas inventory – is the process of measuring the amount of carbon dioxide, or other greenhouse gases (GHG), an organization emits. Carbon accounting is a must for any becoming business today.

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The risky business of climate risk: ‘Stop predicting the future’

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That’s despite this being the second pandemic in 10 years, the fourth respiratory illness in 18 years, and numerous warnings from the World Health Organization, he added at the February virtual event. “Let’s stop predicting the future because we’ve proven we’re incapable of doing it,” Irwin said.