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Greentown Houston Is Here—Meet Our 25+ Inaugural Startups

Greentown Labs

On Earth Day 2021, Greentown Houston opens its doors to a new ecosystem of entrepreneurs who are tackling our biggest climate challenges and shaping the energy transition. These are the entrepreneurs and technologies that will usher in a new era for the energy capital of the world.

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

Green Business Bureau

The Paris Climate Agreement opened for signature on Earth Day (22nd of April 2016), at the UN headquarters in New York. The method combines well-established best practices from the financial sector and cost accounting with recent advancements in climate science and blockchain technology.

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The 2020 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

For example, on Earth Day 2019, Allbirds committed to carbon neutrality from that year forward through an internal carbon tax. Blockchain entrepreneur Mesbah Sabur learned the value of hard work as an Afghan refugee, whose family sought asylum in his adopted homeland of the Netherlands when he was just 7. Mesbah Sabur, 27.