Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

US DIY retail giant publishes annual ESG Report, detailing how it has cut electricity usage by 50 per cent across its portfolio since 2010. It added that it has now managed to cut electricity usage by 50 per cent across its entire US portfolio since 2010 thanks to a raft of energy saving measures.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Trade body Energy UK becomes latest influential group to endorse plans to shrink electricity bills by reducing the costs paid to legacy low carbon electricity generators.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 19, 2022

The week’s iteration of Smart Energy Finances (SEF) focuses on the British energy bills crisis which, quite frankly, is in a dire situation. However, the crisis has become quite dire over the last two weeks in the UK, where energy bills are projected to reach, and worryingly surpass, £4,200 ($5,005) come January.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

companies, including Walmart, Amazon, and Microsoft, employ lobbyists that also do work for the oil and gas industry, according to new research into state lobbying data. The behavior is rampant across the insurance, health care, retail, and tech industries. Many of the largest U.S. Walmart store front. Credit: Mike Mozart. (CC

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 29, 2020

SAN ANTONIO — Energy disaggregation is a term of art for technologies that can parse out energy usage of individual loads like air conditioning, heating, lighting and appliances, simply by analyzing single sources of data like smart meter feeds or circuit-level sensors. ” Gupta said.

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Low Impact

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Small-scale growers, selling via farmer-focussed supply chains, are better able to deliver public goods due better calibrated supply and demand and to customer understanding of issues such as seasonality, waste and packaging avoidance and trade-offs between crop damage and agrochemical use.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Homes generate approximately 61% of this waste, 26% by food service, and 13% by retail. All of this amounts to a waste of the energy, water, and land needed to produce food. Food production, processing, packaging, and transportation all have an impact on global warming. In 2020, global e-retail sales increased by 27.6%

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2023

Sustainability certifications are becoming increasingly important for businesses as global leaders, industry experts and the public are taking climate action. Green building certifications. What It Certifies: small, midsize and large businesses across all industries. OVERVIEW OF SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATIONS.

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Varuna

MAY 8, 2019

With news yesterday that Google is finally figuring out how to fully integrate Nest products into its hardware suite of products (lovely ad below), I thought it would be a good time to dig into a thesis I have about the water industry. and utilized the traditional retail model. and utilized the traditional retail model.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The team at LimeLoop is on a mission to deliver a world without waste by providing retailers a platform with everything they need for sustainable shipping. LimeLoop’s smart shipping platform combines reusable packaging and a simple sensor, creating a real-time lens into the e-commerce experience from point of order to return.

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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. Energy Star offers a variety of certified electronics such as computers , monitors , TVs and telephones. 100% of HP’s original ink cartridges contain 5% – 45% post-consumer or post-industrial recycled plastic.

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GreenBiz

MAY 29, 2020

The reality, though, is that any individual company must use a combination of strategies to inch or leap toward that goal — and the combination of what an organization is able to use will depend a great deal not just on its industry sector but also on its financial clout and support from the C-suite. . Pull Quote.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The tech giant is increasingly confident it can, and this week unveiled a sweeping package of new investments and initiatives designed to slash emissions across its sprawling global supply chain. In total, Apple estimated the planned investments will add around 3,000 gigawatt hours per year of renewable energy on the grid.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Each of these individuals is playing the long game and is in a strong position to move their companies and industries into what could be a more hopeful period of reconciliation, recovery and repair. Most support science-based targets and sit on multiple boards, collaborations and advocacy groups to further industry-level sustainability goals.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2022

How are these two brick and mortar retail giants tackling Scope 3 emissions in their supply chains? Both of these global retail giants sell food, clothing and an array of other products. They are some of the final brick-and-mortar businesses still thriving and standing up to ecommerce-only retailers such as Amazon.

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Seyi Fabode

MAY 9, 2019

With news yesterday that Google is finally figuring out how to fully integrate Nest products into its hardware suite of products (lovely ad below), I thought it would be a good time to dig into a thesis I have about the water industry. and utilized the traditional retail model. and utilized the traditional retail model.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Can retail be sustainable? Learn from the brands redefining the industry with our sustainable retail guide. Some commenters say it’s never possible to be a sustainable retailer. Retail is an industry that’s built from supply and demand, meaning business hinges on economies of scale. What do you think ?

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Retail business sustainability. Using these trends we then present retail sustainability initiatives that will help you kickstart your organization’s sustainability program. What is retail sustainability? To operate indefinitely, a retail brand must meet environmental, social, and economic demands.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Should electric utilities be allowed to own EV charging stations? HF 413 consists of a package of pro-EV measures, including a $2,500 rebate for EV purchases and a requirement that government fleets procure electrified vehicles when practical. Source: Utility Di v e

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

In his speech yesterday, Sunak extolled the virtues of the growing green economy, setting out a vision of a "future economy" dominated by offshore wind power, carbon capture and storage, innovative clean technologies, and "decent well-paid green jobs".

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Turning mycelium into packaging that’s 'compatible with the planet'. The company’s first technology, MycoComposite, precipitated the subsidiary Mushroom Packaging , which I discussed with Ecovative’s business development lead, Meghan Olson. Turning algae into straws that are 'designed to disappear'.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The grid outages hitting California this year gave the clean energy industry a chance to prove itself, to show that localized solar power and batteries really can help people ride through grid disruption. All those people cannot access the much vaunted benefits of cleaner, decentralized energy.

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Business Green

JUNE 1, 2020

We are therefore writing to ask that the economic recovery plans you are developing align with the UK's wider goals and deliver a clean, just recovery, that creates quality employment and builds a more sustainable, inclusive and resilient UK economy for the future. Yours, Ron Cowley, CEO, Active Building Centre.

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2023

Analysis of climate claims being made by major food and drink producers concludes that greenwashing has become a 'major business risk' for the sector Greenwashing is rife across food packaging and advertising, misleading consumers, undermining companies that are genuinely embracing sustainable practices, and putting investors at risk.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2022

After many years of oil and gas companies coming under fire for targeting much of their marketing budget on touting clean energy investments that make up just a tiny fraction of their business activity, the acceptability of a firm promoting its green initiatives without provide a full picture of its environmental impact is fast receding.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 26, 2022

While economic sectors including agriculture, retail, and the power industry, all contribute to the depletion of natural capital, our new analysis suggests that, by 2050, specific actions by companies could reverse the trend for several of natural capital's components including freshwater consumption, nutrient pollution, and forest cover loss.

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

The reality, though, is that any individual company must use a combination of strategies to inch or leap toward that goal - and the combination of what an organization is able to use will depend a great deal not just on its industry sector but also on its financial clout and support from the C-suite.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Certification is shown to attract and engage top talent, increase credibility and build trust, slash costs, meet the demands of a consumer majority, and protect a company’s mission in the long term. Today, there are over 6,000 certified B Corps , in more than 8 countries and over 150 different industries.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Eco friendly retail packaging guide. In this Green Business Bureau eco friendly retail packaging guide, we explore sustainable packaging solutions for 6 of the most common types of packaging materials used. Retail packaging defined: The impact of packaging waste and the rise of the ethical consumer.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 23, 2021

Even companies with good intentions when it comes to monitoring materials and manufacturing may be contributing to the problem more than they think. Higg works with companies to input and analyze data, giving them the power to better understand the environmental and social impact of each step in the cycle.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2022

With humble beginnings as a small business selling to Vancouver’s dock workers in 1918, Watson Gloves is now Canada’s largest manufacturer and distributor of gloves to the industrial and retail market. Ginkgo Sustainability. Garden Montessori School. In addition, Garden Montessori has become a Platinum Member of Green Business Bureau.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 25, 2021

Compelled to action: 5 sustainability trends impacting food retail Heather Putnam Thu, 03/25/2021 – 01:30 Authors’ note: Ratio Institute taps Presidio Graduate School ’s students and alumni for sustainability research in the food industry. They also have the most potential to drive changes for a more sustainable future.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

Each of these individuals is playing the long game and is in a strong position to move their companies and industries into what could be a more hopeful period of reconciliation, recovery and repair. Most support science-based targets and sit on multiple boards, collaborations and advocacy groups to further industry-level sustainability goals.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Turning mycelium into packaging that’s ‘compatible with the planet’ Founded in 2007, New York based Ecovative Design leverages the naturally binding properties of mycelium — mushroom’s root structure — in several sustainable materials.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Each business has the power to create solutions and drive sustainable change. Plus 91% of banks monitor the ESG performance of investments. The sports clothing retailer Nike managed to weave efficiency into the shoe-making process, reducing the amount of raw material and labor time needed to make each shoe.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2023

That is the headline conclusion of a new report from the Green Finance Institute (GFI) published today, which emphasises how there is a huge opportunity to build a net zero emission, nature-friendly farming system in the UK.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 1, 2020

To minimize personal auto usage, use public transportation for your daily commute. Alternately, look into electric cars if you’re in the market for a new vehicle. But each product contributes to emissions from sourcing materials, manufacturing, transporting, maintaining warehouse and retail space and disposing of post-consumer waste.

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