GatesNotes

MAY 18, 2020

Unlike most books on leadership, this one is worth your time.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 18, 2021

Bill Gates has a new book in the pipeline, " How to Avoid a Climate Disaster." But if I could propose one additional New Year’s resolution for Gates, it would be to send another book to all COP26 delegates: Kim Stanley Robinson’s " The Ministry for the Future.". John Elkington. Mon, 01/18/2021 - 00:45. Pull Quote. Innovation.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

On Friday 3 November, the team scooped up two awards at the Engineers in Business Champion of Champions grand final at the Royal Academy of Engineering in London hosted by TV presenter and engineer, Rob Bell. We’re at a critical point in our business, preparing to scale through strategic hires and raising capital investment.

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GreenBiz

JULY 10, 2020

20 must-read books about food systems. These 20 books provide insight into food access and justice in Black communities, food relief and school nutrition programs, the effects of technology on global food supply chains, the relationship between climate change and food production, and much more. Danielle Nierenberg.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 26, 2021

Oceanographer John Englander chats with Senior Editor Deonna Anderson about his upcoming book, " Moving to Higher Ground: Rising Sea Level and the Path Forward." . BSR's take on resilient business strategies (36:55). A new wave for ocean adaptation? (19:30). BSR president and CEO Aron Cramer weighs in with insights.

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Terra Infirma

MARCH 25, 2024

So I got hold of a copy of Chouinard’s book Let my people go surfing: the education of a reluctant businessman – originally published in 2005 and updated in 2016 – and I dug in. The book is split into two sections: History and Philosophy. The History section was by far my favourite.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2024

He is committed to driving smart, disruptive change to improve business outcomes and fulfil Xylem’s purpose of making water more accessible, affordable, and communities more resilient. The insight given will allow attendees to better position their businesses at the forefront of innovation in the pump manufacturing industry.”

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2022

The system seemingly helps with waste booking, management and payment, and it reduces administrative time and processes – the upshot is a cull of unlicenced waste carriers and fly tipping, claims the firm. ” “Imagine if every business in the world used this technology?

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Gift the go-getters in your office sustainable business cards such as these 100% recyclable cotton cards from Moo or Botanical Paperworks plantable business cards that biodegrade and grow into herbs and wildflowers. If they say they have too many books (which is bookworm lie #1 by the way), then opt for the e-book version instead.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 11, 2022

. “Devitech has seen a positive uptake in our new electric vehicle installation division with a number of customers keen to install electric charge points at their commercial business premises.” Contact the firm for more information and to book a free EV Charging Point survey. Visit www.devitech.co.uk to have a browse now!

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 24, 2021

Green Business Bureau (GBB) has partnered up with Goodwings to offer our members a special deal on their Net Zero Travel business plans. Business travel and tourism releases almost 5 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year, so it’s no secret that our current travel methods are not sustainable.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 6, 2021

"Too many Americans live without any affordable means of cleanly disposing of the waste from their toilets, and must live with the resulting filth," writes Catherine Coleman Flowers, an environmental health advocate, in her book "Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Secret," published by The New Press in November.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 15, 2022

Among other things, the recycling of phosphorus is of great interest as this is a finite resource that is indispensable for our food supply and is on the European Union’s list of critical raw materials,” says Amanda Haux, Business Developer at RecoLab. The showroom is also available for pre-booked visits.

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Terra Infirma

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In last week’s episode of The Net Zero Business Podcast, Dr Olli Jones talked about ‘stranded assets’ and ‘stranding assessments’, so I thought I should dive a little deeper into the concept. Put simply, a stranded asset is an asset whose value has collapsed due to its carbon footprint. So when we get to 2019 [!]

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GreenBiz

APRIL 12, 2021

I leafed through his copy of the book, bought my own and surrendered to its simple recipe for creative awakening. My stacks of completed morning pages — black and white marbled composition books, blue National Brand Chemistry notebooks, thin beige Muji journals — contain some of the dullest details you can imagine.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 19, 2022

As far back as the 2000 publication of their book, The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World , Paul H. An author, international speaker, and TEDx Talker, he will be contributing content to Green Business Bureau regularly. appeared first on Green Business Bureau.

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Energy Central

MARCH 12, 2023

The book begins with some background on the energy transition as a driver behind the need to rethink the Energy business and the technical, architectural changes that will be needed to deal with the scale, scope and pace of change that accompanies the transition. The grid is evolving from a centralized.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Designed to help schools, families, businesses, and community groups discover the power and potential of geothermal energy as a renewable energy source, the centre is packed full of educational resources, including interactive experiences such as Virtual Reality (VR) technologies.

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GreenBiz

MAY 3, 2021

That’s the big question that takes center stage at the recent annual conference hosted by Imperial College Business School. It is the first time I have spoken in my capacity as chair of the advisory board of Imperial’s new Leonardo Centre , a research facility for sustainable business, which will formally launch in June.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021. Companies are showing a growing awareness that good social performance can translate into improved business performance and better relationships with customers and local communities. The ‘S’ in ESG gains currency. Manjit Jus. Mon, 02/08/2021 - 01:00.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 22, 2021

Sustainable business travel is one way that businesses can significantly mitigate their environmental impact. Together with tourism, business travel contributes to the release of almost 5 billion tons of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. WHY SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS TRAVEL SHOULD BE A PRIORITY. Conference meetings.

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Andrew Winston

OCTOBER 12, 2021

It wasn’t just pandemic malaise…I was mostly working on a new book with the former Unilever CEO, the great Paul Polman. Our overall purpose with this book is to help leaders raise their ambitions and build companies that profit by solving the world’s problems, not creating them. The time is right for a re-set.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Registration for this year's event has now closed following exceptionally high interest from the green business community, with more than 3,000 delegates expected to attend over two days The Net Zero Festival is now fully booked for 2023, with more than 3,000 delegates having registered to attend next week's industry-leading event in London.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

SunPower is not out of the woods yet on financial pains associated with its restructuring and updated business plan, but the company logged a profitable Q4 — its second that year — and an overall positive 2019. “That shows you how great the other two businesses performed,” Werner told GTM. Residential Strength.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2020

And with the public wanting to feel as safe as possible as they try to go about their daily business in a normal way, restaurant owners are bringing in extra measures to provide an additional layer of protection and encourage customers to use their businesses since they know that their health is the number one priority.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2024

We have a superb business programme in place, supported by a complement of renowned expert speakers. The online booking system is now live, allowing delegates, and their partners, to secure their places. A promotional video, fully illustrating all aspects of the event is also available to view on the website – www.Europump2024.com.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 31, 2020

ImpactAlpha, August 31 – Quito-based INSOTEC provides loans and credit to Ecuador’s micro-business owners and smallholder farmers. Its $58 million loan book serves roughly 18,000 borrowers. The post ABC Fund backs INSOTEC to finance Ecuador’s small farmers appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Andrew Winston

APRIL 22, 2024

Here’s a three-part framing to convince businesses and their leaders to respond. I’d love to stop making the “business case” — ideally because sustainability, like previous business movements around safety and quality, no longer has to justify its existence. Need to explain the “why” of climate change action?

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 1, 2023

Approachable Sustainability: New Green Business Bureau Podcast and Video Blog Series This Earth Month we are using our platform to amplify our members’ great work by launching our video blog and podcast series, Approachable Sustainability. Sustainable business practices are more important now than ever before.

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Terra Infirma

APRIL 17, 2024

Why do we get stuck in business as usual? In his book Sustainability by Design, John Ehrenfeld cites the humble dual flush toilet as a disruptor of business as usual. On a conventional toilet, we do our business and press the button. and make the desired option easier to follow than business as usual.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

As Oxford professor Dieter Helm points out in his latest book – Legacy: How to Build the Sustainable Economy – we need to mend our ways in order to meet the needs of future generations. Many businesses and governments put profits and short-term gains over the long-term health of our planet.

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Terra Infirma

JANUARY 22, 2024

I haven’t read Hannah Ritchie’s new book “Not the End of the World” yet, but to be honest, I’m already jealous of it as it is causing a lot of debate. Repeatedly Ritchie is confronted with arguments made against her book on Twitter as if that is a source of authority.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 4, 2023

But it is just as important to scrutinise emerging so-called green or low-emission solutions, which sound plausible, but are often simply big oil’s business-as-usual in a new guise. Book tickets here or at theguardian.live Continue reading. The UK’s much touted low carbon hydrogen standard (LCHS) is an example of this.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 29, 2023

A business lobby group that regularly meets with top elected officials and policymakers in British Columbia is now being led by someone who once argued that human-caused climate change is an “untested proposition.” The Business Council of B.C. DeSmog couldn’t find any public statements from her disavowing her previous denial.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Together with top-class coaches and speakers they further developed their business models and their communication skills and met numerous representatives from industry, science and politics who have become sponsors, partners and investors. you have a new technology, approach or business model.

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Andrew Winston

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

[One of my recurring topics…how the demand for the “business case for sustainability” is perhaps holding us back now. That is, how we can we move sustainability into a category of things we just do in business — like safety, quality, investing in people, and so on. This appeared last month in MIT SMR.]

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Suttons International is part of the family-owned Suttons Group, a leading UK and global logistics business providing end-to-end solutions and services to the bulk liquid, gases and powders sectors. Suttons will take control of the acquired business in the coming months. VTG Tanktainer and COSCOVTG Tanktainer Co.

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