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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — May 2024 

Greentown Labs

Funding Active Surfaces , a Go Build 2023 participant and ACCEL Year 1 alum that’s commercializing ultra-thin-film solar technology, raised a $5.6M CalWave Power Technologies , which is working to harness carbon-free power from ocean waves, was chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q4 2022

Greentown Labs

Electricity. Alma Energy leverages geothermal exploration to deliver scaled renewable energy production at economic levels. CZAR Power builds an exceptionally smart and sustainable charging system that cuts the cost of power electronics in half and can be installed three times faster than other energy systems.

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Demystifying the ?Absolute Zero? concept

GreenBiz

If your sustainability team has regular debates about how to label or describe its various initiatives, it’s not alone. So how does this idea apply to the world of sustainability? Absolute sustainability is about making sure that society operates within planetary boundaries while satisfying human needs," Bande said.

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

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Mapped: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets

DeSmogBlog

Since then, leading industry associations and agrochemical companies have used their lobbying might to push back against core European measures aiming to lead the transition to a more sustainable way of farming. Read more about the industry’s climate lobbying at DeSmog’s agribusiness database. Meet the Industry Trade Groups.

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Corporate Giants Promote Climate Action, But Work With Oil Lobbyists in State Capitols

DeSmogBlog

The research, conducted by the non-profit Global Energy Monitor and shared with DeSmog, found thousands of cases in which high-profile corporations engage in lobbying in state capitols, hiring the same lobbyists that do work for powerful fossil fuel companies. Why are we all working on climate action through business?

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Why Is Sustainability Important In Business?

Green Business Bureau

The case for business sustainability. 90% of executives believe sustainability is important in business. Today, it’s incontestable that instituting a sustainability strategy is good business. In this Green Business Bureau article, we present the case for business sustainability.