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What is the ISO 14001 Standard: Principles, Definitions and Certifications

Green Business Bureau

What is the ISO ( International Organization for Standardization) 14001 Standard: Principles, Definitions and Certifications. As the business world moves forward taking steps to becoming more environmentally friendly there are many choices to be made in terms of certifications. The Green Business Certification.

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What is the ISO 14001 Standard: Principles, Definitions and Certifications

Green Business Bureau

What is the ISO ( International Organization for Standardization) 14001 Standard: Principles, Definitions and Certifications. As the business world moves forward taking steps to becoming more environmentally friendly, there are many choices to be made in terms of certifications. The Green Business Certification.

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Poisonous legacy

Envirotec Magazine

Researcher Mark Higgins testing soil with a probe. Gary Robbins, UConn professor of geosciences and natural resources, explains the project started with a request from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection ( DEEP ) in 2013. The researchers found evidence of leachability of the contaminants in some soils.

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Big Ag Influence Over UN Food Systems Summit Criticised by Green Farming Advocates

DeSmogBlog

The groups said the summit disregarded “the urgent need to address the gross power imbalances that corporations hold over food systems.”. JBS , the world’s second-largest food company, also shared its plan to support regenerative agriculture practices, which are said to improve soil health and biodiversity. Corporate Capture.

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How deeper global clean tech collaboration is needed to avoid net zero delay

Business Green

Joint IEA, IRENA, and UN assessment of COP26 Breakthrough Agenda sets out priorities for collaborative climate action between businesses and governments. With greater collaborative action, the report estimates some technology costs could drop by as much as 18 per cent by 2030, while accelerating the green energy transition in line with a 1.5C

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Facing up to Covid, climate and equality challenges

Business Green

We are altering the chemistry of our atmosphere and oceans in ways that will negatively impact future generations, and on land, we deplete our soil more rapidly than it can possibly replenish. And yet despite all this, I believe our system of capital markets and competition between companies has to be a major part of the solution.

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AeroFarms is trying to cultivate the future of vertical farming

Business Green

The public market offering and the capital gained during the process will be crucial for AeroFarms to reach the next level of its growth and to achieve several strategic expansions, including improving operational and energy efficiency, adding into new products (right now it's focusing on berries), and maintaining its social impact. "We