Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Building and Retrofitting a Sustainable Home. Whether you’re building from scratch or adding onto an existing home, there are a variety of green building materials and products on the market today to create your sustainable home vision. Recycling metal rather than using virgin ore helps preserve natural resources and saves energy.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION? In the world of business, sustainability innovation can be defined as the process of evolving old business models and creating new ventures that realize economic value and generate positive environmental and social impacts simultaneously. HOW IS SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION DRIVING THE GREEN ECONOMY?

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2022

Investors in the US start-up include Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund and Breakthrough Energy Ventures. US start-up Brimstone Energy has announced $55m of fresh investment to support development of its "carbon negative" cement making process, after a host of major backers joined its latest fundraising round.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2023

Soletair Power (Finland) has developed a seemingly unique solution for extracting carbon dioxide (CO2) from building ventilation systems to help achieve carbon net zero and even carbon negative building projects. Our system also delivers cost-reduction, employee well-being, and sustainability benefits.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

As the quest for sustainable energy intensifies, biomass emerges as a pivotal player in the arena of renewable resources. As we navigate the intricacies of biomass conversion processes and their impacts on our planet, we encroach upon a dialogue pivotal for the present and future of energy consumption.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 26, 2023

(Eavor) has announced the successful completion of $182 million in funding following an equity round led by OMV AG , with participation from Canada Growth Fund (CGF), Japan Energy Fund, Monaco Asset Management and Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund. completed the conversion of their debentures.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

Carbon marketplace hawks credits in businesses that store CO2 with their products. As corporate interest in carbon removal options grows, Puro.earth , a startup from Finland, is offering a twist on carbon marketplaces. Gloria Oladipo. Mon, 08/31/2020 - 05:00.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 15, 2020

To keep energy costs low, contractors worked to tightly seal buildings including designing windows that don’t open. Improvements in ventilation technology have decreased energy consumption by up to 30 percent. Another side effect of open planning was more people sharing the same air with fewer physical barriers. .

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 9, 2024

Carbon Upcycling Technologies (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a circular-decarbonization solution for hard-to-abate industries–-utilizing low-purity industrial CO 2 and industrial byproducts to decarbonize cement. manufactures and distributes biobased building materials, including a low-embodied-carbon insulation. Knoxville, Tenn.,

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

When one thinks about carbon emissions, images of spewing smokestacks or tailpipes likely come to mind. One- seventh of the world’s carbon emissions are associated with building materials like steel, cement and aluminum. Put simply, there is a construction-shaped hole in our global efforts to combat climate change.

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Econaur

MAY 6, 2020

As the effects of climate change are getting more visible across the globe, developing nations like India are switching to sustainable building engineering. Basically, the concept of green building is about sustainable and “environment-friendly” living and commercial spaces. Sustainable & Organic Solutions.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2021

Energy Transmissions Commission provides guidance on availability and use of biomass, warning sustainable sources are limited in volume worldwide. Truly sustainable biomass is limited in volume; so its use must be restricted to priority sectors where alternative decarbonisation options don't exist," said Turner.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 27, 2021

Lucy Victoria Desai, a writer for Northern Powergrid who specialises in sustainability, business, and innovation, appraises the potential and practicalities of wind energy. Now that the world has placed a greater focus on the effects we have on the environment, finding more environmentally friendly ways to source our energy is vital.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 13, 2022

T 3 transformation, which encompasses digital transformation, energy transformation and net-zero carbon transformation, is a new model for propelling today’s campuses into the future through systematic reformation and innovation. The world is consuming increasingly more energy, which causes higher carbon emissions.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

UN-led coalition releases new targets to cut carbon from public construction projects by boosting demand for low-carbon steel, cement, and concrete. Tareq Emtairah, director of UNIDO's Decarbonisation and Sustainable Energy Division, also highlighted the huge potential for governments to drive industrial decarbonisation.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 28, 2021

However, as sustainable construction is gaining importance, many cities are now set to change the rules of the game in commercial real estate. Buildings that are energy efficient are now being rewarded with high energy grades and displayed publicly which is changing how tenants look at the value of the building.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Reframe Systems is scaling offsite construction with advanced robotic microfactories. Alma Energy leverages geothermal exploration to deliver scaled renewable energy production at economic levels. Energiency pioneers artificial-intelligence- and human-intelligence-driven energy-intelligence technology dedicated to manufacturing.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2021

IndiNature says investment will help scale up production of its 'carbon negative' building material. Carbon negative insulation for homes and commercial properties is to be produced in Scotland for the first time following a £3m investment in a pioneering green materials firm from the Scottish National Investment Bank.

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Green Technology

JUNE 21, 2023

Green Technology’s Leadership Awards aim to recognize and honor individuals, organizations, and institutions that have made significant contributions to advancing sustainability efforts and reducing carbon footprints in various sectors. The award was accepted by Joel Griffith, DGS and the O Street team.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 15, 2021

British-Swedish pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca is partnering with Future Biogas to power its UK sites with low-carbon energy as part of company decarbonization efforts. Future Biogas will build a renewable energy plant that will enable AstraZeneca to replace natural gas with biomethane, for heating and cooling at its sites.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

It plans to add carbon capture and storage to the biomass plants, taking them to a negative-emissions status. “[Thursday’s] announcement is part of Drax renewing its focus on renewables and pioneering bioenergy with carbon capture and storage technology (BECCS),” the company representative said in an email.

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2021

UK energy firm to begin construction of first of three biomass pellet plants in North America later this month in bid to bolster supply chain for sustainable feedstocks.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic, horrific as it's been, has been reasonably kind to the worlds of sustainable business and climate tech. There's enough progress to turn even the most hardbitten sustainability skeptic optimistic. Demand for sustainability professionals outstripped supply.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2022

BBC Panorama investigation claims energy company's activities in Canada breach its sustainable sourcing commitments. A company executive told the Net Zero Festival late last week that Drax meets "stringent safeguards around sustainability".

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

If you take Shell’s word for it, the oil giant’s growing petrochemical operations are indicative of its “commitment” to a cleaner energy future. Credit: Anne Rolfes In 2021, Shell launched its “Powering Progress” strategy outlining how it plans to “transform into a net-zero emissions energy business.”

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

June 22 marked the publication of the fifth annual GreenBiz 30 Under 30 , our report celebrating rising young professionals in the field of corporate sustainability. . Do you think the COVID-19 crisis marks a turning point for the sustainability movement? . Sustainability must be a must have and not a nice to have.

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Sustainability Consulting

APRIL 14, 2023

An often overlooked part of construction is the installation of fiberglass insulation. Andrew Legge, of Havelock Wool, in an interview with NPR’s Marketplace Wool is an unexpected construction material that works well for insulation. This formulation of hemp fibers can be formed into brick shapes and used in construction.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

As well as being lighter, the modular nature means transporting the towers to the construction sites is far easier. If successfully commercialized, Modvion’s solution would solve the transport problem, while also replacing carbon intensive-steel with what could be a carbon-negative alternative. million to $7.2

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2022

A raft of leading concrete and construction firms have joined forces to launch a major new initiative that aims to deliver 100 per cent net zero emission concrete by 2050, with signatories pledging to meet a series of decarbonisation goals within the coming decade.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2022

Better design and reuse of buildings are crucial to cutting their carbon impact, writes Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Tansy Robertson-Fall. The Climate Action Pathway for Industry 2021 report, released by the UNFCCC, emphasises the need for a more socially responsible and environmentally sustainable industrial system.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Emerging economy countries face the undeniably huge task to transition their economies to be cleaner and more sustainable. This transition, however, will impact jobs in fossil fuel-based energy production and could, if not considered from a social perspective, negatively impact millions of individuals in emerging economy nations.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Pharmaceuticals giant teams up with Future Biogas to help develop 125GWh biomethane plant fitted with carbon capture technology. We're proud to be working in partnership with innovative organisations like Future Biogas to enable the sustainable discovery, development and manufacture of medicines and vaccines," she added.

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Mosaic

APRIL 1, 2022

First, what exactly is energy resilience? It’s a term used to describe when energy sources are independent from outside suppliers. It is also used when talking about more stable energy systems, higher quality products and products that can withstand erratic weather patterns. Because their homeowner customers care.

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Mosaic

APRIL 1, 2022

First, what exactly is energy resilience? It’s a term used to describe when energy sources are independent from outside suppliers. It is also used when talking about more stable energy systems, higher quality products and products that can withstand erratic weather patterns. Because their homeowner customers care.

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Climate 4.0

MARCH 7, 2021

The Climate Economy is one that, when achieved, is carbon-negative (not just “zero”), circular, sustainable, reparative of the past, and regenerative for the future. A key “first principle” of Digital Transformation has to be sustainability. It should be unnecessarily redundant to say “sustainable Industry 4.0.”

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The company can produce 90 million gallons per year of sustainable aviation and diesel fuel. Aemetis, Inc (NASDAQ stock symbol AMTX) has announced that it has recently received a Use Permit from the City of Riverbank, California, for the production of renewable fuels including negative carbon intensity sustainable aviation and diesel fuel.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

IAG becomes first European airline firm to commit to powering 10 per cent of its flights with sustainable aviation fuel by end of decade. It's clearly challenging to transition to a low carbon business model but, despite the current pandemic, we remain resolute in our climate commitments," said Luis Gallego, IAG's chief executive.

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