Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2022

Carbon Accounting, Carbon Offsets and Carbon Credits. What is carbon offsetting ? What is the difference between a carbon offset and a carbon credit ? Can carbon offsetting effectively mitigate climate change, or are we banking on a fruitless quick-fix solution ? What Is Carbon Offsetting?

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

The voluntary carbon offset market is rocketing, with the Ecosystem Marketplace reporting an annual market value of ~$1 billion in 2021, which was an all-time high. This can make things difficult for business leaders like you, looking to reduce their carbon footprint through purchasing offsets. The rules of carbon offsetting.

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Carbon Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Methane 148

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 Health Carbon-negative Innovation 497

Business Green

AUGUST 17, 2022

The world is growing and so is our demand for protein. To do this, however, we need to enable a complete shift in resources for the food system - from ethics to efficiency and geography. The ethics shift. With an estimated 9.9 But what could that look like? The new food future.

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Sustainability Agriculture Ethics Carbon-negative 68

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 28, 2024

Community organizations, environmental groups, and transit advocates are demanding the city of Ottawa ban fossil fuel advertising from public spaces. Credit: Helen Hsu “That means they’ve known for the past 50 years that their products were going to destroy our planet’s ability to sustain life,” she added.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The Green Business Bureau has created the below ESG image infographic to help you understand Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria, and how this criteria relates to corporate sustainability. Teaching Sustainable Business NEWSLETTER. ESG image to understand how criteria relate to corporate sustainability.

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Low Impact

MARCH 10, 2021

Why farmers’ markets are good for shopping ethically. By contrast, farmers’ markets have greater transparency and a much shorter chain between food production and consumer, making them a more ethical choice for shoppers. In the modern world, there is often a disconnect between food production and those who eat the end result.

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Ethics Agriculture Packaging Organic 62

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

Sustainable Development Goal 13: Putting Climate Action in the Hands of Businesses. SDGs are driving governments, individuals, universities, and businesses to adjust their practices to achieve benchmarks and secure a sustainable future by 2030. This adds to global waste, emissions and an exhausting demand for new material.

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Climate change Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Fossil fuels 88

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Ad giants such as WPP , Omnicom and Interpublic Group (IPG) score highly on the rankings used to gauge a company’s sustainability performance — so they’re attractive to green fund investors. And DeSmog can also reveal that a growing group of ethical investors are demanding that ad and PR companies come clean about their true climate impact.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The drive to establish 'sustainable' supply chains must be delivered in a way that does not marginalise small businesses who form the backbone of the economy, writes Kier Group's Jo Potts. Perhaps the first step in all this needs to be a universal agreement of what sustainable procurement actually means.

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Carbon Carbon-negative Sustainability Ethics 43

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

This flaunting of environmentalism began in the 1960s, an era when the sustainability movement started to gain momentum. Yet, rather than meet the demands of environmentalism, many corporations chose to hide dirty operations under a green sheen. Plus, many of these consumers are willing to pay more for sustainable alternatives.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Ad giants such as WPP , Omnicom and Interpublic Group (IPG) score highly on the rankings used to gauge a company’s sustainability performance — so they’re attractive to green fund investors. And DeSmog can also reveal that a growing group of ethical investors are demanding that ad and PR companies come clean about their true climate impact.

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Fossil fuels Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Building a greener future for retail requires brave conversations, big risks and hardwiring sustainability into the fabric of the business, explains Selfridges' Daniella Vega. Sustainability and regeneration have never been so high on the business agenda.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

Sustainable Development Goal 13: Putting Climate Action in the Hands of Businesses. SDGs are driving governments, individuals, universities, and businesses to adjust their practices to achieve benchmarks and secure a sustainable future by 2030. This adds to global waste, emissions and an exhausting demand for new material.

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Climate change Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Resilience 78

Business Green

JANUARY 16, 2023

Europe needs to be leading the charge to a more sustainable world, but it is being held back by short-termism and poor policymaking, argues Systemiq's Janez Potočnik. They fail too often to see how our current system does not incentivise sustainable resource use, but encourages quite the opposite.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

This flaunting of environmentalism began in the 1960s, an era when the sustainability movement started to gain momentum. Yet, rather than meet the demands of environmentalism, many corporations chose to hide dirty operations under a green sheen. Plus, many of these consumers are willing to pay more for sustainable alternatives.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2020

This missive included a veiled reference to the aviation bailout, suggesting a rise in carbon prices for the sector. Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) seemingly offer the most promising route for larger aircraft and Norway has already mandated a minimum SAF limit, for example. per cent of worldwide jet fuel demand.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 9, 2022

The role that we all play with regards to sustainability has changed since the 1980s when the phrase ‘greenwashing' was first coined. The term greenwashing is used to define companies that claim to be environmentally conscious for marketing purposes, but who don't make any notable sustainability efforts.

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Sustainability Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Recycling 36

Business Green

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Across Europe electric vehicle sales are continuing to climb rapidly, and more and more manufacturers are responding to the growing demand. We want to become a net zero carbon business with a 100 per cent alternative fuel fleet. per cent in the Germany. Norway's market share for plug-in vehicles hit 79 per cent.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2022

As such the Strategy is a deliberately narrow response to Dimbleby's independent review and is designed to focus on "longer-term measures to support a resilient, healthier, and more sustainable food system that is affordable to all" rather than short term measures to tackle rising food prices.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The LME is the world's oldest and largest industrial metals exchange - BusinessGreen investigates how it is preparing for the battery metal goldrush and responding to calls for a more sustainable metals industry. What role do metals exchanges have in driving a sustainable transition to a low-carbon economy?

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Many schools including the schools on this list have demonstrated that they are both resourcefulness innovative in their efforts to achieve their sustainability objectives. Schools give us a glimpse into what carbon neutrality looks like. The university boasts a robust branch of Engineers for a Sustainable World.

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Business Green

MARCH 20, 2023

DarkBlack Carbon was only officially founded four months ago, but believes it is already primed to be a market leader for biochar in the UK "It's got everything, hasn't it?" says Liz Casely, co-founder of UK start-up DarkBlack Carbon. Moreover, the potential climate benefits of the biochar itself are hugely compelling.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2020

As burger wars wage in Brussels over whether plant-based products can deploy terminology traditionally used for meat and dairy, some of the world's most prolific meat producers have been gobbling up small plant-based start-ups in order to launch their own low carbon meat lines. This year there has been quite a big shift," Verkuil says. "On

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Carbon-negative Meat alternatives Innovation Biotech 82

Business Green

MARCH 1, 2023

"Establishing the Nature Positive Business Pledge could not come at a more critical time as businesses both domestically and internationally set about implementing what was agreed at COP15," said Sarah Mukherjee, chief executive at sustainability professionals body IEMA. "By We can do this if we work together but it starts with a commitment."

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Biodiversity Government Carbon-negative Investment 40

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. With over 500 initiatives to choose from – compared to B Labs 250 – GBB raises the bar in sustainability certification.

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Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 78

Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Lab-Grown Meat, Fake Meat & 3D Printed Pizzas Book Summary - There are currently several technologies in development that have the potential to provide the sustainable food of the future. Added to this are notes and additions from Mr. Sustainability. Introduction Climate Change. Deforestation. Loss of biodiversity. Water scarcity.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Meanwhile, the advance of low carbon alternatives to the hydrocarbon-driven economy has been far too slow to meet that challenge. For example, placing plant-based alternatives and climate messages more prominently on restaurant menus can help drive demand with recent research suggesting the approach can double plant-based meal sales.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 29, 2020

Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni Heather Clancy Mon, 06/29/2020 – 02:30 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?

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Sustainability Health Carbon-negative Innovation 28