Green Business Bureau

APRIL 29, 2022

For instance, a single pint of beer can have a carbon footprint as high as 900g CO 2e (for bottled beer that’s been extensively transported). This is ~14% of the daily average carbon footprint from meals per US citizen – having 2 to 3 pints ramps that percentage up to 42%. Sustainable Brewing Tip #4: Reduce your carbon footprint.

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Business Green

AUGUST 2, 2022

It said it will take action to slash its emissions and neutralise any remaining emissions with "additional, quantifiable, real, permanent, and socially beneficial offsets" in order to achieve net zero annual carbon emissions by 2040, which is 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement targets of 2050.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 10, 2023

We’ve spilled plenty of ink in this newsletter on carbon capture, but less on what happens after —particularly carbon-to-value. In the meantime, Rubi aims to capture the CO2 from industrial processes and use it to make apparel inputs carbon-negative. What to watch Grab a partner.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The promise of renewable natural gas is a sustainability win that has been financially and logistically out of reach for even the largest companies. A byproduct of anaerobic digestion process is a low-carbon fertilizer that has allowed farms to drastically reduce or eliminate synthetic fertilizers use and are increasing yield.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Our honorees for 2021 are intrepid startup founders, tenacious corporate innovators and determined public servants. The Ottawa-based startup is bringing to scale a process that generates hydrogen by capturing carbon dioxide from the air, then storing it within seawater, mimicking the ocean’s natural processes to create a carbon sink.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 15, 2023

  But all this travel comes at a steep carbon cost. Kerosene is a “long-chain hydrocarbon”, which means it is made up of carbon and hydrogen atoms (specifically C 12 H 26 C 15 H 32 ). Other vegetable oils face land use and carbon footprint concerns. In 2022, aviation accounted for 2% of global CO2 emissions.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 17, 2024

As humanity stands at the crossroads of technological innovation and environmental imperatives, new solutions for sustainable mobility are paramount. By embedding this technology into various facets of air transportation, the industry takes a significant leap towards carbon neutrality, aligning with global sustainability objectives.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 22, 2021

in the innovation district being developed by Rice Management Company, Greentown Houston provides more than 40,000 sq. Greentown Houston has received an incredibly warm welcome from the Houston energy innovation community since it announced its expansion plans in June 2020. Located at 4200 San Jacinto St.

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Sustainability Consulting

AUGUST 4, 2021

In industries like agriculture, fishing, transportation logistics, and construction, workers must work outside and generally have little protection against high temperatures. A myriad of small businesses like restaurants and food trucks are also negatively affected. Higher temperatures can also make extreme rain events more likely.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2020

CNG Fuels' biomethane compressed natural gas - Bio-CNG - is currently 100 per cent sourced from waste feedstocks such as food waste and it claims the fuel is both cheaper and less-carbon intensive than traditional diesel. per cent of UK carbon emissions, with road transport as a whole now the UK's highest emitting sector of the economy.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 27, 2020

According to the EPA, sustainable manufacturing is the creation of manufactured products through economically-sound processes that minimize negative environmental impacts while conserving energy and natural resources. Furthermore, some companies are developing innovative ways to turn their waste and extra materials into new revenue streams.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

It will specifically explore systemic solutions to the climate crisis focusing on clean energy, electrified, transportation, the circular economy, carbon removal and sustainable food systems. Protein is being sourced from an increasingly long list of plants, synthesized from carbon dioxide sucked from the air, and extracted from insects.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 20, 2020

IMO member states are meeting this week for critical talks to discuss how the carbon-intensive shipping industry can be regulated to meet its 2030 climate target of reducing its carbon emissions intensity by 40 percent compared to 2008 levels. It is a dynamic that has left environmental campaigners increasingly frustrated.

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Types: Design & Materials, Next-Gen Packaging, Business Model Innovation. In addition to the prizes, the 10 finalists will take part in fundraising and pitch workshops and share their innovation with investors that can help accelerate their business. Join 1,000+ thought leaders and practitioners to accelerate the circular economy.

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Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

From plastics to fashion, the US chemicals giant is innovating in pursuit of a new approach for managing the world's most ubiquitous materials. Eastman's latest innovations, as well as its pivot to make sustainability core to its strategy, has been energized by its current chairman and CEO, Mark Costa. All the way back then.".

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

This means retailers must seek new uses for AI, SaaS, and Internet Of Things (IoT) logistic solutions, and integrate these solutions to pass data from one tool to another. Yet, such negatives can be mitigated through the expansion of local fulfillment centers and consumer education on the importance of minimalism as previously discussed.

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Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

While companies such as Amazon, Nestlé, and Unilever have set targets for carbon neutrality, Microsoft just announced that it will become carbon negative by around 2030, and remove all the carbon the company has emitted since its founding in 1975. A low carbon economy will demand new skills both upstream and downstream.

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Charged

MAY 8, 2023

The idea is that having vehicles with bidirectional capabilities creates an environment where innovators like Nuvve can develop business models. The idea is that having vehicles with bidirectional capabilities creates an environment where innovators like Nuvve can develop business models. That means we can bring the meter negative.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2023

Could an innovative partnership between a US clothing firm and the Albanian government provide a new template for corporate conservation efforts? At the COP15 Biodiversity Summit in December, the vast majority of world leaders pledged to "minimise negative and foster positive impacts of climate action on biodiversity".

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AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

Our honorees for 2021 are intrepid startup founders, tenacious corporate innovators and determined public servants. The Ottawa-based startup is bringing to scale a process that generates hydrogen by capturing carbon dioxide from the air, then storing it within seawater, mimicking the ocean’s natural processes to create a carbon sink.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

According to Livestock’s Long Shadow , a United Nations report, world meat consumption has the highest negative impact on the climate. From a historical perspective however, warning about the negative effects of our food consumption are commonplace. Future innovations might include food that is incomprehensible to us now.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Hold unconscious bias training to help employees understand how such biases work and how they can negatively affect team members and team interactions. For instance, the Carbon Trust announced that the leather manufacturer – Scottish Leather Group – saved £900,000 annually on energy costs, despite increased production volumes.

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