Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

However, the voluntary offsets market would need to more than double in size before it can meet anything near the demand required to decarbonise the aviation sector, Thrust Carbon warns. We need a white-hot focus on boosting the supply and demand for voluntary carbon offsets across the world.

Carbon-neutral 68

Carbon-neutral Aviation Carbon Biodiversity 68

Green Business Bureau

JUNE 20, 2022

Customers and employees are also demanding business with a purpose. Hence, there’s a need to adopt a more clear-cut definition, and ESG seems to have met that need. This includes transparent and full financial reports, plus ethical and legal management. Why is ESG important? And this is how the two terms are similar.

Sustainability 148

Sustainability Organic Business Energy Monitoring Ethics 148

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 27, 2021

New research from the University of Sheffield suggests there is strong consumer demand for recycling flexible plastic with 95% of participants saying they would be willing to recycle their flexible plastics1. Unlike many other schemes, recyclers will only be paid if the plastic is definitely recycled.

Retail 147

Retail Plastics Recycling Recycling 147

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

There is definitely increasing urgency around this issue," Waxman says. Other companies shy away from outright termination and advocate the notion of big companies using their buying power to inspire and demand change deep down into supply chains. Palm oil plantation at the edge of a rainforest. Many promises, limited followthrough.

Policy 545

Policy Organic Sustainability Agriculture 545

Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 10, 2022

The old adage, “measure what you manage to get things done”, definitely applies in sustainability. According to the World Wide Fund for Nature , demand for sustainable goods has increased, especially in high-income countries. Consumers are now taking a stand on who they purchase from. That creative power is potent.

Business Energy Monitoring 158

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring 158

Andrew Winston

JANUARY 15, 2020

The way he’s framed the shifting definition of value creation, to include long-term thinking and pressing societal issues, has been important. For a quick take on his letter (which is definitely worth a thorough reading), I’ve annotated it with my thoughts below. ” It was powerful stuff.

Climate change 128

Climate change Sustainability Investment Government 128

Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The old adage, “measure what you manage to get things done”, definitely applies in sustainability. According to the World Wide Fund for Nature, demand for sustainable goods has increased, especially in high-income countries. Consumers are now taking a stand on who they purchase from. That creative power is potent.

Business Energy Monitoring 78

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring 78

Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The old adage, “measure what you manage to get things done”, definitely applies in sustainability. According to the World Wide Fund for Nature, demand for sustainable goods has increased, especially in high-income countries. Consumers are now taking a stand on who they purchase from. That creative power is potent.

Business Energy Monitoring 78

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring 78

Business Green

APRIL 11, 2021

At the time just £312m was invested in 'green' and 'ethical funds' in the UK, but the covering letter to the Secretary General of the conference noted that "financiers are the pump primers of the global economy - they can withdraw funds or give their full support to any enterprise. It needs to be part of every decision.".

Government 63

Government Sustainability Investment Climate change 63

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The Merriam-Webster dictionary offers a more objective definition, “a usually young person who rejects the mores of established society (as by dressing unconventionally or favoring communal living) and advocates a nonviolent ethic. Or, more realistically, farmers might slow down breeding as demand for meat falls.”

Organic 28

Organic Ethics Packaging Health 28

Low Impact

DECEMBER 20, 2020

For rent, definitely. And the thing with rent is that it’s demanded, whether you can pay it or not. It’s both ethical, because of the risk sharing; and it works. The question then is what is that worth, in exchange. This is where the store of value comes in. Pre-payment for something valuable IS a store of value.

Building Energy Monitoring 135

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Investment Business Energy Monitoring 135

AGreenLiving

AUGUST 17, 2020

With good reason: Sustainable business still lacks universal definitions, metrics and accountability. But not all companies strive to achieve high scores and rankings, probably because no one, internally or externally, is demanding that they do. Sure, there are ESG metrics, sustainability ratings and corporate rankings galore.

Politics 36

Politics Sustainability Ethics Fashion 36

GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

COVID-19 will definitely change the world, and I truly hope that this will bring a new priority for sustainability topics. The new demand in contactless and physically distant healthcare has now become a precedent for the future. And, if you want to consult those lists in their entirety, here are the links: 2016 , 2017 , 2018 and 2019.

Sustainability 500

Sustainability Health Carbon-negative Innovation 500

Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

To operate indefinitely, a retail brand must meet environmental, social, and economic demands. Thinking about this definition, we ask: Is it possible for the retail industry to be sustainable ? The retail industry is built from supply and demand, meaning traditionally, financial success is thought to hinge on economies of scale.

Retail 78

Retail Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring 78

Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The inquiry will look at whether businesses are exaggerating the positive environmental impacts from their products and services in order to capitalise on growing consumer demand for ethical and sustainable products, the watchdog said.

Fossil fuels 92

Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral Ethics Law 92

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

“There are sectors that are closely connected to the fossil fuel industry, where I definitely see that staff are starting to feel increasingly uncomfortable about their roles, and what they’re contributing to,” Bednarek said. She co-founded the journal Explorations into Climate Psychology.

Climate change 85

Climate change Fossil fuels Pollution Ethics 85

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

As consumers become more knowledgeable and passionate about climate change and planet wellbeing, businesses will have to cater to this demand and adjust their operations to have a lower environmental impact. This is especially true with the growing number of young consumers, most of whom prefer doing business with ethical, green companies.

Business Energy Monitoring 147

Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 147

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

“There is definitely increasing urgency around this issue,” Waxman says. Other companies shy away from outright termination and advocate the notion of big companies using their buying power to inspire and demand change deep down into supply chains. Palm oil plantation at the edge of a rainforest.

Policy 28

Policy Organic Sustainability Agriculture 28

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

Tyson told the Progressive Grocer it is “trying to be upbeat and different”, with something that speaks definitively to younger Millennial and Gen Z consumers. Tackling demand – by reducing food waste and consumption of meat and dairy – is the one surefire way to tackle livestock emissions as it will reduce the overall number of cattle.

Carbon-neutral 97

Carbon-neutral Methane Agriculture Fossil fuels 97

Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2021

Film London, which is leading an EU-funded project to reduce the industry's impact called Green Screen , says the demand for visual content has never been greater. The climate crisis has certainly forced the museum sector to reevalute itself. McKenzie sees scope for the sector to fundamentally transform itself.

Building Energy Monitoring 69

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Fossil fuels Business Energy Monitoring 69

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. Yet, decent pay is more than just a question of ethics, it makes good business sense too. Why is meeting this initiative important?

Business Energy Monitoring 78

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

AGreenLiving

JUNE 29, 2020

Jessica Artioli Centurião ( 2018 ) Digital Innovation Manager, BASF; Sao Paulo, Brazil COVID-19 will definitely change the world, and I truly hope that this will bring a new priority for sustainability topics. The new demand in contactless and physically distant healthcare has now become a precedent for the future.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Health Carbon-negative Innovation 28

Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Genetically enhancing animals is a lot harder than plants however, and comes with ethical problems on its own. Meals on demand, no waiting time involved. I therefore definitely recommend this book if you are interested in the subject. What is the issue with GMO?

Solar Energy Monitor 78

Solar Energy Monitor Organic Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 78

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Retail packaging defined: The impact of packaging waste and the rise of the ethical consumer. Retail packaging defined: The impact of packaging waste and the rise of the ethical consumer. We can see the degression in this definition – Earth’s resources are cast off quicker than our planet can regenerate them.

Packaging 78

Packaging Retail Innovation Sustainability 78

Low Impact

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

But we can see that there’s a demand, and so we want to be able to employ local people to deliver, but with a living wage and better conditions than Deliveroo and others. They wanted to build an ethical alternative. Matt: Definitely. They raised a million pounds to launch in London, for direct customer deliveries, on demand.

Ethics 86

Ethics Europe South America Government 86

R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 23, 2020

However, the situation would definitely be much worse if these batteries were being landfilled, as a single lead acid battery in a landfill has the potential to contaminate a large area. . Around 80% of cells usually can still work in less demanding applications, such as home energy storage. Lithium-ion batteries .

Lithium 60

Lithium Batteries Recycling Recycling 60