Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The old adage, “measure what you manage to get things done”, definitely applies in sustainability. When done right, sustainable business practices deliver a positive return on investment (ROI), improving efficiency, lowering costs and driving sales. Sustainability Management Software To Drive ROI . Increased Sales. Risk Reduction.

Business Energy Monitoring 78

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Michael Grossman

DECEMBER 4, 2023

By definition, if your company is in cleantech/climate tech, your mission is revolutionary. As a result, companies that sell image rights are less likely to recoup their investment when they purchase an original image from a photographer, hence no incentive for refilling their supply. Are Your Cleantech Brand’s Images Set To ‘Snooze?’

Ethics 130

Ethics Hydrogen Technology Startups 130

Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2021

From packaging to supply chains to recycling behaviours - staying environmentally ethical can, at times, feel like a full-time endeavour. Definition: Individuals want to see brands and governments put their weight behind collective efforts to mitigate climate change. Massive Action. It's time for massive action.

Ethics 91

Ethics Sustainability Plastics Climate change 91

Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Investment firms across the globe are changing their priorities. In addition, ESG and corporate sustainability have each developed their own sets of terms, for example, ESG investing, ESG policy, sustainability program, and green business. This translates into ethical and responsible business practices. ESG and Sustainability.

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Sustainability Organic Ethics Investment 148

Green Business Bureau

JUNE 20, 2022

Such criteria is used to measure an entity’s risk exposure with the aim of improving investment decisions. This report demonstrated that ESG investments make good business sense. And since the report’s publication, such investments have grown exponentially. Why is ESG important? So what marks them as different?

Sustainability 148

Sustainability Organic Business Energy Monitoring Ethics 148

GreenBiz

JULY 30, 2020

The flip side to this rosy view is that there are plenty of ethical concerns to consider. Technologists from Applied Materials, Arm, Google, Intel, Microsoft and VMware last week shared insights about advances that could help us avoid the most extreme future scenarios, if the businesses investing in AI technologies start thinking differently.

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Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring HVAC 423

Business Green

AUGUST 4, 2020

Investors working to align their activities with the goals of the Paris Agreement can draw on comprehensive new guidance from today, with the launch of an in-depth net zero investment framework that aims to provide a practical blueprint for investors seeking to maximise their contribution to tackling climate change.

Climate change 97

Climate change Real Estate Investment Ethics 97

Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 19, 2021

GoPro is committed to achieving universal ethical trading standards throughout all parts of its supply chain, and to ensure that the working conditions in GoPro’s supply chain are safe, that workers are treated with respect and dignity, and that business operations and manufacturing processes are environmentally friendly. GoPro, Inc.

Sustainability 148

Sustainability Policy Recycling Recycling 148

GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

generate long-term value for shareholders, “who provide the capital that allows companies to invest, grow and innovate.”. With good reason: Sustainable business still lacks universal definitions, metrics and accountability. Somewhere, Professor Friedman must be smiling.

Politics 343

Politics Sustainability Ethics Fashion 343

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. Climate Risk Is Investment Risk.

Climate change 128

Climate change Sustainability Investment Government 128

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 27, 2021

This will motivate investment in much needed jobs and infrastructure to make flexible plastic recycling a financially sustainable system in the UK. Unlike many other schemes, recyclers will only be paid if the plastic is definitely recycled. All material will be fully traceable and tracked from the collector through to new products.

Retail 147

Retail Plastics Recycling Recycling 147

Green Business Bureau

JULY 14, 2021

Stronger Workforce – Employees, especially the younger generation, seek out employers who are ethical and environmentally responsible. Engage them early, involving them with the definition and launch of your sustainability program. Creating the Right Green Culture. Next Actionable Steps. Celebrate Successes.

Sustainability 148

Sustainability Ethics Organic Policy 148

Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Analysis from Thrust Carbon urges aviation sector to make up front investments that rapidly scale the carbon offsetting market to the scale needed to cover its emissions. To make that happen, we still need investment in new technologies such as sustainable aviation fuel and hydrogen and electric planes.

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Carbon-neutral Aviation Carbon Biodiversity 68

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Both companies already have commitments to eliminate deforestation, but the investment firm would like to see them become even more aggressive with members of their soy supply chains. There is definitely increasing urgency around this issue," Waxman says. Palm oil plantation at the edge of a rainforest.

Policy 542

Policy Organic Sustainability Agriculture 542

Green Business Bureau

JULY 4, 2022

Sustainable fashion definition. This movement encourages slower production and invites the consumer to invest in well-made, life-long products. This also includes their social responsibility values, making sure they practice ethical labor and do not utilize slave or child labor. Be sure to invest in more efficient machinery.

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Fashion Sustainability Biodegradable Packaging 148

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Thinking about the above definitions, you’d be right to believe that CSR refers to the social aspects of sustainability. Both corporate sustainability and CSR help companies run in a way that allows them to be ethically profitable, but never at the expense of others. Corporate social responsibility and sustainability.

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Sustainability Ethics Fashion Organic 148

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

She is also chair of the charitable Stop Ecocide Foundation and convener of the Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide chaired by Philippe Sands KC and Dior Fall Sow. JOUBERT All of us have a natural, innate ethical sense that it’s wrong to take life. But that sense somehow stops at nature.

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Law Government Politics Organic 104

Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

Experts appointed by the EU Commission presented their final recommendations for what investments and activities should be considered 'sustainable' - but there remain several key unanswered questions. What exactly is ESG investing? The Taxonomy provides the finance sector with a list of green investment opportunities.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 14, 2020

SOL Organics , for example, takes an ethical approach to its bedding, which is organic, fair trade-certified and tested for harmful substances. As the holidays approach, Proud Pour Wines should definitely stay on your radar.

Ethics 28

Ethics Fashion Organic Education 28

DeSmogBlog

JULY 3, 2023

Securities and Exchange Commission in February, Global Witness points out that this business category includes fossil gas and gas-related activities, like hydrogen, and therefore overstates what Shell actually invests in carbon-free renewables, like wind and solar.

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Fossil fuels Climate change Carbon Hydrogen 96

Business Green

APRIL 11, 2021

As the UK's Sustainable Investment and Finance Association celebrates 30 years of existence, CEO James Alexander discusses what is in store for the sector over the next three decades. For three decades the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) has been at the heart of this effort in the UK. Plus ca change.

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Government Sustainability Investment Climate change 63

Green Market Oracle

MARCH 1, 2020

Tracks & Power Circle Groups 21st CENTURY INVESTMENT (IMPACT, SRI & ESG) Leading Impact + SRI Investors, Funds, Social Entrepreneurs, Foundations, Non Profits, B Corporations, State/Local/Federal Government Agencies. Includes Opportunity Zone investing. Includes Opportunity Zone investing. ALL THINGS LOHAS!

Smart Cities 52

Smart Cities Sustainability Health Investment 52

Low Impact

DECEMBER 20, 2020

I’d like to ask you some questions about saving and investment in a credit commons – in a world where the ‘money’ is mutual credit. The way I see it is that we’ll be looking at what’s called co-ownership, and in a sense it’s co-ownership between people who invest in the property and the people who live in the property.

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2021

They can leverage their savings to vote on how the companies in which their money is invested deal with other ethical issues too, such as gender equality and animal welfare. Since we arrived at net zero, our customers are managing their money and saving for retirement knowing that they are also helping to tackle climate change.

Climate change 49

Climate change Ethics Sustainability Education 49

Business Green

JULY 31, 2020

The flip side to this rosy view is that there are plenty of ethical concerns to consider. Technologists from Applied Materials, Arm, Google, Intel, Microsoft and VMware last week shared insights about advances that could help us avoid the most extreme future scenarios, if the businesses investing in AI technologies start thinking differently.

Building Energy Monitoring 49

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring HVAC 49

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 28, 2020

Multiple studies and ESG indices provide definitive correlations between BOD diversity representation and higher company performance. Her work has extended from partnering with global brands like IKEA and Tesla to investing software in 1000s of cleantech startups worldwide. trillion in sales. In 1986, Ms.

Law 52

Law Sustainability Government Biotechnology 52

Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

On top of providing a definition of what a just and regenerative approach for business should look like, the report sets out specific recommendations for how companies can respond to sustainable development challenges and transform different business departments in line with these goals.

Sustainability 44

Sustainability Health Resilience Ethics 44

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. million investment round led by leaders in healthcare venture capital firms and impact organizations. And, if you want to consult those lists in their entirety, here are the links: 2016 , 2017 , 2018 and 2019.

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Sustainability Health Carbon-negative Innovation 485

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

And if the size of the crowd during BusinessGreen 's visit on a hot, stuffy August evening is anything to go by, there is definitely an audience for such an approach. Ideal City 2040, SPACE10 with Modem, Barbican 2022 - Credit - Tim Whitby and Getty Images. It is a view that dovetails with Ecosia's business model.

Fashion 68

Fashion Soil Innovation Sustainability 68

AGreenLiving

AUGUST 17, 2020

With good reason: Sustainable business still lacks universal definitions, metrics and accountability. Not exactly radical statements, given that these commitments reflect much of the corporate sustainability agenda that has been decades in the making. Somewhere, Professor Friedman must be smiling.

Politics 36

Politics Sustainability Ethics Fashion 36

AGreenLiving

JULY 30, 2020

The flip side to this rosy view is that there are plenty of ethical concerns to consider. Technologists from Applied Materials, Arm, Google, Intel, Microsoft and VMware last week shared insights about advances that could help us avoid the most extreme future scenarios, if the businesses investing in AI technologies start thinking differently.

Building Energy Monitoring 28

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring HVAC 28

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This often involves minimizing waste, preventing pollution and investing in resource efficiency strategies. Studies have shown that investing in sustainability can actually increase profit in the long run from greater energy savings, operational efficiency and an increase in sales. Gaining the Upper Hand.

Business Energy Monitoring 147

Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 147

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

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

Both companies already have commitments to eliminate deforestation, but the investment firm would like to see them become even more aggressive with members of their soy supply chains. “There is definitely increasing urgency around this issue,” Waxman says. Palm oil plantation at the edge of a rainforest.

Policy 28

Policy Organic Sustainability Agriculture 28

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Ultimately, he filed 21 internal ethical misconduct complaints against colleagues and top executives, including current NW Natural CEO David Anderson, later elevating his concerns to the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC), the body that regulates NW Natural.

Business Energy Monitoring 87

Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 87

Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The skills developed in analyzing non-recourse cash flow-based finance are applicable not only to green energy, but also apply more widely in project finance and infrastructure investing. This book also reviews the regional and national development of Digital Earth around the world, and discusses the role and effect of education and ethics.

Climate change 95

Climate change Ethics Sustainability Health 95

Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

I've come across many definitions in my time working on this topic. There isn't really an accepted definition of what genetic modification is, and that has certainly caused some problems. This is turn can invoke the idea that scientific progress interferes with nature, producing results which are unpredictable and ethically wrong.

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Biotechnology Patents Agriculture Biodiversity 92