GreenBiz

JULY 30, 2020

While much of the panel (which I helped organize) was highly technical, here are four of my high-level takeaways for those thinking about harnessing AI for climate solutions. There is concern that Moore’s Law , the idea that the number of transistors on integrated circuit will double every two years, is slowing down. "The

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 29, 2024

That’s because a state law passed in 2021 regulating carbon capture includes a provision allowing companies to claim a wide range of project information — including location — as trade secrets. Fossil Economy Campaign Manager for the Center for International Environmental Law. “It

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

In its report, the WEF suggested companies track their shared value contribution by defining metrics organized into four categories — Principles of Governance, Planet, People and Prosperity — in order to increase the comparability of sustainability reporting. Redefining fiduciary duty.

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Defend Our Future

MAY 10, 2023

While Trees Forever provided the materials and tree planting expertise, Campus Ambassador Lauren Litterer educated attendees on the benefits of tree cover in densely populated cities, why equitable tree distribution is so important, and how the recently-passed climate law is making this all accessible. It definitely put a smile on my face.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

While many companies have stepped up in some fashion to address the urgency of the moment, few have done so in ways that could help advance the kinds of long-term structural changes needed to ensure that the organization's lofty statement has enduring impact. First, a refresher. Somewhere, Professor Friedman must be smiling.

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Fairsnape

JUNE 3, 2020

It embraced regenerative principles and definitions, mandated regenerative design, construction, facility operation and technologies and successfully scale jumped into an exemplary regenerative city. It embraced, and adapted, regenerative programmes such as the Living Building Challenge, Well Build Standard and Building with Nature. .

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A CSR strategy is implemented by an organization to: minimize harm, practice fair business, be responsible along a global supply chain, exercise philanthropy and create a self-oriented human resource management system. Thinking about the above definitions, you’d be right to believe that CSR refers to the social aspects of sustainability.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2021

We’ve evolved as has the entire definition of sustainable business. The concept of sustainability has also changed from a focus on the planet to an expanded definition that includes not only saving the planet but taking care of workers, the local community and contributing to “good” causes around the world.

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Planet Pulse

JULY 7, 2021

IV (NYSE: DMYQ) (“dMY IV”), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Planet will become a publicly-traded company. (“Planet”), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, and dMY Technology Group, Inc.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

JUNE 15, 2022

The event featured three panels, which explored the changing laws, technologies, and industry dynamics at play in the battery storage sector, Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG), and electric transmission planning respectively. Since 2011, when FERC issued Order No.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

More than half of the participants turned out to be unfamiliar with the meaning of mitigation in its climate change context, instead associating it with law or insurance, where the term refers to minimizing losses. Only 15 percent of those interviewed in the study mentioned climate change in their initial definition.

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Grist

MARCH 22, 2021

Our hope is that attorney general Maura Healey, if she chooses to take action on this, will hold Harvard accountable for its dangerous fossil fuel investments,” said Sofia Andrade, a sophomore at Harvard and one of the organizers of Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard. except for Pennsylvania, has adopted. “An

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2023

The organic movement forged a path for a federally recognised standard for food - Should regenerative follow its course? But it's still the wild west, and these developments haven't resulted in a shared standard or even a definition that everyone agrees upon. In 1990, Congress passed the Organic Food Production Act.

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Grist

JUNE 14, 2023

The plaintiffs in Montana, organized by a nonprofit law firm called Our Children’s Trust , are joining a growing cadre of citizens suing their governments for their failure to act on climate change. United States, also organized by Our Children’s Trust, will soon become the second.) Definitely.

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Front And Centered

MAY 25, 2022

Legislative and Government Relations Advocate It’s been one year since the Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) Act was signed into law! Instead of designating FnC as the environmental justice organization to receive the dedicated funding, there will be a competitive granting process FnC will need to apply for.

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Front And Centered

MARCH 7, 2019

Additionally, improvements need to be made before this bill becomes a law. Keep in mind this doesn’t factor in air pollutants like particulates, volatile organic compounds, ammonia and sulfur dioxide — hardly clean energy. A similar loophole should be eliminated for a Vancouver-based gas power plant.

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Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Planet recently entered into a definitive Merger Agreement (as defined below) with dMY IV to become a publicly traded company later this year (the “Business Combination”). Together with CPP Investments, Cypress Point Investment Management (“Cypress Point”) participated in a co-investment. About CPP Investments.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Kari Carney is the Executive Director of 1000 Friends of Iowa , a non-profit organization “engaging local residents around responsible and equitable land use.” Josh Mandelbaum, Senior Attorney at the Environmental Law & Policy Center, was elected to Des Moines City Council in 2017. They just don’t want to be the first.

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

Blank scholar at UC Davis School of Law. It is definitely something I will keep my eyes on. It is apparent that any organization that doesn’t consider ESG will be exposed to future operational risks. Marjan Kris Ramos Abubo. There was also a lot of talk on incorporating ESG in emerging markets, and I completely agree with that.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 28, 2020

Multiple studies and ESG indices provide definitive correlations between BOD diversity representation and higher company performance. Our organization is inclusive and events are open to people of all genders. Before that, Veena practiced law in India. Veena received a Masters in Law degree from Washington University in St.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

The PR firm boasts on its website that the expedition organically reached 600 million people on social media and was so successful that it increased “positive attitudes towards [Shell]” by 12 percent, and made Shell’s audience “31 percent more likely to believe” that the oil company is “committed to cleaner fuels”. million views.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

This model gives the structure organizations need to meet the economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic demands of Business. . Carroll’s model brings consistency to a field that lacks a clear, set definition. Yet, CSR lacked (and still does lack) a clear and consistent definition. Before Carroll, definitions of CSR varied.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

This model gives the structure organizations need to meet the economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic demands of Business. . Carroll’s model brings consistency to a field that lacks a clear, set definition. Yet, CSR lacked (and still does lack) a clear and consistent definition. Before Carroll, definitions of CSR varied.

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Defend Our Future

JULY 1, 2019

Many different versions and definitions of the environmental justice concept exist. These are some key developments from the movements’ rise: • 1983: Environmental justice organizing takes off in Warren County, NC, where grassroots organizers successfully fought against a PCB landfill. The Future of Environmental Justice.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 22, 2021

In its report, the WEF suggested companies track their shared value contribution by defining metrics organized into four categories — Principles of Governance, Planet, People and Prosperity — in order to increase the comparability of sustainability reporting. The traditional interpretation of this has been to pursue optimal profit margins.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 4, 2022

In recent years, the number of organizations pledging to support the TCFD’s landmark 2017 recommendations for disclosing information about climate risks and opportunities has increased rapidly. As of October 2021, these organizations included 1,069 financial institutions responsible for assets of $194 trillion (2021 TCFD).

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 14, 2021

federal statutes and regulations, many state laws increasingly rely on the chemical hazard criteria and analyses from REACH (the principal European chemical regulation) and other EU laws and regulations. While EU chemical restrictions have gained limited traction in U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

It’s definitely not over, just talk to the folks at Coal River and they will tell you that’s not the case,” said Matt Hepler, an environmental scientist with the environmental group Appalachian Voices , referring to the Coal River Mountain area in southern West Virginia, where coal production has remained relatively high in recent years.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Where there is clear evidence that environmental claims breach consumer law, the CMA warned, it may well consider taking regulatory action. Still, in a complex industry with many different products and operators, might there be challenges down the line in getting everyone to agree on the same definitions of what constitutes 'greenwashing'? "I

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

Even more important to BlocPower - which specialises in clean energy retrofits - is Local Law 97. Passed in 2019, the law requires existing buildings over 25,000 square feet to start lowering emissions in 2024 and to reach a reduction of 40 percent by 2030 and 80 percent by 2050. Robert Clark falls into this latter category.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Finley, who is based in Dorset, UK, but has been the Cook Islands’ ambassador to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) since 2006, has been praised for his contributions to the agency by its Secretary-General. ‘Full Confidence’ of Cook Islands.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

But a coalition of more than two dozen frontline community groups and environmental justice organizations in Ohio are trying to change that. Of course, we already know that it is extremely salty and that it has heavy metals and other organics that are dangerous and harmful to human health and the environment.” EPA vs. State “Primacy”.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 7, 2023

Though LPG is used in a specific type of boiler that is not directly threatened by the directive, suppliers and distributors fear a moratorium on the sale of regular boilers will undercut prospects for developing a new generation of “renewable” gases produced from farm waste, organic matter, hydrogen and other sources.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Creating better businesses with B Corp Certification and beyond B Corp Certification presents a set of guiding principles that support organizations to minimize their impact on the environment and society. B Analytics aggregates data from B Corps and other impact-focused organizations to provide comparative analysis and best practices.

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Front And Centered

JUNE 20, 2020

The Task Force aims to deliver proposals that reshape the way the state government plans, develops policy, distributes funding, and enforces laws. We welcome your input on every single recommendation we are considering, including: Definition of Environmental Justice. What do you think?

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Charged

MAY 8, 2023

But buses, school buses, all those things will definitely be a part of it. FERC [the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission] is the federal organization that regulates the independent system operators. Charged : Do you think SB 233 has a good chance of being signed into law? The Emergency Load Reduction Program is part of that.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 14, 2015

Cynthia Christensen of Namasté Solar might agree, though she got into solar almost by accident — after a bet she made as a pre-law student with a boyfriend that they couldn’t handle each other’s classes. It was a law school lottery number for picking electives — 499 out of 500 — that led her to environmental law.

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