The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

Understanding Modern Poultry Farming According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) , the global production of poultry meat has dramatically increased from 9 to 133 million tonnes from 1961 to 2020 to cater to the rising demand. Waste Management A major advancement in modern poultry farming practices is efficient waste management.

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Global Renewable News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Highlights Represents near-term contracted cash flow expected to bolster near-term Net Income and Adjusted EBITDA Definitive Agreement for $7 million senior term loan facility with BDC S.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

There, the liquid waste spewed out of the ground for four days , releasing an estimated 40,000 barrels of toxic slurry into eastern Ohio streams and killing hundreds of fish. This incident represents the growing problem with fracking waste injection wells in Ohio, a state that has become a dumping ground for oil and gas industry waste.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

While an air purifier cannot rid your home of bed bugs once they are established – and it’s important to take measures to remove them definitively– it can promote a cleaner and healthier environment that many parasites struggle to thrive in. 1] This histamine can then become airborne and make us feel ill.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 9, 2022

ESG Definition. They are similar to metrics used in traditional financial analysis, however, ESG metrics incorporate non-financial data, such as the level of greenhouse gas emissions, amount of waste reduction, amount of water usage reduction, use of green energy and the number of health and safety incidents per year. ESG Framework.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 24, 2020

Last month, German company Henkel, which specializes in chemistry for adhesives, beauty care and laundry products, issued a "plastic waste reduction bond" to fund projects related to the company’s efforts to reduce packaging waste. Nasdaq offers definitions and criteria for each type of bond here.). But that’s inevitable.

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Grist

MARCH 9, 2023

filled with rich organic matter that may be causing methane emissions, but we have very little understanding of their scope,” said Z. The digester contains small microbes, like bacteria, that can function without oxygen and help break down the harmful microbes in our waste. The new study calculates that current emissions are now 11.6

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 10, 2022

The old adage, “measure what you manage to get things done”, definitely applies in sustainability. An online sustainability framework and online tools ensure organizations not only make environmental performance and sustainability a priority, but also benefit from their green choices and actions. Risk Reduction.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Common definition and calculation of asset health · Criticality and value of data in supporting asset management decision- making Big Question 11 – How do we maximise recovery of useful resources and achieve zero waste by 2050?

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Green Living Guy

DECEMBER 17, 2021

One resolution that’s definitely worth keeping is […]. There are so many things you can choose to focus on during the next year. Whether it’s bettering yourself as a person or adopting a different lifestyle, it’s completely up to you. The post Best Ways to Go Green appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 25, 2022

Scope 2 : These are indirect GHGs released due to the energy bought by an organization. Scope 3 : These are indirect GHGs released due to activities that go beyond an organization’s control. That includes GHGs released across an organization’s supply chain (both upstream and downstream emissions).

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The current definition of corporate sustainability in the Oxford English Dictionary is: “The property of being environmentally sustainable; the degree to which a process or enterprise is able to be maintained or continued while avoiding the long-term depletion of natural resources.” – Oxford , How sustainable is sustainability?

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GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2021

We've been assessing the resource requirements for all of our materials and particularly looking at them through the lens of water, waste and energy and then tackling each of our product categories.". Bruno Van Steenberghe, founder of Kalani home textiles, started by only using 100 percent organic and fair trade cotton.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Definition: Individuals want to see brands and governments put their weight behind collective efforts to mitigate climate change. Definition: Consumers want brands to take the guesswork out and make sustainable choices as easy as possible. Definition: People want innovation to reflect the scale of the crisis. Massive Action.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 14, 2021

IKEA , for example, bans use in its products of some chemical groups (PFAS, organic brominated flame retardants) and hazard classes of chemicals (carcinogens, mutagens, reproductive toxins and any REACH SVHCs). The European Commission plans to address PFAS and other chemicals of concern with a group approach.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 15, 2016

and Mariya Kravchenko for organizing this excellent WCS event. We’d all like to go zero-waste. WCS Chair Lisa Ann Pinkerton posed the question to a panel of experts at our recent event, Is a Zero Waste Lifestyle Possible ? Zero waste as a concept. Instead, we can choose organic cotton or hemp. The good news?

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 4, 2022

Sustainable fashion definition. Tip#1: Choose organic sustainable fabrics. With this in mind, to support our environment, fashion brands need to use textiles derived from natural fibers such as recycled cotton, organic hemp, and organic linen. Tip #2: Reduce textile waste.

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The Environmental Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Millions of hectares of the country’s land experience an annual rainfall of less than 30 mm, and some hectares of land which is suitable for agriculture are subjected to wind and water erosion, waterlogging, loss of organic matter and salinity. Glaciers are receding and wasting at a global level, which shows the sign of Global warming.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 16, 2020

The electronic waste collection conundrum Heather Clancy Thu, 07/16/2020 – 01:15 The primary reason I started covering the business of sustainability during the 2008 financial crisis wasn’t just because I was laid off from my position as editor of a technology trade publication. First, some stats. and Samsung.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 25, 2020

Establishing a green team, also known as a sustainability department or committee in an organization is definitely a right step in the direction towards a sustainable journey. How will it improve efficiency, affect product design, save cost and time, reduce waste, increase customer satisfaction or improve employee welfare?

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 19, 2021

Trusted third-party organizations like LEED, B Corp and Green Business Bureau provide certification programs that can prove your company’s green cred. They say their product is “eco-friendly”, “natural”, “organic”. And since there’s no legal definition of “green” or “eco-friendly”, they often get away with it.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 20, 2022

Hence, there’s a need to adopt a more clear-cut definition, and ESG seems to have met that need. Each category within ESG overlaps with the 3 pillars of corporate sustainability, as we explain: Environment : This includes corporate climate policies, energy use, waste, pollution, natural resource conservation, and the treatment of animals.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Drillers are using ever-increasing amounts of water and sand in order to produce the same volume of gas, with a corresponding rise in the levels of solid and liquid waste created. But the definition of “responsibly sourced” is inconsistent across the 20 such initiatives that are currently available. But what does RSG really mean?

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GreenBiz

JULY 30, 2020

What’s more, the climate impact of AI — both in terms of power consumption and all the electronic waste that gadgets create — is a legitimate, growing concern. 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.

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Grist

JUNE 5, 2024

The top prize (of $75,000 — this is not the science fair from your high school gym) went to Grace Sun for her project “Novel Chemical Doping Strategy to Enhance N-Type Organic Electrochemical Transistors.” And I was like, This is definitely a huge problem. Justin: Yeah, definitely. Justin: Ms.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2022

And, despite their valuable gold, copper, silver, palladium and other recyclable components, experts expect a majority will disappear into drawers, closets, cupboards or garages, or be tossed into waste bins bound for landfills or incineration 1, 2. Small equipment for food preparation (e.g. Presence of sensitive data (2%).

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Econaur

MAY 6, 2020

The “Green Building” approach ensures minimal negative impacts on the natural environment of the space as opposed to traditional construction that have been exploitative and wasteful. billion people, it is definitely not easy reaching sustainability targets. Sustainable & Organic Solutions. billion sq ft by the end of 2019.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Thanks to converging forces — including supportive policies, dropping battery costs and aggressive climate goals — transportation leaders at large and small organizations are increasingly turning to new zero-emission and low-carbon options that decarbonize fleets and in some cases save money. The definition of fleet is evolving.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 15, 2020

The data seems to indicate that infections occur in dense inside areas with shared airspace, compounded by recirculating that air — the definition of a modern office building. . Executives won’t want to waste money and energy on a half-empty building. Managers of traditional office space might need to consider doing the same.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2022

Lead, for example — which comes from sources like e-waste, paint, and contaminated spices — continues to claim nearly 1 million lives each year and poisons 800 million children with dangerous blood lead concentrations. I can tell you that the real number is definitely higher,” he said. million deaths per year is “a serious undercount.”

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The old adage, “measure what you manage to get things done”, definitely applies in sustainability. An online sustainability framework and online tools ensure organizations not only make environmental performance and sustainability a priority, but also benefit from their green choices and actions. Employee Recruitment and Satisfaction.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The old adage, “measure what you manage to get things done”, definitely applies in sustainability. An online sustainability framework and online tools ensure organizations not only make environmental performance and sustainability a priority, but also benefit from their green choices and actions. Employee Recruitment and Satisfaction.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

There is no industry standard or definition WWF defines a plastic credit as a “transferable unit representing a specific quantity of plastic that has been collected and possibly recycled from the environment.” In other words, the whole point is to reduce or eliminate plastic waste, not offset it.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 20, 2022

But the assessment would not be wasted as it would enable a company to set future goals and establish a roadmap to compliance. Other popular certification organizations include LEED, ISO, and Green Business Bureau. They may discover that their governance procedures, customer processes and sustainability practices fall short.

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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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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

If you are familiar with issues of climate change and all, you most definitely know that greenhouse gas emissions are part of the causes of this phenomenon. Having looked at the definition of this alternative to fossil diesel, one may be tempted to believe that it is the best option for everyone /business in every location.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 14, 2022

A carbon footprint is defined as a measure of the total GHG emissions caused directly or indirectly by a person, organization, product, or service. E.g. Organizations may account for the carbon footprint of a given product or service, which would contribute to but be different from the carbon footprint of the business as a whole. .

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