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Fostering employee engagement (without dead polar bears)

GreenBiz

Companies who try to engage their employees with quantitative information will fail because most people don’t get terribly motivated by data, especially when it is abstract and unrelatable.

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Portugal power-to-liquid project makes sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) from municipal waste-derived CO2

Envirotec Magazine

One of the first synthetic eFuel production units in Europe could be implemented at an Energy Recovery Plant near Porto. Deploying a seemingly innovative technology configuration and design, the group behind it, LIPOR, suggests it is set to revolutionize the waste-to-energy industry while simultaneously decarbonizing the aviation sector. An interdisciplinary consortium, formed by LIPOR (Intermunicipal Waste Management of Greater Porto), P2X Europe and Veolia is launching feasibility studies for

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Biodiversity meets the bottom line

GreenBiz

Natural capital: We're at the early stages of corporate biodiversity commitments, but new projects are pushing forward despite challenges.

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UK councils spent around £250k (each) on fly-tipping clean ups in 2021

Envirotec Magazine

Recent research using freedom of information (FOI) requests to each of the UK’s local authorities appears to show that fly-tipping increased by 49% between 2020 and 2021. Undertaken by outdoors brand TOG24, the research revealed that, in the past year, some London Borough’s dealt with over 20,000 incidents each. Other notable findings included: The London Borough of Newham is the UK’s fly-tipping hot-spot with nearly 30,000 recorded incidents in 2021.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Inclusive companies and communities advance environmental justice

GreenBiz

Building lasting solutions is a multifaceted and complex undertaking that requires addressing the roots of racial injustice while empowering Black, Indigenous and people of color professionals.

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Identifying ‘discontinuity gap’ could solve freshwater shortages

Envirotec Magazine

Esteemed professor and author Cees Buisman, whose renowned book explores how the growth of humanity depends on the growth of our consciousness, has been announced as a BlueNote speaker at global water technology event, BlueTech Forum (6-8 June 2022, Vancouver). Professor Buisman is head of circular water technology at Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands, and executive board member at Wetsus, the European centre of excellence for sustainable water technology.

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Heat network cost & carbon saving smart technology webinars announced for 2022

altenergymag

Heat network designers, developers, consultants and operators are invited to a series of webinars that will demonstrate the use of smart Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in driving higher efficiency for major cost and carbon savings.

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The sustainability talent you’re looking for, it’s in your operations department

GreenBiz

Operations might be an unlikely place to start your sustainability career, but it can have the most impact.

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RenewableUK launches first ever Global offshore Wind Awards!

altenergymag

The national body for renewable energy in the UK, RenewableUK is thrilled to be launching the annual Global Offshore Wind Awards.

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Credible Corporate Climate Action: How to Set and Meet Net-Zero Targets

GreenBiz

Date/Time: March 10, 2022 (2-3PM ET / 11AM-12PM PT) As public pressure for action to tackle climate change grows, companies are increasingly expected to set and execute on emissions targets aligned with science. However, the landscape of corporate climate action can be difficult to navigate, while the implementation of net-zero commitments across a business is a complex endeavor.

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

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4 Ways to a Greener Garden for an Eco-Friendly & Healthy Lifestyle

Green Living Guy

Growing a garden is already a green activity, but there are certain things that you can do to make it even greener. Many people who have gardens may not be aware of all of the ways that their gardening style is not so sustainable, and this can be due to using too much water, or […]. The post 4 Ways to a Greener Garden for an Eco-Friendly & Healthy Lifestyle appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Dutch data centre saves on diesel with new hydrogen fuel cells

Smart Energy International

Dutch data centre company NorthC has installed green hydrogen fuel cells at its facility in Groningen, in the north of the Netherlands. This will make it the first European data centre to install hydrogen fuel cells for emergency power, according to NorthC, and aims to reduce CO2 emissions by replacing the diesel emergency power generators. The 500KW hydrogen cell module will save tens of thousands of litres of diesel annually and more than 78,000 kilograms of CO2.

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6 Kitchen Cabinets Makeover Ideas Without Replacing Your Existing Ones

Green Living Guy

This is a great guideline made to help inspire your next kitchen cabinet makeover, and on a budget! Do your kitchen cabinets need replacement? If you are looking to replace your old kitchen cabinets, reconsider your thoughts. There are other things you could do instead, like updating them. A kitchen is perhaps the most expensive […]. The post 6 Kitchen Cabinets Makeover Ideas Without Replacing Your Existing Ones appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Ed’s note: Energy poverty in our own backyard

Smart Energy International

The first International Energy Poverty Action Week (IEPAW) is held virtually this week, from the 21st (yesterday) to the 25th (Friday) of February. It brings together academics, policymakers and various experts in the field of energy poverty for a series of seminars, workshops and discussions. Funded by the European Union among others, this brilliant initiative focuses on finding actionable solutions to this global issue.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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How to Write a Sustainable Action Plan for Your Business?

Green Living Guy

Sustainability has become a major topic of discussion for businesses around the globe. According to Harvard Business School, 70% of Americans believe it is very important for businesses to make the world a better place. Similarly, 77% of customers are committed to buying from sustainable companies, with 25% having zero tolerance on the matter. With […].

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UK – up to 24GW of long duration energy storage needed by 2035

Smart Energy International

Approximately half of UK’s 2035 energy storage requirements will be long duration, Aurora Energy Research reports. In a new study for storage and other players in the UK’s energy sector, the Oxford-based consultancy finds that up to 46GW of energy storage will be required to manage renewable intermittency to achieve the net zero emission target for the power sector by 2035.

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Rio Tinto looks to hydrogen electrolysers to support Bell Bay smelter and Tasmanian renewables

Renew Economy

Rio Tinto to look to onsite electrolyers for hydrogen production to boost the demand for new renewables and the future of its Bell Bay smelter. The post Rio Tinto looks to hydrogen electrolysers to support Bell Bay smelter and Tasmanian renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Entergy reaches smart meter milestone

Smart Energy International

New Orleans headquartered energy company Entergy has reported upgrading more than 3 million electricity meters for home and business customers. The milestone recorded on December 31, 2021 marks completion of the initial phase of the company’s grid modernisation initiative, which was launched in January 2019. Over one million smart meters were installed during the past year.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?

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Battle for AGL heralds new dawn for Australian electricity

Renew Economy

After having pushed on the door for so long, those striving for rapid decarbonisation have suddenly found the door flung wide open. The post Battle for AGL heralds new dawn for Australian electricity appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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NatWest tightens fossil fuel financing rules as it ups green lending to £17.5bn

Business Green

Bank unveils 'most extensive TCFD disclosure to date' backed by plans to restrict financing to UK-based oil and gas firms. NatWest has further restricted its lending to oil and gas firms, after a year which saw it ramp up its climate and sustainability funding and financing to £17.5bn. In what it claims to be its most extensive climate-related risk disclosure date in line with the guidelines of the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFDs), NatWest Group set out a host of

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Morrison digs in for last ditch battle to protect coal generators

Renew Economy

Morrison government to fight early coal closures, in last ditch attempt to protect its mates, and donors, in the fossil fuel industry. The post Morrison digs in for last ditch battle to protect coal generators appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Study: Diverting aviation subsidies into green transport could unlock hundreds of thousands of green jobs

Business Green

Aviation bailouts in wake of pandemic hurt the climate and did not prevent tens of thousands of job losses, campaigners warn. Cutting aviation emissions and expanding green transport networks would generate more jobs while costing the taxpayer less than the bailouts handed to the aviation sector during the pandemic, a fresh analysis has claimed. A report published yesterday by climate charity Possible and employment think tank Autonomy estimates that an annual investment of £9.5bn a year i

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Queensland gears up for shift to renewables and decentralised power with microgrid R&D hub

Renew Economy

Queensland Labor government welcomes $6 million Microgrid and Isolated Systems Test facility in Cairns, established by Ergon Energy late last year. The post Queensland gears up for shift to renewables and decentralised power with microgrid R&D hub appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Carbon Trust debuts new Route to Net Zero Standard

Business Green

Consultancy introduces new certification in bid to help corporates deliver effective net zero strategies. Carbon Trust has today launched a new certification scheme designed to help businesses develop effective net zero decarbonisation strategies. The consultancy, which operates a popular carbon footprinting labelling scheme, said its new Route to Net Zero Standard would support companies in the development and evolution of net zero action plans, while helping them to measure and manage their em

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NEOM project has been fast tracked to meet deadline, says top executive

Energy Central

Neom Join stakeholders at the Ammonia and Hydrogen Professionals Group

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Volta Trucks raises €230m to start production of all-electric haulage plans

Business Green

Funds will help British-Swedish company begin production of its pioneering zero-emission truck next year, according to update. Zero emission vehicle manufacturer Volta Trucks has announced it has raised €230m from a raft of existing and new investors that will enable it to start production of a 16-tonne, all-electric truck next year. Announcing the news this morning, the Anglo-Swedish company said proceeds from the oversubscribed funding round would go towards the development of a fleet of

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Constellation - Sheetz Enters into Agreement with Constellation to Power Pennsylvania Operations with Renewable EnergySheetz's long-term commitment supports the development of 55 MW of in-state solar projects

Global Renewable News

Sheetz, a family owned and operated restaurant.

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GridBeyond secures €10m from Triodos to charge up battery storage pipeline

Business Green

Smart energy infrastructure developer celebrates latest funding boost for UK and Ireland project pipeline. UK smart energy company GridBeyond has secured a €10m project financing facility from a fund managed by Triodos Investment Management that will enable it to build a pipeline of behind-the-meter battery storage projects in the UK and Ireland.

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Ignitis Group - Ignitis renewables terminated agreement to acquire portfolio of solar PV projects under development in Poland

Global Renewable News

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Capturing the battery value chain opportunity

Business Green

The global battery market is set to grow into a massive industry in the next decade, but policymakers today will decide which regions benefit the most in future, explain McKinsey's Nicolò Campagnol, Alexander Pfeiffer, and Christer Tryggestad. Batteries are emerging as a critical ingredient in the transition to a more sustainable future because of their role in electrifying transportation and balancing power grids.

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Atlas Renewable Energy - Atlas Renewable Energy Secures Financing with BNB for the Construction of Lar do Sol - Casablanca II Solar Plant in Brazil

Global Renewable News

Atlas Renewable Energy, a global renewable.

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'Warmer and greener': Government announces £67m Home Upgrade Grant awards

Business Green

First wave of funding awards from new domestic energy efficiency scheme confirmed. The government has today announced that up to 4,300 low income households are to receive energy efficiency upgrades that should save them up to £200 on their energy bills and deliver significant emissions reductions. The Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) confirmed that it has awarded the first £67m tranche of funding from the £950m Home Upgrade Grant (HUG) scheme to

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International Renewable Energy Agency - IRENA and China State Grid Pave Wave Towards Smart Electrification

Global Renewable News

"Future power grids will be very different.