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The exciting intersection of fintech and climate tech

GreenBiz

Climate fintech companies raised $1.2 billion in 2021, three times the amount of previous years.

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Bexley council launches app-based anti-food-waste campaign

Envirotec Magazine

Household food waste project will see Council partnering with two food waste apps – OLIO & Kitche. The Bexley Household Food Waste Project launched on 2 March and will run through to the summer. Residents are being encouraged to download and use the two free apps focused on food waste prevention (Kitche) and redistribution (OLIO). OLIO is an app that connects neighbours with each other, so food and household items can be shared, not thrown away.

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Does net zero hold water?

GreenBiz

A quantifiable and impactful corporate water strategy acknowledges the unique attributes of water; economic, social, spiritual and ecosystem value.

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How Do You Test a Fuel Tank?

The Environmental Blog

When it comes to fuel tanks, it’s essential to make sure they are always in good condition. It is necessary for safety reasons, but it can also help improve fuel efficiency. Fuel tank testing is a process used to determine the condition of a fuel tank. This can be done in several ways, depending on the type of fuel tank and the level of inspection required.

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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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Q&A with an inventor of direct air capture

GreenBiz

These machines scrub greenhouse gases from the air, Klaus Lackner explains how the technology works.

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State of the Union Address Emphasizes Serious Climate Change Threat, Need for Clean Energy

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Following is a statement by Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), on President Biden’s State of the Union address:

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Double win for Pier as renewables clients join the roster

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Renewables PR and communications specialist, Pier, is celebrating after being appointed by autonomous inspections expert, Perceptual Robotics, and the East of England's pioneering energy investment partnership, Generate.

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How Does Allbirds Approach Reducing Carbon Emissions? Hana Kajimura Explains

GreenBiz

Eco-friendly footwear and apparel brand Allbirds is known for its data-driven, collaborative approach to reducing carbon emissions. The company, which went public in late 2021 with sustainability principles embedded in its mission statement, has made its carbon accounting methods available to the world and has even shared technical innovations with competitors to help improve practices across the apparel sector.

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“A misinformation ecosystem:” Scott Morrison’s climate ads given ‘Public Disservice Award’

Renew Economy

The Morrison government's 'Making Positive Energy' ad campaign labelled 'disinformation', after receiving 'Public Disservice Award'. The post “A misinformation ecosystem:” Scott Morrison’s climate ads given ‘Public Disservice Award’ appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Paul Polman On What It Means To Be a Net Positive Company

GreenBiz

In his new book, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take, sustainable business icon and visionary, Paul Polman, asks the question, "Is this world better off because your business is in it?" Joel and Paul will explore what's behind that question, what it means to be a net positive company, and your role as a leader in the journey to net positive.

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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 Build an Eco-Friendly Pool

Green Living Guy

Would you love to have a swimming pool in your backyard but step back every time you think of its impact on the environment? Pool maintenance, especially the use of chemicals like chlorine, raises environmental concerns in the minds of many eco-conscious homeowners. The good news is swimming pools can be eco-friendly. So, you can […]. The post How to Build an Eco-Friendly Pool appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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How We Survive, Presented by Molly Wood

GreenBiz

Audio journalist Molly Wood, formerly of Marketplace, explores learnings from reporting her podcast "How We Survive," about how tech can help us adapt to climate change — and her pivot to become a climate tech VC.

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Reasons to Go Green with an Electric Car Charging Station at Home

Green Living Guy

Electric cars are becoming increasingly popular in Australia and several other countries worldwide. Along with ensuring ease of commuting, climate-conscious people opt for electric cars due to their low emission rates. If you’ve been thinking of purchasing an electric vehicle, your first concern might be whether you have a charging station nearby or not.

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Setting the Stage with GreenBiz Founder, Joel Makower

GreenBiz

GreenBiz Co-Founder and Chairman, Joel Makower, examines the current state of the sustainabilty profession and the key trends affecting sustainable business, with findings from the annual State of Green Business report.

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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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GreenPower Motor Unveils New Factory, Workforce Development and Training Opportunities in WV

Green Living Guy

Collaboration with BridgeValley Community and Technical College & local Workforce Development Board will help source employees to manufacture all-electric school buses by mid-2022 South Charleston, West Virginia, February 1, 2022 – GreenPower Motor Company Inc. (NASDAQ: GP) (TSXV: GPV) (“GreenPower”), a leading manufacturer and distributor of zero-emission, electric-powered medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, today announced a partnership […].

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How the C Suite Can Connect ESG Issues to Business Priorities

GreenBiz

Muneera Carr, EVP, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller at Wells Fargo talks with Dylan about connecting ESG issues to key business priorities at the highest levels of company leadership.

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Adidas and Spinnova Announce New Sustainable Hoodie

Green Living Guy

Eight months ago Adidas began its partnership with Finnish textile material company Spinnova. Now the brand is unveiling its first product made in part with Spinnova fibers. Composed of a minimum of 25% wood-based fibers and 75% organic cotton, the Adidas TERREX HS1 is a mid-layer for hikers that sees Adidas exploring a more sustainable textile solution. […].

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Richard Mattison On The State of Net Zero

GreenBiz

Net zero has become a top priority for business leaders, with a multitude of large companies making pledges for reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. But what will it take for companies to get beyond the goal-setting and actually achieve these lofty goals, with urgency? Richard Mattison, President, S&P Global Sustainable1, lays out where companies are succeeding and lagging, and what corporate leaders need to know on the way to making meaningful progress.

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LG Energy Solution hires AI and data science expert to ramp up smart factories

Charged

LG Energy Solution (LGES) has selected Dr. Peter Kyungsuk Pyun for its newly created Chief Digital Officer (CDO) position. “Based on his accumulated experience in world-renowned firms, we expect LGES to take a further step forward in battery manufacturing processes by utilizing AI and big-data technology,” said an LGES spokesperson. After earning a PhD in electrical engineering at Stanford , Dr.

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UN Global Compact CEO On Closing the SDG Action Gap

GreenBiz

GreenBiz Editorial Director, Heather Clancy, speaks with United Nations Global Compact CEO and Executive Director, Sanda Ojiambo, about what it will take to close the Sustainable Development Goals action gap in the next 8 years before 2030, and the role of business in driving change.

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Summer 2022: Launching the Next Generation 

Planet Pulse

What a year for Planet! As we continue to grow and invest in our bright future, we couldn’t be more excited to welcome our new interns/fellows class to experience our transformation together. We’re Planet’s Intern Coordinators and we’re stoked this week is the launch of our Summer 2022 internship/fellowship opportunities. We know it’s a hot market, and you may have a lot of options to choose from.

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How can nature-based solutions be financed?

GreenBiz

Investment by G20 economies in nature-based solutions needs to double by mid-century to help prevent an environmental crisis.

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IPG and Rotrex announce collaboration to support commercialisation of IPG Flameless Generator

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2nd March 2022, London: IPG and Rotrex A/S are pleased to announce. their strategic development partnership, to advance commercial-ready. compressor solutions for the IPG Flameless Generator.

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In Conversation, Advancing Racial Equity and Inclusivity in Companies and Communities

GreenBiz

Hear from Kim Thompson, PwC Principal and Fellow at the CEO Action for Racial Equity, and Jorge Luis Fontanez, CEO of B Lab on their work in advancing racial equity and inclusivity in companies and communities. Jarami Bond will also share the latest on GreenBiz.org and its work driving diversity, equity and inclusion as a lever for advancing environmental justice.

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Transitioning to clean energy using AI could save $1.3 trillion over 30 years

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Intelligent clean energy delivery is projected to create huge infrastructure investment savings

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Holding Businesses to Account Now: Using CDCs to Address the Climate Emergency

GreenBiz

The private sector accounts for the majority of global emissions, but at present, business progress and delivery against decarbonization targets, ambitions and aims is not being captured. In order to drive accountability for businesses, WBCSD launched the Business Manifesto for Climate Recovery at COP26 in Glasgow, calling for the development of a new Corporate Determined Contributions (CDCs) framework.

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Indian oil giant installs over 1,000 EV charging stations

Charged

IndianOil, India’s largest government-owned oil corporation, says it has installed more than 1,000 charging stations across the country. IndianOil installed its first public charger in 2017, in Nagpur. Now the company says it operates charging points in over 500 towns and cities, including multiple highway sites. IndianOil says it is setting up EV charging infrastructure in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Surat and Pune.

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What is Eco-Friendly and Why is it a Trend?

Green Living Guy

The coverage of environmental problems, as well as the understanding of how strong the impact of ecology is on human health, served as an impetus for revising the usual chain of production, consumption, and disposal. The trend of environmental awareness quickly became popular and developed into a separate direction called eco-friendly. But the increased attention […].

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Electric power reforms gain ground in Virginia

Energy Central

Two big Bills designed to fix Virginia’s broken electric power system have cleared the first legislative hurdle, on the road to becoming law. Both of these Virginia House Bills were approved by the cognizant Subcommittee of the House Commerce and Energy Committee. HB 118 fully repeals the damaging (and nutty named) Virginia Clean Economy Act. VCEA foolishly mandates the complete.

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New Supply Agreement Between Workhorse and GreenPower for EV Star Cab and Chassis

Green Living Guy

March 1, 2022, Cincinnati, Ohio and Vancouver, Canada — Workhorse Group Inc. (NASDAQ: WKHS)(“Workhorse”), an American technology company focused on providing sustainable and cost-effective electric vehicles to the last-mile delivery sector, and GreenPower Motor Company Inc. (NASDAQ: GP, TSXV: GPV) (“GreenPower”), a leading manufacturer and distributor of zero-emission electric-powered vehicles serving the cargo and delivery, […].

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Reduce inefficiencies in HIL testing for traction inverter ECUs

Charged

Validating automotive traction inverter can become inefficient because of the disparate toolchains that connect design and validation. While the design team speaks in models, usually from MathWorks Simulink® or Simscape software, the validation team works in HIL test systems and attempts to run those models in real-time software. The hand-off rarely performs at its best and this puts time-to-market as risk, making test a bottleneck.

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Could the Ukraine conflict cause one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters?

Renew Economy

Russian military has seized control of Chernobyl and launched attacks close to radioactive waste sites. But the greatest nuclear hazard lies in Ukraine's 15 operating reactors. The post Could the Ukraine conflict cause one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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PG&E accelerates powerline undergrounding

Smart Energy International

Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) is to accelerate its goal to underground 16,000km of lines as part of its wildfire mitigation plans. PG&E plans to underground at least 280km of powerlines this year. Further, it plans to increase the pace to complete approximately 5,800km – roughly one-third of the total – by 2026. This major initiative should reduce the risk of damage from fires but also should reduce the long term costs of vegetation management, with a reduction in the need for trimmi

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Vestel and Eneco eMobility partner to bring ultra-efficient EV charging solution to Europe

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The partnership will see Eneco eMobility offer customers a convenient and super-efficient EV charging solution through the installation of Vestel EVC04 Electric Vehicle Chargers in the Benelux region, and Germany.

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