GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
The diverse holdings of the world's largest sovereign wealth funding make corporate engagements key in addressing climate risks and the clean economy transition.
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Mangrove pneumatophores (aerial roots) with DGT probes in sediments for measuring labile metals (image credit: UniSA). They are the salt-tolerant shrubs that thrive in the toughest of conditions, but according to new research, mangroves are also avid coastal protectors, capable of surviving in heavy metal contaminated environments. A group researchers – from University of South Australia (UniSA) – seems to have found that grey mangroves ( Avicennia marina ) can tolerate high lead, zi
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GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
If our destiny is gridlock at best, reversal at worst, how can we avoid climate’s most devastating impacts in a decade where every year of progress counts?
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
. The hospitality sector has made a call for clarity from UK water companies around their requirements for the disposal of fat, oil and grease (FOG). A need for the progression of national standards on grease management equipment was also highlighted at the European FOG Summit 2022, which brought the water and hospitality sectors together in Liverpool, UK, last month. .
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.
Inhabitat - Innovation
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
The use of hemp as a material is gaining speed across industries, including health and beauty, textiles, food and more. One of the industries that now utilizes it is in construction. Hemp can be used to create building materials such as hemp-clay bricks and hempcrete. One of the newest hemp innovations is using it as a form of building insulation. HempWool has been pioneered by Hempitecture, a non-woven materials manufacturer.
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Image credit: iStock/NAPA74. The proposed ban on oil boilers from 2026 is about to get real for millions, suggests trade body Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA), as the government grapples with implementing a policy that will cost each household an extra £11,000. According to exclusive polling on the subject, conducted for EUA, MPs will face the wrath of voters if they try to enforce the ban, with 85 per cent of voters promising not to support their MP if they enforced the ban.
CleanTech Focus brings together the best content for cleantech professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Inhabitat - Innovation
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Everybody agrees you can’t improve on the beauty of a deep green pine tree for Christmas, right? Well, not the folks who are buying the unusual purple or blue trees offered by Hanggi’s Tree Farm in upstate New York.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Supporting female founders should be on your list of New Year’s resolutions.
U.S. Green Technology
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
At one point in history, the only materials that could be utilized by individuals who wanted to create a home were mud, straw, stone, or wood. Those who desired to build a home were limited in their options. Those more primitive ages no longer look to be as scary as they did in the past. The post Green Technologies to Make Your Home Better appeared first on U.S.
Inhabitat - Innovation
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
This week, Hawaii has witnessed a rare sight of a simultaneous double volcanic eruption. On Tuesday, the world's largest active volcano Mauna Loa erupted. This is the first time the volcano has erupted in over 38 years.
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.
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
CWP gets approval for the first big battery to be retrofitted to an existing wind or solar farm with the same connection point. It's a big deal. The post Landmark connection deal allows battery to be added to biggest wind farm in NSW appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Inhabitat - Innovation
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
If you've been looking for acoustic wall products to dampen sound in a space, but don't like ugly foam, Kirei has a new solution that's beautiful and sustainable. Kirei Ink allows you to print colors and patterns such as wood grain onto acoustic wall panels.
Charged
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Interplex , a manufacturer of interconnect products, has released a new product that allows multiple connector units to be stacked together. The company’s Multi-Row Board-to-Board (BTB) connector product features a proprietary “snap-in biscuit design.” According to Interplex, this allows interconnections to be appropriately sized, eliminating the need for custom-built units.
Inhabitat - Innovation
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Give the gift of coziness with products that both nurture your recipient and take a responsible stance towards protecting the environment.
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.
Charged
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
ABB will be expanding its partnership with the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship as the electric racing series enters its ninth season. The global electronics giant will now be the official charging supplier for Formula E. It will also introduce a portable solution for charging the new Gen3 cars before races and between sessions. The ABB Formula E Race Charger has been designed to be easily transported and installed around the world, and to use a wide variety of power sources.
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Editor’s note: This article is sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures, which supports ImpactAlpha’s Investing in Health coverage. In partnership with J&J Impact Ventures, ImpactAlpha is exploring the. The post How shared accountability can increase the social impact of healthcare investing appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Charged
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Another day, another announcement of a new battery gigafactory. FREYR Battery has purchased a site in Coweta County, Georgia for its planned Giga America battery plant, and will begin detailed project engineering “in the coming months.”. FREYR plans to invest some $1.7 billion in the first phase of Giga America, which will be a cell production module with an annual capacity of approximately 34 GWh.
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 30 – Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard’s unusual succession plan made waves with its massive commitment of the family-owned company’s future profits. The post Through ‘ownership trusts,’ investors can help employees become owners and owners retire appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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?
Charged
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Autocar Industries , a manufacturer of “specialized severe-duty vocational trucks,” has delivered one of its E-ACTT electric terminal tractors to Stater Bros. Markets, which operates 171 supermarkets in Southern California and has its own in-house shipping and distribution departments. Autocar delivered the E-ACTT to the Stater Bros. distribution center in San Bernardino, California, and provided operator and technician orientations before deploying it into the fleet.
Energy Central
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Airbus unveils hydrogen engines to be tested on the A380 The turboprop-like engine will convert hydrogen into electricity to power itself. “Fuel cells are a potential solution to help us achieve our zero-emission ambition and we are focused on developing and testing this technology to understand if it is feasible and viable for a 2035 entry-into-service of a zero-emission.
Charged
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
New York and Massachusetts are both slated to phase out the sale of fossil passenger vehicles by 2035. The increased demand for electricity will require interconnection to high-capacity transmission lines in the next decade, according to a new study. The Electric Highways Study , produced by the utility National Grid, in collaboration with transportation analytics organizations CALSTART, RMI, Geotab and Stable Auto, provides a blueprint for the strategic buildout of fast-charging sites along hig
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 30 – There’s a place for large, centralized power plants and the giant private equity firms that write big checks to. The post Swell Energy’s $120 million raise points to the energy grid of the future appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
The Heartland Institute , a self-described free-market think tank notorious for its climate science denial efforts, is at it again. This time, Heartland is frantically spinning the results of a survey it commissioned in its latest attempt to dispute the robust scientific consensus on climate change. To be clear, climate experts overwhelmingly agree that climate change is happening and that humans are primarily responsible.
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 30 – Private equity giant TPG is the latest player to tackle the opportunity – and challenge – of buying and. The post TPG seeds Rubicon Carbon’s carbon marketplace with $300 million appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
On Tuesday, gas company Coterra Energy pleaded no contest to environmental crimes related to contaminated water supplies from fracking operations more than a decade ago. The plea is the culmination of a long saga that has left residents of a small Pennsylvania town without clean drinking water for 14 years, and it resulted in some semblance of accountability for a company that has long denied any wrongdoing.
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
ImpactAlpha, November 30 — In Southeast Asia, insurance coverage as a benefit for employees is a luxury most small and even medium-sized businesses. The post Igloo raises $46 million to provide insurance for gig economy workers in Southeast Asia appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
altenergymag
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
The Home Depot has pledged to produce or procure 100% renewable electricity equivalent to the electricity needs for all Home Depot facilities by 2030, expanding the company's previous commitment to produce or procure 335 megawatts of renewable or alternative energy by 2025.
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Alt-Capital Through ‘ownership trusts,’ investors can help employees become owners and help owners retire. Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard’s. The post The Brief: Exiting to employees, TPG enters carbon market, accountability in healthcare investing, insurance for gig workers, chemical-free crop treatment appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
New report reveals heat pump sales globally rose 15 per cent in 2021 and are now doubling year on year in some markets. Global sales of heat pumps are set to hit record levels again this year, as demand for the low carbon technology soars in key markets around the world. That is the headline prediction from a new special report from the International Energy Agency, which details how heat pumps have become a key technology in the response from governments and businesses to the global energy suppl
Green Business Bureau
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
The B Corp Sustainability Journey. If your company is working toward becoming a more sustainable company and eventually a certified B Corp , you need a strategy, plan and roadmap. The B Corp journey starts with establishing a clear company purpose and mission, creating the right culture and engaging employees. This article provides a playbook for becoming a socially responsible business that can meet the rigor and high standards required of a B corp.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Climate emergency and soaring energy bills are driving increased demand among home buyers and renters for low-carbon homes. The housing market may be facing its first serious headwinds in decades, but the cost-of-living crisis means buyers are still willing to pay a sizeable premium for low carbon homes, according to new research published yesterday by financial services provider Legal & General.
CleanTech Group
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Solution: Dioxycle is a developer of integrated modular electrolyzer systems to capture and convert industrial carbon dioxide emissions. Nisa Mirza of Cleantech Group.
Solar Power World
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
In this interview, FranklinWH VP of product marketing Linh Tran shares actionable insights installers can take to proactively tackle the challenge of home battery supply chain reliability. With nearly 15 years invested in the energy sector and commercial experience launching a variety of home battery products for the North American market, Linh’s ambition is to… The post Q&A: How installers can mitigate battery supply chain risk appeared first on Solar Power World.
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