Shareholders vs. stakeholders: Fundamental changes in an old debate
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 9, 2019
In updating their corporate mission statement, CEOs are responding to three major factors that threaten their executive freedoms and responsibilities.
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Ski atop the worlds cleanest waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Six years after breaking ground, CopenHill—a waste-to-energy plant topped with a year-round ski slope—is officially open, marking a major milestone in Copenhagen’s journey to becoming the world’s first carbon-neutral city by 2025. Bjarke Ingels Group, SLA, AKT, Lüchinger+Meyer, MOE and Rambøll designed the new architectural landmark that they describe as the cleanest waste-to-energy plant in the world.
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NASA seeks CO2 conversion solutions for future Mars outpost
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 9, 2019
The space agency is seeking sustainable technologies to support life far from Earth.
Interview: Activist lives off food that he grows and forages for an entire year
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Inhabitat caught up with environmental activist Rob Greenfield to find out about his current foraging project.
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.
Keep These Tips in Mind to Avoid the Pitfalls of Hard Water in Your Home
The Environmental Blog
OCTOBER 9, 2019
The many ways of running water service has enhanced our lives as a species are seemingly countless. From drinking to bathing to a litany of household chores, having access to this essential liquid is a major key to our survival. Every now and then, however, that water can become loaded with minerals that can leave deposits on an array of items and surfaces around the house.
30 of world's largest cities have hit peak greenhouse gas emissions milestone, C40 analysis shows
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 9, 2019
The international community has collaboratively crusaded to quickly reach peak global greenhouse gas emissions.
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4 simple and collaborative business models to unlock Nigeria’s $1 billion undergrid minigrid market
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 9, 2019
The opportunity to invest is massive, and new ownership models from subcontracting to cooperatives can help communities get in on the action.
Which cities are the most sustainable? WalletHub releases Top 100 Greenest US Cities 2019
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Interestingly, nine of the top 10 greenest U.S. cities are on the West Coast.
Will California say bye to diesel-burning trucks and hello to zero-emissions ones?
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 9, 2019
A new rule in the state could tackle one of its largest sources of pollution.
Old power station in Berlin is converted into off-grid arts center that runs on energy generated by woodchips
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 9, 2019
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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.
GRI, IRF and SASB: Updated guidance on reporting frameworks
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 9, 2019
So many frameworks, so little time.
California on Edge as PG&E’s Power Outage Plan Goes Into Effect
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Earlier this year, Pacific Gas & Electric warned that its new fire-prevention grid outage plan, meant to prevent a repeat of last year’s deadly Camp Fire that drove it into bankruptcy, could leave hundreds of thousands of its customers in the dark. High winds and dry condtions have forced PG&E to put this plan into action this week. On Tuesday, PG&E announced plans to cut power to about 525,000 customer accounts across 34 counties over the next two days.
books about a planet in peril
Fairsnape
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Within FutuREstorative I included a list of books that have inspired me on my sustainability journey. However since its publication in 2016, the world of sustainability has moved on, we now have recognition of a climate and biodiversity emergency, we are asking how, not why, we have IPCC, UN and UKCC reports, we have extinction rebellion, we have school-strik activists and record breaking protests demanding climate change action.
After Early Windfall, Offshore Developer Settles In for Long Game in Maryland
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 9, 2019
There may be only 30 megawatts of offshore wind capacity in American waters today, but several early bets on the market have paid off in spectacular fashion — and U.S. Wind ranks high on that list. U.S. Wind, a relatively small offshore developer owned by Italy’s Toto Holdings, was an early mover in securing East Coast sites through the federal government’s lease auctions.
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.
The Purpose of Capital: The Musical
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 9, 2019
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 9 – And now for something completely different… When Jed Emerson released “The Purpose of Capital” last year, he and video producer Mia Haugen, who are married, considered a promotional video “standing on windswept Norwegian tundra, looking deep and thoughtful as my voiceover reads sections of the book,” as Emerson recalls. “We immediately abandoned that The post The Purpose of Capital: The Musical appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Exploring the Factors Behind the Residential Battery Surge
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 9, 2019
The market for home batteries is picking up. In the second quarter of this year, residential storage capacity installations outpaced utility-scale installations. There were more residential batteries installed in Q2 than in all of 2017. California and Hawaii are dominating deployments. But states like Colorado, Florida, New York and New Jersey are emerging as interesting markets to watch.
Steward’s ‘crowdfarming’ platform lets small investors back good food from local farms
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 9, 2019
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 9 – Precision drones and other “ag tech” solutions may be sexier. But a $25,000 loan to buy a tractor or fencing is arguably more critical to the health of the soil and the livelihood of a farmer in Kansas. “There’s a mismatch between demand for sustainably grown products and the desire to The post Steward’s ‘crowdfarming’ platform lets small investors back good food from local farms appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
4 Reasons Why Off-Grid Energy Is Grown Up and Ready to Scale
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Sometimes good ideas take off right away. Nobody buys suitcases without wheels these days. Other great ideas, however inevitable, need more time. Off-grid energy, running the gamut from solar home systems to microgrids in small villages, seems to have fallen into this category. Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched the Sustainable Energy for All initiative in 2011.
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?
Whimsical signs point drivers to Swedish charging stations
Charged
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Public charging stations are proliferating around the world, but many drivers are unaware of them. Curious consumers often cite a lack of charging infrastructure as one of the top objections to buying an EV. A Swedish charging network operator believes a lack of signage could be part of the problem – there are more than 8,000 charging points in Sweden, but few signs advertising their presence – so the company decided to bring its charging stations to drivers’ attention in an unusual
Hanergy Takes a Notch up in Solar Car Market
altenergymag
OCTOBER 9, 2019
-Plans to raise USD 25 mn to fund its Solar Power Vehicles business -The company claims its Thin Film Solar Vehicle can run without pole charging for at least a consecutive 30 days
BYD’s articulated e-bus passes Altoona test, now eligible for FTA funding
Charged
OCTOBER 9, 2019
The K11M, BYD ’s 60-foot electric articulated transit bus, has passed durability road testing under the Federal Transit Authority’s (FTA) new Pass/Fail guidelines at the Model Bus Testing Program in Altoona, Pennsylvania. It is the first electric transit bus of its size to complete the full 15,000-mile durability test. Once Altoona and the FTA finalize the report, transit agencies will be able to tap FTA funding to buy the K11M.
Renewable Energy Market (REM) 2019 – Five Key Takeaways
CleanTech Group
OCTOBER 9, 2019
At Renewable Energy Markets (REM) 2019, over 300 representatives from clean technology start-ups, multi-national corporations, the public sector and energy service providers explored the ideas transforming energy markets: Renewable Energy Credits (REC) Renewable.
Want to prevent California’s looming flood disaster? Grow a marsh.
Grist
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Something is amiss on Sherman Island, a whale-shaped swath of farm and grazing land at the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. If you don’t know what ails the place, it might be hard to pinpoint the problem. The island, in the Sacramento Delta, is roughly 16 square miles. Its asphalt roads, cracked and sagging at the edges, look like cheese melted over a lumpy pizza.
Millbrook opens EV driveline test site in California
Charged
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Millbrook Revolutionary Engineering has opened a new EV driveline test facility in the San Francisco Bay area. The 25,000-square-foot facility will offer testing of inverters and vehicle-in-loop capabilities, battery simulators and e-machine testing at speeds of 20,000 rpm. The company has installed four electric drive unit test stands with a combined capacity of 2,880 testing hours per month.
Energy Impact Partners invests $25 million in RapidSOS for emergency response
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 9, 2019
ImpactAlpha, October 9 – Natural disasters, large public events and aging infrastructure create a nightmare scenarios for U.S. emergency responders, who still depend on antiquated systems–like landlines–to orchestrate relief and rescue missions. RapidSOS is trying to overhaul emergency response infrastructure through a cloud-based platform that connects data from smart devices, like cars and wearable medical The post Energy Impact Partners invests $25 million in RapidSOS for emergenc
Pro-solar organizations form SHINE to strengthen Virginia’s PV workforce
Solar Power World
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Organizations including Southside Virginia Community College (SVCC), the Maryland-DC-Delaware-Virginia Solar Energy Industries Association (MDV-SEIA), Dominion Energy, Microsoft, solar developers, construction companies and energy consulting and recruiting firms, joined forces to launch SHINE, a public-private partnership dedicated to building solar career pathways in Virginia.
Navigant Research Report Finds Public Charger Deployments Are Encouraging Plug-in EV Adoption
altenergymag
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Using subsidies to shape and standardize public charger deployments and the creation of new revenue streams for charge point operators can accelerate PEV industry development
Massachusetts Lawmakers Step Up Pressure on Enbridge to Scrap Controversial Gas Compressor Station
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Read time: 4 mins Lawmakers from Massachusetts urged Canadian energy-giant Enbridge on Wednesday to reconsider the siting of a compressor station in a densely populated area outside of Boston. In a letter to the company’s president and CEO Al Monaco, United States Senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren, together with Senator Ed Markey and Representative Stephen Lynch, asked Enbridge to find an alternative to locating the compressor station in Weymouth.
Redefining risk: Overheard at EMPEA’s sustainable investing summit
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 9, 2019
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 9 – Private equity investors seeking impact in emerging markets are grappling with risk on both fronts. Strategies to measure and mitigate risk were on display in London at a summit of the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association, or EMPEA. We plucked some high-level takeaways: Mitigating risk Investment in emerging markets already comes with The post Redefining risk: Overheard at EMPEA’s sustainable investing summit appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Zero Carbon Homes Standard Redux?
Business Green
OCTOBER 9, 2019
The Future Homes Standard could be a game-changer for green buildings or it could be a drag on climate action - it is understandable that councils and business leaders are worried.
Soil Scout closes seed round to monitor and track soil health
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 9, 2019
ImpactAlpha, October 9 – Healthy soil is a critical resource for carbon capture and essential to food security. Helsinki-based Soil Scout is among a number of tech startups trying to improve awareness and management of soil health with sensor-enabled analytics platforms. Soil Scout’s sensors are unique from other monitoring devices because they sit below ground, The post Soil Scout closes seed round to monitor and track soil health appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Sunterra installs rooftop solar project on Brisbane City Hall in California
Solar Power World
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Sunterra Solar has completed a 168-kW rooftop solar project for the City of Brisbane, California. The SunPower rooftop PV system was installed on Brisbane’s City Hall as part of the city’s comprehensive sustainability and energy efficiency program. In its first six months of operation, the city’s solar energy system has outperformed expected estimates, producing 166,900… The post Sunterra installs rooftop solar project on Brisbane City Hall in California appeared first on Solar Power World
Come clean on climate risk or face mandatory disclosure rules, Carney tells business
Business Green
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Bank of England governor warns firms have two years to improve their reporting on climate risk or regulators will impose rules.
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