GreenBiz

MAY 12, 2021

System change investing: High impact, high return. Frank Dixon. Wed, 05/12/2021 - 01:30. The sustainable/responsible investing (SRI) market is over $30 trillion and growing faster than traditional investments. Over the past 20 years, SRI and the sustainability movement in general have provided large benefits to business and society. But in spite of this good work, environmental and social conditions are declining rapidly in many areas.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonies collected on a laboratory plate. Researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University have developed a seemingly new technique to trap and recover microplastics. The method uses bacterial biofilms, a sticky substance created by micro-organisms, to trap microplastic particles. The biofilm is then processed and dispersed, releasing the microplastic particles for processing and recycling.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

MAY 12, 2021

Originally constructed by a Portuguese family in 1975, this golf resort is now home to 37 new signature apartments, luxury villas, a clubhouse and a Michelin-starred restaurant.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

The online conference “ Practical Experiences of Odour Management ” will be hosted by environmental consultancy Aqua Enviro on 15 June. Odorous emissions to the environment are the main source of complaints to the Environment Agency as well as being the key cause of disputes between site owners/operators and their neighbours. Nuisance odours can be associated with a wide range of activities, including: processing, waste handling, anaerobic digestion, wastewater and sludge treatment a

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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.

Energy

Inhabitat - Innovation

MAY 12, 2021

Called the Kalk AP, the motorbike will solve some of the most prevalent issues that park rangers face.

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Solar Power 279

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

An early April announcement that Japan will proceed with its “dilute and discharge” plan for disposing of radioactive wastewater at Fukushima may well be contested in the courts. An IAEA mission leader inspects tanks containing contaminated water on the site in 2015. Japan has ended years of speculation over the fate of radioactive wastewater stored in tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant since the 2011 disaster.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Health Cooling 130

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

Following a partnership maintained through AMP6, water technology firm Eliquo Hydrok and filtration expert Mecana have extended their mutually exclusive representation agreement for the UK, despite Covid interfering with the ability to conclude and toast the new agreement in person! Covering a minimum of the next seven years, this includes a renewal of the exclusivity on the wastewater Mecana products, as well as the addition of a new range of DWI-approved freshwater filtration technologies.

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Microplastics Pollution Plastics Technology 130

Inhabitat - Innovation

MAY 12, 2021

Just like people, plants seem to respond to music.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

Air Quality expert Air Spectrum Environmental has launched the dust suppression industry’s first eco-friendly battery-operated range of misting equipment in a bid to improve the sustainability of the supply chain of many industries. The range – called ‘ecotech’ – was created to replace diesel-fueled systems and create a greener alternative. The ‘ecotech’ system provides at least 13 hours of battery life from one charge, emits no harmful fumes and is quieter than a generator, overall provid

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U.S. Green Technology

MAY 12, 2021

Green technology uses eco-friendly practices to create sustainable innovations to bring a positive impact on the environment. These innovations are produced to fulfil society’s needs without harming the environment. Ultimately, green tech aims to limit using natural resources, create recyclable products, modify operational processes to reduce waste and pollution, and replace environmentally destructive practices.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

The recyclable heat exchangers. Alfa Laval – an expert in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – in partnership with Stena Recycling, is to launch a ground-breaking business model for sustainable and environmentally efficient recycling of heat exchangers, enabling up to 100 percent metal regeneration. The partnership is a first step towards a circular approach to the company’s product portfolio, and an important part of Alfa Laval’s commitment to become carbon neutral b

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altenergymag

MAY 12, 2021

Designs unveiled for seafloor mineral collector robots, carbon-neutral vessels and waste-free metals processing and recycling plants will enable a circular supply chain for battery metals

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

Anaerobic digestion (AD) could help cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 10% by 2030, reveals a report recently published by the World Biogas Association (WBA). In Biogas: Pathways to 2030, WBA details how deploying AD to capture and recycle the billion tonnes of organic wastes generated annually by human activity could play a major part in the fight against climate change.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

MAY 12, 2021

For a state that has been so reliant on fossil fuels, the announcement has come as a surprise to many.

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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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Green Business Bureau

MAY 12, 2021

The Playbook for Becoming a Sustainable Business. If your company is working toward improving its sustainability performance, you need a strategy, plan and roadmap. There are ten steps we’ve defined at Green Business Bureau to gear your company’s purpose, culture, focus and actions towards sustainability. All 10 steps below were summarized in the first article, The Executive Guide for Becoming a Sustainable Business : Step 1: Define your vision, mission and values.

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altenergymag

MAY 12, 2021

The growth of global AI in the energy market is expected to be driven by the demand for improved operating efficiency, rising energy efficiency issues. Decentralized power producers are increasingly concerned about rising energy demand in the power distribution supply chain.

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Charged

MAY 12, 2021

Expanded access to charging infrastructure is seen as one of the keys to accelerating EV adoption, and the US is rapidly rolling out public charging stations. A new report from the DOE tells us that 25 states now have at least 1,000 non-residential charging units (public and private). California has by far the most: nearly 37,000 units. New York, Florida, and Texas each have well over 4,000 each.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 12, 2021

Editor’s note: ImpactAlpha has partnered with Shaper Impact Capital, a grassroots, decentralized network that helps to connect thousands of social ventures with thousands. The post Eight promising impact startups in fintech, fashion and education appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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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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Charged

MAY 12, 2021

Sponsored by CPC. As EV charging liquid cooling system designers look for areas to optimize thermal management efficiency, sustainability and reliability, they have started to explore innovative system components. Whether looking at combinations of advanced thermoplastics, metal alloys or engineered fluids, one factor is essential: designers must think holistically.

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Cooling Construction Innovation Sustainability 115

DeSmogBlog

MAY 12, 2021

Facebook is “fuelling climate misinformation” through its failure to get to grips with misleading content, according to a new report that calls on companies to boycott the platform until significant action is taken. Campaign group Stop Funding Heat, which produced the report , warns that the problem is likely to escalate in the coming months as the next major UN climate summit, COP26, approaches and wants to see action taken against “repeat offenders”.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 12, 2021

ImpactAlpha, May 12 — CDC Group has committed $100 million in debt funding to agricultural commodities supplier ETG to expand its logistics networks. The post CDC Group provides $100 million to help ETG connect smallholder farmers in Africa appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 12, 2021

Campaigners are launching a High Court battle against the UK government’s “unlawful and irrational” support of oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. A medical student, the daughter of an oil worker and a former Esso employee are challenging the oil industry regulator’s strategy that aims to maximise economic recovery of oil and gas from beneath UK waters.

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Fossil fuels Government Law Pollution 97

Bidgely

MAY 12, 2021

Watch Bidgely CEO Abhay Gupta’s presentation from the JD Power Utility Conference to learn more about how Bidgely is able to help utilities partner with customers on our collective clean energy journey. Each year JD Power’s Utility Client Conference brings together leading electric, natural gas and water utilities to showcase model programs that are yielding big gains in customer experience, market share and profitability.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 12, 2021

Coal-fired power plants set to be built by companies part-owned by British multinational bank HSBC will contribute to tens of thousands of deaths worldwide due to air pollution once completed, new research suggests. A new study by researchers at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) estimates that the planned coal plants would, when operational, be responsible for 18,400 premature deaths per year across countries including India, China and Bangladesh.

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Fossil fuels Health Pollution Policy 95

altenergymag

MAY 12, 2021

Wide adoption of Ampt String Optimizers driven by advantages in cost, performance, and grid response

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Energy Energy 117

Business Green

MAY 12, 2021

CBI chief says it is 'not acceptable' for businesses to sit on the sidelines amid 'seismic' challenges from climate change, biodiversity loss and Covid-19. Boris Johnson has joined Britain's biggest business group, the CBI, in urging G7 nations to lead international action to address the climate and biodiversity crises, at the same time as facilitating a swift vaccine rollout worldwide in order to accelerate the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 12, 2021

ImpactAlpha, May 12 – Financing for emerging-markets infrastructure projects that have become more critical because of the pandemic – think hospitals – has become. The post Acre Impact Capital bridges a financing gap to catalyze capital for infrastructure in Africa appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Africa 87

DeSmogBlog

MAY 12, 2021

Coal-fired power plants set to be built by companies part-owned by British multinational bank HSBC will contribute to tens of thousands of deaths worldwide due to air pollution once completed, new research suggests. A new study by researchers at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) estimates that the planned coal plants would, when operational, be responsible for 18,700 premature deaths per year across countries including India, China and Bangladesh.

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Fossil fuels Health Pollution Policy 86

Impact Alpha

MAY 12, 2021

Shaper Impact Capital connects young professionals with the passion and skills to help impact-driven startups succeed with early-stage companies around the globe that. The post Shaper Impact Capital Q&A: Building a network of young professionals to support global impact startups appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Startups 83

Renewable Energy World

MAY 12, 2021

This week, Hawaiian Electric said that it is seeking public input on a strategy to increase rooftop solar and similar customer-sited energy resources. The utility said it needs customers to host renewables to help it reach the state’s clean energy benchmarks. The company has filed “Customer Energy Resources for Hawai‘i; A Customer-First CER Strategy for a 100% Clean Energy Future” with the Public Utilities Commission.

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U.S. Green Technology

MAY 12, 2021

Whether it is in the kitchen, bathroom, or laundry room, a clogged drain should not be taken for granted. Clogged drains that are left unattended even for just one day can bring you a multitude of problems. Regardless of what type of plumbing system you have, the possibility of it developing clogs is almost always. The post Tips and Tricks to Avoid Clogged Drains appeared first on U.S.

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Technology 65

Business Green

MAY 12, 2021

Supermarket and dairy brand team up to develop more sustainable on-farm working practices alongside purchase of 'gold standard' carbon offset credits to boost green credentials of cheese. Cheddar cheese looks set to be given a green makeover in Lidl stores, with the supermarket chain today announcing it has teamed up with dairy brand Wyke Farms to develop a 'carbon neutral' cheddar cheese, which is earmarked for launch before the end of the year.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 12, 2021

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Catalytic Capital Acre Impact Capital bridges a financing gap to catalyze capital for infrastructure in Africa. Financing for. The post The Brief: Catalyzing infrastructure in Africa, farmers’ access to markets, Amazon’s sustainability bond, affordable student housing, shaping impact capital appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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