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Will sustainability-linked loans drive a revolution in finance?

GreenBiz

Will sustainability-linked loans drive a revolution in finance? Aman Singh. Thu, 04/15/2021 - 01:30. In February, Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) announced a $10.1 billion sustainability-linked revolving credit facility. The announcement send shockwaves through the market; it was the largest sustainability-linked loan (SLL) among publicly listed companies in the alcohol sector.

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Ocean-dumping for Fukushima wastewater: Japan’s complex decision remains contentious

Envirotec Magazine

An IAEA mission leader inspects tanks containing contaminated water on the site in 2015 (image credit: IAEA Imagebank , CC BY-SA 2.0 licence ). 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. On 13 April Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced a decision to initiate ocean dumping.

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Organic Valley loans dairy farmers funds for renewable energy

GreenBiz

Organic Valley loans dairy farmers funds for renewable energy. Jesse Klein. Thu, 04/15/2021 - 00:45. Agriculture sustainability improvements have long-term positive outcomes both for the planet and the farmer’s wallet, but the upstart costs can be a preventative obstacle. Some big food companies trying to address their Scope 3 emissions have started working to knock down those barriers for farmers. .

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Green-roofed CABI HQ champions biodiversity and energy efficiency

Inhabitat - Innovation

After 33 years of working in an old drafty building in Oxfordshire, international nonprofit CABI has upgraded to a new low-energy home that combines beautiful design with employee wellness and environmental sustainability.

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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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Osmotic energy firm secures €5.2m funding for prototype

Envirotec Magazine

An image of the Mississippi River Delta: Osmotic energy exploits the power made available when water regions with differing salt concentrations meet (image credit: European Space Agency). A firm developing a technology to harness “osmotic energy” has secured 5.2 million euros to develop a first full-scale prototype. Osmotic energy “represents a breakthrough in renewable energy as a non-intermittent and abundant source of clean electricity”, according to French start-up Sw

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Barrels of toxic DDT discovered off the coast of California

Inhabitat - Innovation

David Valentine, a marine scientist at the University of California, has discovered barrels of DDT buried in the ocean just 10 miles off the coast of Southern California.

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New Zealand requires financial institutions to prepare climate impact reports

Inhabitat - Innovation

New Zealand has introduced a new law that will require all financial institutions to report the impacts of climate change on their businesses.

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Mosaic and Congressional Bank Announce Financing Partnership

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New loan program focuses on solar energy systems and battery storage to help homeowners convert to clean energy

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Residential building from the '60s gets an energy-efficient remodel

Inhabitat - Innovation

Located in the Italian city of Turin, this residential building from the '60s has undergone a sustainable renovation with energy-efficient upgrades.

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Environmental hazard monitoring expert announces 2021 webinar series for dust, noise, vibration and asbestos monitoring

Envirotec Magazine

Global occupational health and workplace hazard monitoring expert Casella has announced its schedule of webinars for 2021. The line-up of free-to-attend, virtually accessible webinars covers the firm’s areas of core competency, including workplace monitoring for dust, gas and vapour hazards, as well as instrumentation usage and best practice. The sessions will also cover monitoring for Hand Arm Vibration (HAV) and sampling for asbestos.

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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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Sustainability Hiring: How To Recruit Employees Who Care

Green Business Bureau

Sustainability Hiring: Incorporate your green values into the hiring process. Sustainability matters to job hunters. Employees, more than ever, want their work to not only provide for their material needs, but to also help support the greater good and create a better world. In the battle for top talent, especially when recruiting the younger generation, prospective employees need to know that you’re committed to a greater purpose and that both sustainability and social responsibility are importa

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Pipe profiling technology supports targetted rehabilitation

Envirotec Magazine

The firm providing services to wastewater networks says its adoption of ‘spinning laser’ technology is helping to revolutionise its pipe profiling capabilities. Available from IWJS, a part of M Group Services, the Rausch Mainline CCTV HD camera delivers high-quality digital images of pipes, with a twin-laser profiling system capable of scanning pipe diameters of up to 2.4m.

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The Conservative climate plan is real, even if it raises a few questions

Clean Energy Canada

VICTORIA — Merran Smith, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the Conservative Party of Canada’s new climate plan, Secure the Environment : “For the first time in its history, the Conservative Party of Canada has released a real climate plan—one that could keep Canada aligned with its current international climate commitment.

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Rising from the ashes, Alaska’s forests come back stronger

Grist

Back in 2004, when wildfires in Alaska burned an area the size of Massachusetts , Michelle Mack wondered just how much carbon had permanently moved from the landscape into the atmosphere. Mack, an ecologist at Northern Arizona University, knew that the carbon dioxide released by these burning trees could further accelerate global warming. But her study of regrowth in Alaska’s burned areas, published Thursday in the journal Science , turned out to be unexpectedly hopeful.

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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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Wind power experts expect wind energy costs to decline up to 35% by 2035

Renewable Energy World

Technology and commercial advancements are expected to continue to drive down the cost of wind energy, according to a survey led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) of the world’s foremost wind power experts. Experts anticipate cost reductions of 17%-35% by 2035 and 37%-49% by 2050, driven by bigger and more efficient turbines, lower capital and operating costs, and other advancements.

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Carbon Mapper Launches Satellite Program to Pinpoint Methane and CO2 Super Emitters

Planet Pulse

To read the press release in full, click here. To learn more about this project, visit our Carbon Mapper page. . Carbon Mapper , a new nonprofit organization, and its partners – the State of California, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA JPL), Planet, the University of Arizona, Arizona State University (ASU), High Tide Foundation and RMI – announced a pioneering program to help improve understanding of and accelerate reductions in global methane and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissi

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High Voltage Cables: Better Conductivity with Herrmann Ultrasonics

Charged

Sponsored by Herrmann Ultrasonics. Requirements for reliable and repeatable methods for power distribution, wire harness and cable assembly have become more in demand. It’s not just electric vehicles that are driving this innovation. Newer, modern vehicles improve safety, drivability, and infotainment with a myriad of sensors, cameras, and other electronics.

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Pipeline for renewable energy and storage projects grows to 86GW

altenergymag

The latest figures from Cornwall Insight's Renewables Pipeline Tracker reveal the pipeline of renewable energy and storage projects across England, Scotland and Wales currently stands at 86GW.

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Over 50 webcasts on EV Engineering at next week’s Charged Virtual Conference

Charged

Charged is hosting a virtual conference on EV engineering next week that’s free to attend. The conference includes live webinar sessions with interactive Q&As and on-demand webinars. Just like the content Charged brings you every day, conference topics will span the entire EV engineering supply chain and ecosystem including motor and power electronics design and manufacturing, cell development, battery systems, testing, powertrains, thermal management, circuit protection, wire and cable, EMI

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The American Jobs Plan: A BFD

Defend Our Future

On March 31, President Joe Biden unveiled his American Jobs Plan. The President’s plan is a major step toward addressing historic and systemic inequities in the U.S. while tackling the climate crisis and creating good-paying jobs as we recover from the Covid-19 crisis and transition to a clean energy future. Here are just a few of the proposals in the President’s Plan we are excited about: Moving us toward 100 percent carbon-pollution-free power by 2035 while creating good-paying union jobs.

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Informal Transport Must Play a Bigger Role in Post-Pandemic Recovery. Here’s How That Can Happen.

The City Fix

Crisis often sparks changes to the ways we move. Post-war prosperity made the automobile a household item, and lifestyle. The 1970s global oil and fiscal crisis brought a short-lived bike boom and a retreat of city dollars for public transit. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Battery makers Faradion and AMTE Power announce licensing deal

Charged

Battery manufacturers AMTE Power and Faradion have announced a collaboration that combines Faradion’s IP with AMTE’s design and manufacturing capabilities. The collaboration grants AMTE a license to manufacture and sell sodium-ion cells for battery packs. Faradion says its technology is scalable and can leverage AMTE’s existing lithium-ion manufacturing facilities.

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Universe of sustainable money market fund options continues to expand

Impact Alpha

Editor’s note: ImpactAlpha is pleased to partner with Sustainable Research and Analysis LLC to provide timely market snapshots of trends and developments affecting. The post Universe of sustainable money market fund options continues to expand appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Solar Industry Unveils Environmental Justice Priorities

altenergymag

The platform outlines principles for engagement, as well as environmental justice outcomes and policies that the organization will support to expand equitable access to solar energy and its benefits.

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Oil Industry ‘Net-Zero’ Pledges are an Attempt to Delay Climate Action, New Paper Warns

DeSmogBlog

A growing number of oil companies in the past year have announced targets to achieve “net-zero emissions” by mid-century, seemingly signaling a monumental shift in the history of the oil business towards low-carbon solutions. But a new report argues that not only is the oil industry unlikely to be a leader on carbon reductions, but the sudden flurry of net-zero pledges is instead a cynical effort to bolster corporate images in a calculated attempt to buy time to extract more oil and gas.

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Taiga Motors to build new assembly facility for its off-road EVs in Québec

Charged

Taiga Motors , a developer of electric off-road vehicles, has announced plans to build a mass-production assembly facility in Shawinigan, Québec. The first phase of construction is scheduled for completion in 2022, and the company expects to begin production of electric snowmobiles and personal watercraft immediately. Taiga expects its new facility to increase production capacity to 80,000 units by 2025.

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The Solar Landscape Germany 2021- Update

altenergymag

Due to lots of positive feedback and high attention from all photovoltaic business segments, Solytic is now releasing an "unscheduled" update - increasing the circle of companies from 157 to 280.

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Oil Industry ‘Net-Zero’ Pledges are an Attempt to Delay Climate Action, New Paper Warns

DeSmogBlog

A growing number of oil companies in the past year have announced targets to achieve “net-zero emissions” by mid-century, seemingly signaling a monumental shift in the history of the oil business towards low-carbon solutions. But a new report argues that not only is the oil industry unlikely to be a leader on carbon reductions, but the sudden flurry of net-zero pledges is instead a cynical effort to bolster corporate images in a calculated attempt to buy time to extract more oil and gas.

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Hazel Technologies raises $70 million for packaging that curbs food spoilage

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, April 15 – Curbing food waste in the U.S. is a $14 billion annual opportunity. Chicago-based tech startup Hazel Technologies supplies packaging inserts. The post Hazel Technologies raises $70 million for packaging that curbs food spoilage appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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CASE STUDY: Venair-Ballard collaboration for marine fuel cell hoses

altenergymag

Silicone hose manufacturer Venair has teamed up with Ballard Power Systems to help the marine industry implement fuel cell systems to decarbonise shipping. As part of a recent development project, Venair supplied Ballard with custom hoses to allow the transportation of hydrogen from the fuel tank to the fuel cell engine. The hoses had to be adapted to the location and position of the engine, the opening in multiple hoses for the engine inlets, the operating temperature, the specific pressure, pr

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Uganda’s Numida secures $2.3 million to fill gaps in microfinance lending

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, April 15 – Kampala-based Numida launched five years ago to provide microfinance institutions better data to underwrite loans to small and informal businesses. The post Uganda’s Numida secures $2.3 million to fill gaps in microfinance lending appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Contractors: How to get started installing solar panels

Solar Power World

By Ali McBride, Aurora Solar Solar power in the United States is booming. It has ranked first or second in new U.S. electric capacity each year since 2013, and US-installed capacity is quickly approaching 100 gigawatts (GW). The demand for solar installers has grown along with it. Solar installation is now among the three fastest-growing… The post Contractors: How to get started installing solar panels appeared first on Solar Power World.

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RE100 initiative hits 300 member milestone

Business Green

Corporate clean energy initiative now boasts 300 members after Heineken, Epson, Novartis and LG Energy Solution pledged to switch their operations to renewables. RE100, the coalition of companies committed to purchasing 100 per cent renewable power, has celebrated signing up its 300th member, touting the achievement as evidence of a "remarkable" energy transition that has swept the corporate sector in recent years.

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Becoming a Digital Utility: Perspectives from Ameren

Bidgely

Be sure to watch the full DISTRIBUTECH+ session. To learn even more about Ameren’s digital strategy, watch The Power of AI & Data to Enable the Future Grid from Bidgely Engage 2020 featuring Bhavani Amirthalingam, Ameren’s Chief Digital Information Officer. Becoming a Digital Utility: Perspectives from Ameren. Earlier this month as part of the DISTRIBUTECH+ live content series, I had the opportunity to have a virtual sit down with Tara Oglesby, Ameren VP of Customer Experience, and Rob Child