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Sustainable investing expert Alison Taylor on ESG misconceptions and why ethics are part of the equation

GreenBiz

The BSR advisor, NYU professor and executive director at Ethical Systems discusses what concerning orthodoxies she’s seeing begin to ossify, and what leadership in ESG investing should really be doing right now.

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Kseng solar made a hit at Green Energy Expo 2022 in Daegu, South Korea

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The 19th Green Energy Expo was held as scheduled in Daegu, South Korea on 13 to 15 April 2022, showing the companies news of South Korea and internationals related to sectors Energy, Natural Environment.

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How climate change is disrupting the global supply chain

GreenBiz

Extreme weather, from floods to wildfires, is increasingly hammering ports, highways and factories worldwide.

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Property Guide: Choosing a Sustainable Living or Building Location

U.S. Green Technology

If you’ve finally adopted the green life and want to live in a completely sustainable house, it’s important to know that your home’s location is just as important as its build. Compare different properties and you’ll see how different they can be in their sustainability factors, all that because of the location. So no matter. The post Property Guide: Choosing a Sustainable Living or Building Location appeared first on U.S.

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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.

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In lobbyists vs. sustainability, the lobbyists are winning

GreenBiz

The insane thing about this lobbying — aside from the disregard it shows for, well, human civilization — is that companies need climate legislation to hit their targets.

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Green Funding and Financing to Support Your Sustainability Program

Green Business Bureau

Funding and financing green projects. Organizations across the board from brick and mortar, fully remote to international companies may be interested in funding green projects. Your options include grants, loans, lending platforms, and even the Climate Pledge Fund. In this Green Business Bureau article, we give a brief introduction to green funding and financing options that are available to you, to support your sustainability program.

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Corporate Sustainability vs. Corporate Social Responsibility: What is The Difference?

U.S. Green Technology

Businesses constantly find new ways to appeal to their investors and customers through their mission statements and corporate values. Corporate sustainability and social responsibility are trending phrases, and businesses are beginning to take note on the importance of a strong display of corporate responsibility. These two concepts differ in their definitions and techniques.

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Sustainable Agriculture Programs Driving Carbon Markets

GreenBiz

Global food security and climate change are interconnected challenges. The results are in from over 540,000-acre North American sustainable agriculture pilot programs - and the experts on the ground, from Nutrien Ag Solutions, have a message to share. Sustainable and productive agriculture requires whole-acre solutions and carbon markets play a role in the future of agriculture.

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New Kids Music Band, The Future Brigade to Release First Single

Green Living Guy

Richmond, VA, April 18, 2022 Just in time for Earth Day (April 22)! The new kid’s musical sensation The Future Brigade will release their first single, “R.E.C.Y.C.L.E. (Do It Right!)” (Vox Records; ISRC: NO3CF2203010). The brainchild of Virginia-based singer/songwriter Wes Charlton, “R.E.C.Y.C.L.E.” encourages kids to explore the importance of recycling—while enjoying a banger of a […].

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Saks, UnitedHealth Group, Wells Fargo hire their first sustainability executives

GreenBiz

Other career moves from Microsoft, HSBC, JPMorgan Chase, Plenty and many others in the first quarter of 2022.

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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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7 DIY Garden Projects for Inner Peace

Green Living Guy

With each day comes new challenges, from increased workloads to family pressures. These things affect our psychological and mental health directly or indirectly. It is vital to take breaks and restore our inner peace for better productivity and quality of life. A garden works better to achieve inner tranquility and calmness as nature has a […].

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Why you should become the ultimate decision maker

GreenBiz

What happens inside large and small companies when sustainability changers come to the office.

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South Australia grid reaches record high of 136.6 pct renewables

Renew Economy

South Australia sets a new benchmark of 136.6 per cent renewables - as a share of local demand - early on Easter Sunday. The post South Australia grid reaches record high of 136.6 pct renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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How can wireless technology solve the key problems with electric vehicles?

Charged

Sponsored by Quectel. EV adoption is making charging an essential part of users’ everyday lives and, with the increased uptake of EVs, infrastructure is being built-out to support their charging needs. However, for the business case to succeed charging points or piles must both accelerate roll-out and improve utilization and ease of management. Users and charging point operators alike need reliably connected charging points that can be deployed quickly without delays in connecting to fixed infra

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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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Victoria reaches record wind and solar share of 83.8 per cent

Renew Economy

Victoria sets new benchmark of 83.8 per cent instantaneous wind and solar share on Easter Sunday. The post Victoria reaches record wind and solar share of 83.8 per cent appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Honda to invest $40 billion in electrification, launch 30 new EVs by 2030

Charged

Honda has finally announced plans to get serious about EVs, with an investment of 5 trillion yen ($40 billion) in electrification over the next decade. It aims to launch some 30 new EV models, and hopes to make EVs around 40% of its fleet by 2030. Last June, Honda announced plans to phase out sales of gas-powered cars by 2040—a timid goal, but the first announced by a Japanese automaker.

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Customization is king in large-scale solar wire management

Solar Power World

Managing the wires that carry solar power from modules to inverters may be a small fraction of the cost of building large-scale projects, but taking the time to choose the right solution can pay dividends. Manufacturers are quickly engineering wire management solutions that fit with the latest racking, tracking and module developments. “There’s lots of… The post Customization is king in large-scale solar wire management appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Why is Tesla no longer including mobile charging cables with its vehicles?

Charged

First-time EV buyers are famously nervous about charging, which is one reason that most new EVs come with a portable charging cable—it’s reassuring to know that you can plug your new car in as soon as you take it home, without having to deal with charger installation right away. Some drivers find the portable adequate for their charging needs, but most (including your author) prefer to use a hard-wired wall charger for daily charging, keeping the portable in the trunk in case of emergency.

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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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Coalition spending on fossil fuel subsidies tops $1.3 billion in first week of campaign

Renew Economy

Just a week into the federal election campaign and the Morrison-led Coalition has already spent nearly $1.3 billion on fossil fuel subsidies. The post Coalition spending on fossil fuel subsidies tops $1.3 billion in first week of campaign appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Leviton’s new Evr-Green DC fast charging station

Charged

Leviton has added a new smart DC fast charging station to its EVSE portfolio. The Evr-Green DC is designed for highway rest stops, retail locations and other commercial and public applications. The Evr-Green DC station features both CCS1 and CHAdeMO connectors, and has an LCD screen for customer interaction. The Evr-Green is integrated with ChargePoint Networking Services, which allows station owners to control access, set pricing, display advertising, monitor station status and generate energy

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Five FedEx Ground Operators to Receive 15 Electric Stepvans From Xos, Inc.

Green Living Guy

LOS ANGELES, April 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Xos, Inc. (NASDAQ: XOS), is a leading manufacturer of Class 5 through Class 8 battery-electric vehicles and powertrains. The manufacturer is also a provider of charging infrastructure and fleet management software. Today Xos announces the delivery of 15 of its battery-electric stepvans. They’re going to five different […].

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Nissan unveils prototype production facility for solid-state batteries

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Nissan has unveiled a prototype production facility for laminated all-solid-state battery cells, which the company aims to bring to market in 2028. This prototype facility, within the Nissan Research Center in Kanagawa Prefecture, is designed to promote the development of solid-state-batteries. Nissan plans to establish a pilot production line at its Yokohama Plant in 2024, and aims to launch an EV with solid-state batteries by 2028.

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World’s largest wind turbines set sail for first subsidy-free offshore wind farm

Renew Economy

The world's biggest ever wind turbines are about to be installed at the first subsidy-free offshore wind farm. The post World’s largest wind turbines set sail for first subsidy-free offshore wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Littelfuse unveils new thyristor product line with 3 kA of surge protection

Charged

Circuit protection manufacturer Littelfuse has introduced a new thyristor product line, which is designed to safeguard exposed surfaces such as RS-485 data interfaces and AC/DC power supplies in factory automation systems, energy storage systems, power distribution grids and EV charging systems. The Pxxx0S3N SIDACtor Protection Thyristor is housed in a DO-214AB (SMC) package, and supplies 3 kA (8/20) of surge protection and low-thermal buildup during long-term overvoltage events.

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Planet Partners with SynMax to Provide Energy Intelligence and Monitor Dark Vessels

Planet Pulse

In collaboration with SynMax , Houston-based satellite analytics and intelligence company, Planet data is now being used to provide data-informed insights on the energy industry within the United States and monitor the movements of dark vessels around the globe. After meeting our CEO and co-founder Will Marshall at his 2014 TED talk , Bill Perkins, founder of SynMax and owner of energy hedge fund Skylar Capital, decided to reach out to explore how Planet’s daily data could help monitor frac crew

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“Another lie:” It is time to call out Coalition’s climate modelling con

Renew Economy

Taylor rehashes Coalition's favoured campaign tactic: Producing unverified modelling to make fictional claims about Labor policy costs. The post “Another lie:” It is time to call out Coalition’s climate modelling con appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Planet’s Data Fuels Canadian Boreal Forest Research As Planet E&R Program Hits Five Year Anniversary

Planet Pulse

The boreal forest is one of the largest intact ecosystems left on the planet; however, there are a growing number of human-induced environmental changes that are impacting this vast ecosystem. Numerous integrated research programs focused on boreal forests of Canada have joined forces to use advanced satellite data available from Planet to document how past, present, and future changes are altering the ability of the boreal forest to sustain biodiversity and the people that call this ecosystem h

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“Re-imagining the grid:” California reaches record 97.6% renewable share

Renew Economy

California system operator says new record of 97% renewables gives glimpse of zero carbon grid of the future. The post “Re-imagining the grid:” California reaches record 97.6% renewable share appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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21st Edition Outage Response and Restoration Management conference | May 18-19

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Join this premier marcus evans conference on May 18-19, 2022 in Atlanta, GA or virtually. Energize Incident Planning and Execution through Collaboration and Communication to Exceed Stakeholder Expectations. Benefit from 15% discount available to AltenergyMag members!

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Lightsource bp unveils plans for 400MW NSW solar farm and battery

Renew Economy

Lightsource bp advances gigawatt-scale solar plans for Australia, with proposal of new PV and battery project near Goulburn in New South Wales. The post Lightsource bp unveils plans for 400MW NSW solar farm and battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Zoom in on Net Zero - with Panasonic's José Alves

Business Green

VIDEO: Tech giant's UK, Ireland and Netherlands country manager for heating & cooling speaks to BusinessGreen's James Murray about Panasonic's role in clean tech development. Panasonic is perhaps most widely known as a consumer electronics brand, but the multinational conglomerate is also heavily involved in a raft of clean technologies that are set to form a core part of the world's net zero future, from renewable energy components to electric vehicles batteries to electric heat pumps.

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Romania’s Distributie Energie Oltenia steps towards smarter grid

Smart Energy International

Romanian distribution system operator (DSO) Distributie Energie Oltenia is to implement Siemens’ Advanced Distribution Management Software (ADMS). The ADMS will be implemented at a control centre in Craiova, a town about 200 km west of Bucharest. The system, which is expected to become operational by end of 2023, paves the way for the DSO to operate a smarter grid and make advancements in its digital transformation journey, according to a statement.

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Net Zero Innovate Podcast: 1. Ripple Energy and the power of business model innovation

Business Green

LISTEN: Ripple Energy founder Sarah Merrick talks to James Murray about her innovative approach to onshore wind, and our roundup of all latest exciting developments in green innovation. Today we're proud to launch BusinessGreen 's inaugural Net Zero Innovation podcast, hosted in association with Panasonic , through which we'll be exploring all the latest exciting developments in cutting edge clean technologies and innovative approaches to green business, as well as chatting to top movers, shaker