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How HP Inc. uses sustainability to drive commercial sales

GreenBiz

For the past two fiscal years, HP Inc. has generated more than $1 billion in commercial business tied directly to sustainability considerations. It first started trumpeting this information in 2018.

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Latest IPCC Report Predicts Disaster - Yet Again. But Not Much Will Happen - Yet Again.

Jim Conca

This week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Sixth Assessment Report, which warns that we will not be able to limit global warming to even 2°C unless there are immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in carbon emissions. Spoiler Alert – it’s already too late.

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Why companies must adopt a business-wide approach to sustainability

GreenBiz

Sponsored: To achieve corporate environmental, social and governance targets, these ideas must be embedded across the entire company.

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Urban gardens don't get much greener than El Terreno

Inhabitat - Innovation

El Terreno is a community garden center that does more than grow food. It brings an urban population together and puts the ideas of community support, educational enrichment and purpose in serving the greater good all together in rows of plants and flowers.

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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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Steelmaker ArcelorMittal's $10 billion climate plan

GreenBiz

Green hydrogen, renewable power, scrap metal recycling and science-based targets all form part of steelmaking giant's decarbonization vision unveiled today

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A modern desert retreat for the eco-conscious cowboy

Inhabitat - Innovation

It’s the kind of thing movies are made of, but Hollywood isn’t the only one to get inspiration from this region of the vast and open Mojave Desert. Dubbed the Cowboy Modern Desert Eco-Retreat, this home pairs old west inspiration with modern eco-friendly features.

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Siberian wildfires send smoke to North Pole in historical first

Inhabitat - Innovation

Aisen Nikolayev, head of the Siberian region Yakutia, declared last Friday a non-working day following heavy smoke from raging forest fires. Nikolayev urged residents to stay at home due to the health risks associated with the smoke.

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Behind data center giant Equinix's $3.7 billion investment in green bonds

GreenBiz

With more than 230 data centers worldwide, Equinix is the first company in its industry to embrace a climate-neutral commitment.

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EnergySage Releases Its Thirteenth Solar Marketplace Intel Report™

altenergymag

Battery storage got more expensive for consumers, while solar prices continued to fall and financing options improved

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The frustrating, exhilarating task of swimming upstream

GreenBiz

Anyone working in the field of sustainability will tell you that it is not for the faint of heart. We fight the current, occasionally flounder and keep on moving upstream. It’s a hard job.

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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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Fueless Generator

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Speaking truth to power should not be career suicide for ESG professionals

Impact Alpha

Editor’s note: ImpactAlpha contributing editor Imogen Rose-Smith, a longtime senior writer for Institutional Investor, contributes a bi-weekly column on the policies, practices and strategies of. The post Speaking truth to power should not be career suicide for ESG professionals appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Navisun’s Community Solar Landfill Project in Linden, New Jersey to Expand Equitable Clean Energy Access as it Nears Completion

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Repurposed Linden landfill site to provide more affordable solar energy and guaranteed savings for local residents

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Facebook building solar-powered data center in Arizona

Renewable Energy World

Facebook will build its newest data center in Mesa, Arizona – powered by 100% renewable energy. The social media giant announced a collaborative effort with the City of Mesa, Arizona Commerce Authority, and the Salt River Project to bring three new solar projects, totaling 450 megawatts, to the local grid in support of the facility. “Once completed, this data center will represent an investment of more than $800 million and will support roughly 100 jobs,” Rachel Peterson, Facebook’s vice preside

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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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You have an impact investing strategy. What to call it?

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Aug. 16 – An emerging markets public equities portfolio that actively engages with investees to improve ESG performance. A U.S. environmental commodities strategy. The post You have an impact investing strategy. What to call it? appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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S&P: Why Florida will become the Southeast’s solar leader

Renewable Energy World

Utility-led expansions, competitive prices, and favorable state policies are developing Florida into the Southeast’s leader for solar capacity, according to a new report by S&P. The state is expected to add more than 13,000 MW of solar generation installed over the next decade, the author’s stated, citing state regulators, with enough capacity coming online this year to top region-leader North Carolina.

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LG Energy Solution to have 6-year access to nickel, cobalt from Australian Mines amid heated competition over raw materials

altenergymag

-LG Energy Solution secures 71,000 tonnes of nickel and 7,000 tonnes of cobalt for stable supply of key battery materials -Secured key raw materials to power 1.

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Heliene brings HJT solar cell module manufacturing back to the U.S.

Renewable Energy World

Heliene heterojunction solar cell module (Courtesy: Heliene). Canadian-based solar panel module manufacturer Heliene is taking another step in its mission to advance the North American supply chain with the launch of a new facility in Riviera Beach, Florida next month. The Riviera Beach facility – the company’s third in North America – will be the only in the U.S. to manufacture super high-efficiency heterojunction solar cell modules, capable of delivering more power per unit areas, more units o

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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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Fund for artisans backs Ilumexico to expand access to solar power for rural business

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Aug. 16 – The RISE Artisan Fund of volunteer-based Realize Impact launched a climate investing strategy to help energy-poor artisans transition to. The post Fund for artisans backs Ilumexico to expand access to solar power for rural business appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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‘Green Fleet’ initiative aligns Dominion Energy with Biden’s electric vehicle order

Renewable Energy World

By Nicholas Nhede, Smart Energy International. Dominion Energy has announced a new target to convert its vehicle fleet of more than 8,600 units to electric models. The launch of the utility’s ‘Green Fleet’ initiative follows President Joe Biden’s executive order to make 50% of all vehicle sales in the US electric by 2030. The utility’s plan will also help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the 16 states the company operates in, a development that will help Dominion Energy to move clo

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California solar contractors must be aware of new licensing, consumer protection rulings

Solar Power World

The solar industry is arguably regulated more closely than any other home improvement industry since it’s connected to the utility grid — and subject to utility processes and pushback. Solar installers in California should pay close attention to two recent bureaucratic rulings that could affect their ability to continue business as usual. New client paperwork… The post California solar contractors must be aware of new licensing, consumer protection rulings appeared first on Solar Power Wor

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Chris Sacca’s Lowercarbon Capital raises $800 million for climate tech

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Aug. 16 – It’s the first time Lowercarbon, run by Sacca, his wife Crystal Sacca and Clay Dumas, has taken in outside. The post Chris Sacca’s Lowercarbon Capital raises $800 million for climate tech appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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10,000 MW large-scale battery power capacity to be added to the grid from 2021-23, EIA says

Renewable Energy World

The U.S. could add 10,000 MW of large-scale battery power capacity from 2021-23 – 10 times the total in 2019 – according to a new report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. EIA expects most of the new storage capacity to come from systems co-located or connected to solar projects. By the end of 2020, most large-scale battery storage systems were built as standalone facilities.

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Old Heritage of India is a Perfect Example of Sustainable Architecture !

Econaur

Coexistence with nature has been an integral part of all ancient cultures, including India. This is evident from the various religious, cultural, and traditional practices; rituals; art and sculptures; and folklores that still remain alive in different ways in the daily lives of Indians. The Ajanta caves, unlike other rock cut caves, have low ceilings Continue reading.

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The Brief: Speaking ESG truth to power, Chris Sacca’s lower-carbon capital, electrified fertilizer, solar-powered fisheries, sorting impact labels

Impact Alpha

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Institutional Impact Speaking truth to power should not be career suicide for ESG professionals. The investment management industry. The post The Brief: Speaking ESG truth to power, Chris Sacca’s lower-carbon capital, electrified fertilizer, solar-powered fisheries, sorting impact labels appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Find an electronic recycling event near you

Greenability Magazine

If you have electronics that are no longer in use, give them a second life or recycle them responsibly at seven electronic recycling events in the Kansas City metro area and at nationwide locations. Most recycling events will take computers, laptops, keyboards, speakers, routers, modems, webcams, network hubs, cell phones, charging cables, phone systems, shredders, fax machines, scanners, VCR and DVD players, video game consoles, printers, copiers and more.

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Balancing Grit & Grace: Next-Level Resilience Strategies for Women Leaders • 9/8/21 and 9/15/21

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

September 8, 2021. 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST. Virtual Event. Register for Part 1. September 15, 2021. 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST. Virtual Event. Register for Both Parts. This myth-busting two-part leadership workshop is perfect for anyone who strives to avoid burnout while pursuing purposeful work. Join one or both! This event is complimentary for all WCS members.

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Government touts 'hydrogen revolution' for greener heating, industry and transport

Business Green

Both 'blue' and 'green' hydrogen to form part of long-awaited Hydrogen Strategy, which proposes CfD-like scheme to scale up production towards 5GW 2030 goal. The government has offered the deepest glimpse yet of its vision for harnessing hydrogen to decarbonise the UK economy, today setting out its vision for a "twin track" approach that leaves the door open for production of the energy source from both renewable electricity and fossil fuels.

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Sustainable Boat Storage Options: Boat Shrink Wrap Alternatives and More

Green Business Bureau

Boat Shrink Wrap Alternatives. Marinas, boat storage facilities, and boat owners can reduce the plastic waste in the world by eliminating or recycling boat shrink wrap. Boats need protection in the winter season or when being stored, so there needs to be a solution. But one-time shrink wrapping can be very harmful to the environment. Switching to non-plastic alternatives and eliminating plastic wraps all together is the best option, but reusing plastic wraps or recycling them will help as well.

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Reports: Government eyeing £400m boiler scrappage scheme

Business Green

Downing Street considering scheme offering homeowners up to £7,000 grants to switch to low carbon heating alternatives. A £400m boiler scrappage scheme that would offer homeowners grants of up to £7,000 to encourage the switch to low carbon alternatives such as heat pumps is being drawn up by Downing Street, but the proposal is facing some resistance from the Treasury, according to reports.

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Minister Branded ‘Ridiculous’ for Suggesting Oil from North Sea Project Could be Left Unburned

DeSmogBlog

A UK minister has been branded “ridiculous” for suggesting that oil could be extracted from a new North Sea development and then sit in barrels unused. . The comments come a day before David Duguid, Scotland Office Minister, is set to meet with one of the owners of the project, which could produce up to 800 million barrels of oil, for a “ fact-finding” mission in Aberdeen.

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Tees Valley hydrogen transport projects share £2.5m government funding

Business Green

Hydrogen buses, delivery vans, forklift trucks and emergency response vehicles set to be trialled across raft of projects in hydrogen-rich North East region. A range of hydrogen-powered transport projects designed to demonstrate how the technology can be used to decarbonise buses, trucks and cars in the Tees Valley region have won a share of £2.5m research and development funding from the Department for Transport announced today.

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Nitricity secures $5 million investment to electrify fertilizer production

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, August 16 — San Francisco-based Nitricity is among a new crop of agtech ventures helping farmers break their reliance on synthetic nitrogen. The post Nitricity secures $5 million investment to electrify fertilizer production appeared first on ImpactAlpha.