GreenBiz

MAY 19, 2020

Reputational Risks and Opportunities: Managing the Impacts of COVID-19 and Climate Change. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of the global economy and its supply chains. It has also shown that reputational risks and opportunities can become magnified in times of crisis. Across sectors, leading companies have built valuable trust in their brands by taking early and serious action to protect their workers and suppliers—and slow the spread of the virus.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

MAY 19, 2020

Get your Disney characters delivered retro style and made from recycled materials. The line is a partnership with Unifi, a leader in the recycled fibers game.

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GreenBiz

MAY 19, 2020

AB InBev VP: Our quest for 'agile' sustainable development continues. Heather Clancy. Tue, 05/19/2020 - 02:37. Like most big companies with a complex multinational footprint, Anheuser-Busch InBev's sales slipped in the first quarter and the beer maker is embracing new financial discipline amid the coronavirus pandemic. But the company also has acted quickly to prop up key members of its value chain — from small liquor stores to farmers to restaurants — and the situation has galvanized its lon

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Inhabitat - Innovation

MAY 19, 2020

How do you simultaneously discourage people from riding public transportation, avoid automobile gridlock and maintain social distancing? By designating bike- and pedestrian-only streets.

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Transportation 276

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

The Environmental Blog

MAY 19, 2020

Summer is fast approaching, but with COVID-19 still going around, the season may bring some new concerns. With the warmer weather comes mosquitos, and these little pests can spread diseases. So what about the coronavirus? Can mosquitos carry that? Thankfully, no. Mosquitos may have played a key role in spreading pandemics in the past, but that’s not the case this time around.

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Ethics 195

Inhabitat - Innovation

MAY 19, 2020

After spending months at home, now is the perfect time to get started on your dream home.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

MAY 19, 2020

This linear park is designed to defend itself against rising sea levels.

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Climate change 284

GreenTechMedia

MAY 19, 2020

Siemens Gamesa on Tuesday launched the largest wind turbine ever publicly announced, a 14-megawatt model with a 222-meter rotor diameter meant for offshore wind farms. Morten Pilgaard Rasmussen, head of technology at Siemens Gamesa, told GTM the company expects to confirm its first orders for the new turbine soon, with offers already out to a number of "global" offshore wind developers.

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Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Technology 130

Inhabitat - Innovation

MAY 19, 2020

This contemporary home is defined by its hanging gardens.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 19, 2020

Pacific Gas & Electric has asked California regulators to approve seven battery projects totaling 423 megawatts, or nearly 1.7 gigawatt-hours of energy storage capacity, to meet its share of a statewide procurement that must be brought online by late next year to assure statewide grid stability. PG&E’s 2020 System Reliability Request for Offers, filed Monday with the California Public Utilities Commission, represents a huge new addition to the utility's battery fleet to meet th

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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.

Transportation

altenergymag

MAY 19, 2020

COSTA MESA, CA - May 18, 2020 - Zen Ecosystems' Zen LOOP was named the winner of a Bronze Stevie® Award in the Energy Industry for Innovation of the Year category in the 18th Annual American Business Awards® today.

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Grist

MAY 19, 2020

The pandemic is far from over, but some states are opening back up again , creating a situation where life is going back to some semblance of normal in some areas of the United States and staying eerily quiet in other places. A new analysis in the science journal Nature Climate Change sheds light on what happened to emissions during the months when the U.S. was maximally locked down.

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altenergymag

MAY 19, 2020

ArcVera Renewables, a leading provider of consulting and technical services for renewable energy projects with more than 40 years of global experience, is now providing expert technical, financial, and independent engineering services for stand-alone energy storage or hybrid projects.

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Energy Energy 135

Solar Power World

MAY 19, 2020

The California Solar and Storage Association (CALSSA) released an eight-point economic stimulus plan of action to bring the benefits of solar and storage to more consumers and support thousands of locals jobs. In a recent industry survey, 92% of solar and energy storage businesses reported negative impacts on their operations as a result of COVID-19.… The post CALSSA releases plan to support California solar jobs during pandemic appeared first on Solar Power World.

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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.

Sustainability

Impact Alpha

MAY 19, 2020

ImpactAlpha, May 19 – The global health agency is tapping investors and donors for a $3 million vehicle to give low-income countries a boost in the hyper-competitive global market for personal protective equipment. Grants and recoverable grants made to UNICEF’s Fast Fund will guarantee up-front payments so 90 low-income countries can procure PPE for frontline.

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Health 122

Charged

MAY 19, 2020

First Cobalt has announced positive results from an independent feasibility study conducted on its permitted cobalt refinery in Ontario, Canada. The study contemplates expanding the existing facility and adapting it to be North America’s first producer of cobalt sulfate, an essential component in the manufacturing of EV batteries. Study highlights: Annual production of 25,000 tons of battery-grade cobalt sulfate from third-party feed, representing 5% of the total global refined cobalt market and

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Solar Power World

MAY 19, 2020

The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Solar United Neighbors (SUN) announced the 2020 edition of the National Solar Tour will go on despite the pandemic. This year marks its 25th anniversary. The annual grassroots solar event will take place virtually and in neighborhoods nationwide the weekend of October 3-4, 2020. The National Solar Tour… The post National Solar Tour will go on in October despite pandemic appeared first on Solar Power World.

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altenergymag

MAY 19, 2020

School may be out for the coronavirus, but progress continues in Stockton, California, on cutting energy costs. The Stockton Unified School District, which serves 40,000 students, has selected Sage Energy Consulting to help make it the state's first "Zero-Emission School District.

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Energy Energy 113

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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Impact Alpha

MAY 19, 2020

ImpactAlpha, May 19 – Even in the new stakeholder economy, suppliers, communities, customers and employees largely still lack the clout to steer the use of corporate cash reserves in a new direction. But that hasn’t stopped them imagining where it might go if they could. Corporations looking to build a business environment of shared prosperity. The post Beyond Buybacks: 10 ways to put corporate cash to work appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Innovation 114

Charged

MAY 19, 2020

Many auto brands can be described as EV laggards, but Lexus has gone beyond that, and positioned itself as an active EV opponent. Although Lexus has been producing a wide range of hybrids for years, it has aired not one , but at least two ad campaigns that ridicule plug-in vehicles. A third campaign made such outrageous claims that it was banned by Norway’s consumer protection agency.

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Energy Monitor Electricity Cooling Batteries 111

Impact Alpha

MAY 19, 2020

ImpactAlpha, May 19 – Swedish startup Omocom offers “micro-insurance” for vehicles, tools and apartment rentals. The company integrates insurance options for users of sharing platforms like Nordic equipment rental site hygglo, and MIOO, a Stockholm-based bike-maintenance subscription service. Omocom says it aims to encourage people to use existing products longer.

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Solar Power World

MAY 19, 2020

MC Squared Energy Services (MC2) announced it will serve as the official subscription manager for Dukane Precast’s Community Solar Project in Will County, Illinois, bringing both residential and small commercial subscribers to the over-1.6-MW project, as well as managing all billing and customer care functions. MC2 was the first retail electric supplier in the state… The post MC Squared Energy Services to manage subscriptions for Dukane Community Solar Project appeared first on Solar

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The City Fix

MAY 19, 2020

Despite the unprecedented quarantine that most of us find ourselves under, I was recently forced to travel to Curitiba, Brazil, for personal reasons. I am staying in an apartment on Republica Argentina Avenue next to the first bus corridor in. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Transportation 105

altenergymag

MAY 19, 2020

Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has appointed Rick Campbell as Head of Offshore to lead the development of the offshore business and explore new opportunities both within the UK and internationally. He is joined by Erlend Christiansen as Offshore Consents Lead in Ireland.

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Energy Energy 87

Impact Alpha

MAY 19, 2020

ImpactAlpha, May 19 – As companies get better at defecting shareholder resolutions, there is one vote they can’t duck: board elections. It’s rare that shareholders can muster enough votes to oust a sitting director, but the effort sends a powerful – and personal – message. For shareholder activists, Lee Raymond would be a trophy head. The post JPMorgan shareholders rally support to oust Exxon’s ex-CEO from board appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 19, 2020

Deb Kemper, managing partner of Golden Seeds Ventures, spoke to the Greentown Labs community as part of the Investor Speaker Series. Three early-stage investors spoke with the Greentown Labs community this month about different types of investors, how to build investor relationships, and advice for approaching fundraising in an uncertain economy. The panel, which was part of Greentown’s Investor Speaker Series, featured Deb Kemper , managing partner of Golden Seeds Ventures , Christopher Mirabil

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Solar Power World

MAY 19, 2020

Alencon Systems announced its latest innovations in DC:DC power conversion — the BOSS BOX and the SPOT BOX. These products are scalable, centralized units of DC:DC power conversion built on Alencon’s unique, galvanically isolated, bi-directional and uni-directional platforms. The BOSS BOX and SPOT BOX blend Alencon’s unique controls and hardware technology to offer project owners… The post Alencon Systems releases BOSS BOX and SPOT BOX power converters appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2020

Ambitious draft climate law would immediately ban new oil, gas and coal projects and end subsidies for fossil fuels. Spain's cabinet has today approved an ambitious draft climate law targeting net zero emissions "no later than" 2050, which it estimates will generate over €200bn investment, create up to 350,000 new jobs, and boost the country's economic growth by 1.8 per cent over the next decade.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 19, 2020

Greetings, Agents of Impact! The Call: 10x Community Capital. Small businesses and nonprofits will need affordable and accessible loans to re-open and recover from the COVID crash. “Community recovery vehicles” can provide community development financial institutions with the liquidity they need to underwrite thousands of loans in underserved communities.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2020

Business as usual is 'not an appropriate response' to Covid-19, according to 220 regional leaders around the world. Hundreds of top regional leaders from around the world have today urged governments to place the Paris Agreement climate targets and UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the core of economic recovery measures, claiming "business as usual is no longer an appropriate response" to the escalating coronavirus crisis.

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R-Squared Energy

MAY 19, 2020

With the collapse in oil demand, oil producers and refiners have come under intense financial pressure. Not far behind are the integrated supermajors like ExxonMobil and Chevron. These companies have upstream (oil- and gas-producing) assets as well as refining assets, so they are getting hit on both ends. However, they also have substantial midstream assets.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2020

Sales of all cars set for bumpy road in 2020, but as costs fall electric vehicles sales expected to continue growing after Covid-19. Sales of electric passenger vehicles are set to fall 18 per cent in 2020 to a total of 1.7 million worldwide, as the devastating global impact of the coronavirus crisis interrupts a decade of sustained growth for the industry, according to BloombergNEF.

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Charged

MAY 19, 2020

HUBER+SUHNER, a global supplier of electrical and optical connectivity solutions, has launched a new addition to its RADOX high-power charging line. The RADOX HPC500 is a cooled charging cable system that allows continuous charging at 500 Amperes, even in high-temperature environments. Other improvements and new features include an IP67 connector protection rating, an optional ready-to-use metering system, and replaceable contacts for longer service life.

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