GreenBiz

MARCH 9, 2021

Can C-suite paychecks save the world? Joel Makower. Tue, 03/09/2021 - 02:11. Last week, the fast-casual restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill announced a new policy that ties executive compensation in part to environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics. . Going forward, 10 percent of the annual incentive bonuses for corporate officers — essentially, anyone with day-to-day responsibility for running the company — will be tied to the company’s progress toward achieving such goals as impro

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Inhabitat - Innovation

MARCH 9, 2021

If you've ever stayed in a hospital or visited someone in one around mealtime, you might have wondered if the lukewarm processed food was really going to aid in recovery. At Beirut's Hayek Hospital, the personnel have given the issue serious thought and decided to become the world's first vegan hospital.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 9, 2021

Reduce, reuse, recycle, register? Ash Earl. Tue, 03/09/2021 - 00:05. Consumer interest in the use of recycled materials, so-called recyclates, is on the rise. Indeed, the perceived sustainability of a product or brand is playing an increasingly important role in purchasing decisions, as evidenced by one global marketing research firm predicting sales of sustainable products to reach up to $150 billion in the U.S. by 2021.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

MARCH 9, 2021

Petaluma, a small city in northern California, is banning new gas stations to help curb pollution and climate change.

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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

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 9, 2021

(Left to right) Henrik Pedersen will become Group Managing Director; Mike Willink will become Group Development Director; and Mark Bannister is a new Group Commercial Director with the firm. Environmental risk reduction specialist Adler and Allan has announced changes to its senior leadership team effective 1 March 2021. The firm says the appointments support its “ambitious growth plans” as a leading UK provider of environmental risk reduction services, covering both emergency respon

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 9, 2021

The global cry to address today’s environmental crisis has bestowed new responsibility on businesses to lower their environmental impact. 75% of sustainability professionals polled by the Business for Social Responsibility believe that integrating sustainability objectives and practices into a business enhances its ability to address environmental degradation.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 9, 2021

Spain’s first payout of coronavirus recovery funds will target clean transportation, with a still-in-development plan to create a domestic industrial supply chain for electric vehicles and their supporting battery manufacturing capacity. A public-private partnership for battery manufacturing in Catalonia is the first strategic project within the Spanish recuperation, transformation and resilience plan, Spain’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism María Reyes Maroto Illera a

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Inhabitat - Innovation

MARCH 9, 2021

Mission Rock will transform nearly 30 acres of asphalt into a sustainably minded, mixed-use neighborhood and community hub.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 9, 2021

Over the past decade, Mainspring Energy has been at work on a novel "linear generator" that it says can provide on-site electricity with lower emissions than fossil-fueled engines and microturbines, and greater flexibility than fuel cells. On Tuesday, Mainspring's vision landed a vote of confidence from U.S. utility and renewables giant NextEra, in the form of a $150 million agreement with its business services arm NextEra Energy Resources to purchase, finance and deploy its devices across t

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 9, 2021

Dr Ian Ross: The environmental impact of PFAS is “a global issue that is receiving increased attention in the UK.”. A supplier of solar-powered waste compacting technology, Bigbelly , will contribute to enhancing wireless connectivity across UK cities via an integrated pole and antenna solution, Telebelly , intended to expand its service to the communities it serves.

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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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Impact Alpha

MARCH 9, 2021

ImpactAlpha, March 9 — Tech startups in the city of bridges attract about $3 billion a year. Black Tech Nation’s Kelauni Jasmyn launched. The post Black Tech Nation Ventures aims to build an inclusive tech ecosystem in Pittsburgh appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Charged

MARCH 9, 2021

It’s de rigueur these days for automakers to offer a free charging package with a new EV as an added sweetener, to allay drivers’ understandable concern about public charging. Now Lucid Motors has announced that “all Lucid Air reservations made by the end of 2021 will get complimentary access to unlimited charging of up to 350 kW at the Electrify America network for three years.”.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 9, 2021

ImpactAlpha, Mar. 9 – As Kim Folsom likes to say, Founders First is majoring in the minors. Rather than produce a few tech unicorns. The post Impact investors turn to revenue-based financing to bridge capital gaps for founders of color appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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altenergymag

MARCH 9, 2021

MORBiZ, a hyper-local Internet marketing company, has released a new blog to help small business owners take advantage of free tools on social media.

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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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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 9, 2021

Read time: 8 mins You won’t find an ethane cracker or industrial plastics manufacturing equipment on tiny Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina. The tiny 2.5 mile-long barrier island along the Atlantic coast near Charleston claimed a spot in history for its role in the Revolutionary War, though it’s perhaps better known among vacationers and tourists in recent years for its sandy beachfronts and blue waters.

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Ideas 4 Sustainability

MARCH 9, 2021

By Carina Wyborn (Australian National University) and Jasper Montana (University of Oxford) Addressing interconnected challenges of environmental degradation and social justice requires revisiting the foundations of biodiversity research and action The announcement from the UN-backed IPBES Global Assessment that 1 million species are at risk of extinction offered a sobering statistic on the state of … Continue reading →

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 9, 2021

ImpactAlpha, March 9 – The lure of a $1.5 million prize surfaced a raft of ventures with solutions to the rapid retraining and upskilling. The post XPRIZE identifies 10 rising startups solving workforce challenges appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Charged

MARCH 9, 2021

FEV , a global provider of vehicle and powertrain development services, has upgraded its Vehicle Development Center (VDC) in Auburn Hills with a solar loading system. This upgrade expands FEV’s capabilities to support the development and certification of light- and medium-duty vehicles. The new solar loading system simulates natural sunlight in a controlled laboratory setting, allowing OEMs to evaluate the impact of vehicle AC systems on EV range.

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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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altenergymag

MARCH 9, 2021

Considering the environmental authorizations already issued, approximately two thousand hectares will be destined for the implementation of the 22 parks in the first phase of the Project ("Projeto Futura I"), with 38.73 MWp each.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 9, 2021

[updated March 2021]. Solar experts and installers have found that when a family decides to install rooftop solar panels on their home, their children understandably become interested in solar energy and solar power systems. We want to help parents explain solar power and the benefits of solar energy systems to their kids. However, the complexities of solar energy can quickly become confusing, even for adults.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 9, 2021

ImpactAlpha, March 9 — The more than 56,000 Indigenous-owned businesses in Canada contribute over $30 billion annually to the country’s GDP. More than. The post Canada’s Raven Indigenous Capital raises $25 million to bridge gaps for Indigenous founders appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Charged

MARCH 9, 2021

Xos , a manufacturer of electric Class 5 to Class 8 commercial vehicles, has announced an agreement to go public through a merger with NextGen Acquisition (Nasdaq: NGAC). The combined company will trade on Nasdaq with the new ticker symbol XOS. The transaction values the combined company at a $2-billion pro forma equity value, and is expected to provide $575 million of gross proceeds to the company.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 9, 2021

ImpactAlpha, March 9 – Two-thirds of the companies in the S&P 500 made statements calling for racial justice in the aftermath of last. The post Tools to help keep companies and funds accountable on climate, diversity and racial justice appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Forbes Green Tech

MARCH 9, 2021

Researchers in Europe have revealed an unprecedented picture of the climate impact of the food we eat, all the way from its production to its consumption.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 9, 2021

Featured: Impact investors turn to revenue-based financing to bridge capital gaps for founders of color. The post The Brief: Revenue-based financing, inclusive tech in Pittsburgh, Indigenous capital in Canada, workforce solutions, soul food VC, accountability tools appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Forbes Green Tech

MARCH 9, 2021

An independent report commissioned by the UK’s Treasury details groundbreaking research into the economics of biodiversity loss. This article highlights Blue Nest Beef, PrairieFood, and Jimmy Emmons.

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altenergymag

MARCH 9, 2021

MORBiZ has released a new guide for small businesses explaining which online review sites they need to be active on.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2021

Retailer targets bread bags, crisp packets, cling film, and food pouches with aim to recycle 1,000 tonnes of soft plastics a year. A nationwide network of recycling points for soft plastics such as cling film, crisp packets, and pet food pouches are being rolled out across hundreds of Tesco stores in England and Wales, in a move the retail giant estimates could see 1,000 tonnes of hard to recycle waste processed each year.

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Charged

MARCH 9, 2021

Silicon Valley-based Elation Hypercars has announced a strategic partnership with Cascadia Motion to electrify the Elation Freedom hypercar. Elation calls the Freedom “the first purist, luxury, all-electric hypercar handmade in America.” It features an array of proprietary Elation technologies and an electric drive system developed in partnership with Cascadia.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 9, 2021

The 4-MW Kruisvallei hydropower plant reached commercial operations in late February 2021, according to project developer Red Rocket. Construction of this small hydro plant, on the Ash River between Clarens and Bethlehem in the Free State Province of South Africa , began in March 2019. Kruisvallei Hydro is the third hydropower project procured under South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer’s Procurement Program (REIPPPP) to come online.

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Charged

MARCH 9, 2021

Global automotive supplier Marelli has launched a power module for motorsport EV applications. The module, which was completely developed in the company’s Corbetta (Italy) facility, is based on silicon carbide (SiC) technology and uses a new direct cooling solution. The new module, called EDI (Enhanced Direct-cooling Inverter), was developed by Marelli Motorsport with the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2021

Grant from Global Environmental Facility will support programme of work designed to reduce fashion sector’s contribution to biodiversity loss. The Fashion Pact has announced the launch of a series of initiatives geared at curbing the sector's impact on biodiversity loss after securing a $2m grant from the Global Environmental Facility. The sustainable fashion coalition, which brings together more than 200 brands that represent roughly one third of the fashion industry, said the funding would go

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Forbes Green Tech

MARCH 9, 2021

The DMV's concern about Tesla’s plan to add “FSD” features to Autopilot began in December 2019, after a tweet by CEO Elon Musk.

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