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Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future

GreenBiz

Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future. Heather Clancy. Tue, 09/01/2020 - 00:02. Business strategy organization Boston Consulting Group will use remote workplace lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce per-employee travel by at least 30 percent by 2025, one key element of the $8.5 billion company’s new commitment to achieve net-zero status for its own operations by the end of this decade. .

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Student designs inflatable bamboo greenhouses for sustainable farming

Inhabitat - Innovation

University of Westminster Master of Architecture (MArch) (RIBA Pt II) student Eliza Hague has proposed an eco-friendly alternative to the plastic-covered greenhouses commonly found in India.

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Scaling circular fashion in North America: Part 1

GreenBiz

Scaling circular fashion in North America: Part 1. What could a circular fashion industry look like in 2050? The need for urgent action is clear: While the lifespan of individual garments dwindles, the environmental footprint of the apparel industry continues to grow. But where there’s inefficiency, there’s often opportunity. From renewable and recycled inputs to new business models such as repair, rental and recommerce to end of life management and more — like enabling technologies, policies an

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NuScale’s Federal Safety Approval Moves US Modular Nuclear Reactors a Step Closer to Reality

GreenTechMedia

Small-scale modular nuclear reactors have gone from being a technology that’s always a decade away from being built to one that may actually enter into commercial production in the next decade. At least that’s how NuScale sees its future unfolding after winning a key approval from federal regulators, which determined that its small modular reactor design is safe enough to be built.

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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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Carbon pricing works, and this proves it

GreenBiz

Carbon pricing works, and this proves it. Paul Burke. Tue, 09/01/2020 - 00:45. Putting a price on carbon should reduce emissions, because it makes dirty production processes more expensive than clean ones, right? That’s the economic theory. Stated baldly, it’s obvious; however, there is perhaps a tiny chance that what happens in practice might be something else.

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5 cozy getaway cabins that are perfect for fall

Inhabitat - Innovation

Airbnb is full of eco-friendly cabins that let you get off the grid and escape from it all this fall. Eco-cottage in NY [link]. This beautiful modern.

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Seaweed Girl explores seaweed as an eco-textile for sustainable fashion

Inhabitat - Innovation

An artist is using seaweed to create fibers, dyes and embellishments for clothing and wall art. “Having fallen in.

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OutBack Power Launches Home Backup System Combining PV, Batteries and Fossil Generators

GreenTechMedia

OutBack Power, the U.S.-based storage and inverter company, has launched a new home backup system that combines three technologies: solar, storage and natural-gas or diesel generators. More homeowners are turning to solar and storage systems as wildfires, heat waves and other disasters cause power outages in parts of the U.S. But unlike many PV and battery companies pitching customers on backup power, OutBack is including fossil fuels in its offering, which it says will optimize the system and a

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The Ray integrates plants and pollinators along I-85

Inhabitat - Innovation

A new University of Georgia thesis documents two efforts to better integrate grasses and wildflowers into a transit ecosystem.

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Regenerative Sustainability in Eight Graphics

Fairsnape

This was an early access post for Regenerator Patron s. Here are eight regenerative graphics and charts that have shaped, and are shaping, my sustainability thinking and may inspire others., There are two that I have created, inspired by regenerative thinking from others. Some concepts are a few years old now and well established but very powerful, others new, inspirational and provide deeper insights into regenerative sustainability.

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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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Office towers to boast first AI-driven facade powered by renewable energy

Inhabitat - Innovation

Central Place Sydney will consist of two tech-focused office towers designed by SOM and Fender Katsalidis Architects.

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Offshore hire for Natural Power in Ireland

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Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has appointed John Crowley as Principal Offshore Engineer based in the Dublin office.

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Costco commits $25 million to LISC’s Black Economic Development Fund

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, September 1 – The Local Initiatives Support Corp.’s launched its Black Economic Development Fund to invest in Black-owned banks and minority businesses, along with charter schools, affordable housing projects and athletic facilities in Black communities. Costco’s $25 million commitment to matches $25 million from Netflix. LISC is targeting $100 million for the fund.

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Try 7 easy ways to green your dorm room

Greenability Magazine

College students may be spending more time than usual in their dorm rooms as a COVID-19 precaution, so make it more eco-friendly with these ideas to conserve power, water and food. Shower shoes? Check. Extra-long sheets? Yep. Energy efficiency checklist? No worries—we’ve got you covered there. If you’re one of the nation’s 12.1 million full-time undergraduate college students, you no doubt have a lot to keep in mind as you head off to school.

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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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Angel network of Halcyon incubator backs edtech and solar startups

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, September 1 – D.C.-based nonprofit Halcyon recently launched an angel network for residents of the D.C. metro area to invest in impact startups. The network’s first two investments are a $400,000 commitment to MajorClarity, an edtech startup focused on remote learning, and $230,000 for community solar startup Solstice. Halcyon has been incubating D.C.

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Onsite Utility Services Capital Named to the Top 20 Companies with the most Disruptive Solutions of the Year 2020

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Onsite Utility Services Capital has secured its reputation as a national leader in energy efficiency as a service industry by earning a place on the esteemed Industry Wired magazine Top 20 Companies with the most Disruptive Solutions of the Year 2020.

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Investors 10x their impact assets in response to COVID crisis

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Sept. 1 – Here’s a solid example of a 10x response: Total impact investments by clients of San Francisco-based ImpactAssets increased tenfold to $170 million in the first six months of 2020. In the first half of last year, ImpactAssets clients deployed about $17.5 million in private mission-driven businesses and impact funds. “Our clients.

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Tesla Cashes In On Stock Surge With Share Offering To Raise Up To $5 Billion

Forbes Green Tech

Capitalizing on surging demand for its shares the electric-car maker is raising up to $5 billion on the heels of its just-completed stock split that made it more affordable to retail investors.

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The Brief: Voices for electoral justice, drone intelligence, Costco backs LISC, DC angels, 10x’ing impact assets

Impact Alpha

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Impact Voices These impact investors are stepping up to support voter registration and ‘electoral justice.’ Agents of Impact on ImpactAlpha’s Call last month agreed that political disengagement is a luxury impact investors can no longer afford. “We see our civic engagement and our political work as being fundamental to how.

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MPs table fresh legislation to 'close gaps' in UK Climate Change Act

Business Green

Proposed Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill would see international aviation, shipping, and consumption fall within the UK's 2050 net zero target, while putting climate assemblies on a formal standing. Legislation aimed at "closing the gaps" in the UK's Climate Change Act by including the nation's international aviation, shipping and supply chains in greenhouse gas reduction targets is set to be tabled in Parliament today, pulling in support from MPs across much of the political spectrum.

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Impact investors have a role to play in preventing worst-case election scenarios

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Sept. 1 – November is coming and hopefully the beginning of the end of the authoritarianism, oligarchy, and violence that have become increasingly normalized since January 2017. In the past few months, the President’s tactics to undermine democracy have become more overt— from tear gassing peaceful protestors to the dismantling of the United States.

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Unilever pledges to invest €1bn in eliminating fossil fuels from cleaning products by 2030

Business Green

Consumer goods giant outlines plans to spend €1bn on ramping up carbon capture and utilisation technologies that will curb its cleaning and laundry product line's reliance on fossil fuel derived chemicals. Unilever has announced it is to invest €1bn in measures that could allow it to eliminate fossil fuels from its cleaning and laundry products by the end of the decade, an intervention it claims is critical if it is to deliver on its goal of reaching net zero emissions from its products by

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How impact investors can help ensure racial justice includes electoral justice

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Sept. 1 – With voter registration deadlines rapidly approaching, our firm is seeing a desire amongst impact investors to elevate voting rights and civic engagement as a priority for racial-justice focused philanthropy in the immediate term. We shouldn’t be so surprised. Over the past several months, impact investors, galvanized and focused like never before.

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Air pollution: Government offers up £2m in latest council funding round

Business Green

Applications open for latest round of Air Quality Grant scheme for council projects in England. A share of £2m is being offered up to support local clean air projects in England, with the government today launching the latest tranche of funding from its Air Quality Grant scheme aimed at helping schools, businesses, and communities reduce the health impacts of air pollution.

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Raptor Maps raises $5 million for drone intelligence for solar companies

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, September 1 – Boston-based Raptor Maps is helping rooftop solar companies scout and monitor installation sites by collecting and analyzing aerial data from drones, scoping out issues like tree cover and panel damage. “Our mission is to build software that enables the solar industry to scale,” said Raptor’s Nikhil Vadhavkar. The company’s Series A.

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Enel Green Power Begins Operating Largest Solar Plant in Texas

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Enel Green Power has completed the 245 MW second phase of the Roadrunner solar plant, which has a total capacity of 497 MW. Roadrunner's completion increases Enel Green Power's operating portfolio to over 6 GW of renewable capacity across the U.S. and Canada.

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Plan It Native landscape conference goes virtual

Greenability Magazine

Get expert advice on landscaping with native plants, attracting pollinators to your garden and planting prairies at this year’s virtual Plan It Native conference o n September 16 – 18. Deep Roots KC and its partners will host this second annual event featuring keynote speakers: Majora Carter, urban revitalization strategy consultant, real estate developer and MacArthur Fellow and Peabody Award winning broadcaster.

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Coming Back: remembering and re-awakening our connection with earth

Fairsnape

Such an inspiring Place presentation and discussion on zoom regenerative recently. A huge thanks to all those involved. . For me an immense takeaway was the concept of place having knowledge, and landscape as a web of knowledge, and the impact, both good and bad we have, on place, on land, on culture as we build. If we are really seeking to be ecologically robust, socially just and culturally rich then we do indeed need to readjust our regenerative compass.

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Velux pledges to become 'lifetime carbon neutral' by 2041 centenary

Business Green

New 20-year partnership with WWF aims to help roof window specialist offset 100 years of carbon emissions through global reforestation and afforestation projects. Velux Group has promised to become a 'lifetime carbon neutral' firm by 2041, a commitment that will see it work with WWF to remove as much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as it has emitted through operations and power since its founding in 1941.

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Become a Treekeeper at virtual workshop

Greenability Magazine

Tap into the world of trees and learn from arborists and urban foresters about their care. The Heartland Tree Alliance Treekeepers will host a series of virtual classes beginning Thursday, September 10. The goal of TreeKeepers is to provide a corps of trained volunteers as a resource for local municipalities, school districts and neighborhood associations to lead tree planting, pruning and maintenance projects regionally.

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Farmers Business Network To Spin Out New Venture To Track Carbon Footprints Of Crops And Help Farmers Make More For Low-Carbon Ones

Forbes Green Tech

Farmers Business Network is spinning out a new sustainable farming company, GRO Network, that will track and score the carbon footprint of specific crops down to the bushel and allow farmers to make more for their crops with lower carbon footprints.

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How are progressive companies responding to the Covid-19 pandemic?

Business Green

Following discussions with more than 200 businesses on their responses to the pandemic, Hubbub's Trewin Restorick sets out the five key takeaways. Over the past four months, Hubbub has organised events with more than 200 businesses to discuss how they are responding to Covid-19. The conversations, informed by experts and public polling , have been wide-ranging, but five common themes emerged. 1.

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Is working from home good or evil?

Terra Infirma

Every morning I climb the short steep hill outside our house to Sid’s Corner Shop for a paper and some groceries. Sid’s is a survivor – at the crossroads where it stands, the three other original corner shops have long since been converted to residential properties. A bit further over, two blocks of shop facades have been bricked up and converted into (largely) student flats.

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How Did Energy Storage Perform in Its Biggest Test So Far? [GTM Squared]

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