GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
With companies’ environmental, social and governance initiatives largely focused on mitigation and adaptation, the lines are blurring between corporate sustainability and philanthropy.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
The Lowry Hotel in Manchester is among the first in the UK to sign up to a new toiletries recycling scheme. Clean the World, a global leader in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and sustainability, recycles discarded soap and empty toiletry bottles from hotel rooms and distribute them to those in need, preventing millions of hygiene-related illnesses and deaths every year.
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GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Global emissions have soared by two-thirds in the three decades since international climate talks began. To make the reductions required, what’s needed is a new approach that creates incentives for leading countries and industries to spark transformative technological revolutions.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
The “Innovation Wagon” at a previous OWL Roadshow. An initiative with a brief to help drive up safety and compliance standards in the transport sector (including in relation to air quality and emissions from vehicles) is returning to Scotland in March. The OWL (Optimised Waste & Logistics) Roadshow is offering “a thought-provoking programme” that the organisers say delivers practical solutions for the air quality crisis, as well as new intelligence about electric RCV
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.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Career coach and social impact expert Elissa Goldenberg shares how to create a culture in which all employees — and your mission — thrive.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Appointments of new COP26 President and Environment Secretary triggers renewed efforts to demonstrate the benefits of biogas for decarbonising the UK and global economies. Anaerobic digestion and biogas can deliver a 6% reduction in UK annual greenhouse gas emissions within the next decade, 30% of the UK’s legally binding carbon budget for 2030. The industry can also help reduce the carbon footprint of hard-to-decarbonise sectors such as heat, transport, waste management and agriculture.
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GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Steelcase's Kim Dabbs outlines four cultural elements to help employees approach every decision with an ESG mindset, so your company can move toward deeper understanding and higher engagement with everyone — not just senior leaders. From GreenBiz 20.
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
If you’ve ever wanted to start composting at home but got put off by the hassle and the smell, the Sepura could be the sustainable solution you’ve been looking for.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Cargill's Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of Business Operations & Supply Chain, Ruth Kimmelshue, discusses the integration of sustainability and supply chain at one of the largest agricultural companies in the world.
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
The bike helps people travel easier and reduces air pollution.
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.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Deon Stander and Kate Daly discuss the ways in which traceability and tracking can forge more circular supply chains, exploring real world applications and unpacking unintended consequences. From GreenBiz 20.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Virtual Trial Hole Assistant (VTA) provides information about current and planned streetworks across the UK, along with data in relation to things like lane rental scheme networks, and Section 58 restrictions. Utility service provider Morrison Utility Services (MUS) is undertaking a 12-month trial of Virtual Trial Hole Assistant (VTA), a software tool that the firm believes could revolutionise the process of planning and executing underground excavation work, and which was recently recognised wi
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
The conversation on corporate activism on climate policy is finally getting going. And there's a surprisingly rich toolkit.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Manmade chemicals at levels below the toxic threshold for marine animals are now linked to a rise in the number of porpoises killed by disease. Europe banned polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in 1987 because of their believed toxicity to people and wildlife. These chemicals have a history of use in electrical equipment, coatings and paints. But the chemicals, often still found in electrical products and likely to be in landfills, still enter the environment and foodchain carried in water.
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.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Adidas climbed five places to claim the top spot in 2020's sustainable cotton rankings, but a third of the firms scored zero.
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Critics warn that Amazon is still heavily invested in fossil fuels and thus cannot be a bona fide climate champion.
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Google parent company Alphabet has dropped its support for Makani Power, the highest-profile airborne wind energy company, raising questions about the sector's future. GTM confirmed that other airborne wind energy (AWE) hopefuls, such as Ampyx Power and Kitenergy, are pressing ahead with technology tests despite Alphabet's decision. But the fact that even Alphabet, with its deep pockets, could not get AWE to fly raises doubts over the viability of the technology amid ongoing cost decline
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
There's a growing international trends to shrink the carbon footprints of major sporting events.
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?
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Over the past decade, Utilidata has been taking the energy-saving technology known as conservation voltage reduction deeper and deeper into the power grid, with an unusual combination of real-time power flow modeling and real-time grid controls that has allowed greater visibility and insight into the edges of distribution networks. Now the company is starting to apply its technology to what’s expected to be utilities’ biggest challenge over the coming decade: integrating rooftop sola
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Specialist consultancy FM BioEnergy is running a series of silage training days in March, in conjunction with operators in the AD sphere. Calling all on-farm AD operators! Does your clamp suffer from excessive losses, run-off or mould? Are your biogas yields lower than expected? If you answered ‘yes’ to the above questions, or just want to improve your AD operation, then a series of free-to-attend silage training days – including a half-day site visit to a local AD plant – could help you get the
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
The U.K. government is looking to get a leg up on its European rivals with a flurry of new funding for hydrogen projects, including one linked to an Ørsted offshore wind farm. As part of a £90 million ($116 million) funding round announced this week for early-stage low-carbon projects, £28 million was allocated to five hydrogen supply demos.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Severn Trent says its Farm to Tap scheme, which aims to mitigate the impact of pesticide run off on water quality, has seen its most successful year to date, with no metaldehyde water quality failures at its treatment works. Laura Flower, Severn Trent catchment management scientist, offered insight into why this might be, as it goes against what one might expect given the high levels of rainfall over the winter.
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
In a new Greentech Media series, we’re asking people with jobs in cleantech — from installing solar panels, to permitting wind projects, to promoting building energy efficiency software — to tell us what they really do all day. What do strategic innovation professionals at utilities do? As large utilities evolve and modernize, a new type of professional is emerging to oversee the transition.
Charged
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Scandinavian transport operator Nobina, which services Malmo, Sweden, has ordered 60 of Volvo’s 7900 Electric Articulated electric buses. Propelled by dual electric motors with a two-speed transmission, the buses have a maximum power output of 400 kW and maximum torque of 31 kN-m at the driven axle, with battery capacity have up to 396 kWh of storage capacity.
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
For the first time, artificial-intelligence experts have created a place to collaborate, Climate Change AI. Some are mining the massive data of remotely-sensed emissions streams. Some are accelerating materials discovery for solar fuels by combining machine learning and physics to figure out a proposed material’s crystal structure. Some are using system optimization to consolidate freight and route it more efficiently.
Sunrun
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
How Batteries and Generators Stack up Blackouts are becoming more common across the country1. As people face an increased risk of power loss, it becomes important for consumers who want to take control of their own energy2 to include a home solar battery in a plan to go solar. A solar home battery system, such as Brightbox by Sunrun, avoids many of the pitfalls of traditional portable backup generators.
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
NEW YORK — Big power plant developers are increasingly convinced they should be investing in battery projects in the United States. The challenge is finding investments that will pay off. After years of promise, energy storage is finally on the cusp of blossoming into a multi-gigawatt annual market in the U.S. But the industry’s rapid takeoff means there may not be a “honeymoon period” for investors, like there was in the earlier days of wind and solar, developers say.
Solar Power World
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
The 10th annual National Solar Jobs Census was released today by The Solar Foundation, and it shows the U.S. solar industry increased employment 2.3% since 2018, employing nearly 250,000 workers in 2019. The Solar Foundation, a nonprofit educational and research organization, issues the National Solar Jobs Census each year to provide comprehensive and reliable data on… The post National Solar Jobs Census: Solar employment up 2.3% after two years of losses appeared first on Solar Power Worl
Charged
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Yamaha Motor has begun accepting orders for a high-performance electric motor prototype capable of producing high power density for EVs. The company says the compact unit generates up to 200 kW thanks to a high-efficiency segment conductor and advanced casting and processing technologies. Yamaha says the goal of the project is to deepen its knowledge of evolving market needs by adapting the motor to the requirements of individual customers.
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 19 – Asset allocators inside pension funds, endowments, foundations and sovereign funds overwhelmingly select white and male-owned firms to manage their money. Women and minority-owned firms manage just 1.3% of the industry’s $69.1 trillion in assets. That homogeneity may be crimping returns, with data suggesting outperformance by gender and racially diverse teams, and.
Green Business Bureau
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Freshorize was founded in 2002 by self-made-entrepreneur Aziz Patel. No stranger to long haul flights, Aziz recalls one flight in particular where he experienced unpleasant odors from the on-board lavatories. This incident was the catalyst for Aziz to find a solution to this all too common problem. A few months later, the concept of combining hand wash and air freshener into one bottle was born.
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
One of the first acts of new Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf when he joined the bank last October was to sign onto the new Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation promoted by the Business Roundtable. A few months earlier, more than 180 CEOs had declared a new era in which they would pay. The post Wells Fargo’s move to block shareholder vote undermines ‘stakeholder’ commitments appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
altenergymag
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
This report represents modest growth in the solar job market, which contracted in 2017 due to the looming threat of the tariffs and again in 2018 during the first year of the tariffs. In 2019, tariffs continued to be a drag on jobs, preventing us from seeing the kind of growth we expected.
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