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3 keys to attracting investors that support your green startup

GreenBiz

If you want to have a big impact on the world, the key is scaling your startup. And this is where you must create synergies with traditional investors on the profitability of purpose.

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Supply Chain Sustainability: Your 20-Tip Guide to Creating A Sustainable Supply Chain

Green Business Bureau

Supply chain sustainability is crucial for creating a green business. Supply chain sustainability refers to a company’s efforts to consider the environmental and human impact of their product’s journey, beginning with the sourcing of raw materials to the storage and delivery of goods, and ending with product disposal, including every transportation link in-between.

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‘FutureFi’: Crypto is transforming the green finance universe

GreenBiz

Core promises of crypto, such as credible data, open platforms and democratization, are qualities that lend themselves particularly to green finance.

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Benefits of An Online Green Business Certification

Green Business Bureau

Green Business Certification Benefits: Is My Business Ready. Green business certifications, also known as “sustainable business certifications”, are valuable programs that many benefits. A green certification can help companies demonstrate their sustainable operations, products, services and practices to employees, customers, partners and investors.

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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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All-time record level recorded for fire likelihood index

Envirotec Magazine

Fire brigade and military personnel gather on Salisbury Plain on 7 July 2022 (image credit: Starsphinx / Shutterstock.com). A combination of record temperatures and dry weather in the UK this summer are causing “exceptionally high” levels of danger from extreme wildfires, according to the network of academics who operate the UK Fire Danger Rating System.

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Sol-Ark 15K Hybrid Inverter On CEC List

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Many Sol-Ark installers have been closely following the progress of this new 15K inverter, and making the CEC list was one of the final steps they’ve all been looking for before greatly increasing their number of installs. The 15K has a 200A 5ms transfer switch built in, so this will be a very useful and fitting option for most homes.

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Sport Industry Sustainability: 5 Simple Steps to Kick-Start Your Sustainability Program

Green Business Bureau

Sustainability in the Sport Industry. If you’re in the sports business, then it’s time to become more eco-friendly and implement a robust strategy for sports industry sustainability. To give you some perspective on the importance of sustainability in the sports industry we consider the carbon footprint of the 2010 South Africa World Cup, the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, and the 2016 Rio Olympics together.

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Start-up providing sustainable Omega-3 secures £2.3m funding

Envirotec Magazine

Edinburgh-based biotechnology start-up MiAlgae has secured further investment of £2.3m to help drive the next stage of its growth journey. Established in 2016, the firm says it has created a solution to producing a sustainable source of Omega-3 for animal and human consumption – something which is currently produced by extracting the oil from billions of wild caught fish.

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Introducing SolarEdge Home in North America: A Complete DC-Optimized Smart Energy Ecosystem

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New solution puts homeowners in control of their energy and creates new business opportunities for solar installers, including home battery backup and EV charging

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How biodiversity loss could cause bankruptcy in some countries

GreenBiz

Economists at the University of Cambridge have developed what they say are the world’s first biodiversity-adjusted sovereign credit ratings.

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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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“More emissions than coal:” Pressure mounts to rule out forest biomass

Renew Economy

Pressure mounts on Labor to rule out the use of native forest biomass for renewable energy generation, just as it gains popularity as a replacement for coal. The post “More emissions than coal:” Pressure mounts to rule out forest biomass appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Next UK prime minister must ban microplastics, says drainage group

Envirotec Magazine

The UK’s next prime minister should ban manufacturers from intentionally adding microplastics to consumer or professional use products, according to a new environmental campaign from the drainage experts at Lanes Group plc. The new advocacy campaign, named Microplastics Out of Our Drains (MOOD) , is calling for industry and government to come together to take decisive action to tackle the serious threat that microplastics pose to our drains, oceans, environment and overall health.

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Percepto Autonomous Drones to Monitor One of the World’s Largest Hydro-Floating Solar Farms

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Powered by AI, Percepto’s drone platform will detect issues before they become larger problems to improve efficiency, minimize repairs and ensure greater worker safety

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The State of Climate Tech Funding

GreenBiz

Innovation and startups have a critical role to play in creating the climate future we want, especially in the face of lagging policies and yet-to-be-realized market demand. What is the current state of climate tech funding, and what does this mean for the state of startups and investors over the next 12-18 months?

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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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Creating Sustainable Green Spaces in Urban Environments

Green Living Guy

Global warming has driven an influx of extreme weather events and prompted city governments worldwide to seek sustainable solutions for greater climate resilience and public safety measures. Currently, 78% of carbon emissions and harmful air particles derive from urban ecosystems, with 50% of city inhabitants facing severe health implications as a result.

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EVs and solar just the start of becoming renewable superpower, says Cannon-Brookes

Renew Economy

Mike Cannon-Brookes says decisions and cost savings made at home - on solar, EVs and electrification - key part of turning Australia into renewable superpower. The post EVs and solar just the start of becoming renewable superpower, says Cannon-Brookes appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Natural Power appoints new Global Director of Planning

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Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has appointed William Black as Global Director of Planning.

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Shareholders are critical to holding Amazon accountable on sustainability

GreenBiz

Amazon’s environmental impact extends from waste to packaging to energy and gas emissions.

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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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Switch Mobility and Chalo partner to deploy 5,000 electric buses across India

Charged

Commercial EV builder Switch Mobility has entered into a strategic collaboration with Chalo , an Indian transport technology company, for the deployment of 5,000 electric buses across India. Switch Mobility was formed from elements of bus OEMs Ashok Leyland and Optare. The company says it has put 300 EVs on the road, in both developed and developing markets.

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Guest column: The IRA offers an opportunity to rethink solar module manufacturing in America

Solar Power World

By Patrick Regan, president, Crossroads Solar The climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act open up a window on what could be. Inside that window is a model for rethinking and revolutionizing the way we manufacture solar modules in America. Crossroads Solar has demonstrated that you can build a solar module production facility from the… The post Guest column: The IRA offers an opportunity to rethink solar module manufacturing in America appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Tigo Energy Highlights Rapid Shutdown Policy and Market Dynamics at 2022 Energy Expo

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Company executive will give a presentation on the maturing of the solar industry as fire safety codes become ubiquitous worldwide.

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5 documentaries exploring Indigenous wisdom and climate justice

GreenBiz

Add these to your watch list.

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Toyota is the global leader in solid-state battery patents

Charged

It’s common for companies to espouse green policies in public, while privately pursuing opposite goals—but Toyota turns this familiar equation on its head. Other automakers tout their enthusiasm for EVs to the media, while pushing gas-guzzling EVs to their customers. Toyota’s leaders speak against EVs in public , and the company actively lobbies against government support for electrification.

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Santos windfall: Australia is swimming in subsidised gas and we’re giving it away

Renew Economy

Much of Santos' huge profit increase comes from war profiteering and exporting gas destined for the domestic market. Something must be done. The post Santos windfall: Australia is swimming in subsidised gas and we’re giving it away appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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With Major Policy Win, Solar and Storage Industry Charts Course for a U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance

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Today the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) released a roadmap with near- and long-term steps to dramatically scale America’s solar manufacturing sector now that the Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act (SEMA) has passed as part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

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US government must ensure responsible offshore wind development

GreenBiz

As the Department of Interior prepares for its first offshore wind leases, they must also work to protect the waters in which they're sited.

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Pay-as-you-go electric truck making deliveries on Rwanda’s dirt roads

Charged

At first glance, the rugged hills of Rwanda present an unlikely use case for EVs—bicycles and motorcycles are the most common vehicles, and farmers often use them to bring their produce to market. A British-Rwandan startup called OX Delivers is looking to change that, using electric trucks specially designed to negotiate dirt roads while carrying up to two tons of goods—around 20 times the capacity of a two-wheeler.

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US investment giant BlackRock in $1 billion big battery play in Australia

Renew Economy

US investment giant BlackRock plans to invest at least $1 billion in big battery projects in Australia after buying out Melbourne-based develoeopr Akaysha. The post US investment giant BlackRock in $1 billion big battery play in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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LevelTen Energy Launches MarketPulse, Delivering Data and Analytics Critical to Navigating Today's Volatile Energy Market

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LevelTen MarketPulse provides instant access to anonymized power purchase agreement (PPA) price data, as well as renewable energy project data and analytics from the industry’s largest renewable energy platform.

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Study: Major firms may be performing worse than they think against net zero goals

GreenBiz

A major new academic study sets out a new climate progress assessment framework for corporates — and they are falling short.

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Blue Bird and Lightning eMotors to offer electric retrofits for gas and propane school buses

Charged

School bus icon Blue Bird plans to offer a factory-certified electric repower program for some of its gasoline- and propane-powered school buses. The company is working with Colorado-based powertrain manufacturer Lightning eMotors to jointly develop this retrofit powertrain system. Blue Bird will launch the repower program in 2023 for gasoline- and propane-powered Blue Bird Vision Type C school buses built after September 2021.

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Tesla boosts size and rating of Megapack battery module by 50 per cent

Renew Economy

EV and battery storage giant increases size of Megapack battery modules by around 50%, indicates a long-awaited switch to lithium iron phosphate. The post Tesla boosts size and rating of Megapack battery module by 50 per cent appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Stryten Energy Applauds Investments in Energy Security and U.S. Manufacturers with the Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act

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The Inflation Reduction Act tax incentives are expected to accelerate the adoption of domestic flow battery technology to help achieve energy independence powered by sustainable sources.

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