Grist

OCTOBER 1, 2022

When dealing with the life cycle of plastic, hundreds of solutions await, from alternative bioplastics that might be able to degrade themselves through the magic of fungus, to complex chemical recycling that can break plastics down to become other petroleum products or to be rebuilt good as new.

Recycling 89

Recycling Recycling Plastics Recycled materials 89

Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

🚗 Vertical: Transportation and Energy investment declined, but remained on top. Redwood Materials received a $2bn loan from the US Department of Energy in Feb 2023. Ascend Elements received a $480m grant from the US Department of Energy in Oct 2022. 2 spot behind Energy Storage, which rose from no.2 2 to to no.1.

Building Energy Monitoring 144

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 144

Green Business Bureau

JUNE 8, 2022

The developed SYSTEMK4, the wet cleaning system which innovated the dry cleaning industry to be environmentally friendly and safe. Both plastic and hangers used by dry cleaners make their way to local landfills. Plastic and hangers . Proper replacement and disposal of plastic. Dry Cleaning Operations and Machinery.

Building Energy Monitoring 78

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Energy Monitor 78

Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

Furthermore, it says, the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has made "significant improvements" when it comes to measuring and monitoring waste, in particular within the commercial and industrial sector. WRAP now works with companies on an individual project basis to try and tackle the electrical waste mountain.

Waste 85

Waste Waste Policy Building Energy Monitoring 85

Business Green

APRIL 24, 2022

As part of our mission at Google to operate on 24/7 carbon-free energy (CFE) by 2030, we continue to prioritise internal development in sustainable operations and initiatives. Today, Google data centres are twice as energy efficient as the typical data centre. We practice what we preach, and aim to empower our customers to do the same.

Business Energy Monitoring 69

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Carbon-neutral 69

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Conversely, a company operating with strategic CSR would evaluate its processes as a whole and consider how its energy sourcing impacts its operations. the environment, and society, and adopt the renewable energy source that provides the greatest benefit to their company and society. Ready to get started on strategic CSR?

Business Energy Monitoring 88

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Ethics 88

Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

Furthermore, it says, the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has made "significant improvements" when it comes to measuring and monitoring waste, in particular within the commercial and industrial sector. WRAP now works with companies on an individual project basis to try and tackle the electrical waste mountain.

Waste 54

Waste Waste Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 54

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. and globally by 2040. LinkedIn | Personal website.

Sustainability 520

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 520

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Utilize renewable energy in production and service facilities ( SDG 7 : Affordable and Clean Energy). Use energy efficient lighting. Use energy efficient lighting. Reduce the volume of packaging materials and invest in eco-friendly packaging. Ensure all supplies are sustainably sourced and certified.

Business Energy Monitoring 130

Business Energy Monitoring Ethics Waste Waste 130

Green Tech Challenge

MAY 3, 2019

Every year, an additional 8 million tonnes of plastic is deposited into the ocean. This calls for consumer behaviour change, impact innovation in the business sector, policy change and law enforcement by governments. Innovators have been coming up with substitutes for plastic products.

Energy Monitor 65

Energy Monitor Waste Waste Plastics 65

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2023

Entrants in the final furlong include an on-demand clothing manufacturing technology that eliminates 20 billion unsold garments each year, 100% compostable protective packaging that replaces single use plastic, and an Oxford University spin-out that changes the way valuable metallic resources are mined, refined, recycled, and processed.

Innovation 130

Innovation Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 130

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Sustainable Packaging: Customers Expect It. One of the biggest culprits of plastic and styrofoam pollution in the world is the packaging materials that companies use in shipping their products. Businesses need to become more sustainable and shift to more eco friendly packaging. Sustainable Packaging Materials.

Biodegradable 146

Biodegradable Packaging Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability 146

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

From electronic displays made from fish scales to sanitary products made from banana fibers, these inspiring innovations can capture human imagination and evoke an aspirational future free of toxins and litter, amongst other environmental improvements. . Turning mycelium into packaging that’s 'compatible with the planet'.

Technology 544

Technology Building Energy Monitoring Packaging Carbon-negative 544

Low Impact

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Small-scale growers, selling via farmer-focussed supply chains, are better able to deliver public goods due better calibrated supply and demand and to customer understanding of issues such as seasonality, waste and packaging avoidance and trade-offs between crop damage and agrochemical use.

Building Energy Monitoring 74

Building Energy Monitoring Agriculture Energy Monitor Soil 74

Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2021

The public market offering and the capital gained during the process will be crucial for AeroFarms to reach the next level of its growth and to achieve several strategic expansions, including improving operational and energy efficiency, adding into new products (right now it's focusing on berries), and maintaining its social impact. "We

Building Energy Monitoring 61

Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 61

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

With some creativity and innovation, this waste might be utilized elsewhere and repurposed. This has benefitted both industries by increasing profits, cutting energy usage, reducing GHG emissions and reducing waste. Processed residuals from those materials and left-overs are often treated as valueless waste and disposed of.

Waste 140

Waste Waste Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 140

Business Green

JUNE 1, 2020

In addition, investments in industries and projects such as building renovation, offshore wind, electric vehicles, environmental improvements and low carbon industrial clusters have the potential to bring investment and job creation across multiple regions of the UK. Philip Law, Director General, British Plastics Federation.

Resilience 53

Resilience Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 53

Climate Tech VC

JUNE 30, 2023

🚗 Vertical: Funding to Transport, Energy, and Food—the “Big Three” verticals—each dropped by ~50% compared to the prior year. Variations by vertical The overall funding drop owes largely to the “Big Three”: Transportation, Energy, and Food & Land Use. TPG Rise Climate.

Building Energy Monitoring 52

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Transportation Solar Energy Monitor 52

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Eco friendly retail packaging guide. In this Green Business Bureau eco friendly retail packaging guide, we explore sustainable packaging solutions for 6 of the most common types of packaging materials used. Retail packaging defined: The impact of packaging waste and the rise of the ethical consumer.

Packaging 78

Packaging Retail Innovation Sustainability 78

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

But it's vital we don't lose sight of long-term climate and energy challenges and the vital sustainability targets that must solve them. Drax engineers at work within the UK's biggest renewable power plant | Credit: Drax. Biomass wood pellet storage dome and conveyor system, Drax Power Station, North Yorkshire | Credit: Drax.

Innovation 100

Innovation Carbon-negative Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 100

Green Business Bureau

JUNE 8, 2021

It will attract more customers and employees, gain their trust and loyalty, cut your energy costs, preserve resources and reduce waste. Wasting energy and resources that lead to scarcity and hurt the bottom line. There are dozens of green initiatives related to land, water, energy, equipment and chemicals.

Solar Energy Monitor 148

Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Sustainability 148

Elemental Excelerator

AUGUST 5, 2020

Led by our Directors of Innovation, and in collaboration with our ecosystem of industry and community partners, we’ve been diligently working to select the most impactful companies from the nearly 800 applicants we received for the second year in a row. So, who applied to be a part of Cohort 9? Danielle J.

Building Energy Monitoring 104

Building Energy Monitoring Startups Agriculture Business Energy Monitoring 104

Elemental Excelerator

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

We will switch to electric vehicles in huge numbers. We will bear witness as the massive climate-action energy gathering strength in city halls, schools, and boardrooms turns kinetic and steers markets away from extraction and toward life-sustaining systems. WeaveGrid enables widescale electric vehicle adoption on the grid.

Energy Monitor 95

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Waste 95

Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Retail business sustainability trend #1: Rising fossil fuel prices call for energy-efficient retail. The average price of fossil fuel energy – oil, natural gas, and coal – has increased since 1976 , with a very recent surge in gasoline prices hitting record highs in 2022. ” – Target CEO Brian Cornell.

Retail 78

Retail Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring 78

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. and globally by 2040.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 28

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

From electronic displays made from fish scales to sanitary products made from banana fibers, these inspiring innovations can capture human imagination and evoke an aspirational future free of toxins and litter, amongst other environmental improvements. But these materials do more than strike awe and inspiration.

Technology 28

Technology Packaging Building Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 28

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Each business has the power to create solutions and drive sustainable change. Plus 91% of banks monitor the ESG performance of investments. Lego switched up their strategy to create their core products and packaging from sustainable materials, such as leaves and sugarcane. ” – Barack Obama , Globalo.

Business Energy Monitoring 158

Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Carbon-negative Climate change 158

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 5, 2022

Related: NAWA reveals hybrid electric motorcycle at CES 2020 An Italian motorcycle family business Milan -based GPR Exhaust System was founded in 1968, so they been around for more than 50 years. They have an extremely onerous energy consumption and negative environmental impact,” Orlandi said. A single event is not enough.”

Recycling 28

Recycling Recycling Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 28

AGreenLiving

MARCH 25, 2021

Food retail responded with accelerated innovation in parts of the business including online shopping and grocery delivery , the check-out process and product offerings. But the industry has been notoriously slow to innovate in response to other sustainability trends that affect its business. still has not moved to do so.

Retail 28

Retail Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Waste 28

Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

In addition, 74 per cent of the poor are directly affected by land degradation globally and over 80 per cent of the human diet is provided by plants, with just three cereal crops - rice, maize and wheat - providing 60 per cent of humanity's energy intake. There is a public expectation now that companies are doing the right thing.

Biodiversity 82

Biodiversity Climate change Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability 82

GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2020

Inside Eastman’s moonshot goal for endlessly circular plastics. But something extraordinary is going on at this Eastman chemical plant: two breakthrough processes to turn waste plastics of all kinds back into new plastics, continuously, with no loss of quality. Joel Makower. Mon, 05/11/2020 - 00:44.

Plastics 544

Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 544

GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Clean energy for Native American communities. Our honorees for 2021 are intrepid startup founders, tenacious corporate innovators and determined public servants. Today, Barudin works on state clean energy policy, collaborating closely with tribal leaders to ensure community buy-in and outcomes that are equitable. Sarah Golden.

Building Energy Monitoring 528

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 528

Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 9, 2021

And that will be even more true tomorrow, because while the challenges are daunting the opportunities for innovation are immense. For Cohort 10, we’re looking for 15-20 startups from anywhere in the world focused on addressing key challenges in energy, mobility, agriculture, water, or the circular economy.

Business Energy Monitoring 52

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Agriculture 52

Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

VERGE Energy Conference (VERGE 20) will take place on October 26-30, 2020. This online event can be attended from anywhere, The central theme at VERGE 20 will focus on how energy systems can be decarbonized, decentralized, digitized and democratized.

Building Energy Monitoring 52

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 52

Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

From plastics to fashion, the US chemicals giant is innovating in pursuit of a new approach for managing the world's most ubiquitous materials. The company claims this enables waste plastics to be recycled an infinite number of times without degradation of quality.

Plastics 41

Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 41

Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Its climate mitigation efforts have included converting to natural gas for electricity generation, investing in electric vehicle infrastructure, introducing an economy-wide carbon tax, and controlling the vehicle population just as it invests in growing its public and shared transport networks.

Carbon 16

Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 16

AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

Clean energy for Native American communities. Our honorees for 2021 are intrepid startup founders, tenacious corporate innovators and determined public servants. ” Today, Barudin works on state clean energy policy, collaborating closely with tribal leaders to ensure community buy-in and outcomes that are equitable.

Business Energy Monitoring 36

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 36