GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Funding tree planting in rural areas across the globe was an easy way for businesses to invest in green initiatives and to win points with the general public. . That’s one reason investing in urban forestry isn’t as simple; nor does it have the same sustainability impacts. But urban forestry has a different history.

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Green Roof Technology

MAY 27, 2021

An increasingly number of stormwater professionals recognize that Green Roofs are an excellent, the least expensive and most natural stormwater management tool with many added values for the environment we live in. Today’s trend moves away from insulating purposes (because that was wrong in the first place) to stormwater management.

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Green Roof Technology

MARCH 17, 2020

An increasingly number of stormwater professionals recognize that Green Roofs are an excellent, the least expensive and most natural stormwater management tool with many added values for the environment we live in. Today’s trend moves away from insulating purposes (because that was wrong in the first place) to stormwater management.

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Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 7, 2022

Think of us as a nonprofit VC: First the investor part: We invest $300,000 (for growth strategy development) or $600,000 (for project deployment) to companies across six systems – water, food and agriculture, nature-based solutions, energy, mobility, and the circular economy. Optimize stormwater and flood management. Zero Carbon.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MARCH 23, 2021

This individual will develop, design, and implement green stormwater infrastructure projects that prioritize vegetative practices and community benefit while being functional, constructable and maintainable. Greenprint is an environmental consulting and project development firm exclusively dedicated to green stormwater infrastructure.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Utilities have now submitted to Ofwat their plans for the 2020-2025 price review, and the regulator is pushing for a step change in performance and investment – the value and cost efficiencies needed might be better achieved going directly to water technology companies for some solutions.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

In most cases, the oil is transported by water — it mixes with stormwater drainage systems, streams, rivers, lakes, and groundwater reservoirs and ultimately gets carried to the sea. His broadest request, however, is that governments invest in more research — and not just after high-profile oil spills.

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Grist

JULY 18, 2019

In addition to passing legislation to reduce emissions, cities can invest in infrastructure to avert future weather-related disasters. After Hurricane Sandy, Hoboken, New Jersey, rebuilt with future storms in mind — replacing concrete with spongy surfaces and installing a 200,000-gallon stormwater tank under one of the city’s big parks.

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Business Green

JANUARY 27, 2023

That's a mere drop in the bucket compared with the $27bn invested in climate tech in the first half of 2022 alone. Tech companies Amazon , Google , and Meta - which aspire to become "water positive", regenerating sources from which they use water - are investing in reducing water consumption at their thirsty data centers.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 10, 2020

As California policymakers strengthen the state’s climate and clean energy targets, billions of dollars are being invested to transition to zero-emission cargo-handling equipment at major ports. The Port of Long Beach will invest up to $15 billion to transition zero-emission cargo-handling equipment by 2030, Houston said.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2022

The 2022 showcase companies have developed ground-breaking solutions in areas such as stormwater management, water reuse, sanitation, smart water and circular economy, all aligning with the BlueTech Forum 2022 theme – radical collaboration for regeneration.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

miles of the eastern Tamiami Trail with features to further improve water conveyance, roadway safety, and stormwater treatment,” according to an official statement. Everybody from the Florida panther to the alligator to the Midwestern tourist will benefit from this investment in the Everglades ecosystem.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Your business may be entitled to this nonrefundable credit for investments in new alternative fuels, vehicle refueling property, or electric vehicle recharging property for tax years beginning on or after January 1st 2013. Green Investment Tax Credit. Energy Efficiency : Using less energy for water quality projects.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The planned investment promotes the creation of urban ecosystems, where buildings integrated with their surroundings and the city contribute to raising the living standards of all inhabitants and actively support the struggle with challenges arising from climate change. FAAB Architektura Images via FAAB Architektura.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

Even in an urban setting, green infrastructure is vital to cool our cities, manage stormwater, and deliver air quality benefits. It follows therefore, that the National Infrastructure Bank must include in its operating mandate nature-based solutions and nature restoration as investment priorities.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 30, 2020

Additional sustainable features include the complex’s partial earth sheltering for temperature regulation, porous paving, EV charging stations, daylight sensors and stormwater swales. City Halls have evolved into being much more than places representing civic gravitas,” noted Mike Jobes, design principal for the project.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Think of inspiring examples across the globe, such as Philadelphia's Green City, Clean Waters stormwater management plan and Seoul's Cheonggyecheon Stream. These ideas need to be communicated properly and brought into the mainstream so the public gets behind them. We need a paradigm shift in how we think about landscape.

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Elemental Excelerator

DECEMBER 1, 2022

What do year-over-year trends within our key investment sectors tell us about the future of climate tech? Touching on everything from freshwater and stormwater management to flooding, companies focused on water access jumped 8% compared to 2019. Sector Trends and Future Predictions. We asked our Directors of Innovation to weigh in.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Pharmaceuticals As one of the largest contributors of micropollutants, the pharmaceutical industry has the potential to play a significant role in tackling micropollutant contamination; increased investment in research, broader adoption of advanced treatment technologies, and collaboration are crucial.

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Unsustainable

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

In 2017 the city of Miami Beach dove into the second stage of its $400- to $500-million investment project, (which began in 2013), to raise roads and install pumps in response to annually rising sea-levels. inches of runoff water, according to the project specs from the Florida Stormwater Associations 2018 Winter Conference.

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Front And Centered

MAY 17, 2019

Additionally, the strengthened tax builds investments in spending accounts for operations, capital, and stormwater prevention and cleanup of toxic pollution of sites, explicitly allowing use of funds for affordable housing sites developments. One percent of this goes to community participation grants.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 30, 2021

Although COVID-19 has paused some of these activities, the organization sees this multifaceted support as an investment in a local workforce that will then have the knowledge and skills to continue the important work of tree-planting for building healthier communities. “There’s no asset value to the trees; only an expense item.”

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Funding tree planting in rural areas across the globe was an easy way for businesses to invest in green initiatives and to win points with the general public. That’s one reason investing in urban forestry isn’t as simple; nor does it have the same sustainability impacts. But urban forestry has a different history.

Health 28

Health Carbon Stormwater Logging 28

Front And Centered

DECEMBER 12, 2023

They also require jurisdictions to create new anti-displacement policies, especially ones that preserve historical and cultural communities and invest in low-income housing. Currently, the Washington State Department of Commerce is granting out $55.5

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Charged

OCTOBER 20, 2020

billion investment in Factory ZERO, the largest single investment in a plant in company history, will position the facility to build EVs at mass-market scale. GM says its planned $2.2-billion The renovated plant will have the same capacity as before—up to 270,000 vehicles per year. acre wildlife habitat.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2021

More real estate owners, operators, developers and investment firms see the appeal of future-proofing properties from climate shocks such as floods and fires; from market shocks such as high prices for scarce fossil fuels; and from policy shocks such as any future laws requiring climate disclosures or that tax or penalize greenhouse gas emissions.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MARCH 16, 2021

Fort Collins directly provides a full slate of municipal services, including operating its own electric, water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities. The City Manager has overall responsibility for all other City employees.

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Varuna

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

This past week (Jan 2020) a slew of climate change investment redirection announcements last week from Microsoft , Union Square Ventures and fifty wall ventures (both VC firms) and Blackrock (the second time Larry Fink has emphasized this shift in the hedge fund’s focus). drinking water, wastewater, stormwater and greywater?—?as

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 4, 2021

Almost 9 million people now live in the capital, so significant investment has been made in the city’s wastewater infrastructure in recent decades. In the UK, the decline of manufacturing, coupled with investments and improvements in wastewater treatment systems have contributed to an overall improvement in Thames river water quality.

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Grist

MARCH 29, 2023

Cracks in aging and poorly maintained pipes are being inundated , leaving plumbing unable to carry away stormwater and waste. Bluffton is in the process of phasing out septic systems and constructing a community sewer system — a major investment that requires building sewer lines and hook-ups to each home. Pavement is degrading faster.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

VC investment in climate tech is growing five times faster than overall VC, with a $60 billion increase in funding over the last seven years. Women founders generate more than twice as much per dollar invested than their male counterparts, exit one year earlier, staff up with 2.5 Finance & Investing. Innovation. Social Justice.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 5, 2020

We love investing at these meaningful, and highly dynamic, moments in a company’s growth cycle because they are where the ideal becomes real,” says CEO Dawn Lippert. “These are technologies that are primed for deployment and growth. However, water operators have little awareness of what will fail or when it will happen.

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Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 9, 2021

While we are not targeting specific technologies, we do have themes that shape our investments in each sector, and that evolve in relationship to the market, our growing portfolio, and the pressing needs of the communities in which we work. Stormwater management and flood resiliency solutions. Digital and financial solutions.

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EDF + Business

MARCH 1, 2021

Long inspired by the possibilities of sustainability-first consciousness provide, she was an Impact Analyst for four years at Sonen Capital, an investment firm that prioritizes socio-environmental outcomes in conjunction with financial returns. Mentoring EDF fellows every summer is fun and fulfilling for him.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

oil and gas company such as ExxonMobil or Chevron, it has established solid credentials and pitched itself as a mature investment. By the end of 2018, the university’s investment had dropped to $357,000, Yale Daily News reported. Although Antero might not have the name recognition of a major U.S.

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Waste Waste Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 121

Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

With dam failures and overflows from combined sewer and stormwater systems common, there’s more work to do. Many Midwest cities collect stormwater and sewage in pipes that can’t handle the volume of rain coursing through. A Connecticut law empowers cities to create their own stormwater management plans. Some go even further.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

She became intrigued by her clients’ requests for investments with a triple bottom line — and the very notion that profitability and impact needn’t be mutually exclusive. . When a Nigerian venture capitalist told Liswani it didn't make sense to invest in women, it spurred her on even more. It’s not like being an astronaut," he says.

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