GreenBiz

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Mon, 10/12/2020 - 01:45. A couple of years ago, desperate for fitness and community, I joined the master’s swim program at my local pool. I churned up and down the lanes a few mornings a week, and I grew faster and faster, especially on the sprints. What a great kick you have," my teammates would say. Then, a few laps in, I’d falter.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Lest I forget, another well-known commerce player, Shopify, last month picked carbon removal and carbontech as a focus for its Sustainability Fund, which commits $5 million annually to climate-tech solutions. Wed, 10/28/2020 - 01:30. It may be a little early to start writing about trends for 2021, but I’m going to do it anyway.

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Planet Pulse

JULY 23, 2020

Wendy is currently the Vice President at X, Alphabet’s moonshot factory of diverse investors and entrepreneurs aiming to improve lives through the development of breakthrough technologies. . I’m delighted to be joining the board of Planet and looking forward to supporting the team as they enter their next stage of growth and development.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 14, 2020

Marsden Hanna, head of sustainability and climate policy for the government affairs team at Google. Recommended reading: GTM : Moonshot Moment: Europe Announces Green Deal. Late last year, the European Union introduced a $1 trillion plan to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and achieve a just transition away from polluting technologies.

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Terra Infirma

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

These were much more exciting, ‘zero’ having more of a sexy moonshot-style focus than ‘43% less’ But the ‘Net’ bit started raising eyebrows amongst NGOs, as it implies that at least some of the goal could be met by offsetting. 43% (or whatever) never felt like a hill to die on.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2021

Swedish electric car innovator Polestar today announced a "moonshot goal" of creating the "world's first" truly climate neutral car by 2030. It plans to publish the first sustainability declaration for its Polestar 2 model, the firm confirmed in its annual review today.

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 17, 2022

can later be utilized as a profitable and sustainable resource in the production of fuels, chemicals, building materials, carbon farming, and other products. can later be utilized as a profitable and sustainable resource in the production of fuels, chemicals, building materials, carbon farming, and other products. Skytree ’s unique CO?

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Terra Infirma

OCTOBER 19, 2020

And when the Duke of Cambridge announced his Earthshot prize to fund a total of 50 Sustainability solutions £1m a pop, there was an implied assumption that this was all about harnessing technology – just like the ‘moonshot’ 50-60 years ago. Well, because the problem is not so much ‘what?’

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Planet Pulse

APRIL 22, 2020

Planet’s tools and technologies are powering a new generation of sustainable development and climate solutions. This blog covers our work with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Advancing Sustainable Development with Planet, Part Two explores how our work enables corporate sustainability and sustainable finance.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Partnerships and carbon free energy are key to Google's decarbonisation plans, according to the tech giant's sustainability officer Kate Brandt. Google sustainability officer Kate Brandt has outlined the tech giant's approach to what it is describing as its third decade of sustainable action.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The Planet Sustainability Summit will be convening on October 15th as part of the Explore 2020 conference. In a period of planetary crises and transformational change, the world needs to create pathways to more sustainable futures as never before. And how will we use our best tools and technologies in support of a just transition? .

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Business Green

APRIL 21, 2021

Our carbon-free goal is as ambitious as other moonshots like building a quantum computer or developing a self-driving car," he wrote I've never been more optimistic about our collective ability - as governments, companies and individuals — to come together and chart a more sustainable path forward for our planet.". "Our

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Polestar already displays the CO2e footprint and traced risk materials of the launch version of the Polestar 2, but from today the product sustainability declaration for the latest versions of the car has been updated, in a bid to make it "easy and intuitive for consumers to consider the climate impact" of the cars they buy, the firm said.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2022

This year's international impact challenge follows Google.org's European-focused Impact Challenge on Climate in 2020, and a $6m Google.org Sustainability Seed Fund that the philanthropic arm launched earlier this year for the Asia-Pacific region. A $30m Impact Challenge on Climate Innovation has this week been launched by Google.org.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

But shifting to round-the-clock carbon-free energy will be “our biggest sustainability moonshot yet, with enormous practical and technical complexity,” Pichai wrote. Europe and Chile. “We are the first major company that's set out to do this, and we aim to be the first to achieve it.

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CleanTech San Diego

APRIL 19, 2021

Getting to a net zero future is the moonshot challenge of our era and one that the SDG&E team fully embraces,” said SDG&E Chief Executive Officer Caroline Winn. These projects illustrate some of the concrete steps SDG&E is taking to deliver on its sustainability commitments.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The actions we take now will determine how the world looks as we pass major sustainability milestones - in 2030 and 2050. Yet our current leadership model is not sufficiently producing this kind of action for a sustainable future, calling to redefine what good leadership looks like. One dimension is "Acting - Driving Change".

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 23, 2023

Moonshot Compost partnered with Baylor University to divert food waste in Waco, Texas. C2V Initiative Year 1 participant Air Company is partnering with airline Air Canada to develop sustainable aviation fuels. Learn about how you can take action with our members or apply for startup membership ! SnoFox Sciences closed a $4.5M

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The backstory: This is good news from a sustainability perspective, because both companies provide additional sales channels for producers that practice organic and regenerative agriculture. It’s also a problem for sustainability. It’s also a problem for sustainability. Let’s drive straight in.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The sustainability year 2020 in review, in haiku Sue Lebeck Tue, 12/29/2020 – 01:00 Editor’s note: Back by popular demand, smart cities consultant Sue Lebeck provides GreenBiz highlights from the past year in verse. At Circularity, Plastics gets Serious Pacts and moonshots are aiming to contain plastics’ value forever.

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Grist

JULY 10, 2021

T his story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Lake Mead, which provides water for 25 million people in the American West, has shrunk to 36 percent of its capacity. One rural California community has run out of water entirely after its well broke in early June.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Nigel Topping and Gonzalo Munoz, UNFCCC High Level Champions for Global Climate Action, and Kieran Coleman also of the COP26 HLC, explain why a green hydrogen 'moonshot' could accelerate net zero. In the past two years, confidence has grown that existing decarbonisation solutions can cost-effectively enable a net zero global economy by 2050.

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Business Green

MARCH 13, 2020

Much of the fuss related to sustainable food systems is focused on land-centric technology solutions. For the past three years, X, the "moonshot factory" at Alphabet, has been consulting fish farmers around the world in preparation for its latest venture called Tidal. The next horizon, however, may lie offshore. This is not easy stuff.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2020

The report - titled Principles for a low-carbon, sustainable and net-zero aligned economic recovery post COVID-19 - suggests five key government interventions aimed at harnessing growing political, business, and consumer will to tackle the climate emergency, as well as a raft of specific policy recommendations. The consensus keeps building.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Lest I forget, another well-known commerce player, Shopify, last month picked carbon removal and carbontech as a focus for its Sustainability Fund, which commits $5m annually to climate-tech solutions. It may be a little early to start writing about trends for 2021, but I'm going to do it anyway. What's on my mind?

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2020

European Commission unveils flurry of major policy plans as it seeks to help deliver on 2050 net zero goal, but green groups warn bolder action is still required. As such, Frans Timmermans, Commission Executive Vice-President for a European Green Deal, said upgrading homes and buildings formed a crucial pillar of the EU's 2050 net zero aspirations.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Companies accelerated the route to sustainable mobility. Sustainable fashion became material. In 2020, several new developments help put sustainability in fashion. Joel Makower. Mon, 12/28/2020 - 02:11. It was a very long year. But it was much, much longer than that. Remember 2019? Neither do I. What would you add to the list?

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Aquaculture becomes a net-positive Heather Clancy Mon, 02/22/2021 – 00:15 This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021. You can download the entire report here. In 2018, the last year for which figures were available, worldwide aquaculture production reached an all-time high of 114.5

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The top 2020 trends in sustainability, according to GreenBiz readers. At GreenBiz, we’ve been reporting on the world of sustainable business for over two decades, but this year has been unlike any other. We named eight of the biggest players in the space so sustainability professionals know what and who to watch out for.

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Grist

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Now private investors are pouring money into startups and moonshot projects — in the hope of making money while also helping to curb rising global temperatures. Meatless burgers and fruits and vegetables enriched with captured carbon. “That question is fading, because there are more tangible examples.” Last year, the U.N.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

So Gates seeks to rally people behind wiping out the "green premium," the high cost of sustainable products and services over polluting ones. When you’re one of the world’s richest people, it’s hard not to make a global impact. It's going to take significant investment and bold innovation," he told the GreenBiz virtual crowd. "So

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 12, 2020

To keep going during these difficult times, remember to float Chris Gaither Mon, 10/12/2020 – 01:45 A couple of years ago, desperate for fitness and community, I joined the master’s swim program at my local pool. I churned up and down the lanes a few mornings a week, and I grew faster and faster, especially on the sprints. She yelled louder.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Lest I forget, another well-known commerce player, Shopify, last month picked carbon removal and carbontech as a focus for its Sustainability Fund, which commits $5 million annually to climate-tech solutions. What’s on my mind? Carbontech, a category of climate tech I’d love to see break through next year. We’re proud to be part of it.”

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Apple's big-ticket sustainability goals released this year for 2030 include becoming carbon-neutral and achieving a net-zero impact in all operations. Coming from one of Fortune's "most powerful women in business " at one of the world's largest companies, she has views that could have a long-term global impact. Identifying intersections.

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EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

During an earnings call with investors on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon announced the company has achieved its moonshot Project Gigaton goal to reduce, avoid, or sequester 1 gigaton of emissions from its supply chain six years earlier than expected. That is the equivalent to what Japan emits in a year.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 21, 2022

EVLO designs, delivers, and operates energy storage systems with advanced safety and sustainability features to power a brighter future. Carbonext produces high-quality graphene in a cost-effective, sustainable, and scalable manner. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you! Electricity.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Value proposition: An energy storage system that is cost-efficient, reliable, safe to operate and environmentally sustainable over a 35-year technical life. Could the Holy Grail of a zero emission grid finally be within reach? Here are five major announcements from the last three weeks, and what makes their technologies unique.

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