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Community solar, urban trees and the digitization of employee engagement

GreenBiz

A perennial concern of corporate sustainability professionals — how to nurture employee buy-in for the organization’s programs and strategy — easily could have been sidelined during the COVID-19 pandemic, as companies everywhere shifted to accommodate remote workforces. . Heather Clancy. Mon, 05/03/2021 - 00:05.

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COP27: New Global Adaptation Agenda aims to establish climate resilience goals

Business Green

Agenda is billed as 'first comprehensive global plan' to rally companies, governments, and NGOs behind a shared set of adaptation best practices. Mohieldin said the targets would continue to be "refined and expanded" by the High-Level Champions team, drawing on feedback from both state and non-state actors. "$140

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Government Defends Praising Tar Sands Industry Figures as COP26 ‘Climate Champions’

DeSmogBlog

The UK government has defended its decision to celebrate representatives of companies involved in Canada’s controversial tar sands industry as “Climate Champions”, ahead of the COP26 UN climate summit it is set to host later this year. TAG), the largest natural gas transporter in Brazil.

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L&Q launches pioneering £300m sustainability-linked bond

Business Green

Announcing the fund raise this week, the not-for-profit housing provider said the bond had been structured against three key performance indicators (KPIs) targeting operational carbon emissions, the energy efficiency of residential homes, and the delivery of more affordable homes.

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7 European Companies Looking to Go Big in American Clean Power in 2020

GreenTechMedia

From offshore wind, to solar, to the ballooning corporate renewables market, utilities, oil majors and developers are heading across the Atlantic for a piece of that gigantic American power pie. It’s setting aside €4.7 The firm has been backed by Honda and Japanese conglomerate ITOCHU Corporation. A sizeable 5.1-gigawatt

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Sensing evolution

Envirotec Magazine

In September 2021, the WHO noticeably reduced its yearly average PM (Particulate Matter) guideline values to 5 µg/m3, and in March, the UK government announced a consultation on new target levels for air pollutants to be included in the Environment Act, including a reduction in the PM2.5 target to 10 µg/m3 by 2040.

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How to bridge the SME net zero financing gap

Business Green

Firms with fewer than 250 employees - the traditional cut-off point for SMEs - may individually have a fraction of the climate impact of their corporate counterparts, but they together make up as much as 90 per cent of all businesses worldwide, according to the World Bank. A net zero emission economy cannot be built without them.