Andrew Winston

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Our overall purpose with this book is to help leaders raise their ambitions and build companies that profit by solving the world’s problems, not creating them. Our overall purpose with this book is to help leaders raise their ambitions and build companies that profit by solving the world’s problems, not creating them.

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Terra Infirma

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Many clever people have added up the potential for existing technology and found that we have the toys at our fingertips to solve the problem (and inevitably, as they become the norm, those technologies will improve further). So if we have the technology we need, why are we still on a dangerous climate trajectory? So what should we do?

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 6, 2021

Read an excerpt here.). I just want to be graphic because that's what it is. . Remember when Flint, Michigan garnered international attention because water in the city was making people sick ? Well, there are communities like that around the country and the world. I spoke with Flowers in mid-December over Skype.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Our team is proud to unveil Sightline Climate , our new market intelligence platform for the new climate economy. More than 20 leading investors, corporates, and governments already use the platform including the US Department of Energy, BHP, and Galvanize Climate.  After all, the new climate economy has grown beyond VC.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 7, 2020

While agriculture remains one of Karagwe’s key sources of income, the area also faces a major water shortage. Here, Johan Kerstell, Executive Vice President and Head of Human Resources at Sandvik Group, explains how bringing people together can help overcome such challenges. Engineering sustainability.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 31, 2022

If you said no, Greentown Houston member Cemvita Factory is here to change your mind. Its team is leveraging the powers of microbes and synthetic biology to fight climate change. The climate impact? When you picture “chemical engineering experts,” do you think of microbes? Let’s start simple.

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 3, 2023

After a whirlwind and inspiring New York Climate Week, I’m looking ahead to COP28 and reflecting on the key themes that I want to carry forward. I came away with three main takeaways for companies in the food and agriculture sector: It’s time to act 2030 is fast approaching and a changing climate is already here.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

We reached out this spring to check in, asking those inclined to weigh in on how current events have changed their world views. Without further ado, here’s what’s up with members of past GreenBiz 30 Under 30 cohorts. And, if you want to consult those lists in their entirety, here are the links: 2016 , 2017 , 2018 and 2019.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 1, 2023

We discuss key topics and terms within their industry, challenges they’ve faced along the way, and what gives them a competitive advantage. Climate change, resource depletion, and other environmental challenges are threatening the health of our planet and our communities. Why Approachable Sustainability?

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CleanTech San Diego

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In a world grappling with the urgent challenges of poverty, climate change, and pollution, the role of green tech and environmentally-friendly companies has never been more critical. Patagonia actually changed its mission statement a few years ago to “We’re in business to save our home planet.” What is Good Branding?

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The Greentown Labs Climatetech Summit 2021 took a deep dive into empowering the technology of tomorrow, engaging climate champions from across the ecosystem to continue building momentum for the energy transition. Happening simultaneously at Greentown HQ, Greentown Houston, and via livestream on Nov.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 30, 2024

Concerned by potential climatic consequences, the foundation had proposed a conference on the “ Carbon Dioxide Content of the Atmosphere ” — an informal symposium that would allow a selected panel of experts to clarify their thinking and crystallize their ideas for “future scientific research” on the topic. Ordway, Jr.,

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

In this critical decade for climate action, we need all hands on deck to develop, fund, deploy, and scale climatetech solutions. That’s why the 2021 Climatetech Summit convened and mobilized climate champions from across the globe to roll up their sleeves and get to work empowering the technologies of tomorrow.

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Elemental Excelerator

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

We’re recruiting our 10th cohort at a moment where we have roughly 10 years to halt the most damaging impacts of our changing planet. The market is changing every day, and we’re making two major changes to meet this moment: we are 1) launching a new Global Track, and 2) expanding our Equity & Access work across Elemental.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 16, 2021

This interview is part of Greentown Labs’ Climatetech Leadership Series , which profiles top executives from our most committed and climate action-oriented partners. Enel’s climate commitments are numerous, from being the first Italian company to pledge to limit the rise in global temperatures to 1.5°C Sustainable Development Goal.

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Planet Pulse

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

And while massive advancements in machinery over the last half-century have scaled productivity, climate change and population growth are demanding ever higher production. Here are my top five takeaways from the conversation. #1. Dialogue with farmers, and the rest of the ag value chain, is key.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This is an exclusive “Sector Guide” from the Sightline Climate platform , where we cover in-depth climate tech sector landscapes and data. Want to go further? Request a demo for Sightline Climate, or reach out directly to sales@sightlineclimate.com to learn more.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment (CGFI) aims to overcome patchy and unreliable climate data in financial sector and support fast-expanding market for ESG investments. We're already improving the climate data available by mandating TCFD-aligned disclosures across the economy and implementing a green taxonomy.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 24, 2021

This interview is part of Greentown Labs’ Climatetech Leadership Series, which profiles top executives from our most committed and climate action-oriented partners. When the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change lowered the limit to 1.5 When the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change lowered the limit to 1.5

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Christiana Figueres, the Costa Rican diplomat who played a key role in brokering the Paris Agreement, was renowned for using every conceivable ruse to charm, chivvy, and cajole world leaders to act. What lies underneath the perennial deadlocks at climate conferences, or the enduring grip of the fossil fuel lobby on the way we order our lives?

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

To decarbonise our economy and make net zero a reality, tackling scope 3 will clearly be key. Given the urgency of addressing the climate crisis, why aren't more businesses joining hands now to tackle Scope 3 collectively? There are three central challenges at play here causing Scope 3 action gridlock.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 15, 2020

(I just posted yesterday and I generally only do a couple of posts per month, but there was some big sustainability news that I wanted everyone to know about). Fink makes the case that climate change will fundamentally reshape the world and finance. ” It was powerful stuff. ” It was powerful stuff.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 8, 2020

In November 2020, Greentown Labs will host its first-ever Climatetech Summit to dive into the technology, finance, policy, and justice needed to scale climate action. Climatetech is at the heart of this determined push for actionable climate solutions. But what is climatetech? . In the U.S.,

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 16, 2020

As the city’s first climatetech and cleantech-focused startup incubator, Greentown Labs Houston (Greentown Houston) will be a catalyst in driving progress toward the goals outlined in Houston’s recently announced first-ever Climate Action Plan. Climate change cannot be solved from the coasts—we need all hands on deck at this time.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Building climate tech projects is tough. Building a first-of-a-kind (FOAK) climate tech project is much tougher. Innovative climate tech companies often have no choice about being first. Key takeaways FOAK risk doesn’t just mean tech risk. Customer demand is king.

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Elemental Excelerator

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

While a month is not nearly enough time to celebrate Black leadership in the climate space, we love an opportunity to share reflections, resources, and inspirations from the Elemental team and the founders we work with. It’s Black History Month! Please take a moment to take in their wisdom, share their stories, and support their businesses.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 18, 2021

Climate Impact Fund Fellowship | Vertuelab | Portland, OR. VertueLab, a nonprofit fighting the climate crisis through innovation, is seeking to hire a Climate Impact Fund Fellow for a two-year paid fellowship. Learn more here , and apply by February 15th 2021. Learn more here , and apply by February 15th 2021.

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Low Impact

JUNE 13, 2021

In part 1 we talked about what the future might hold for humanity, and here we talk about what our responses might be. So I wanted to ask you – do you think we can vote our problems away? I think voting is at the end of a process of change, rather than something that causes change. That’s why your work is inspiring to me.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 14, 2022

It also means that here, a business can have a significant global impact while acting locally. Here you’ll have an international reach to raise awareness for, educate, and promote business sustainability and your sustainable brand. 63% of Americans want corporations to drive positive environmental and social change.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 10, 2023

Now the CEO of Rubi Laboratories , Mashouf wants to clean up the industrial sector and create processes that harness the powerful systems of the natural world to create a sustainable manufacturing ecosystem. Why doesn’t technology mimic the alchemy of photosynthesis? spinning, weaving, and knitting). spinning, weaving, and knitting).

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Andrew Winston

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

I attempted to lay out some options for how companies should think about this ongoing emergency that runs hand-in-hand with climate change. While curling up into the fetal position and hiding under the covers in defeat may be your first instinct, let’s step back and ask and answer some key questions first. What’s new here?

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Andrew Winston

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

I attempted to lay out some options for how companies should think about this ongoing emergency that runs hand-in-hand with climate change. While curling up into the fetal position and hiding under the covers in defeat may be your first instinct, let’s step back and ask and answer some key questions first. What’s new here?

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 30, 2020

However, I wanted to share six new learnings from this pandemic year related to digital transformation along with other observations about the topic of water. ” I stand by this perspective, as the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated interest and adoption of digital technologies across the water value chain.

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Business Green

JANUARY 10, 2022

Perhaps inevitably, therefore, public awareness of the phrase 'net zero' has also grown, spurred on by political figures and businesses touting their commitment to climate action. Was 2021 the year that 'net zero' went mainstream? The concept has certainly enjoyed a remarkable rise in prominance over the past couple of years.

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Low Impact

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

But does it have to be that way? Could and should we build a new kind of food system based on small farms? This new book, ‘A Small Farm Future’ published by Chelsea Green, outlines what a post-covid, post-capitalist society might look like, built around a repopulated countryside of small farmers. But it’s not ‘progress’ is it?

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

It's great to be here with you again. But anyway - here we are in Birmingham. But, as it happens, there are farms near here - of course there are, this is Britain - even in the most built-up part of our country, you're never far from a farm. And you can take it from me, the local bull-ring isn't quite what you might think.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2021

The two regions are together responsible for half of the emissions produced by industrial clusters in the UK, and as such the project has the potential to take a sizeable bite out of the UK's emissions footprint and propel the country closer to its climate goals.

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