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GRI and SASB are collaborating. Is that good news for companies?

GreenBiz

For years, corporate reporters — those inside companies responsible for creating sustainability reports and reporting environmental, social and governance data to various other organizations — have been frustrated by what many refer to as an alphabet soup of standards and frameworks: CDP, GRI, IIRC, PRI, SASB, TCFD, UNGC and more.

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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

Thanks to converging forces — including supportive policies, dropping battery costs and aggressive climate goals — transportation leaders at large and small organizations are increasingly turning to new zero-emission and low-carbon options that decarbonize fleets and in some cases save money. Fleet leaders are also facing increasing pressure.

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How do you take clean AC mainstream? This global health organization has some ideas.

Grist

” Lee Kuan Yew, the founding prime minister of Singapore, in a 2009 interview The spotlight Last week, we covered some of the technological innovations that could decarbonize air conditioning, an energy-intensive amenity that is increasingly becoming a lifesaving necessity in the face of extreme heat. on Nov 8, 2023.

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American PR Firm Edelman Enabled Oil Baron Al Jaber’s Ascension to Lead COP28 Climate Conference

DeSmogBlog

Department of Justice (DOJ) recently reviewed by DeSmog show that from 2007 to 2009, Edelman carried out a $6.4 As a key plank of its strategy, Edelman organized an influence drive in tandem with U.S. The campaign paid off: In 2009 IRENA established its headquarters in Masdar City. Under the U.S.

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If you build it…

Envirotec Magazine

Most organic household waste ends up in landfills where it generates methane. Between 2009 and 2015, 24 local government councils in New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, adopted curbside services to collect food and garden waste for recycling into compost. ” Will they come? On average households redirected 4.2

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RER Energy Group celebrates 10-year anniversary

Solar Power World

As one of the few independent and self-funded firms of its size in the rapidly growing renewable marketplace, RER has achieved significant organic growth since its inception in 2009. “We Pennsylvania-headquartered solar installer RER Energy Group is celebrating 10 years of business.

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Solar Net Metering Under Threat as Shadowy Group Demands Intervention in State Policies

GreenTechMedia

Jeff Dennis, general counsel at Advanced Energy Economy, said his group is considering its options to urge FERC to provide more time for comments given the constraints many organizations and agencies are currently under. FERC has addressed net energy metering before in decisions in 2001 and in 2009, Peskoe said.