Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2023

Researchers from Washington-based advocacy organization Environmental Working Group said they had calculated that eating one fish in a year equated to ingesting water with PFOS at 48 parts per trillion, or ppt, for one month. Identifying sources of PFAS exposure is an urgent public health priority,” said Stoiber.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Research considers health impact in England’s eighth biggest city, Bristol. The economic health impact costs of air pollution in Bristol estimated to be up to £170 million a year. The report calculates that the annualised health impact costs of air pollution in Bristol is up to £170 million every year. billion for PM2.5

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2024

This trend of protectionist trade policies poses challenges for organizations operating in international markets. Organizations should be prepared to navigate these trade policy restrictions and explore alternative strategies to mitigate potential disruptions. percent impact on global GDP.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The experience of space and place refers to spatial features and characteristics of the natural environment that have advanced human health and wellbeing. Examples include prospect and refuge, organized complexity, mobility, navigating and more.[5]. Health Environments Research and Design Journal, 8(4), 115–130. Greenwich, CT.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 15, 2020

Best Cleaners is a proud affiliate of America’s Best Cleaners , a third-party organization that searches out the top cleaners across the United States. Magazine in August 2011, 2012 and 2013. America’s Best Cleaners is an independent certification organization dedicated to the continued excellence of the dry cleaning profession.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

There’s a lot of beautiful things that happen out of [Richmond]," says Khamphanthong, a community organizer with the Asian Pacific Environmental Network whose family emigrated from Laos in the 1980s. Some feel uncomfortable about the source of these funds, because they often come at a cost to community health. "We As the U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2022

It’s a general truism that you can’t manage what you don’t measure, an idea clear to Lord Kelvin over 100 years ago¹ and enacted by health & safety professionals when they carry out risk assessments (or check the effectiveness of controls). However, the Code has a special legal status. References.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 30, 2020

BS EN 12619:2013 specifies the flame ionisation detector (FID) method, and is intended for use as a SRM for the measurement of the mass concentration of gaseous and vaporous organic substances in stationary source emissions up to 1,000 mg/m³. Why monitor the emissions of organic compounds?

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

The pandemic has sharpened this focus by highlighting the importance of metrics such as employee health and well-being, safety protocols, cybersecurity and business continuity, to name a few. Indeed, sustainable finance veteran Paul Watchman (an advisor to UNEP FI) argues "the concept of fiduciary duty is organic, not static.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

Back in the summer, they celebrated 10 years of spent carbon reactivation at their Immingham facility, the site later being awarded a prestigious Green Apple environmental award as well as its ISO45001 accreditation for health & safety.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In other words, a building that is organized instead of chaotic. And I just thought a building as an organism operated by children would be so much fun. With Michael Braungart, 2013. Those kinds of things were people paying attention to issues of human health and dignity and trade and quality. Purified water.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2022

Replate works with restaurants, caterers, food distributors, offices and other organizations to directly deliver their surplus food to those in need in local communities. The brand prioritizes using organic, renewable, and recycled materials whenever possible. Operating in most major U.S. Fjällräven.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In 2006 and 2007, for example, millions of laptops and mobile phones were recalled due to safety fears relating to their Li-ion batteries, and in 2013, a Boeing 787 was grounded following electrical issues with the Li-ion battery in the aircraft’s auxiliary power unit. Famously, in 2016, around 2.5

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 17, 2022

Fracking results in a range of toxic chemicals and pollutants being discharged into the air and waterways, including heavy metals, radioactive material, particulate matter, and volatile organic compounds. The study adds to the enormous body of research that shows negative health impacts for people living close to oil and gas operations.

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The Verge: Energy

AUGUST 21, 2024

. | Raquel Natalicchio / Houston Chronicle via Getty Images The US has dealt with 60 percent more weather-related outages during warmer months over the past decade than it did during the 2000s, according to data crunched by the nonprofit research organization Climate Central. It’s a trend that raises health risks as the planet heats up.

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Grist

JULY 14, 2021

The temperatures were unbelievable,” said Kristie Ebi, a professor of global health at the University of Washington in Seattle. Heat wasn’t top of mind for public health experts until relatively recently. A cooling station in Portland during a record-setting heat wave on June 28, 2021. Kathryn Elsesser / AFP via Getty Images.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

In fact, from 2013, Tepco had promoted the dilution-and-release plan on the basis that the only radionuclide of concern remaining in the wastewater was tritium. An issue that concerns environmentalists is the confusion around tritium, and the failure of data and modelling to explain the impact of organically bound tritium (OBT).

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A CSR strategy is implemented by an organization to: minimize harm, practice fair business, be responsible along a global supply chain, exercise philanthropy and create a self-oriented human resource management system. Yes, good CSR practices can create a socially sustainable organization. The following example shows how.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 26, 2022

In this Green Business Bureau article, we wanted to help you support a sustainable food supply model on a global level, starting at a smaller scale with your organization’s cafeteria. Tip #15 – Buy organic produce : Organic foods have been grown without the involvement of fertilizers, pesticides, or other artificial chemicals.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2023

In this article, we have organized the world’s top sustainability certifications by purpose, procedure, and cost so that you know how to select a sustainability certification with confidence. Below we have organized the world’s most popular sustainability certifications into these categories: Corporate sustainability reporting certifications.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

With the support of Clean Energy Group , a national nonprofit advocacy organization working to advance an equitable energy transition, the coalition commissioned an assessment comparing the proposed gas plant to battery resources. The Better Public Health Option. The vote was in favor to move forward with the gas plant.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Responding to DeSmog’s findings, Natacha Cingotti, senior health and chemicals policy officer at Brussels-based policy and advocacy group, Health and Environmental Alliance (HEAL), said: “[W]hen working on chemicals- and pesticides-related policies, the imbalance of stakeholders in favour of industry interests is striking.”.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 7, 2021

It’s the United Nations’ climate-science-focused organization. The last big IPCC assessment was released in 2013. Four RCPs were the focus of the future-looking climate modeling studies incorporated into the 2013 report. The IPCC’s Fifth Climate Assessment, in 2013, focused on representative concentration pathways, or RCPs.

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Grist

JUNE 5, 2024

The Blob first formed in 2013 and spread across an area of the northeast Pacific the size of Canada. Thanks to clean-air legislation intended to protect public health, aerosol emissions have been reduced in Europe and North America since the 1980s. million tons in 2013 to 2.4 million tons in 2022. That is changing, however.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2024

In 2013, the bank loaned Country Bird Holdings $25 million to expand existing operations in South Africa, Botswana, and Zambia. With this Global North-financed fast-food expansion comes a host of environmental, social, and health concerns in regions often unprepared to field them. The EBRD sold its stake in the company in 2019.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 16, 2020

This is why it’s more important than ever to have partners and organizations like Greentown Labs, whose mission is to solve the climate crisis through entrepreneurship and collaboration. We are proud to welcome this organization to our City and look forward to the continued partnership.

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 20, 2021

We held our first DEMO Day in 2013, two years after Greentown’s founding. Check out DEMO Day and the Climatetech Summit throughout the years: 2013 Nov. The 2014 DEMO Day was hosted in partnership with Global Cleantech Meetup Week, which was organized by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and ACTION New England.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 6, 2024

Spain – Jorge Buxadé Party: VOX Likelihood of election: Very high Jorge Buxadé leads the European delegation of VOX, a far-right Spanish party founded in 2013, and has served as an MEP since 2019. Lee has spread misinformation about organic farming. The world produces enough food to feed everyone on the planet.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Adopting a futuristic mindset, the agency launched as a virtual operation in 2013, accessing a global talent pool of brand builders, healthcare marketers, tech-savvy go-getters, and innovative dream-vetters. XCH supports the health and well-being of their employees.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

These books are organized in the following six categories: 1. Nassos and Nikos Avlonas, 2013 The new edition is a practical guide to about moving towards a Sustainable Economy updated with practical case studies and supporting teaching material. Climate impacts 2. Sustainability and business 3. Climate action 4. Agriculture 6.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 15, 2021

Among the accomplishments of these organizations over the last 20 plus years was an early focus to bring new clean energy technologies to underserved communities. Lew’s relentless drive and determination and his dedication and sense of purpose have made CEG one of the premier clean energy organizations of our time.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The initialism “ ESG ” stands for “ E nvironmental, S ocial, and G overnance” Under each category there are a set of standards and goals an organization must meet to be compliant. Reports reveal that 87% of business leaders expect an increase in sustainability investments for their organizations over the next two years.

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Green Tech Challenge

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Foto: Mark Lau Moringa - the superfood Roots Food sells dried, organic Moringa leaves as powder and flakes. The powder and flakes can be added to all kinds of foods and boosts your health through the high amounts of vitamins, minerals, protein, fiber and antioxidants. The mission is to plant more Moringa trees in challenging areas. “To

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

According to a 2010 study on managing soils to mitigate climate change, soils used for agriculture contain 25 to 75 percent less soil organic carbon “than their counterparts in undisturbed or natural ecosystems.” . For example, while Brazilian meat giant JBS reported emissions of 7.14 cropland and help the U.S.

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Andrew Winston

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Can your organization say the same? An organization set up for better information flow, one that empowers on-the-ground employees to notice and talk about looming problems, will be better prepared for (or able to avoid) surprises. What uncertainty?]. They bend but don’t break. They have resilience.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 2, 2020

At a time when many startups are having to plan and pivot to navigate the economic downturn, we turned to a cleantech leader who’s no stranger to piloting organizations through challenging periods. . That was in 2013, and we are just today gearing up again to have the first utility-scale offshore wind project off the coast of Massachusetts.

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Elemental Excelerator

JULY 7, 2022

Terviva was one of Elemental’s first investments in 2013. Welcoming an entrepreneur, especially one from our first cohort, onto our board marks a natural evolution for our organization. This news follows an additional $32.5 M commitment from the U.S.

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