GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Target's Sustainable Product Standard came on the scene in 2013. The work that ChemFORWARD is doing and proposes to do will provide important additional information to a community of organizations seeking real-world data to better understand the safety implications of their materials choices," said green chemistry trailblazer John C.

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

Read his 2013 interview , when he "retired" from Applied Materials, in which he recounts his professional journey to that point.). He lectured at the Presidio School of Management and was integrally involved with Acterra, SASB, GRI and other sustainability leadership organizations.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2021

According to one telling , a group of female climate leaders met at a Scottish estate in 2013 to discuss bold climate goals that could be enacted two years later in Paris. The concept of net zero goes back nearly a decade, in the run-up to the 2015 COP21 climate conference in Paris. But that could change.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 19, 2021

Connelly comes to the growing organization by way of the International Living Future Institute (ILFI), which he helped expand into the world's leading proponent of regenerative, healthy and equitable building design — managing its Green Building Challenge and Living Product Challenge before serving as VP of projects and strategic growth.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Instrumenation firm Edinburgh Sensors offers some thoughts on the measurement of Total Organic Carbon (TOC) as a means of assessing water quality, and in particular the relevance of IR-based measurements. billion between 2013 and 2014 into infrastructure and assorted costs to ensure safe drinking water [1]. Testing TOC. ml/l or less.3.

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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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Charged

JULY 26, 2024

It builds on a Stabilization and Association Agreement that came into force in September 2013 and is in line with EU’s New Growth plan for the Western Balkans, advancing Serbia’s integration within the EU’s single market.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Without a healthy microbial population, important biochemical reactions are disturbed, altering soil formation, the decomposition of organic matter, elemental cycles (carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur) and the processing of pollutants. If applicable, replace lawn with native plants to support local biodiversity.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

CPL’s mobile filter rental business grew organically in the early years but really took off in 2013, when they started recycling spent carbons and were able to supply their service via the company’s REACT-Sys process, offering a circular solution that was pioneering in the industry.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 20, 2021

I participated in a recent industry summit organized by Cathay Financial Holdings, where senior executives met with high-level government officials and scholars to discuss the latest trends.

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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. Rivera, the community organizer, says the refinery agreement represents a victory — albeit hard-won and too late for many.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 12, 2020

ImpactAlpha, March 12 – Toronto-based Engineers Without Borders has been making early-stage venture investments since 2013 as a complement its non-profit global development work. After a dozen investments, the organization is spinning off its venture arm as Hummingbird Impact to expand investments in tech-enabled social enterprises.

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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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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

A decade earlier, Real Goods Solar grew organically and through acquisition and pulled in tens of millions in revenue. Real Goods Solar ended its corporate life on the industry's periphery last month, penniless and trading for pennies. But this isn't just any bankruptcy. Solar roofs failed to save RGS.

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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. There should be a single health protective fish consumption advisory for freshwater fish across the country.”

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

Fama, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2013, goes as far as arguing stakeholder capitalism is "indefinite and ineffective," for this very reason. Indeed, sustainable finance veteran Paul Watchman (an advisor to UNEP FI) argues "the concept of fiduciary duty is organic, not static. Indeed, Eugene F. Measuring success.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

These pollutants were estimated to lead to up to 36,000 deaths across the UK in 2013, and contribute to a wide range of health conditions including asthma, lung cancer, heart disease, strokes and, possibly, diabetes. The study looks at the combined impact of PM2.5 Areas of Bristol most affected by air pollution. and NO2 (without cut-off).

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 15, 2020

billion in 2013 to an estimated $22.4 But the miles of transmission actually built has declined over the past five years, with only about 1,300 miles completed in 2018 versus a peak of about 4,500 miles in 2013. transmission grid. Transmission investment has continued to rise over the past six years, from $17.7

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GreenBiz

APRIL 14, 2021

I think that's just such a big injustice, so the fact that [REI is] actually looking at that and making that a standard is something else that really excites me.” .

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Charged

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA) has published an interactive map that illustrates the correlation between the adoption of plug-in vehicles (which the organization, apparently feeling that the industry needs yet more acronyms, refers to as “electrically-chargeable vehicles,” or ECVs) and per-capita GDP.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 4, 2024

“The Carbon Majors research shows us exactly who is responsible for the lethal heat, extreme weather, and air pollution that is threatening lives and wreaking havoc on our oceans and forests,” said Tzeporah Berman, international program director at the grassroots environmental organization Stand.earth, in a press release. In the U.S.,

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Examples include prospect and refuge, organized complexity, mobility, navigating and more.[5]. The experience of space and place refers to spatial features and characteristics of the natural environment that have advanced human health and wellbeing. Biophilic Design and Biophilic Urbanism. Credit: Ginkgo Sustainability. Greenwich, CT. [2]

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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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CleanTX

MARCH 25, 2019

Press Advisory from the CleanTX Organization. Austin, TX – Former RideScout CEO and TX-21 Congressional candidate, Joseph Kopser, has joined the CleanTX organization as the Chairman of CleanTX’s inaugural Advisory Board. In 2013, he was recognized as a White House Champion of Change for his efforts in Energy and Transportation.

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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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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

We’ve also seen new nonprofit and startup support organizations invest philanthropic capital into climatetech startups, including VertueLab , Clean Energy Trust , and Prime Coalition.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2022

ISO 13137:2013 Workplace atmospheres — Pumps for personal sampling of chemical and biological agents — Requirements and test methods 3. The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH), Approved Code of Practice, HSE L5 (Sixth edition), Published 2013. References. Constitution of Matter, London Macmillan 1889 2.

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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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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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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 4, 2024

These two public-private consortia are comprised of companies and other organizations in collaboration for the purpose of achieving the city’s vision by way of strategies being implemented to discover and promote measures to arrive at carbon neutrality.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 9, 2020

The city launched a property-assessed clean energy financing program for commercial buildings in 2013. Under the two-year program, Bloomberg Philanthropies provides cities with technical support, as well as a staffer funded by the organization, to assist with the development of carbon-reduction initiatives. Louis was one of 25 U.S.

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The Verge: Energy

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

But this is something that we in our maps and geo organization, we’ve built up a lot of expertise,” Yael Maguire, vice president and general manager of Google’s Geo Sustainability team, said on a press call. “We EDF is also working with scientists at Harvard and the Smithsonian and their joint Center for Astrophysics on the initiative.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The minigrid funding commitment from international donor organizations is “in the billions,” says Daniel Kitwa, energy access finance advisor at the Africa Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA). There’s no reason why donor organizations could not implement all of these recommendations.

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Grist

AUGUST 10, 2021

But one aspect of climate science that’s more prominent in this report than previously is the concept of climate tipping points, which are mentioned 97 times in this report , compared to 27 times in the previous assessment dating back to 2013. Globally, permafrost stores almost twice the carbon that is currently in the atmosphere.

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