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Certifications matter more than ever and brands should be promoting them

GreenBiz

If we go back in time to 2014, the No. Which begs the question: How do they know a product is green? Americans are increasingly working to manage their environmental concerns via their purchases. 1 answer by far was, "I read the ingredients/detail on the package.". Also not surprisingly, awareness is closely linked to trust.

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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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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

GreenBiz

All comments expressed are those of the individuals and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of their organizations. As the demand for the resource overwhelms the supply, each additional unit consumed directly harms those who can no longer reap the benefits. Demand drives supply. In 2019, 690 million people or 8.9

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Residential Demand Response to Play Key Role Managing US Load This Summer

GreenTechMedia

Heading into summer 2020, looming uncertainty about electricity demand makes flexibility more vital than ever in the United States. In particular, residential demand response faces more pressure than usual as many people continue to work from home over the next few months. Time for residential demand response providers to shine.

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Demand Response Rules Are Changing. MISO Shows How

GreenTechMedia

For independent system operators and regional transmission organizations (ISO/RTOs), the need to rely on distributed energy resources as a system resource is growing. As a result, ISOs and RTOs are appealing to FERC to change the way demand response resources play in the market. Source: MISO, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables.

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From Backwoods to Bankrupt: The Rise and Fall of Real Goods Solar

GreenTechMedia

A decade earlier, Real Goods Solar grew organically and through acquisition and pulled in tens of millions in revenue. Local, off-grid cannibis growers provided crucial early demand. Real Goods Solar ended its corporate life on the industry's periphery last month, penniless and trading for pennies.

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Fast Fashion: the second biggest polluter on Earth

Envirotec Magazine

A study by McKinsey & Company uncovered that in 2014 the average person owned 60% more clothes than the average consumer in 2000, but only wore them for half as long. We are increasing our personal use and depleting our useable supplies of water simultaneously, at such a rate that demand will outstrip supply by 2030**.

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