Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

They examined a wealth of Environmental Agency data 65,000 individual observations relating to pollutant measurements and invertebrates from 1,457 sites between 1989 and 2018. The study , funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, has been published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A class of chemicals commonly used in plastic food containers and cosmetic products may have caused about 10 percent of the United States’ preterm births in 2018, according to a study from environmental health experts at New York University. Phthalate exposure is just one way the plastics industry externalizes harms.

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Plastics Packaging Health Recycling 145

GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2020

What's more, the coating is edible and because it's made from plant matter, it can be used on organic products. Since 2018, the company has saved more than 3 million avocados by using the product, according to the testimonial. Some of its partners include Kroger (the largest U.S.

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Waste Waste Startups Retail 454

GreenBiz

MAY 12, 2022

As long-time proponents of stakeholder capitalism, we believe that organizations should have a mechanism to integrate ESG into their business practices and to communicate their impact, positive or negative, to their stakeholders.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 4, 2021

The new nonprofit organization, Green Software Foundation , aims to change the culture of software development to prioritize sustainability. In 2018, research suggests data centers were responsible for about the same amount of carbon emissions as aviation. The data center example. Data centers are energy hogs.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In 2018, the last year for which figures were available, worldwide aquaculture production reached an all-time high of 114.5 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). One nonprofit organization, GreenWave , is even advocating the idea of "regenerative ocean farming." That amount accounted for 52 percent of global fish consumption.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 11, 2021

In addition to her former role as a junior atmospheric science software developer at NASA and her current work as a researcher at MIT, Sanjana is founder and executive director of Earth Hacks , an organization that hosts hackathons for college students to combat the climate crisis. . Talk a little bit about what set you on this journey.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In 2018 the International Maritime Organization (IMO) — the UN-affiliated body which oversees the global shipping sector — agreed on a draft target to cut global emissions by at least 50 percent by 2050 compared to 2008, alongside targets to cut the average carbon intensity by at least 40 percent by 2030. Pull Quote.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 3, 2020

In Kentucky, coal still generates the great majority of electricity; 75 percent in 2018, according to the Energy Information Administration. The company began looking at the state in 2018, the same year that Carolina Solar Energy did. That dominance is waning, though. Last year, renewable-powered electricity in the U.S.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

I realized that so many of my coaching clients — in big corporations and small nonprofits, sustainability teams and sales departments — were asking me for help dealing with the stress and dysfunction of their organizations. They were breathing the same toxic smoke as everyone around them. A healthy earth depends on healthy people.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

More than 1 million acres of forests have been lost since 1990, leaving the global stock at near 10 million acres, according to a July report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). CDP’s recent " Zeroing In on Deforestation Report " urged consumer products and food companies to devote more energy to this issue.

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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. percent) in 2018. This is relatively higher than the proportion of sustainable investment assets to total AUM of investors in the U.S.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 18, 2020

In 2018, the International Maritime Organization set the goal to halve emissions for commercial ships from 2008 levels by 2050. Both companies have a shared vision of powering ships with fuel cells. In that sense, there is a really good partnership that is not in name only, but in values and goals. And the goalposts are high.

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Natural gas Hydrogen Technology Transportation 385

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

I asked Dendra CEO Susan Graham how a corporate sustainability organization might use her company’s services. Glencore, a customer since 2018, notes that one of the biggest benefits of using the drones is their ability to navigate and gather intelligence about remote or hard-to-reach landscapes.

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GreenBiz

JULY 17, 2020

A large part is the ability to sit down with likeminded organizations," she noted. . Here's the report card from 2018, for an idea of how it shared the information.) Moore said close collaboration with customers (such as the original equipment manufacturers using AMD chips for their computers) was also critical. "A Plus, disclosure.

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GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

As a New York City resident, director of an energy consulting organization, an advocate of energy equity and a third-generation resident of public housing, I have a unique view of the structural barriers we must break down to solve the global climate crisis. If so, how do you stop and promote equity within your organization?

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Solar Power World

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

since 2018, employing nearly 250,000 workers in 2019. The Solar Foundation, a nonprofit educational and research organization, issues the National Solar Jobs Census each year to provide comprehensive and reliable data on… The post National Solar Jobs Census: Solar employment up 2.3% solar industry increased employment 2.3%

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GreenBiz

JULY 17, 2020

Winner of the 2018 Global Change Award , the company aims to unlock value for the textile and fashion industry, for farmers and for the planet. The effluent is actually perfect organic fertilizer, and we take it back to the farms to build soil fertility and further sequester carbon — just like the sheep does.

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Fashion Innovation Recycling Recycling 356

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Ahead of the latest crucial round of talks this week at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), green groups are warning proposals are "an empty shell" that will have a negligible impact on the sector's emissions. Tue, 10/20/2020 - 00:15. The global shipping industry's decarbonization efforts once again face stormy seas.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Carbon atoms flow through all living organisms, from the atmosphere to the earth to the oceans and back again. emissions in 2018. A landmark 2018 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) suggested the price tag of unchecked climate change will run from $54 trillion to $69 trillion. David Parham.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 11, 2021

I'm also a social entrepreneur, community organizer and now director of sustainability and resilience for the city of Orlando. One organization that is near and dear to my heart is Ideas For Us , a U.N.-accredited This global framework continues to be centered as a Rosetta Stone to advance humanity in a more sustainable direction.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

In 2018, when cleaning equipment in a municipal rainwater collection facility in the German town of Nastätten was repeatedly becoming blocked and was also deemed outdated, the municipality decided to modernise.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 4, 2020

clean energy organizations joined nationwide expressions of grief and anger this week following the recent killings of black Americans including George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery. SEIA, the nation’s largest solar trade organization, said it joined in the “heartache and rage over such systematic racism in our country.”

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Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 130

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

We might be at a turning point, however, because a handful of forward-looking corporations, conservation organizations and startups recently have accelerated efforts to store carbon in marine systems. Until recently, ocean sequestration, also known as blue carbon, attracted little attention outside academic and think-tank circles.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

They also partnered with community-based organizations such as Veggielution , Latinos United for a New America (LUNA) and Vietnamese Voluntary Foundation (VIVO). To create the plan, city staff talked with residents. The "quick-build" model is impressive.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2022

A Chinese study published in December aims to quantify the role of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) – and its predominance as a way of measuring organic pollution – in causing unnecessary GHG emissions. COD is widely used as an indicator of organic pollution in wastewater. GHG estimates.

Organic 130

Organic Carbon-neutral Pollution Energy Monitor 130

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

We might be at a turning point, however, because a handful of forward-looking corporations, conservation organizations and startups recently have accelerated efforts to store carbon in marine systems. Until recently, ocean sequestration, also known as blue carbon, attracted little attention outside academic and think-tank circles.

Business Energy Monitoring 370

Business Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 370

GreenBiz

JUNE 15, 2020

"Your standard research analyst is not going to ask, ‘Please articulate your efforts to become an anti-racist, multicultural organization,’" Erika Karp, founder and CEO of Cornerstone Capital and a Wall Street veteran, told me last week. You're not going to hear that on an analyst call.". She added: "But I think you should.".

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GreenBiz

JULY 24, 2020

Back in 2018, the center — along with founding partners McDonalds and Starbucks — launched its NextGen Cup Challenge, which had the goal to reduce disposable coffee cup waste. The retail partners, which have locations across the United States, should be able to make that happen.

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Plastics Retail Waste Waste 377

GreenBiz

MAY 29, 2020

The reality, though, is that any individual company must use a combination of strategies to inch or leap toward that goal — and the combination of what an organization is able to use will depend a great deal not just on its industry sector but also on its financial clout and support from the C-suite. . That’s just the table stakes.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

But COVID-19 has thrown a wrench in those plans, with single-use packaging skyrocketing, low fossil fuel prices and disrupted recycling systems, already weakened by China’s 2018 plastics waste ban. . That’s the year when many have pledged to become zero waste, or to use 100 percent reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Biomethane is produced from organic waste materials such as agricultural and food waste. Biomethane can be used as a direct replacement for traditional natural gas in the existing gas network infrastructure, which allows for a seamless transition to a net zero carbon energy source for consumers in the west of Northern Ireland.

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Natural gas Waste Waste Sustainability 246

GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

In 2018, 40 percent of the 360 million tonnes of plastics produced globally were converted to packaging. The impact organization found that in scoping a potential new collaboration, businesses first need to understand the local context, market and material flows. Today, plastic has taken over.

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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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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

China dominates the heavy-duty electric vehicle (EV) segment, accounting for 98 percent of the global e-bus market through 2018. In 2018, 23 percent of bus purchases in China were electric. Government, school bus operators and transit agencies are not the only organizations impacting and influencing electrification.

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Electricity Europe Electric vehicle Government 189

Charged

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Siemens bundled its eMobility charging activities in 2018 and subsequently organized it into a separate business unit in 2022. The Heliox acquisition extended Siemens’ market reach, primarily in Europe and North America, while improving its capabilities in power electronics.

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North America IoT Electric vehicle Europe 116

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 19, 2022

Scope 2 emissions are indirect GHGs released from the energy purchased by an organization. Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions is a classification system used to bucket greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) exerted by an organization, to help measure , manage and reduce business emissions. billion tonnes of C02e in 2018, and 13.15

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