Business Green

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Veganism is a growing trend in the UK, with the number of vegans doubling between 2015 and 2019, the BRC said. The move comes amidst warnings from some legal experts that companies and employers could face some legal risks if they do not account for employees and customers ethical veganism.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 16, 2021

The lack of consistency between states can be confusing to firms, said Blache, but he contended that most companies do their best to adhere to the law. At least 20 states have passed or introduced harsh new laws that make it a felony to protest at pipeline construction sites and other critical infrastructure. Credit: Karen Savage.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 16, 2021

The lack of consistency between states can be confusing to firms, said Blache, but he contended that most companies do their best to adhere to the law. At least 20 states have passed or introduced harsh new laws that make it a felony to protest at pipeline construction sites and other critical infrastructure. Credit: Karen Savage.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

MAY 14, 2021

The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act of 2019 (CLCPA) requires New York to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 and 85 percent by 2050. The CLCPA also mandates 185 Trillion BTUs in end-use savings in the building and industrial sector by 2025.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Here are all the references to climate change from the Canadian federal leaders English Language debate that took place on October 7, 2019. We need to support the rule of law and human rights around the world because we are world leaders. If this election is anything, it’s about trust and ethics, and we are in a climate emergency.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

And DeSmog can also reveal that a growing group of ethical investors are demanding that ad and PR companies come clean about their true climate impact. The Law Society of England and Wales has developed guidance for its members with a section on ‘advised emissions’.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Several of the Park Strategies’ individual lobbyists specifically worked on behalf of both clients, according to state ethics data. In 2019, Amazon announced a “Climate Pledge,” stating that it will reach net-zero emissions by 2040, and 100 percent renewable energy for its operations by 2025.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

For years, controversy has swirled around the ethics of using novel biotechnology for species conservation. Bill Powell stands in a lab at the State University of New York’s College of Environmental Science & Forestry in 2019. It’s one of the worst decisions from foundational Indian law court,” Mills said.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

MAY 14, 2021

The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act of 2019 (CLCPA) requires New York to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 and 85 percent by 2050. The CLCPA also mandates 185 Trillion BTUs in end-use savings in the building and industrial sector by 2025.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A recently published chapter of the Harvard Law Review argues that “While utility companies have been building and profiting off fossil fuels without internalizing the down-stream consequences and costs for decades, their regulators—state agency leaders—have approved their actions at every step of the way.”.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Ultimately, he filed 21 internal ethical misconduct complaints against colleagues and top executives, including current NW Natural CEO David Anderson, later elevating his concerns to the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC), the body that regulates NW Natural. All removed meters are discarded, according to the company.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

In 2019 Coco joined the board of ArcherPoint, to which she brings her expertise in scaling and diversifying professional services, and from which she is learning a tremendous amount about holacracy and how to run an ESOP based company. Before that, Veena practiced law in India. from Brooklyn Law School. Louis and a B.A.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 28, 2020

Her work has been featured by NACD, Ethical Boardroom, GreenBiz, Huffington Post, Environmental Leader and Responsible Investor. Before that, Veena practiced law in India. Veena received a Masters in Law degree from Washington University in St. Honors) degree from National Law School from India University, Bangalore.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

And DeSmog can also reveal that a growing group of ethical investors are demanding that ad and PR companies come clean about their true climate impact. The Law Society of England and Wales has developed guidance for its members with a section on ‘advised emissions’.

Fossil fuels 98

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 30, 2019

be familiar with California public meeting laws, such as the Brown Act. have a strong work ethic befitting a start-up environment. Application deadline: May 31, 2019. . • effectively communicate with elected officials and representatives from cities and counties. Bachelor’s degree and 3-5 work years experience desired.

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Business Green

JULY 31, 2020

The flip side to this rosy view is that there are plenty of ethical concerns to consider. There is concern that Moore's Law , the idea that the number of transistors on integrated circuit will double every two years, is slowing down. Although progress is being made, he reiterated that warning last week.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 30, 2019

be familiar with California public meeting laws, such as the Brown Act. have a strong work ethic befitting a start-up environment. Application deadline: May 31, 2019. . • effectively communicate with elected officials and representatives from cities and counties. Bachelor’s degree and 3-5 work years experience desired.

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Low Impact

APRIL 18, 2021

But no laws were being broken, so we ended up doing an international petition, and eventually the public prosecutor said that there was no Kenyan law that we were breaking. We have a lot of potential allies too – there are a lot of ethical banks, like Triodos and others, who want to see this stuff happen. How does it work?

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2022

For instance, in 2019 the state passed a new law named the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act , which raised the 2030 target from 50% of electricity generated by renewables to 70%. According to a 2020 ACEE Scorecard , New York is ranked as one of the most energy-efficient cities in the U.S. followed by Boston and Seattle).

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

BASF’s wine tasting is just one example of many such pandemic-style lobbying efforts by the European agriculture industry since the EU has attempted to pass sweeping new policies to combat climate change through measures included in its “Green Deal,” first presented in December 2019. These groups spent at least a combined €45.9

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

The perfume, launched in 2019, is part of an effort from the Brazilian beauty giant to sustainability source ingredients for its beauty products from the Amazon that underscore the benefits of keeping the rainforest intact as a hotbed of biodiversity, while also communicating to end consumers about nature's benefits and limits.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

APRIL 26, 2019

4/11/2019 Environmental Services Specialist series, Environmental Services Department. Employment Eligibility: Federal law requires all employees to provide verification of their eligibility to work in this country. The application deadline is Monday, April 29, 2019 at 11:59 PM. Posting Date Apr 11, 2019.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

APRIL 26, 2019

4/11/2019 Environmental Services Specialist series, Environmental Services Department. Employment Eligibility: Federal law requires all employees to provide verification of their eligibility to work in this country. The application deadline is Monday, April 29, 2019 at 11:59 PM. Posting Date Apr 11, 2019.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 17, 2020

Moreover, under the laws of the state of Delaware, where 60 percent of Fortune 500 companies (and many smaller ones, including GreenBiz Group) are registered, corporate directors still have a fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of shareholders. But their 2019 statement is unlikely to lead us in that direction.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 30, 2020

The flip side to this rosy view is that there are plenty of ethical concerns to consider. There is concern that Moore’s Law , the idea that the number of transistors on integrated circuit will double every two years, is slowing down. Although progress is being made, he reiterated that warning last week.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 5, 2020

What’s been less chronicled is the arduous journey companies go through to clean up their mica supply chain, including the often-grueling work it takes to trace the mineral from its source all the way to products, then make the necessary changes to ensure it meets a company’s ethical and performance standards.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 7, 2021

To see some of the first-rate work ESDers have accomplished in the past fiscal year, review the 2019 Annual Report. Employment Eligibility: Federal law requires all employees to provide verification of their eligibility to work in this country. What is it like to be an ESDer? There shall be no substitution for the experience.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

On June 11, 2019, Protix opened its new, 14,000 square meter facility, making it the largest processing plant for insects worldwide. The rules are so strict, that some cheeses that we have been eating for centuries would have been banned under these laws. The potential is high, but the public needs to be willing first.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

Bespectacled, tall, and barrel-chested, with blonde hair and a beard punctuated by gray, Cole stood confidently before a classroom of conference attendees at a University of Oregon environmental law symposium in 2008, less than a year before his death. Abascal gave Cole a desk and a phone, and Cole got to work. Early Influences.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

But regulations are more than just policies and they shouldn’t be your only reason for being a sustainable, ethical business. These lawful constructs are put in place to serve and protect the world at large and public concerns over environmental and social wellbeing are on the rise. Competition Law and Sustainability Agreements.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

But its target for exiting coal “by 2050 or earlier” provides little guidance on how this will play a part in reaching its 2030 goal of cutting emissions by 30 percent from 2019 levels. The law also directs state ratepayer funds to support two coal-fired power plants operated by Ohio Valley Electric Corp.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The law directs more than $1 billion in state subsidies to nuclear power plants owned by former FirstEnergy subsidiary FirstEnergy Solutions. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Ohio, which stated that Householder had 84 phone contacts with FirstEnergy’s CEO from February 2017 to July 2019.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 12, 2024

The donation comes on the heels of the Conservative government issuing hundreds of new oil and gas licences in 2023, and writing annual licensing rounds into law. The Liberal Democrats’ climate policy is generally progressive, and the party committed in 2019 to achieving net-zero by 2045. The Charity Gala raised £1.2

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GreenBiz

JUNE 2, 2021

That's one takeaway from the landmark ruling last week by a three-judge panel in the Netherlands ordering Royal Dutch Shell to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 45 percent compared to 2019 levels by the end of 2030. It’s a goal that moves the oil company further, faster than it previously had deemed prudent or possible.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

As I began identifying leaders to include on this third annual list, I was inspired by the introduction to " All We Can Save ," an essay and poem collection co-edited by marine biologist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (who you can find on this year’s list) and Katharine Wilkinson (who we recognized on the first Badass Women list in 2019). .

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2024

In our analysis, DeSmog found that Fidelity, Schwab, and Vanguard’s DAFs all sent untraceable money to Project 2025 groups that actively engage in climate science denial and obstruction, as well as several classified as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights watchdog.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2021

That's one takeaway from the landmark ruling last week by a three-judge panel in the Netherlands ordering Royal Dutch Shell to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per cent compared to 2019 levels by the end of 2030. It's a goal that moves the oil company further, faster than it previously had deemed prudent or possible.

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