GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The study analyzed litigation, transactional and lobbying work conducted from 2015 to 2019. After all, the $41 million ExxonMobil spent on climate lobbying in 2019 ( according to InfluenceMap ) exceeds the entire $37 million annual operating budget ( 2019 ) of Greenpeace USA. Four firms receive an A while 26 received an F.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

ImpactAlpha, February 4 — Singapore-based private equity impact fund ABC World Asia, launched by Temasek in 2019, led a $24 million financing round. The post Temasek’s ABC World Asia backs Vietnamese oral health provider Kim Dental appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 5, 2020

Food deserts — or "food swamps," which one researcher argues is a better term — are linked to obesity and other health problems. . Meet the fellows for 2019 and 2020. Here are the 2019-2020 fellows. These disparities are systematic and ingrained and very much with us today. More in this Guardian feature.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 23, 2024

million since December 2019 from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and individuals who have expressed or supported climate science denial, DeSmog can reveal. The anti-net zero party Reform UK has received more than £2 million in polluting donations since December 2019, accounting for more than 90 percent of its funding.

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GreenBiz

MAY 18, 2020

Simply stated, they are: Revolutionize health and safety with technology. Here is a summary of what falls under each of them, all integrally linked with Intel’s high-level strategic agenda: Revolutionize health and safety with technology. Make technology fully inclusive and expand digital readiness. Corporate Strategy. Technology.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2023

Antibiotic residues in wastewater and wastewater treatment plants in the regions around China and India risk contributing to antibiotic resistance , and the drinking water may pose a threat to human health , according to a “comprehensive analysis” from Karolinska Institute t published in The Lancet Planetary Health.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 15, 2024

It also committed to slashing its planet-heating pollution in half by 2030 compared to a 2019 baseline. Even with new reactor designs, however, there are still environmental and health concerns when it comes to mining and enriching uranium for reactors and storing radioactive waste.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

I began discussing burnout with GreenBiz leaders in early 2019. Family, community, health, creativity — those are the things that light me up, give me meaning. It became crystal clear: I would honor my health. And it became crystal clear: I would honor my health. It became crystal clear: I would honor my health.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The pandemic has shaken the mental health and emotional well-being of people everywhere. It also has caused many people to consider more carefully what they value most: family; friends; health — and savings, if possible. We think the action gap is about to get smaller, due to a set of trends and the context of the pandemic.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2019

With the end of 2019 rapidly approaching, we’d like to take this time to recognize some of our member companies via our inaugural “Best of GBB” awards. Businesses and individuals need to do their part to neutralize mankind’s negative impact on our planet’s health. Green should not just be a buzzword.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 1, 2021

In 2019, it was recorded at a little under $160 billion, a projected compound annual growth rate of 2.5 Salmon is very efficient, from a carbon perspective, protein to begin with," said Heather Tansey, sustainability lead for animal nutrition and health at Cargill. In 2018, salmon aquaculture peaked at 2.68

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 26, 2020

There is a lot to consider: the worst public health crisis in 100 years, a climate emergency, and the worst economic turbulence in 80 years. Now is the time to build on the momentum created in 2019 to drive decarbonization as a business and investment imperative. Or will this signal the start of a new chapter?

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 17, 2022

Evidence of the pubic health problem presented by PM2.5 includes a doubling of hospital admissions for lung conditions in England and Wales over the last 20 years or so, from 1,535 per 100,000 in 1999 to 3,143 per 100,000 in 2019. Evidence of the pubic health problem presented by PM2.5 Water quality. Woodland cover.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

With their engagement, we together can learn how to rebuild our economy and democracy with greater equality, justice and health. Look 10 years ahead: My attention, like many, has been focused on the political and human health events of the day. Bart Alexander is former chief corporate responsibility officer at Molson Coors.

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Terra Infirma

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In 2019, the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust became the first health organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. The post James Dixon and the first health organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency appeared first on Terra Infirma.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 21, 2021

Despite years of progress by leading corporations toward ESG, corporate social responsibility (CSR), environmental health and safety (EHS) and sustainability goals, the reality is that board members overseeing these companies are still trying to discern how all of this applies to them. Time for training.

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TechCrunch: Climate

MARCH 5, 2025

Founded in 2019 in London, Epoch Biodesign now a 30+ strong multidisciplinary team of chemists, biologists and software engineers. startup, originating from founder Jacob Nathan’s high school science project on using enzymes to break down plastic waste, has secured an oversubscribed $18.3 million in Series A funding.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 27, 2020

Basic human health principles tell us that we should diagnose before we treat and that we should test before we diagnose. . Today, by leveraging advancements in technology and new medical discoveries, we are able to treat and prevent diseases and enhance our quality of life, health and wellness. Poornima Param….

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The number of complaints has increased from under 3,000 (2,976) a year to over 5,000 (5,568) a year between 2019 and 2020 – an increase of 87%. Campaigners have written to the Health Secretary to call for wood stoves to be phased out by 2027. Every day I read about a new area of human health impacted by ultra fine dust (PM2.5)

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

While environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, water scarcity and water pollution dominate the list of issues that experts say are the most urgent — these are all considered more urgent than they were in 2019 — the perceived urgency of social issues is also on the rise.

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GreenBiz

JULY 9, 2020

And as of July 2019, the company had raised $12 million in early-stage venture funding (led by True Ventures ) to help with its mission. Currently, the company is protecting forests in Northern California and Arizona.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 9, 2020

A strong signal of the circular fashion opportunity: Resale grew 25 times faster than the overall retail apparel market in 2019. Companies, brands and designers are increasingly looking to circular fashion models, including resale, rental and repair, to mitigate these impacts.

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GreenBiz

MAY 19, 2020

The circular economy is a solution for our future health and wellness and recycling has a vital role to play. Americans continue to value and demand recycling as an essential public service according to The Recycling Partnership’s 2019 Earth Day survey. The time to transform the way we think about and manage waste is now.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Unfortunately, these compounds have been shown to negatively impact ecological and human health, particularly because they can bioaccumulate up the food chain and affect development in children, increase risk of cancer, contribute to elevated cholesterol levels, interfere with women’s fertility and weaken immune systems.”.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

In 2019, Lance Bottoms and Lyles testified before Congress on Atlanta’s and Charlotte’s steps to create a more climate resilient city. It starts with equality, and it leads to the health and resilience of people and the planet. Like these other mayors, Bowser has pushed for a green and sustainable vision for her city.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Almost one-third of the money that Nestlé intends to invest will be dedicated to cultivating regenerative agricultural practices that improve soil health and reduce dependence on synthetic fertilizer across 500,000-plus farms from which Nestlé sources ingredients. Close Authorship.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 3, 2021

This regulation already has an impact: Companies in the financial sector had the greatest uptick in climate risk disclosure, with almost half of financial companies (47 percent) disclosing these risks in 2020, up from 31 percent in 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the interconnection between environmental health and public health.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The pledge asks the UK public to improve the country’s drain health and reduce the impact that waste is having on the climate and environment. The month-long initiative began in 2019. We are incredibly proud of the efforts of the British public and businesses to tackle the climatic and ecological impact of poor drain health.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The inclusion of biodiversity is part of Textile Exchange's Climate+ strategy, which focuses on urgent climate action and recognizes that soil health, water and biodiversity will play a key role in this transition. When surveyed in 2019, 42 percent of our member companies put "biodiversity risk" as important or very important to them.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 4, 2020

While most of these changes were inexpensive, Ferzli said Ocean Spray does help its farmers apply for grants so they can put the most innovative and sustainable technologies in place, including the Baker-Polito Administration grant that awarded $991,837 to 21 cranberry growers in 2019, 15 of which are part of the Ocean Spray co-op.

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GreenBiz

JULY 13, 2020

It’s something that I hope companies take to heart," said Boma Brown-West, senior manager of consumer health at EDF+Business. . The TJX vote was "a good demonstration that the E in ESG is not just about climate or water, it includes chemicals. COVID-19 spurs environmental justice concerns.

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Charged

JANUARY 24, 2025

After several years of planning, the Port Authority replaced its inter-terminal diesel-powered bus fleet in 2019 not only at JFK but also at LaGuardia and Newark Liberty airports, with 36 battery-operated Proterra Catalyst E2 Electric shuttle buses.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2020

That money — close to double the 2019 total — is making the industry increasingly visible. The twist: No one disputes that these efforts will be good for soil health. The trend: By Dec. 1, venture capitalists invested a whopping $1.5 billion in alternative proteins during 2020, according to the latest data from the Good Food Institute.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

An example of the work carried out by the teams in Scarborough and Hunstanton is the rescue of Lady (pictured, above), in April 2019. Despite her poor health, Lady became stronger and stronger thanks to the aid of the Animal Care Team, eventually being released in June 2019.

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GreenBiz

JULY 10, 2020

But even as these shifts expose inequities in the health and food systems, many experts hope that the current moment offers an opportunity to build a new, more sustainable food system. Greta Thunberg addressed the United Nations at the 2019 U.N. No One is Too Small to Make a Difference " by Greta Thunberg.

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Charged

MARCH 30, 2023

EVs are also expected to deliver benefits in terms of human health, but this has not been extensively studied. Now a team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have begun to document the actual respiratory impact of EV adoption in a study that uses real-world data to link electric cars, air pollution and health.

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GreenBiz

JULY 23, 2021

In 2019, a study from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future had a surprising finding. The plants boost ocean health, have the potential to sequester incredible amounts of carbon and provide low barriers to entry for new ocean farmers. . Hopefully, they help bring a better catch to your plate this summer. Kelp is the new kale.

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