GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Wed, 10/07/2020 - 02:01. It's not necessarily that the game of musical chairs has intensified in the C-suite, but you'll note major executive moves at big apparel, food, energy, finance and technology corporations, some of which have enlisted a chief sustainability officer (CSO) or equivalent for the first time. Elsa Wenzel.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

With 2020 now upon us, Andrew Brady, UK CEO of EMR (formerly European Metal Recycling) reflects on what has changed in his sector since the start of the millennium, and offers perspective on its growing importance and the challenges that lie ahead. Economic growth has driven ongoing demand for waste metals since 2000.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 11, 2021

Nearly 30 startups joined our community in the final quarter of 2020, working on innovations as diverse as zinc-ion batteries, long-range weather forecasts, wave energy conversion, and replacements for petrochemical plastics. ELECTRICITY. This energy storage solution is low-cost, flexible, and long-duration.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Corporations aren’t just interested in renewable energy; they are a leading driver of its growth. According to data from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables, corporate customers procured a total of 5.8 ” Energy storage-as-a-service.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

Download the full report and data (clients) Highlights 💰 2023 investment: Funding in 2023 totaled $32bn, down 30% from 2022, although CAGR remains high since 2020 at 23%. 🤝 Deal count: Overall deal activity decreased for the first time since 2020, with deal count down 3% compared to last year. 

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 15, 2020

We couldn’t be more proud of our members’ resilience and accomplishments throughout 2020. Here are some of our entrepreneurs’ most impressive moments: Form Energy secured its first grid-scale battery installation pilot project and raised a $70M Series C. SomEV launched its first electric micromobility vehicles this fall.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Corporates unlock key opportunities for climatetech deployment at scale, due to their capital, purchasing power, and market access—especially given that climatetech is a largely B2B industry with high capital requirements. That’s where Greentown Launch , Greentown Labs’ flagship startup-corporate partnerships accelerator, comes in.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 15, 2021

Described as a range of state of the art UV-C disinfection chambers for the healthcare industry, the Mackwell Health Whitebox is seemingly equipped to quickly and reliably disinfect personal protective equipment (PPE) in compliance with healthcare regulations and guidelines.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2021

However, when asked about physical actions, it is encouraging to see that the vast majority (94%) say they have taken at least one action to reduce their emissions, though they tended to be low-effort ones, such as installing a smart meter. Image credit: Nenad Stojkovic , CC BY 2.0 I also donate 1.5% million and 1.5

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Since launching in February 2020, MASAMI’s mission has been to make clean, non-toxic beauty the standard for the industry. This is a common obstacle for the beauty and haircare industry as alternative packaging solutions are still in development. WHAT IS “CONSCIOUS BEAUTY?”.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2021

It was an update about a new, giant plastics plant built on the line between two small Texas cities just northeast of Corpus Christi: Portland and Gregory. The site is home to the world’s largest ethane steam cracker plant, which will feed the production of nurdles – tiny pellets that form the building blocks for plastic products.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

Published by the British Chambers of Commerce in partnership with O2, the research also seemed to show only one in seven (13%) have set targets to reduce their emissions – down from one in five (21%) when firms were surveyed before the pandemic in February 2020. In 2020, O2 Business helped customers save 1.4m

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 30, 2022

Law firm sustainability is a strategic business shift that aims to prevent socially and environmentally damaging operations in the legal industry. Sustainability challenges in the legal industry. The legal industry and its negative environmental effects. The legal industry and its negative social effects.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 22, 2022

per year from 2020 to 2030 to keep global temperatures from exceeding 1.5°C Scope 2 : Are the indirect corporate emissions released from the energy purchased by an organization. For instance, the electricity that’s purchased from an electricity provider (it’s the energy provider that has the scope 1 emissions here).

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

In a substantial article in IEEE Spectrum , Voelcker explains how the Aptera team has updated its design, and why the Apterans feel energy efficiency is an overlooked issue in the EV world. million to build three prototype vehicles. They hope to reveal a final design in 2020. with the goal of raising $2.5

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

But it's vital we don't lose sight of long-term climate and energy challenges and the vital sustainability targets that must solve them. Drax engineers at work within the UK's biggest renewable power plant | Credit: Drax. Biomass wood pellet storage dome and conveyor system, Drax Power Station, North Yorkshire | Credit: Drax.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

Furthermore, it says, the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has made "significant improvements" when it comes to measuring and monitoring waste, in particular within the commercial and industrial sector. per cent, against a 2020 target of 3.5 per cent and 13.4 per cent, respectively.

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Grist

OCTOBER 1, 2022

When dealing with the life cycle of plastic, hundreds of solutions await, from alternative bioplastics that might be able to degrade themselves through the magic of fungus, to complex chemical recycling that can break plastics down to become other petroleum products or to be rebuilt good as new.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In 2020, the European Commission ran an extensive cross-sector sweep of websites to identify instances of greenwash.They found that in 42% of cases, green claims were exaggerated, false, or deceptive. McDonald’s addressed the environmental issue of plastic pollution by replacing their straws with paper alternatives. Energy Star.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 26, 2022

Blackburn Energy closed its Series A round , led by Toyota Tsusho America. Radical Plastics received a $650K Phase II SBIR grant from the U.S. Radical Plastics received a $650K Phase II SBIR grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Building Program. Phytoform Labs raised a $5.7M funding round.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Vodafone announced today it will evaluate future suppliers on their commitment to tackling carbon emissions and building a circular economy, as it works towards its company-wide goal of halving its environmental impact by 2025.

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Business Green

JUNE 8, 2020

Suddenly you realise that power, beauty and money are worthless, and won't get you the oxygen you're fighting for. The level of nitrogen dioxide , one of the major air pollutants, over northern China, Western Europe and the US decreased by 60 per cent in early 2020 when compared to the same period last year.

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Charged

MARCH 3, 2020

Introducing silicon into automotive-grade lithium-ion cells has been a major topic in the EV industry in the past decade. The company set out to find a way to forego graphite altogether, and build a silicon-dominant anode. So, when you first build a battery, you’ll use up some of the lithium, and you don’t get all of that lithium back.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Stanley Black & Decker is a diversified global provider of hand tools, power tools and related accessories, electronic security solutions, healthcare solutions, engineered fastening systems, and more. The Challenge successfully concluded in March 2020; learn more about it by watching this video. ##. Somerville, Mass.,

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MARCH 22, 2021

California’s ambitious goal of reaching 75% recycling by 2020 was unsuccessful – the state has only achieved 37% in 2019 ( 1 ). We have called on industry leaders to guide this solutions-based forum and panel on how innovation can move us away from landfill dependency and decrease the impacts on our environment. April 21, 2021.

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Business Green

APRIL 24, 2022

As part of our mission at Google to operate on 24/7 carbon-free energy (CFE) by 2030, we continue to prioritise internal development in sustainable operations and initiatives. Today, Google data centres are twice as energy efficient as the typical data centre. We practice what we preach, and aim to empower our customers to do the same.

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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2021

The public market offering and the capital gained during the process will be crucial for AeroFarms to reach the next level of its growth and to achieve several strategic expansions, including improving operational and energy efficiency, adding into new products (right now it's focusing on berries), and maintaining its social impact. "We

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

Furthermore, it says, the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has made "significant improvements" when it comes to measuring and monitoring waste, in particular within the commercial and industrial sector. per cent, against a 2020 target of 3.5 per cent and 13.4 per cent, respectively.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 1, 2020

To minimize personal auto usage, use public transportation for your daily commute. Alternately, look into electric cars if you’re in the market for a new vehicle. Some examples include beekeeping, preserving food, woodworking, sewing, gardening or learning how to build solar and wind technology.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 20, 2019

New Frontiers in Renewable Energy and Resources will take place on November 25-26, 2019 in Rome, Italy. The theme is "Renewable Energy for a Better Future" and the it will include: Keynote talks, Plenary sessions, Discussion Panels, B2B Meetings, Poster symposia, Video Presentations, and Workshops.

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Mr. Sustainability

AUGUST 20, 2020

With Direct Air Capture, atmospheric CO2 can also be used as a feedstock to create low-carbon products like plastics and concrete. With DAC, atmospheric CO2 can also be used as a feedstock to create low-carbon products like plastics and concrete. This article is taken from Carbon Engineering. For the original, click here.

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Business Green

JANUARY 27, 2020

Chaired by Dr Nick Watts, an expert on links between climate change and health, the NHS Net Zero Expert Panel will examine the health service's energy use and how it can source more renewable energy.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Thinking about this definition, we ask: Is it possible for the retail industry to be sustainable ? The retail industry is built from supply and demand, meaning traditionally, financial success is thought to hinge on economies of scale. Can the retail industry be sustainable ? ” – Target CEO Brian Cornell.

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Low Impact

APRIL 30, 2021

But there is a growing awareness that cremation (as currently carried out) is not a sustainable option: Energy use and emissions. A huge amount of energy is required to cremate a human body: temperatures of 760-1150 degrees Celsius for 75 minutes. By 2020, all UK crematoria (there are roughly 240) should emit no mercury.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

For Edna Ibarra, it was the realization that with every breath her 11-year-old son was breathing in a little more of an industrial carcinogen that drove her to get involved in the fight against air pollution in Laredo, Texas. And her son isn’t the only child exposed to this risk.

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Business Green

JULY 13, 2021

Qatar Airways' may have promised fans it would help them 'fly greener', while VW chose to showcase its new electric vehicles, but as ever carbon intensive and plastic-touting industries were highly visible. The ASA has long pointed out that the power to introduce a blanket ban on product categories lies with the government. "We

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In 2020, the European Commission ran an extensive cross-sector sweep of websites to identify instances of greenwash.They found that in 42% of cases, green claims were exaggerated, false, or deceptive. McDonald’s addressed the environmental issue of plastic pollution by replacing their straws with paper alternatives. Energy Star.

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