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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2021

We realized that we could estimate the health of the overall environment by using birds, as they are an indicator of biodiversity. Short-term targets are valuable, but make sure that your goal-setting reflects the time it takes to make an impact on ecological health, which is measured in decades, not years. Sponsored Article.

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Biodiversity Health Soil Sustainability 431

GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

"When we talk about the blue economy, we're talking about sectors that are sustainable and that maintain the health of the ocean that support our economies and communities, both human and wild," said Helvarg. Can ocean and coastal health become part of a "new deal" — green, blue or any other hue? Coastal Health. Social Justice.

Sustainability 541

Sustainability Seafood Sea level rise Policy 541

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Supply chain workers' health and safety, combined with ethical working conditions and practices, and taking into consideration environmental impacts are needed to ensure brand trust and build brand loyalty with consumers. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021. For food retailers such as Publix, the primary environmental benefit of supporting aquaculture includes the ability to offer customers a certified product vetted for ecological considerations such as wastewater management, water quality, effluent discharge and health.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

As I recounted in the first article in this series, my 20-year career had left me with a desperate case of burnout. 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.

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Sustainability Health Startups Energy 427

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. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

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Climate change Carbon-neutral Carbon-negative Health 458

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

As Microsoft builds data centers in Iowa, it is also investing in urban forestry projects to bring an environmental and health benefit to the neighborhood as well. City Forest Credits worked with scientists to quantify the exact health benefits of each tree, creating a measurement scheme similar to carbon removal metrics. "We

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GreenBiz

JUNE 10, 2020

When production is reduced, farmers may use more chemicals in the growing process, which harms the soil and water sources, further degrading the planet and human health. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Coffee, poverty and migration are also connected.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 30, 2021

To better support the health of these communities, Berckes’ organization employs local teenagers to plant and care for trees. They can, if done right, tremendously advance environmental justice — they provide human health benefits, biodiversity, bird and pollinator habitat, slope stability and the list goes on.

Health 541

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GreenBiz

JULY 9, 2020

One possible option is a cost-sharing model, in which Handsome Brook would share some investment or investigate participation in grant programs that support soil health and water quality improvement projects, Wharton said. This article first appeared in GreenBiz's weekly newsletter, VERGE Weekly, running Wednesdays. Sponsored Article.

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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. . This article was adapted from the GreenBiz Food Weekly newsletter. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Food Systems.

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Agriculture Organic Education Law 442

GreenBiz

MARCH 30, 2021

That said, there is a business case for harnessing diversity and ensuring equity, as has been reflected in myriad articles and research efforts of the past few years. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Corporate Social Responsibility. Equity & Inclusion.

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Carbon Technology Energy Energy 463

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 9, 2020

This article originally was published in the BSR Insight. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. How to ensure circular fashion is good for people and the environment. Annelise Thim. Fri, 10/09/2020 - 00:15. In the United States alone, 2.1 Contributors.

Fashion 508

Fashion Retail Pollution Resilience 508

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 30, 2020

We also witnessed the emergence of EOS technologies to provide real-time water quality, ecosystem health and flood prediction analytics from satellite data acquisition and analytics companies (such as Gybe , 52 Impact and Cloud to Street ). Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 21, 2020

We want to call attention to how the biggest environmental impacts and the biggest health impact of products is really due to the products themselves and the creation and the use of a product,” Brown-West said. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. E-commerce.

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Retail Sustainability Real Estate Health 456

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

health insurers are all invested in the fossil fuel industry" and will call on insurers to divest from these companies, calling them "the greatest threat to human health.". Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Follow the money, indeed. Featured Column.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

And we’re not starting from scratch: For years, Seattle’s transportation department and others in city leadership have been working to reduce the health-harming pollution from cars, trucks and other sources. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Pull Quote.

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Transportation Health Medicine Pollution 437

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. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article.

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Sustainability Health Packaging Carbon 415

GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

Pfeffer is the author of the 2018 book, “Dying for a Paycheck: How Modern Management Harms Employee Health and Company Performance — and What We Can Do About It.” Let’s come up with, say, 50 things we could do to improve our health and happiness at work. Health & Well-being. Sponsored Article. Let’s gather our teams.

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Sustainability Health Organic Energy 444

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The twist: No one disputes that these efforts will be good for soil health. This article was adapted from the GreenBiz Food Weekly newsletter. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Again, those are just the first examples that come to mind.

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Soil Carbon-negative Carbon Agriculture 431

GreenBiz

MAY 18, 2020

Unlike the durable coffee cup systems and reusable bags hibernating now, health and safety protocols and industrial cleaning processes are in place in our reuse system. Putting this on the backburner in a health crisis is short-sighted. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

Packaging 485

Packaging Retail Plastics Health 485

GreenBiz

JANUARY 14, 2021

For the last two decades, the European Union has played a leadership role in tackling the risks hazardous chemicals pose to our health and environment. Accounting for combinative impacts of multiple chemicals on health: Increasing evidence points to the risks from simultaneous exposure to multiple chemicals. Sponsored Article.

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Policy Health Law Asia 420

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The former EPA administrator and current president and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has been a leading advocate for smart, successful strategies to protect public health and the environment for more than 30 years. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

Climate change 441

Climate change Demand Health Pollution 441

GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

Although the global COVID-19 outbreak is first and foremost an existential public health threat, it also likely represents the dawn of an economic "new world order" and a reshaping of the global economy. What can businesses in B2C industries do to ensure the health and safety of their employees and customers? Sponsored Article.

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Resilience Innovation Health Retail 446

GreenBiz

JANUARY 5, 2021

Successfully solving a public health crisis, tackling climate change, battling racism — all require, at the core, a personal commitment from each of us to do our part. Examples from politics to public health are too many to mention. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

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Health Carbon Climate change Politics 361

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

True-cost accounting aims to make visible the full costs of food by identifying, measuring and valuing the positive and negative environmental, social and health-related externalities of food and agricultural systems. Some of [these wallets] transact in money and some transact in health," he explains. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 1, 2021

Facing far less risk, people with the luxury of working from home nevertheless have faced new stressors on their mental health, including blurred work-life boundaries, social isolation and ceaseless caregiving. As the pandemic has killed half a million Americans, too often "essential" workers have felt expendable. Hearts and minds.

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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. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 24, 2020

Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Like a growing number of bonds, Google’s hew to the Green Bond Principles and the Social Bond Principles , both promulgated by the International Capital Markets Association. Finance & Investing. Featured Column.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

As we confront a global pandemic and the economic hardship it is producing, efforts around communications and advocacy alongside health, social engagement and human rights have become increasingly important criteria as well. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

Their diagnostic platform can assess real-time health data, battery analytics and issues, and enable a secondary market for used batteries. Rejoule performs a fast test, in seconds versus hours, that provides insights into the battery’s health and remaining useful life. . Sponsored Article. Circular Economy. Circularity 21.

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Startups Carbon-negative Waste Waste 462

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Concerns about the environment are taking a backseat to worries about basic needs — our health and our economy (at both the macro and personal level). Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. But that doesn’t mean we’re not at all worried about the environment.

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Packaging Organic Climate change Sustainability 503

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2022

A perspective article by researchers from Stockholm University and ETH Zurich, published in August in Environmental Science & Technology , suggests that environmental contamination by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) defines a separate planetary boundary and that this boundary has been exceeded. The time to act is now.”.

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Health Transportation Packaging Pollution 277

GreenBiz

MAY 18, 2021

According to this GreenBiz article on the state of corporate reporting , we’re not likely to have one single framework that everyone uses anytime soon (if ever). The WELL Building Standard is a roadmap for creating and certifying spaces that advance human health and well-being across 10 core concepts. Sponsored Article.

Sustainability 541

Sustainability Climate change Organic Construction 541

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Twenty years and many studies later, we know that the anti-GMO activists were wrong to say that modified crops posed a threat to human health. This article was adapted from the GreenBiz Food Weekly newsletter. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article.

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Methane Biotech Agriculture Government 402

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Will they continue with health care and wages as usual? Demand and lobby hard to ensure everyone has health care, and for a far more equitable wage structure? Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Or will they go big, to get it done now?Demand

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