GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Formalized in Article 5 of the Paris Agreement, the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) Mechanism was designed to "slow, halt and reverse forest cover and carbon loss" globally.

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GreenBiz

JULY 9, 2020

When I started poking around to identify other for-profit ventures in the business of land conservation, two other organizations that have been working with Microsoft jumped to mind, both of which provide technology for mapping and measuring forests : Pachama and Silvia Terra. . Sponsored Article. Subscribe here. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 16, 2021

Here are just a few highlights — and ideas on how your organization can get involved. Keep organic waste out of landfills and incinerators . The current situation is insane: Organic waste is the single biggest input in landfills, where it produces the potent greenhouse gas methane as it decomposes. What’s the impact? Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

JULY 12, 2020

For years, corporate reporters — those inside companies responsible for creating sustainability reports and reporting environmental, social and governance data to various other organizations — have been frustrated by what many refer to as an alphabet soup of standards and frameworks: CDP, GRI, IIRC, PRI, SASB, TCFD, UNGC and more.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 17, 2020

But digging into innovations being advanced by that organization — AGCO, based in Duluth, Georgia — reveals much about the potential future of technology for cultivating regenerative and precision agriculture. My focus is really to harness the energy of the entire organization. Sponsored Article. Innovation. Food & Agriculture.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 11, 2022

This article explores recent trends towards higher-impact clean energy products and how your organization can maximize social co-benefits while delivering on climate targets. Sponsored: Industry leaders are increasingly prioritizing the social co-benefits of renewable energy procurement.

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GreenBiz

JULY 14, 2020

In addition to a review of the current literature, the team interviewed sustainability leaders in 24 organizations across the United States. Leading organizations have made a solid business case for providing workplace charging and other EV related employee incentives or benefits. Key strategies to maximize benefit.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 8, 2020

As of mid-September, the stock market had welcomed at least 82 initial public offerings this year by special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) — organizations that collectively raised more than $31 billion. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 9, 2020

We'll be acting as the organization's media partner to build awareness for the next edition of its awards program. The organization's mission aligns well with GreenBiz’s values of championing corporate climate action that is informed by diverse communities and recognizes the intersection between climate change and racial justice.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

If a farmer wants to transition a farm from conventional practices to organic or regenerative ones, costs are associated with that transition. These factors are different for organic and regenerative farmers, so the numbers often don’t work, resulting in loans being denied or unaffordable. Sponsored Article. Food & Agriculture.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The effort is part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s global Plastics Pact network: The think tank has helped organize key public and private stakeholders to push towards a circular economy for plastic in countries around the world, from the United Kingdom to Chile to South Africa. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 9, 2020

This article originally was published in the BSR Insight. While the potential positive environmental impact of a shift to a circular economy is enormous, few organizations are considering the social implications for the more than 60 million people in its value chain. Sponsored Article. Annelise Thim. Fri, 10/09/2020 - 00:15.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 5, 2020

With that in mind, rather than signing off with my usual list of essential reads, I’ll end with links to pieces about individuals and organizations combating racism and promoting diversity in food and agriculture. This article was adapted from the GreenBiz Food Weekly newsletter. Sponsored Article. Civil Eats has a longer list.

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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). But the companies interviewed for this article have differing strategies for how to handle suppliers that don’t comply with their mandates.

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GreenBiz

MAY 18, 2021

Both organizations offer programs for young professionals or those new to sustainability. . 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). WELL works at any scale, from a single interior space to an entire organization.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Business strategy organization Boston Consulting Group will use remote workplace lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce per-employee travel by at least 30 percent by 2025, one key element of the $8.5 Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Heather Clancy.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 16, 2021

A campaign led by Friends of the Earth and allies calling on Home Depot and Lowe’s to stop selling Roundup and other glyphosate-based products has been supported by over 100 organizations and over 157,000 consumers. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 6, 2020

In our current environment — where legitimate news organizations are branded as "fake news," actual fake news is tough to spot and Americans are in the streets and on social media demanding change from governments and companies — certifications can be a trusted, trustworthy "spokesperson" that brands, and Americans, can rely on.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are increasingly becoming incorporated across all aspects of organizations, including business strategies, operations and product/service offerings. Despite this backdrop, many boards have not incorporated climate awareness into their organizations yet. Nidia Martínez.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

All of us means the private sector, governments and civil society (community groups, NGOs, labor unions, indigenous groups, charitable organizations, faith-based organizations, professional associations and foundations). How much time do you spend on positioning your organization as a water stewardship leader? Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 21, 2020

A whole organic free range chicken on Crowd Cow costs $5 per pound; the equivalent non-organic product in Safeway goes for $1.49 My point isn’t to question the value of organic methods. This article was adapted from the GreenBiz Food Weekly newsletter. Sponsored Article. Price is one issue. More details at Steward.

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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. Other organizations featured in the customer video (below) are Cata Fresh, a Spanish exporter of everything from melons to onions, and Sage Fruit, which specializes in pears, cherries and apples. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 22, 2021

Apple said it is also working with respected organizations such as Verra, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the U.N. A Vox article highlighted that "buying offsets is something anyone can do if they have the money." Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

I’ll let Bond describe the purpose of this new organization, pulling from his moving and passionate presentation at GreenBiz 21. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. You can watch his entire 10-minute talk here. Social Justice. State of the Profession.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

But without describing the emissions their organization is responsible for and the end-state they consider successful, an ambitious claim may be disingenuous. Why focus on the responsibilities of organizations and communities? Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Contributors.

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GreenBiz

MAY 5, 2021

Minutes before midnight March 22, two art collectors got into a heated bidding war at a charity auction for a climate organization. The auction was benefitting digital advocacy organization Open Earth Foundation , which ended up raising a total of $6.6 Sponsored Article. What does digital art have to do with sustainability?

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

It is comprised of more than 45 organizations working together to provide science-based targets for companies and cities. Now, the organization has published its first consensus guidance for companies on how to restore balance to the global commons by operating within Earth’s limits while meeting society’s needs. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). One nonprofit organization, GreenWave , is even advocating the idea of "regenerative ocean farming." Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

While businesses, community organizations, utilities and government agencies move away from dependence on fossil-fueled power generation, you can make that same shift, too. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Welcome to the triumph of the sun. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 19, 2020

The genesis of this solution dates to around six years ago, when Lawrence Haddad, who leads the nonprofit Global Alliance on Improved Nutrition , was editing an article on nutrition. The dashboard also likely will be used by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization as part of its 2021 Food Systems Summit. . Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 23, 2021

The company recently launched an updated version of its publicly available smart water navigator , which helps organizations assess their water risks and come up with a plan and goals to address them. . Part of the purpose of the navigator is to close the gap between organizations’ water reduction targets and their results.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 11, 2021

For more essays and articles by Shana Rapport, sign up for VERGE Weekly , one of our free newsletters. We worked with a bunch of nonprofit organizations who focus on vaquitas — a very endangered porpoise that lives in the Sea of Cortez. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

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GreenBiz

JULY 12, 2021

Shegerian said the new partnership with Closed Loop Partners will help his organization forge new relationships important for scaling the types of materials it can process and sell back into the electronics ecosystem at a time when interest in circular approaches is intensifying. "We Sponsored Article. Some key moments. Courtesy of.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

That pain point was the inspiration for a new climate data project launched this week that will be spearheaded by the Linux Foundation, the nonprofit host organization for thousands of the most influential open source software and data initiatives in the world such as GitHub. Sponsored Article. Pull Quote. Technology. Featured Column.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 12, 2021

Their mission is to work with JPMorgan Chase’s existing commercial relationship specialists to accelerate the flow of capital available to organizations that can play a role in decarbonizing other companies and industries. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

By Gauthier Eppe Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that pose a significant threat to human health and the environment. 1 This article explores the limitations of current analytical methods for POPs and discusses how trapped ion mobility spectrometry (TIMS) is setting new standards in the field of POPs analysis.

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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. He applied after hearing about a friend’s positive experience working with the organization. "It This partnership brings together 14 organizations — from the Morton Arboretum to the U.S.

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