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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Each of these individuals is playing the long game and is in a strong position to move their companies and industries into what could be a more hopeful period of reconciliation, recovery and repair. Most support science-based targets and sit on multiple boards, collaborations and advocacy groups to further industry-level sustainability goals.

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Green City Solutions fights air pollution with IoT, biotech and moss

Green Tech Challenge

In 2016, World Energy Outlook made a study on air pollution as the fourth-largest threat to human health – but also to our environment. With the increasing growth in mass production, industries expanding to low cost production sites in Asia, fuelling on coal and the pollution from transport, the problem continues to grow.

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? $32bn and 30% drop as market hits pause in 2023

Climate Tech VC

🚗 Vertical: Transportation and Energy investment declined, but remained on top. Food & Land Use fell dramatically, down -55%, and was replaced by Industry in the big three. Redwood Materials raised $1bn to build its US battery materials and recycling facility. Removing Industry, the average was 34% down. 

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Xavier Creative House: An Award Winning Sustainable Marketing Agency Supporting the Healthcare Industry

Green Business Bureau

Xavier Creative House (XCH) is a sustainable marketing agency operating in the healthcare industry, specializing in pharmaceuticals, biotech, and medical devices. In 2020, XCH implemented continuous monitoring of PCs and other electronics to make immediate adjustments to conserve energy.

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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — January 2022

Greentown Labs

Blackburn Energy closed its Series A round , led by Toyota Tsusho America. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Building Program. LineVision ‘s tech will be deployed to monitor New York Power Authority’s 230-kV transmission lines in Franklin and Clinton counties. Phytoform Labs raised a $5.7M funding round.

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Mapped: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets

DeSmogBlog

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. Meet the Industry Trade Groups.

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How behavioural science can boost the green transition

Smart Energy International

Taking the ‘human factor’ into consideration when designing and implementing energy policy is crucial to achieving energy transition goals, writes Dr Rosa Garcia-Verdugo. Have you read: PG&E implements behavioural Energy Efficiency Programme National Grid – Scaling demand response with behavioural outreach.