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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

These 20 C-suite executives have steered their companies forward through much disruption, providing inspiration for the possibilities of advancing sustainability, social responsibility and circular business models — sometimes all at once. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S.

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The Seven Sins of Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

It’s used to gain a financial advantage that’s often short lived and can expose businesses to long-term financial risk. As business leaders and employees , we must understand the nature of corporate greenwashing. In this Green Business Bureau article, we define corporate greenwash. What is corporate greenwash?

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'Balancing the books on CO2': Tide undertakes 'world first' biochar purchase

Business Green

Biochar, a charcoal-like soil matter produced when waste biomass is heated in a very low-oxygen environment, is capable of drawing large amounts of carbon dioxide down from the atmosphere, and has therefore attracted increasing interest and investment as an engineered CO2 removal solution.

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Event - New Frontiers in Renewable Energy and Resources

Green Market Oracle

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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The Seven Sins of Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

It’s used to gain a financial advantage that’s often short lived and can expose businesses to long-term financial risk. As business leaders and employees , we must understand the nature of corporate greenwashing. In this Green Business Bureau article, we define corporate greenwash. What is corporate greenwash?

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Ethiopia’s Record-Breaking Day of Tree Planting

Unsustainable

Deforestation affects rainfall, potentially triggering a vicious circle of dryer conditions, soil erosion and desertification. If there’s no plan for caring for them and monitoring them, many of them could die, and there’s no shortage of examples of failed tree plantings schemes. Biodiversity declines, crops fail. Tensions rise.

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On the Future of our Food

Mr. Sustainability

Lab-Grown Meat, Fake Meat & 3D Printed Pizzas Book Summary - There are currently several technologies in development that have the potential to provide the sustainable food of the future. This is a summary of the book ‘Kweekvlees, Fake Vlees & Pizza’s uit de Printer’ from Sebastiaan van de Water. Soil degradation.

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