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When you think climate change, you need to think about water

GreenBiz

While a growing number of companies such as Arcadis are creating solutions and investing in ways to combat climate change issues, there's still untapped potential for water investment, according to industry experts participating in the recent GreenFin virtual event. For example, 72 percent of water usage in the world goes to agriculture.

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Fast Fashion: the second biggest polluter on Earth

Envirotec Magazine

Below he discusses the issue of water pollution in the fashion industry. The fashion industry is reliant on water. Startlingly, the fashion industry is now the second largest generator of pollution on Earth after the oil industry, which is driven by the snowballing effect of ‘fast fashion’.

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Digital technology, green finance in vogue among fashion’s sustainability trendsetters

GreenBiz

The key to long-term success in the fashion industry is to start trends and continually push the envelope — a philosophy that also applies to its ESG priorities. However, there is a growing and collective awareness of environmental impact across the industry.

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Utilities plus telcos: The case for an arranged marriage

GreenBiz

The notion of power utilities and telecommunications companies combining or working together is not new. Both small and large utilities, telcos and cellular companies ("cellcos") have carefully tried partnering in a typically limited fashion. Telco plus utility = Energy savings and modernized infrastructure. Richelle Elberg.

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Lessons from 3 emerging bio-based material technologies

GreenBiz

The company’s first technology, MycoComposite, precipitated the subsidiary Mushroom Packaging , which I discussed with Ecovative’s business development lead, Meghan Olson. With a B2B strategy, Loliware is building a portfolio of partners — including Marriott, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and Pernod Ricard — to distribute its straws.

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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 Energy Act 2023: What it is, what it means and when it will take effect

Envirotec Magazine

Eleni Diamantopoulou is Practice Development Lawyer (Energy) at Womble Bond Dickinson. Eleni Diamantopoulou writes The Energy Act 2023 (the Act) is finally here. Energy Storage : The Act brings the missing clarity that was blocking investment by adding a clear definition for energy storage.