Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Carroll’s model brings consistency to a field that lacks a clear, set definition. Yet, CSR lacked (and still does lack) a clear and consistent definition. The basis of what we consider the modern definition of CSR is rooted in Carroll’s pyramid of corporate social responsibility. Before Carroll, definitions of CSR varied.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

The Prime Minister is being urged by his own father to establish a target to reverse the decline of species and habitats into law, as part of a major campaign launched this morning geared at tackling escalating rates of biodiversity loss in the UK.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Carroll’s model brings consistency to a field that lacks a clear, set definition. Yet, CSR lacked (and still does lack) a clear and consistent definition. The basis of what we consider the modern definition of CSR is rooted in Carroll’s pyramid of corporate social responsibility. Before Carroll, definitions of CSR varied.

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GreenBiz

JULY 30, 2020

There is concern that Moore’s Law , the idea that the number of transistors on integrated circuit will double every two years, is slowing down. So, definitely look for far more specialized hardware. Get acquainted with the concept of "die stacking" in computing hardware design. Remember this acronym, MRAM.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 8, 2024

The idea originated in what they saw as flaws in France’s 2017 duty of vigilance law, which requires all large businesses headquartered in France, and international corporations with a significant presence there, to set out clear measures to prevent human rights violations and environmental damage — even among their subsidiaries.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 31, 2020

Yet, as the original purposes of these laws has been largely achieved, states can now accelerate deeper progress towards want we really what: a 100 percent clean electricity grid that is also affordable and reliable. RPS targets or goals, adopted by 37 states as well Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

She is also chair of the charitable Stop Ecocide Foundation and convener of the Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide chaired by Philippe Sands KC and Dior Fall Sow. What she realized was that the aspect that protects our rights is actually criminal law. Where does taking life in ecocide become a criminal act?

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GreenBiz

MARCH 9, 2021

Protecting inventions with patents can assist with these aims, but innovators may be skeptical of being able to obtain patent protection for products that are made using recycled materials — materials that in many cases are, by definition, not new.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 23, 2021

Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signed a HB21-1052, Define Hydroelectricity as Renewable Energy , concerning the inclusion of pumped hydroelectric energy generation in the definition of “eligible energy resources” for purposes of meeting Colorado’s renewable energy standard (RES).

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

Earlier this year, Danone became the first listed company to become an "enterprise à mission," a new type of corporation created by a 2019 French law. And by definition, a commodity has no value or very limited value. Cecilia Keating. Mon, 07/20/2020 - 00:30. You showed evidence that finance can change the world.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

There are also laws on the protection of subsurface resources and for establishing management and protection rights for groundwater sources. However, the regulations in Moldova are far from enough to fully and effectively support geothermal development.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 29, 2025

The issue is only growing as demand for high-definition and 4K streaming riseshigher resolutions mean more data, which means more energy consumption. have already passed laws that require businesses to recycle plastics. Streaming requires massive amounts of energy to store, process, and deliver content globally. Many states in the U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2021

Your eyebrows might raise involuntarily at the seeming banality of the question, yet most people can offer only a vague definition. Clear definition. The definition of littering also includes public urination – an activity that would undoubtedly enrage the person feeding half a loaf of bread to the ducks every day.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MAY 15, 2024

” The new law, which came into effect on the 13th of May, provides the regulatory framework for geothermal exploration and development permitting. The Government of Taiwan via the Ministry of Economic Affairs has officially implemented the new “Geothermal Exploration and Development Permit and Management Regulation.”

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2022

This has resulted in cases in land and environmental courts against Swedish authorities for not complying with national or international environmental laws and conventions. The study is presented in Social Studies of Science and is titled Making particularity travel: Trust and citizen science data in Swedish environmental governance.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 11, 2024

He compared it to the Indian Act of 1876, a notorious federal law that attempted to erase the culture of First Nations peoples. I definitely respect his right as an Indigenous person to have his own perspective,” Tara Marsden, sustainability director for the Wilp, or house clans, of the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs, said of Buffalo.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 16, 2024

But a growing chorus of California legislators say that nonenforcement stance violates a groundbreaking law they fought to pass just months ago — and they, along with dozens of environmental groups, are demanding that regulators change course. They’re pointing to AB 1167, signed into law by California Gov. billion in the deal.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

With good reason: Sustainable business still lacks universal definitions, metrics and accountability. Somewhere, Professor Friedman must be smiling. Sure, there are ESG metrics, sustainability ratings and corporate rankings galore. And the pursuit of those can help move companies further faster.

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Front And Centered

JUNE 20, 2020

The Task Force aims to deliver proposals that reshape the way the state government plans, develops policy, distributes funding, and enforces laws. We welcome your input on every single recommendation we are considering, including: Definition of Environmental Justice. What do you think?

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 12, 2023

On June 29, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed a law to prohibit the state’s investor-owned utilities from charging customers for lobbying expenses and other efforts to sway political outcomes.

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Business Green

JUNE 8, 2020

At the end of the transition period all EU standards will be converted into domestic law, including a ban on artificial growth hormones. The war is definitely not over.". "All food coming into this country is required to meet the UK's import standards," it said. "At Only potable water may be used to clean chicken carcasses.".

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Since the MGT Teesside plant was awarded its CfD, the Government has agreed that this type of power plant does not meet the official definition of low-carbon electricity. Since then, they have agreed that this kind of biomass power station no longer meets their definition of low-carbon electricity for the purpose of new subsidy awards.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

It requires opponents - and crucially High Court judges - to accept aircraft and fuels that are not yet available at even a fraction of the necessary scale will definitely materialise in a cost competitive fashion before any new runways are complete.

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Front And Centered

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Washington passed 100% clean electricity into law earlier this year, and with public input government agencies are currently drafting rules to guide utilities on how to comply with the law by phasing out fossil fuel emissions and integrating equity in their service models. 100% Clean Energy by 2045 is now the law in Washington!

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 21, 2024

Under a newly proposed law, ads like these could be banned in the state of Pennsylvania. Source: Meta ad library ‘Rapid and dramatic changes ‘ Canada’s new law, which threatens multi-million-dollar penalties for promoting false environmental claims, has had a sweeping effect since its passage.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 18, 2023

The Thursday hearing centered on the fossil fuel defendants’ contention that federal law, not state, applies to the case. of the firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, stated that given the global nature of the climate problem, state law cannot apply. It’s definitely the case to watch. Boutrous, Jr.,

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 24, 2021

Acts of environmental degradation could soon be classified as international criminal offenses if a newly drafted definition of ‘ ecocide ‘ is adopted. Related: “Ecocide” could soon be punishable by law The new definition is an initiative of the Stop Ecocide Foundation. Original post:Â .

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Energy Transition

JANUARY 16, 2024

Even though ecology is a key economic and social theme, it was most definitely side-lined during the Polish parliamentary elections of 15 October 2023.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 27, 2024

If we were playing poker this would definitely be a tell,” Keith Stewart, senior energy strategist with Greenpeace Canada, told DeSmog. “Due to changes to the Competition Act, this archived information is provided solely for historical information and reference purposes,” it reads. CCS: ‘Integral’ or ‘Limited’?

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Canary Media

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Ohio environmental advocates are questioning the intent of a pending state law that would add nuclear power to the states legal definition of green energy. House Bill 308s sponsors say the legislation is meant to signal that Ohio is open for business when it comes to nuclear power research and development, but

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

Blank scholar at UC Davis School of Law. It is definitely something I will keep my eyes on. Marjan Kris Ramos Abubo. With the current social and political climate and the broader push for sustainability across all sectors, it is without a doubt that sustainable finance is integral to propelling us into the greener future.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 31, 2023

There is no legal definition of chemical recycling. Such a conversion is not recycling, according to internationally accepted definitions, the report notes. Under heavy lobbying pressure from the plastics and petrochemical industries, however, states are enacting laws to deregulate chemical recycling.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

William Demas: Definitely. So they end up going into law or into medicine — professions where you can work hard and get a pretty stable job, everyone recognizes what you’re doing, and it’s clear you’re going to be able to be financially independent. One, how does that impact, or not impact, the solar industry?

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MARCH 3, 2025

3) Revisions to the CSDDD a) Timing and Scope The Omnibus further proposes changes to the CSDDD, the EUs human rights and environmental due diligence law that was adopted by the EU in June 2024 and is due to apply from July 2027. Following adoption, the amendments are published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

When Murphy won and took office, he signed sweeping clean energy legislation in May 2018 that turned his goals into law. Murphy's campaign platform, and the law, included something quite radical at the time: the goal of 600 megawatts of energy storage by 2021 and 2,000 megawatts by 2030.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Related: Proposed UK law pushes accountability for Amazon products The Hague-based International Criminal Court has in the past indicated its intention to prioritize crimes resulting in the illegal dispossession of land, destruction of environment and the exploitation of natural resources. "Ecocide" could soon be punishable by law.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

By putting in place the enabling primary legislation that bridges legal gaps, creates new laws, or brings clarity to existing laws. Energy Storage : The Act brings the missing clarity that was blocking investment by adding a clear definition for energy storage.

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