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

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The farms we work with are seeing a huge spike in demand [for direct sales]," Dan Miller, CEO and founder of the crowdfunding platform Steward , told me when we spoke by phone in early April. But now they have to quickly switch their businesses to meet that demand." million certified organic acres, an increase of 9 percent over 2016.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Join the webinar and learn about: Natural-based solutions and how they can help tackle the climate emergency The global rainforest conservation initiative UNFCCC REDD+ mechanism, and how effective it has been Paris Agreement-verified REDD+ rainforest carbon credits, and what makes them high quality How corporations can purchase UNFCCC REDD+ carbon (..)

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Nearly half (47%) have had to double their computing power or more since adopting AI. ● Organisations Did Not Anticipate the Energy Demands of AI: 73% of IT buyers were not completely prepared for the energy requirements of AI. ● Energy Consumption is Just One AI Burden: For 73%, AI requires or will require data management upgrades of some kind.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

While the immediate cause is still being investigated, we do know that California’s grid was experiencing multiple, coincident stressors — high demand, generators not performing when called upon and energy imports not showing up. 15, resulted in an electric grid unable to meet customer demand. And not just in California.

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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

JANUARY 27, 2021

And right now, there isn’t enough demand for decarbonized steel for manufacturers to justify investing several millions of dollars into lower-carbon steel facilities. But there has been little demand because the end product is so expensive. Steel, like most industries, follows the money. But SteelZero has set up at least one.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 22, 2021

Every year, more and more organizations pledge to go net-zero. If you can't tune in live, please register and we will email you a link to access the archived webcast footage and resources, available to you on-demand after the webcast. But understanding and measuring this impact can be tough. . Speakers: Zack Parisa, CEO, SilviaTerra.

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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. Rising demand for sustainable solutions. How climate change can be addressed through executive compensation. Nidia Martínez.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 10, 2020

The organization expects there to be 169 zero-emission commercial vehicles available for purchase, or soon to be available, in North America by the end of 2020; that's a 78 percent increase from the number of zero-emission commercial vehicles available at the end of 2019. Ford is making an electric transit van.

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TechCrunch: Climate

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

A group of more than 100 organizations has published an open letter calling on the AI industry and regulators to mitigate the tech’s harmful environmental impacts just days before leading industry CEOs, heads of state, academics, and nonprofits descend on Paris for a major AI conference.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

This session will explore how cities, communities and organizations can work with an integrated energy provider to meet their sustainability goals, manage energy costs, build resilience and increase efficiencies.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

Renewable natural gas sits at the intersection of two critical challenges: addressing increased emissions from organic waste and laying the foundation for zero carbon transportation across all sectors.? Renewable Natural Gas: Today’s Carbon-Negative Fuel. More speakers to be announced. Ritu Sharma. Thu, 08/13/2020 - 14:51. Katie Fehrenbacher.

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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. There was an unspoken question in the U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2024

We work with a specific type of hygroscopic material called a metal organic framework.” Rao likened metal organic frameworks to Lego blocks, which can be rearranged to build all sorts of structures. This would literally produce water on demand.” It this case they are arranged to create a molecule ideal for gas separation. “We

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GreenBiz

APRIL 9, 2021

As the population grows, we may see more demand for this land to be used for agriculture, parks and real estate. Currently, five golf organizations have joined: the United States Golf Association (USGA); Waste Management Phoenix Open; The International Golf Federation; World Minigolf Federation; and Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore.

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GreenBiz

JULY 25, 2023

Extreme weather, a changing resource mix, and energy price volatility – these factors are transforming the energy landscape and driving organizations to prioritize energy resilience. As a result, organizations are increasingly looking for solutions that align with their energy resilience goals.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 7, 2025

Yet, instead of following the citys leadership and using this moment to amplify bold climate solutions, championship organizers have given center stage to Equinor Norway’s national oil giant and one of the world’s biggest climate polluters. If the championship organizers refuse to act, then the people must.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Considering how innovations will be received by existing and future infrastructure is the key to designing for the future Please join Tetra Pak and the Foodservices Packaging Institute to learn how the two organizations have worked as part of a larger collective to minimize the amount of food packaging that becomes litter across the U.S.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 14, 2021

As the need for climate action grows, decarbonization is becoming a major goal for more organizations. Corporations and organizations often do not know how to efficiently conduct the selection process or how to maximize the economic performance of an operating project. Procuring clean energy is a crucial strategy in this effort. .

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Organizations such as rePurpose and The Plastic Bank, as well as third-party organizations such as Verra’s 3RI Initiative, are selling claims to plastics credits in exchange for a financial investment in initiatives to collect plastic from the environment or establish infrastructure to prevent further plastic leakage into waterways and oceans.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

If progress doesn’t measure up, organizations can face consequences, including investor, employee and community activism -- as well as increased operational and financial risk. Date/Time: October 14, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT) Climate action is a planetary necessity and also a strategic organizational imperative.

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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 Some key moments.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 21, 2020

There’s been a big uptick in demand — probably 3X," Joe Heitzeberg, CEO of Crowd Cow , which connects consumers with small producers, told me this week. The demand to buy direct from producers existed before COVID. My point isn’t to question the value of organic methods. Price is one issue.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The World Resources Institute has revised its predictions of the water supply-demand deficit to 56 percent by 2030. 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).

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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

JULY 22, 2021

The good news is tools are emerging to support organizations slash emissions through digitization and automation within their commercial and industrial spaces. If you can't tune in live, please register and we will email you a link to access the archived webcast footage and resources, available to you on-demand after the webcast.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Hear from members of the industry including Jeff Scott from Kwik Lok, Anabella De Freeman from Walmart and Mike Thomsen from Second Harvest Food Bank as they describe how the produce industry’s integration of sustainable practices have made their organizations more resilient – especially in times of great change like the COVID-19 pandemic.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 18, 2020

In a world facing multiple crises, businesses, cities and organizations that have placed ESG values at the core of their work are proving to be more resilient, adapting more rapidly to change while charting a sustainable course to benefit future generations. Sustainable Recovery: ESG Values and our Resilient Future. Topics include: .

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

All comments expressed are those of the individuals and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of their organizations. As the demand for the resource overwhelms the supply, each additional unit consumed directly harms those who can no longer reap the benefits. Demand drives supply. A tiny ripple can create a tsunami.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Indigenous groups in Ecuador have confronted the government and oil investors to demand justice. On Tuesday, Indigenous leaders and the regional pan-Amazon Indigenous organization protested outside Ecuador's Annual Conference for Oil and Energy (ENAEP). In response to the Amazon oil spill on Jan.

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GreenBiz

MAY 19, 2020

In this one-hour webcast, Joe Bialowitz, Head of Sustainable Healthcare at ENGIE Impact, will explore this topic of reputation and provide insight into: How organizational leaders should approach risk assessment; How organizations can build resilience; and, How organizations can manage through the impacts of COVID-19 and climate change.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

How a large company has applied this approach and received buy-in from the full organization. If you can't tune in live, please register and we will email you a link to access the archived webcast footage and resources, available to you on-demand after the webcast. Alex Klonick, Manager, REBA. taylor flores. Wed, 09/30/2020 - 07:52.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

PUSH Buffalo is a nonprofit grassroots community organization working to build and execute a comprehensive revitalization plan for West Buffalo’s West Side. UPROSE is Brooklyn's foremost Latinx community organization. Panelists explained how their community organizations and business partners have successfully collaborated in the past.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

It relies on the extraction and eventual disposal of finite materials and — to satisfy an ever-growing demand for resources — encroachment into natural ecosystems, resulting in greenhouse gas emissions and staggering biodiversity loss. This take-make-waste economic model fundamentally cannot work long term.

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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. COVID-19 constricted commuting, and demand for refined oil products fell fast. What happened? To put it simply, that is record-cheap solar power. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Then experts from ENGIE Impact will share insights and tools on how your organization can develop its own holistic sustainability strategy. In this webcast, Fifth Third Bank will pull back the curtain on its journey to set — and achieve — holistic sustainability goals.

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