November, 2023

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How Dominion Energy is creating a $9.8 billion road map for offshore wind

GreenBiz

Close to $22 billion in U.S. offshore wind projects have been delayed or canceled, but the Virginia utility is moving forward with the largest facility in U.S. waters.

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LFP cell average falls below US$100/kWh as battery pack prices drop to record low in 2023

Energy Storage News

After a difficult couple of years which saw the trend of falling lithium battery prices temporarily reverse, a 14% drop in lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery pack cost from 2022-2023 has been recorded by BloombergNEF.

Batteries 358
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World's 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars, researchers say

TechXplore

We hop in the car to get groceries or drop kids at school. But while the car is convenient, these short trips add up in terms of emissions, pollution and petrol cost.

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Ten market challenges with scaling renewables identified by new report

Envirotec Magazine

A field of photovoltaic solar panels at the Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park in Dubai (image credit: Dominic Dudley / Shutterstock.com) Professional services firm KPMG has launched Turning the tide in scaling renewables , described as a comprehensive report which pinpoints 10 pressing challenges defining the energy transition and provides recommendations for solving them.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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Even One More Oil and Gas Lease Sale in the Gulf of Mexico Is Too Many

NRDC onEarth

An expansion of offshore drilling would lock the region into decades of fossil fuel extraction at the expense of the climate, coastal communities, and marine life.

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ExxonMobil’s $10 billion plan to boost plastics production in China

GreenBiz

A new climate agreement with the U.S. disregards China’s plans to increase plastics production.

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The US/China climate agreement: 5 takeaways for business leaders

GreenBiz

With geopolitical tensions high and the stakes for the global environment rising, the countries reached the starting point for a path forward on mitigating the climate crisis.

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Climate tech investing surges in the third quarter

GreenBiz

After a slow start to the year, funding in climate tech startups returns to the financial highs of 2021’s bull market.

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Why Unilever’s downshift on sustainability is good news

GreenBiz

Environmental and social commitments are aligning more closely with tangible financial goals, a sign of sustainability’s maturity in business.

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More than half of companies risk ‘net zero greenwash’, report says

GreenBiz

InfluenceMap calls out a gap between corporations’ climate pledges and lobbying.

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The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene

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Most companies are fumbling their 2025 plastic waste targets

GreenBiz

The world is off track to tackle plastic pollution. Here's what business must do now, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

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Why regenerative agriculture is only a part of the answer to sustainable food systems

GreenBiz

No single solution can solve our food and climate challenges.

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Unilever CEO signals radical shift in sustainability agenda

GreenBiz

Under new Unilever CEO Hein Schumacher, sustainability will become part of a composite score by which brand managers will evaluate performance.

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Crocs wants your old shoes back. Here’s what it plans to do with them

GreenBiz

Shoemaker Crocs wants to keep old shoes out of landfills and reclaim materials that could be used in new products.

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

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How to be like Patagonia: 3 lessons in responsible business

GreenBiz

Key takeaways from Patagonia's first 50 years in operation, including insights from Vincent Stanley, director of Patagonia philosophy.

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Software is now the soul of a vehicle

GreenBiz

Electric vehicle sales are growing in the U.S., amid a changing automotive landscape.

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Behind Amazon’s plan to restore 4 billion liters of water

GreenBiz

Amazon is investing in 13 international water restoration projects in a quest to become ‘water positive’ by 2030.

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Emissions keep rising among world's biggest meat and dairy producers

GreenBiz

Urgent policy is needed to combat this trend, according to an analysis led by the FAIRR investor network.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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How the employee voice can help drive climate action at your company

GreenBiz

Employees can be internal advocates for bold climate policy.

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Apple, Nike and others push Asian suppliers to buy clean energy

GreenBiz

The Clean Energy Procurement Academy will fund training for supply chain partners in Asia Pacific countries where renewable power is tougher to source.

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14 training resources for designing circularity into business models and products

GreenBiz

Learn how to apply circular economy principles at your organization — whether you’re starting from scratch or reimagining the status quo.

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How Microsoft and P&G are planning to replenish more water than they use

GreenBiz

Microsoft and P&G are among a growing group of companies replenishing freshwater ecosystems to offset their corporate water consumption.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?

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Master class: Planning your transition for later career and life

GreenBiz

Here's how late-career sustainability professionals can effectively navigate the transition and identify priorities and interests.

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A climate solution disguised as an administrative decision

GreenBiz

Companies are increasingly focused on their financial carbon footprint. Choosing a sustainable insurance provider can provide an overlooked lever for change.

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Finding the right message for taking the sustainability movement mainstream

GreenBiz

How to use the power of advertising for the fight against climate change.

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4 best practices for using AI to reduce carbon emissions

GreenBiz

Deploying artificial intelligence applications to cut greenhouse gases requires deep planning and prep work.

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The first step toward an embedded sustainability strategy: Pinpoint key ESG issues

GreenBiz

The initial building blocks in creating an embedded strategy are establishing material ESG factors and stakeholders and developing a materiality matrix.

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Listen up, utilities: The EV industry is telling you what it needs

GreenBiz

Utility queuing challenges, standardizing charging equipment and improving financing mechanisms are driving the conversation on EVs.

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How $150 million Radio Flyer makes sustainable red wagons

GreenBiz

Radio Flyer evaluates environmental criteria in the development phase for every new product or redesign.

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The green skills gap is widening

GreenBiz

4.7 million more people were employed in clean energy in 2022 than in 2019, according to the IEA. But that's not enough.

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CDP ranks 'A List' cities for transparency and climate performance

GreenBiz

CDP names 119 cities as leaders in environmental action and transparency in 2023.

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The awesome opportunity of auditing retail waste

GreenBiz

Sponsored: Conducting a waste audit doesn’t come without its challenges; but the opportunities are just as high.

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