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3 keys to attracting investors that support your green startup

GreenBiz

If you want to have a big impact on the world, the key is scaling your startup. And this is where you must create synergies with traditional investors on the profitability of purpose.

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Supply Chain Sustainability: Your 20-Tip Guide to Creating A Sustainable Supply Chain

Green Business Bureau

Supply chain sustainability is crucial for creating a green business. Supply chain sustainability refers to a company’s efforts to consider the environmental and human impact of their product’s journey, beginning with the sourcing of raw materials to the storage and delivery of goods, and ending with product disposal, including every transportation link in-between.

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‘FutureFi’: Crypto is transforming the green finance universe

GreenBiz

Core promises of crypto, such as credible data, open platforms and democratization, are qualities that lend themselves particularly to green finance.

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Benefits of An Online Green Business Certification

Green Business Bureau

Green Business Certification Benefits: Is My Business Ready. Green business certifications, also known as “sustainable business certifications”, are valuable programs that many benefits. A green certification can help companies demonstrate their sustainable operations, products, services and practices to employees, customers, partners and investors.

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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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All-time record level recorded for fire likelihood index

Envirotec Magazine

Fire brigade and military personnel gather on Salisbury Plain on 7 July 2022 (image credit: Starsphinx / Shutterstock.com). A combination of record temperatures and dry weather in the UK this summer are causing “exceptionally high” levels of danger from extreme wildfires, according to the network of academics who operate the UK Fire Danger Rating System.

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Introducing SolarEdge Home in North America: A Complete DC-Optimized Smart Energy Ecosystem

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New solution puts homeowners in control of their energy and creates new business opportunities for solar installers, including home battery backup and EV charging

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Sport Industry Sustainability: 5 Simple Steps to Kick-Start Your Sustainability Program

Green Business Bureau

Sustainability in the Sport Industry. If you’re in the sports business, then it’s time to become more eco-friendly and implement a robust strategy for sports industry sustainability. To give you some perspective on the importance of sustainability in the sports industry we consider the carbon footprint of the 2010 South Africa World Cup, the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, and the 2016 Rio Olympics together.

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Start-up providing sustainable Omega-3 secures £2.3m funding

Envirotec Magazine

Edinburgh-based biotechnology start-up MiAlgae has secured further investment of £2.3m to help drive the next stage of its growth journey. Established in 2016, the firm says it has created a solution to producing a sustainable source of Omega-3 for animal and human consumption – something which is currently produced by extracting the oil from billions of wild caught fish.

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Sol-Ark 15K Hybrid Inverter On CEC List

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Many Sol-Ark installers have been closely following the progress of this new 15K inverter, and making the CEC list was one of the final steps they’ve all been looking for before greatly increasing their number of installs. The 15K has a 200A 5ms transfer switch built in, so this will be a very useful and fitting option for most homes.

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Renewable materials offer opportunity to meet UN goals

GreenBiz

Sponsored: Businesses looking to align with the United Nations’ SDGs 12 and 15 can leverage renewable materials to make an impact.

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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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“More emissions than coal:” Pressure mounts to rule out forest biomass

Renew Economy

Pressure mounts on Labor to rule out the use of native forest biomass for renewable energy generation, just as it gains popularity as a replacement for coal. The post “More emissions than coal:” Pressure mounts to rule out forest biomass appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Next UK prime minister must ban microplastics, says drainage group

Envirotec Magazine

The UK’s next prime minister should ban manufacturers from intentionally adding microplastics to consumer or professional use products, according to a new environmental campaign from the drainage experts at Lanes Group plc. The new advocacy campaign, named Microplastics Out of Our Drains (MOOD) , is calling for industry and government to come together to take decisive action to tackle the serious threat that microplastics pose to our drains, oceans, environment and overall health.

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Natural Power appoints new Global Director of Planning

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Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has appointed William Black as Global Director of Planning.

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How biodiversity loss could cause bankruptcy in some countries

GreenBiz

Economists at the University of Cambridge have developed what they say are the world’s first biodiversity-adjusted sovereign credit ratings.

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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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EVs and solar just the start of becoming renewable superpower, says Cannon-Brookes

Renew Economy

Mike Cannon-Brookes says decisions and cost savings made at home - on solar, EVs and electrification - key part of turning Australia into renewable superpower. The post EVs and solar just the start of becoming renewable superpower, says Cannon-Brookes appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Groundwater monitoring underpins management of the Great Fen

Envirotec Magazine

The Great Fen stretches between Peterborough and Huntngdon, and contains many farms and villages, as well as two national nature reserves. Securing a sustainable future for the Great Fen depends, in many respects, upon restoration derived from managing water levels. Wendy Strain from OTT HydroMet explains how a monitoring programme is helping to achieve the ambitious goals that have been set for this nationally significant fen landscape.

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Tigo Energy Highlights Rapid Shutdown Policy and Market Dynamics at 2022 Energy Expo

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Company executive will give a presentation on the maturing of the solar industry as fire safety codes become ubiquitous worldwide.

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Shareholders are critical to holding Amazon accountable on sustainability

GreenBiz

Amazon’s environmental impact extends from waste to packaging to energy and gas emissions.

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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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Creating Sustainable Green Spaces in Urban Environments

Green Living Guy

Global warming has driven an influx of extreme weather events and prompted city governments worldwide to seek sustainable solutions for greater climate resilience and public safety measures. Currently, 78% of carbon emissions and harmful air particles derive from urban ecosystems, with 50% of city inhabitants facing severe health implications as a result.

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New methodology helps predict soil recovery after wildfires

Envirotec Magazine

Soils influence water quality, and they are critical to plant growth. However, it has been difficult to predict how plant growth and water quality would change in the wake of wildfires. But a team of researchers has devised a new methodology they say will enable such predictions. The research is published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology , a journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

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Percepto Autonomous Drones to Monitor One of the World’s Largest Hydro-Floating Solar Farms

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Powered by AI, Percepto’s drone platform will detect issues before they become larger problems to improve efficiency, minimize repairs and ensure greater worker safety

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Water tech innovation and the future of renewables

GreenBiz

Advances in material sciences are improving the recovery of lithium.

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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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Switch Mobility and Chalo partner to deploy 5,000 electric buses across India

Charged

Commercial EV builder Switch Mobility has entered into a strategic collaboration with Chalo , an Indian transport technology company, for the deployment of 5,000 electric buses across India. Switch Mobility was formed from elements of bus OEMs Ashok Leyland and Optare. The company says it has put 300 EVs on the road, in both developed and developing markets.

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How gas leak detection will help the world keep its methane reduction promise

Envirotec Magazine

HoverGuard™ flying over a city. The signing of the Global Methane Pledge at last year’s COP26 marks a vital step in reducing the impact of industrial activities on the environment. With natural gas representing a major source of methane emissions, Doug Baer, PhD, Global Product Line Manager for Laser Analyzers at ABB, looks at the role that accurate gas leak measurement can play in helping to ensure that the pledge’s methane reduction targets are met.

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With Major Policy Win, Solar and Storage Industry Charts Course for a U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance

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Today the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) released a roadmap with near- and long-term steps to dramatically scale America’s solar manufacturing sector now that the Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act (SEMA) has passed as part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

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Who leads, who lags on sustainable finance policy

GreenBiz

Aviva sets the gold standard for engagement on global sustainable finance policy.

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Toyota is the global leader in solid-state battery patents

Charged

It’s common for companies to espouse green policies in public, while privately pursuing opposite goals—but Toyota turns this familiar equation on its head. Other automakers tout their enthusiasm for EVs to the media, while pushing gas-guzzling EVs to their customers. Toyota’s leaders speak against EVs in public , and the company actively lobbies against government support for electrification.

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“Mono Muncher” sends biogas yields up in Spain, says firm

Envirotec Magazine

The Mono Muncher protects pumps from blocking by fine-grinding AD feedstocks such as municipal sludge and food waste. The installation of a Fluid Motion Solutions’ (part of NOV Inc) Mono Muncher at a biogas plant in Spain is said to have helped increase gas yields by eight percent. “Designed for the homogenization of sludge in digestion, feeding and recirculation, the inline Mono Muncher’s tearing, shearing and crushing action has removed a bottleneck in the system that was causing blockag

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Toyota Research Institute and Northwestern Join Forces to Accelerate the Discovery of Materials that Will Drive the Clean Energy Transition

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Teams Develop New AI-driven Method to Discover, Design and Develop Next Generation Materials to Help Reduce Carbon Emissions

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Are modular homes are making a comeback?

GreenBiz

And how can they get us closer to circularity?

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Pay-as-you-go electric truck making deliveries on Rwanda’s dirt roads

Charged

At first glance, the rugged hills of Rwanda present an unlikely use case for EVs—bicycles and motorcycles are the most common vehicles, and farmers often use them to bring their produce to market. A British-Rwandan startup called OX Delivers is looking to change that, using electric trucks specially designed to negotiate dirt roads while carrying up to two tons of goods—around 20 times the capacity of a two-wheeler.

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Water sector knowledge transfer service goes live

Envirotec Magazine

A knowledge-sharing and project showcase platform that will support the UK water sector with its innovation ambitions has launched. The Knowledge Transfer Service, from water innovation accelerator Spring, offers a central bank of information and case studies about projects and trials, as well as a programme of live showcase events to explore lessons learnt.