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Is 'net zero' much ado about nothing? Joel Makower. Tue, 05/11/2021 - 02:11. It feels almost quaint to remember way back when "80 by 50" — an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 — was a bold goal for a company or government entity to make. It was seen by many as audacious, possibly unachievable, but still a necessary target. The "way back when" in this case seems to be around 2014.
The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board just put out six overarching recommendations for the DOE’s nuclear waste program. Hopefully they won’t be ignored like the last set from the Blue Ribbon Commission that were similar.
While anybody who's ever had a pet knows that animals are sentient beings, the U.K. government is legally recognizing animal sentience for the first time. The new laws are a victory for animals and the people who care about them.
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.
The new dynamic duo: Pricing and food waste. Jesse Klein. Tue, 05/11/2021 - 00:05. Anyone who has taken a basic economics course knows two main factors dictate price: supply and demand. But price-setters know there are many other small and large influences. Israel-based company Wasteless is trying to bring one of those factors to the forefront for food — expiration date.
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“When I first came to TriSMART about a year ago, I knew I wanted to introduce my team to Roof Tech,” said Juge. “I already understood how to use it so there was no need to have the Roof Tech trainer come out. Now we’re using RT-MINI on all our installs with flat rafters, and it performs perfectly.
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“When I first came to TriSMART about a year ago, I knew I wanted to introduce my team to Roof Tech,” said Juge. “I already understood how to use it so there was no need to have the Roof Tech trainer come out. Now we’re using RT-MINI on all our installs with flat rafters, and it performs perfectly.
11 young professionals on the future of sustainable finance. Deonna Anderson. Mon, 05/10/2021 - 01:30. With ESG gaining more attention and more companies committing to reaching net-zero emissions in the coming decades or otherwise pledging to do better by people and the planet, it’s inevitable that the next generation of professionals in the field will define the future of sustainable finance.
Finding leaks on transmission pipes and trunk mains can be especially challenging and with water utilities on the lookout for emerging technologies to tackle this issue, a satellite leak detection project in Africa appears to show that there are solutions at hand, as Jonathan Jacobi of satellite-based infrastructure intelligence firm Utilis explains.
Green technology uses eco-friendly practices to create sustainable innovations to bring a positive impact on the environment. These innovations are produced to fulfil society’s needs without harming the environment. Ultimately, green tech aims to limit using natural resources, create recyclable products, modify operational processes to reduce waste and pollution, and replace environmentally destructive practices.
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
The 2021 proxy season: What’s on the menu? Aman Singh. Sat, 05/08/2021 - 15:11. The 2021 proxy season is officially here — much awaited after the tumultuous events of 2020. From how businesses chose to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic to the escalating outcry over racial justice to the increasing urgency around climate change, there is much for companies to answer for this year.
SDS says its Intellistorm system is operating successfully at Southbank Place. Comment from water technology firm SDS. Water infrastructure planners should aim to exploit emergent digitally-controlled rainwater storage and recycling technologies to contribute substantially to water demand reduction targets, as well as reducing flood and pollution risks, say experts.
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Episode 268: Doing the math on net zero; taking food waste off the menu. Heather Clancy. Fri, 05/14/2021 - 02:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (4:30). Is "net zero" much ado about nothing? Infrastructure, green finance and net zero. The link between net zero and supply chain innovation. Features. Doing the math on net zero (21:30). What companies are showing true ambition, and which could do more?
Delegates at the 2019 FOG Summit. A collaborative event will bring together water, wastewater and sustainability experts to explore new ways of tackling fat, oil and grease (FOG) in sewers and pave the way for a blockage-free future. Now in its third year, the European FOG Summit is set to take place in the UK for the first time, in Brighton, East Sussex, on 14 October 2021.
Designs unveiled for seafloor mineral collector robots, carbon-neutral vessels and waste-free metals processing and recycling plants will enable a circular supply chain for battery metals
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.
This VC has a message for climate-tech entrepreneurs: Prove it. Heather Clancy. Tue, 05/11/2021 - 04:15. Sometime over the past year, climate tech outbuzzed AI, and that hype is leading would-be backers to rethink their valuation models. PwC estimates funding for climate-tech startups reached more than $16 billion by 2019, a 3,750 percent increase from just six years earlier — a growth rate roughly three times the amount poured into artificial intelligence ventures during a similar time frame.
Asian boy wearing mouth mask against air pollution (Beijing). A meta-analysis of 14 air pollution studies from around the world seems to find that exposure to high levels of air pollutants during childhood increases the likelihood of high blood pressure in children and adolescents, and their risk for high blood pressure as adults. The study is published in a special issue on air pollution in the Journal of the American Heart Association. “Our analysis is the first to closely examine previo
Robotics and automation have already been in the solar industry for years. Visit any solar module manufacturing facility (like SPW did when checking out Silfab Solar in Ontario) and you’ll find robotic arms assembling cells into strings, soldering wires and sealing backsheets. Even outside of manufacturing, more robotics are now entering solar services.
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?
OneTrust's Phil Redman on the expansion of ESG reporting. This video is sponsored by OneTrust. Grant Harrison, Senior Account Executive at GreenBiz, interviewed Phil Redman, Offering Mannager of ESG at OneTrust, during GreenFin 21 (April 13-14, 2021). View archived videos from the conference here: [link]. taylor flores. Sat, 05/08/2021 - 21:19. Featured.
Thanks to a patented photoionisation detection (PID) system for volatile organic compounds (VOCs), UK based gas detection manufacturing expert ION Science is helping employers significantly reduce the daily exposure risks faced by occupational hygienists and technicians operating in the chemical or petrochemical industries. The class-leading personal and portable detection and exposure instrument – “Cub” – is extremely fast, lightweight, and unobtrusive.
America’s favorite teenagers are back. Brood X, a group of 17-year “magicicadas” (yes, that’s short for “ magic cicadas ”) have started to emerge from the soil all over the Eastern U.S. , marking the beginning of a cicada season that will eventually see billions of the bugs molting, screeching for mates, and — after just a few weeks — dying, leaving their carcasses strewn across lawns and roofs from New Jersey to Illinois.
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Navigating internal politics to ‘get it done’. Mike Hower. Thu, 05/13/2021 - 01:45. Getting things done in corporate sustainability is easier said than, well, done. Lofty goals and good intentions don’t automatically yield reduced impacts, and the most brilliant environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy means little if it can’t be implemented.
The project will build on CBMM's niobium products and technologies, and on Nano One's successful demonstration and patenting of niobium coated cathode materials.
The Playbook for Becoming a Sustainable Business. If your company is working toward improving its sustainability performance, you need a strategy, plan and roadmap. There are ten steps we’ve defined at Green Business Bureau to gear your company’s purpose, culture, focus and actions towards sustainability. All 10 steps below were summarized in the first article, The Executive Guide for Becoming a Sustainable Business : Step 1: Define your vision, mission and values.
Who are net-zero leaders and laggards in food? Jim Giles. Fri, 05/14/2021 - 02:45. We’re seeing so many new ideas and initiatives in sustainable food right now that it’s easy to forget to ask how the sector as a whole is doing. Unilever, PepsiCo, General Mills, Nestlé, Danone and others are leading on climate with ambitious plans around regenerative agriculture, emissions reductions and carbon labeling.
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