GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2021

The way these practices are pushing up against planetary boundaries and undermining human, animal and ecological health inevitably threatens a business’s bottom line. At the same time, the positive externalities — carbon sequestration, pollination services, health and wellbeing and vibrant cultural traditions — also go unappreciated.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 3, 2021

Leaders in Housing Development Training and Community Resilience. and Puerto Rico, NeighborWorks America is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization working to achieve housing affordability and community resilience across the nation. Employee Engagement and Organization-Wide Events.

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Resilience Sustainability Organic Recycling 148

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2024

ABB’s Lee Todd explains how forward-looking approaches to equipment maintenance can reward organizations with optimized business continuity and greater sustainability as well as reduced costs. Unplanned loss of production is a contingency that’s seldom welcomed by organizations, their customers and shareholders.

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 130

EDF + Business

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Climate Corps does this by plac ing talented fellows at leading organizations to advance sustainability goals and deliver tangible results , such as recent fellow Carter Purcell , who worked with Chubb on a groundbreaking new project. You can explore all past Climate Corps projects here. Ready to Drive Sustainability in 2025?

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GreenBiz

MARCH 2, 2021

Attention to scenario planning as recommended by the TCFD can facilitate greater focus on the adaptation and resilience challenges faced by organizations and, in turn, inclusion as ESG factors. Thus, adaptation of the supply chain to increase resilience represents an important ESG consideration. failed nation-states.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

financial system and to its ability to sustain the American economy,” it stated, adding: Climate change is already impacting or is anticipated to impact nearly every facet of the economy, including infrastructure, agriculture, residential and commercial property, as well as human health and labor productivity. Risk & Resilience.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

I solemnly commit to do what is necessary, at the speed, scale and scope that is necessary, to ensure we don’t go back to a broken system — an overheating, divided, unequal world — and build a resilient, equitable, healthy world in its place. Will they continue with health care and wages as usual? The stakes are high.

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Carbon-neutral Climate change Sea level rise Health 412

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2021

University of Oxford-led water security reserch programme ( REACH ) publishes its interdisciplinary Water Security for Climate Resilience Report. Report makes specific recommendations to increase resilience in water systems. New institutional models that improve water security will be critical for climate resilience.

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Resilience Climate change Education Health 130

Greenability Magazine

MAY 3, 2021

Venture out to the Miami County Farm Tour to see a slice of farm life and explore an organic lavender farm and a regenerative farmstead. Sweet Streams Lavender Company grows organic lavender to create lavender products like soap, lotion, candles, bath salts and even a lavender brownie mix. on Saturday, May 8 and Sunday, May 9.

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Organic Soil Health Education 103

Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

It’s time for Louisiana leadership to prioritize resilient solutions – solar photovoltaics paired with battery storage ( solar+storage ) paired with energy efficient housing – over continued fossil-fuel investment. Look to Resilient Power Solutions. Fossil-Fuel Failures. It’s time to look to alternatives.

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Building Energy Monitoring Resilience Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor 95

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 15, 2023

CSA enhances soil health and builds climate resilience, while aiming to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. We evaluate if this sustainable agricultural practice can serve as a climate-smart agricultural practice in terms of food production, soil health, and environmental sustainability. What is biochar?

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GreenBiz

MARCH 1, 2021

Facing far less risk, people with the luxury of working from home nevertheless have faced new stressors on their mental health, including blurred work-life boundaries, social isolation and ceaseless caregiving. As the pandemic has killed half a million Americans, too often "essential" workers have felt expendable. Hearts and minds.

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Planet Pulse

MAY 1, 2021

Through these self-guided learning opportunities, we’re hoping to inspire others to raise awareness and take part in sharing information, resources, and support for mental health and wellness month. Join us in these month-long opportunities! . Monday, May 3, 2021. Time: 4pm ET / 7pm ET. Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Time: 12pm PT / 3pm ET.

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Health Medicine Resilience Education 105

GreenBiz

JUNE 30, 2021

A former research scientist in clean energy and transportation at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Gopal has a grant-making philosophy that focuses on electrifying the global economy quickly, resiliently and reliably with clean power. How can $210 million per year, spread amongst various organizations, really make an impact ?

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Transportation Europe Electric vehicle Climate change 369

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The health, economic and workforce pressures of the last year have accelerated the adoption of drones and drone data by asset owners," noted John Trough, managing partner of Energize Ventures, which led the DroneDeploy round with AirTree, in a statement. According to the company, which has roots in the U.K.

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GreenBiz

JULY 13, 2020

As the world went into lockdown, ESG conversations shifted from the E to the S, or social — how companies were responding to COVID-19 in terms of employee health and welfare. Sure, an organization can make efforts to diversify its board and workforce, or create programs to improve worker welfare, but this is only a start. .

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Carbon-negative Sustainability Resilience Health 397

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Amidst four concurrent crises — health, economic, race relations and climate — one stand-out 2020 development has been the rebound of major stock markets and, particularly, the growing performance and prominence of environment, social and governance (ESG) traded funds. No longer is it necessary for nuns organized through the Sisters of St.

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Investment Climate change Ethics Government 459

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 28, 2025

Unlike other feedback systems designed to drive immediate response think of the life-saving equipment in intensive care units, or even a cars fuel gauge the tools we use to monitor climate resilience and risk are dangerously, and indefensibly, outdated. Imagine applying that principle to improve climate resilience.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Resilience 82

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2024

This trend of protectionist trade policies poses challenges for organizations operating in international markets. Organizations should be prepared to navigate these trade policy restrictions and explore alternative strategies to mitigate potential disruptions. percent impact on global GDP. percent impact on global GDP.

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Organic 162

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

More than 1 million acres of forests have been lost since 1990, leaving the global stock at near 10 million acres, according to a July report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). CDP’s recent " Zeroing In on Deforestation Report " urged consumer products and food companies to devote more energy to this issue.

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Policy Organic Sustainability Agriculture 539

Planet Pulse

JULY 26, 2022

Planet recently participated in a virtual discussion with US Government leaders focused on leveraging satellite data to improve climate resilience. Department of State to share how their organizations are assessing climate risk and building climate resilience.

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Resilience Government Climate change Sea level rise 98

GreenBiz

AUGUST 27, 2020

Basic human health principles tell us that we should diagnose before we treat and that we should test before we diagnose. . Today, by leveraging advancements in technology and new medical discoveries, we are able to treat and prevent diseases and enhance our quality of life, health and wellness. Poornima Param….

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Soil Agriculture Health Meat alternatives 252

Greenability Magazine

JUNE 1, 2021

Here are seven easy strategies for organic control of pests, weeds and disease that you can try now. Likewise, many from this growing cohort of urban homesteaders have a personal preference for non-chemical and/or organic practices. The post Try 7 organic strategies to control garden pests appeared first on Greenability Magazine.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

This is the first time a comprehensive report has been undertaken to assess actions to mitigate public health risks associated with the use of public waters, contaminated by faecal matter from human waste. But first we need a strong evidence base to understand and measure public health risks accurately.

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Health Organic Pollution Policy 147

Greentown Labs

AUGUST 17, 2022

Agricultural practices routinely involve large-scale monocrop operations that negatively impact soil health and utilize unsustainable chemical practices, producing harmful waste streams. The post Greentown Sector Pitch Day Highlights Solutions for Agricultural Decarbonization and Resilience appeared first on Greentown Labs.

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Agriculture Resilience Carbon-negative Startups 98

GreenBiz

MARCH 29, 2021

While the Basel Convention criminalized transboundary movement of hazardous waste (of which most electronics are classified) to limit some human health implications of electronics waste streams, plastic waste is another story, only recently having been included in the convention.

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Plastics Waste Waste Recycling 419

Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The Republic of the Marshall Islands and the US environmental organization the Nature Conservancy have today announced a new partnership to launch a new brand of tuna that will see profits returned to Pacific island communities that are facing escalating climate risks.

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Resilience Retail Seafood Health 96

Andrew Winston

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

They have resilience. Can your organization say the same? The Building Blocks of Resilience. A company can’t thrive amid uncertainty without financial, portfolio, and organizational resilience. A company can’t thrive amid uncertainty without financial, portfolio, and organizational resilience. What uncertainty?].

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Resilience Organic Climate change Sustainability 78

Greenability Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Get a behind-the-scenes look at urban and indigenous food systems and how farmers are working to grow local food that is resilient to climate change, taps the wisdom of elders and looks at regenerative agricultural design for the future. Breakout sessions include: Farm Resilience and Climate Change Mitigation Strategies.

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Resilience Climate change Agriculture Soil 77

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Carbon atoms flow through all living organisms, from the atmosphere to the earth to the oceans and back again. The company could respond by investing in lower-cost, more resilient reserves or diversifying its business model toward alternative or renewable forms of energy — both metrics in the SASB Standard for this industry.

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Carbon Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 496

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 7, 2021

Climate change scientists, soil experts and agri-manufacturers need to understand the role of micro-organisms and their interactions both in relation to each other and with the active ingredients of agri-chemicals. Humanity’s biggest challenge. Addressing climate change while securing the future of humanity is our biggest challenge.

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Soil Climate change Agriculture Carbon 288

GreenBiz

MAY 22, 2020

Louis, Missouri, the focus of the WWF study, two-thirds of electricity comes from fossil fuel plants that pump out health-damaging particulates and planet-warming carbon dioxide. With more diverse output, the farms could become local hubs that would strengthen the food system’s resilience to extreme weather events and other shocks.

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Agriculture Startups Fossil fuels Investment 331

Clean Energy Trust

APRIL 8, 2020

Wild Lupine at the Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin Resiliency is a familiar word for those working on solutions for clean energy, decarbonization, and environmental sustainability. So, as you might imagine, the word “resiliency” has become a mantra and mindset out of necessity for us. Preparedness requires resources.

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Resilience Startups Energy Energy 64

Greentown Labs

JUNE 2, 2020

At a time when many startups are having to plan and pivot to navigate the economic downturn, we turned to a cleantech leader who’s no stranger to piloting organizations through challenging periods. . billion annual budget at an organization that is developing nation-leading policy on climate and environment.

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Resilience Law Government Organic 84

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The research team found that heat and antibiotics disrupt soil microbial communities – degrading soil microbe efficiency, resilience to future stress, and ability to trap carbon. Lucas, says, “Most studies of soil health examine only one stressor at a time. These changes could diminish soils’ resilience to future stress.

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Soil Health Carbon Agriculture 130

Greentown Labs

AUGUST 31, 2020

Atyia Martin has worn many hats—there’s her emergency management hat, her diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) hat, her public health hat, even her FBI hat! a partner to organizations in cultivating racial equity. Then, we’re not resilient. Martin is the CEO and founder of All Aces, Inc. ,

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Resilience Organic Climate change Health 98

The City Fix

MARCH 24, 2023

About two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050. While cities are hubs of innovation and opportunity, the increasing pace of urbanization also exacerbates inequality, stresses infrastructure, and fuels climate change, air pollution and other environmental problems.

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Organic Climate change Sustainability Pollution 98