GreenBiz

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Also in this episode, we consider a new startup alliance dedicated to pitching climate tech that addresses systemic environmental justice concerns.

Politics 60

Politics Startups 60

GreenBiz

JANUARY 8, 2024

Shaken by global instability and a populist backlash, European nations are retreating from plans to reduce greenhouse gases, promote sustainable farming practices and boost biodiversity.

Politics 317

Politics Biodiversity Sustainability 317

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Ironically, the waning of judicial deference towards federal agency rulemakings coincided with a declining influence of trade associations.

Politics 324

Politics Policy 324

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Businesses should show a 'certificate of good behavior' in order to participate in climate leadership events, he said.

Politics 272

Politics 272

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

If our destiny is gridlock at best, reversal at worst, how can we avoid climate’s most devastating impacts in a decade where every year of progress counts?

Politics 271

Politics Sustainability 271

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Against a backdrop of political polarization, the expanding scope of ESG issues is transforming corporate strategy.

Politics 455

Politics 455

GreenBiz

MAY 5, 2023

They say "all politics are local." So are effective sustainability strategies.

Sustainability 426

Sustainability Politics 426

GreenBiz

AUGUST 23, 2022

Technology, politics and climate action may coalesce to put high-speed transit on the fast track.

Politics 428

Politics Technology 428

Renew Economy

JANUARY 20, 2025

The post Labor’s green aluminium play is canny politics, not least for exposing Dutton’s wilful energy ignorance appeared first on RenewEconomy. Peter Dutton has described federal Labor's green aluminium production credit scheme as a "$2 billion con job."

Politics 141

Politics Energy Energy Policy 141

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Climate action without equity, justice and the transformative contributions of communities of color will continue to waste dollars and fail because barriers to equity are also barriers to building necessary political power and climate innovation.

Politics 441

Politics Investment Waste Waste 441

Renew Economy

JUNE 18, 2024

The post Nuclear plan is fiscal irresponsibility on an epic scale and rank political opportunism appeared first on RenewEconomy. It beggars belief that opposition leader Peter Dutton proposes nationalising a nuclear public debt bomb and detonating it at the heart of energy policy in this country.

Politics 145

Politics Policy Energy Energy 145

Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

The post Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan still has no costings, and no grid connection: It’s a political hoax appeared first on RenewEconomy. Peter Dutton's big speech on nuclear provided a couple of new porkies, and no details of what, why, when and how much. Just denial and delay.

Politics 145

Politics Policy 145

GreenBiz

JANUARY 17, 2022

The global sustainability community isn't yet read for an era of even greater environmental, societal and political challenges.

Sustainability 362

Sustainability Politics 362

GreenBiz

MAY 22, 2024

Resolutions related to lobbying and political spending have so far received the most support of socially-oriented proposals this proxy season.

Politics 316

Politics 316

GreenBiz

JULY 19, 2023

The political banter over whether environmental, social and governance factors are at odds with pecuniary considerations isn't likely to fade anytime soon.

Politics 334

Politics Government 334

GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2022

While the region has a small cache of valuable tellurium, politics and economics are in the way.

Politics 326

Politics 326

GreenBiz

JULY 11, 2022

Many challenges face the ESG agenda, but it is simply too connected to core societal issues and political movements in the U.S. and the European Union for it to dissipate, much less disappear.

Politics 341

Politics 341

GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2022

Sponsored: With the new politics of clean energy, a substantial, sustainable and secure supply of domestic copper is vital for U.S. economic and national security.

Demand 331

Demand Politics Energy Energy 331

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

climate legislation could reshape consumer behavior, economics and political alignment. Five big ways in which the new U.S.

Politics 324

Politics 324

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This episode features commentary from Kaya Axelsson, Net Zero Policy Engagement Fellow at the University of Oxford, and Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island.

Politics 195

Politics Policy 195

GreenBiz

AUGUST 7, 2023

Corporate net-zero plans are inadequate without a more comprehensive, global, political and physical plan.

Policy 306

Policy Politics 306

The Guardian: Energy

JULY 8, 2024

Political self-interest put ahead of the national interest. I have repeatedly warned that whoever won the general election would inherit the worst set of circumstances since the second world war. What I have seen in the past 72 hours has only confirmed that. Our economy has been held back by decisions deferred and decisions ducked.

Politics 131

Politics Government Wind power Policy 131

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

A KPMG survey of over 1,300 leaders of some of the world’s largest companies highlights the growing threat to business posed by political instability and climate impacts.

Politics 313

Politics 313

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Cities can be on the forefront of forestry by growing urban forests, protecting water systems in forests, taking political action and using their purchasing power.

Politics 309

Politics 309

Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The post We’ve been here before: Defending long-term value amidst political backlash appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Even before election day, ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investing, and therefore long-term just and sustainable value creation, has been under threat from.

Politics 105

Politics Government Investment Sustainability 105

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Political leaders should leverage the private jetting industry to drive further advancements in sustainable aviation.

Climate change 282

Climate change Aviation Politics Sustainability 282

The City Fix

AUGUST 6, 2024

“Hum faltu hai [in English, “We are useless”] …I don’t even know what the budget of the council is. Nobody tells me about the procurement process [or] the number of tenders that have gone public…I don’t have enough knowledge about.

Politics 143

Politics Government 143

GreenBiz

JULY 1, 2022

But between the real-world impacts of climate change making these solutions more urgent and the headwinds of political pushback and an economic downturn, how are these technologies likely to fare in fulfilling that promise?

Climate change 331

Climate change Politics Transportation Technology 331

Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The poll asked Americans from different social, political and ethnic groups their opinion on specific climate issues. A recent poll found that 60% of Americans believe gas and oil companies are to blame for the climate crisis.

Fossil fuels 267

Fossil fuels Climate change Politics 267

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Our society's utilitarian mindset has given us a need to create metrics of success in all aspects of life, including political movements. Tara Houska (Couchiching First Nation), an attorney, environmental and Indigenous rights advocate. Embrace a more holistic kind of success.

Law 508

Law Politics Climate change Biodiversity 508

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 17, 2020

And with the political backing and de-risking of the early stage of the HYBRIT project, it can be argued that HYBRIT is the outcome of a long-standing political intent to ensure a competitive basic industry sector in Sweden. Both Vattenfall and LKAB are owned by the Swedish state, while SSAB was privatized in 1994.

Hydrogen 529

Hydrogen Politics Technology Aviation 529

GreenBiz

JUNE 7, 2021

Speaker: Leah Stokes | Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science | UC Santa Barbara. Communities are increasingly facing grid blackouts, while electrification is growing. How do we make sure that the future of the grid is resilient and clean? This session was held at GreenBiz Group’s VERGE Electrify, May 25-26, 2021.

Resilience 258

Resilience Politics 258

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Corporate and political leadership towards a better, more sustainable world means taking difficult and sometimes unpopular decisions.

Politics 220

Politics Sustainability 220

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

We are constantly bombarded by the media, whether it be about politics, COVID-19 or the state of the economy. Look 10 years ahead: My attention, like many, has been focused on the political and human health events of the day. Much has been said, and will be said, about 2020.

Energy Monitor 471

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Sustainability Business Energy Monitoring 471

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Environmental campaigner and new Labour MP Polly Billington has warned that a lack of political consensus around tackling climate change could put the new government’s target of reaching net zero power by 2030 under threat. Polly Billington speaking at the event, which took place in Islington on 22-23 October.

Politics 147

Politics Climate change Health Sustainability 147

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Neither nature nor global politics has been especially kind to the U.N. In 2015, the world, acting through the United Nations, set in place a system of 17 very ambitious goals to guide humanity’s development toward sustainability through 2030. Now it is 2021. There are no silver linings in a global pandemic.

Sustainability 485

Sustainability Education Climate change Politics 485

GreenBiz

APRIL 11, 2022

Download the free State of the Profession 2022 report to explore how an era of increasing political divisiveness, public health crisis, and The Great Expansion has contributed to an increased focus on corporate sustainability. What we didn’t know was that our survey results would show the profession to be stronger than ever.

Politics 294

Politics Health Sustainability 294