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What I learned about water in 2020

GreenBiz

Last year around this time, I focused on digital technology solutions for water with this essay, " 2019: The Year Analog Solutions Died." The insights on digital transformation from 2019 papers and research came to the forefront (" IWA Digital Transformation " and " The Technology Fallacy "). What I learned about water in 2020.

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ESG reporting is becoming increasingly investor-grade — and siloed

GreenBiz

Its 2019 sustainability report , for example, features a menu of links to a comprehensive data resource and all reporting frameworks from every page of its digital report. For example, MetLife, in its 2019 sustainability report , disclosed its diversity (gender and ethnicity) data against key industry benchmarks by Deloitte and McKinsey.

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How tree-planting startup Propagate Ventures monetizes land conservation

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And as of July 2019, the company had raised $12 million in early-stage venture funding (led by True Ventures ) to help with its mission. Like Pachama and Silvia Terra, Propagate's competitive edge is analytics and information. Currently, the company is protecting forests in Northern California and Arizona.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

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The next frontier is "connected chemistry," extending the internet of things to "the internet of natural resources," Beck said in 2019. A chemist with a knack for analytics, Brewer has spoken of bringing her head and her heart to leadership. In 2019, it issued a $1 billion sustainability bond , the first corporation to do so.

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Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni

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And, if you want to consult those lists in their entirety, here are the links: 2016 , 2017 , 2018 and 2019. Holly Beale (2019). HY William Chan (2019). Alexandra Criscuolo (2019). Alison Humphrey (formerly Larkins) (2019). Kamillah Knight (2019). Jessica Artioli Centurião ( 2018 ).

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Investors shine a satellite on methane leaks from oil and gas industry

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Trillions of dollars are now aligning with ESG, which means that tracking corporate adherence to ESG principles has become big business – and large investment firms are increasingly using satellite data to inform their analytics. ” For example, in 2019, Moody’s bought California-based Four Twenty Seven.

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Game on: New study shows which sports teams have the greenest fans

GreenBiz

From there, a segmented audience of more than 500,000 profiles was cross-referenced against Zoomph’s sports analytics platform to understand who this sustainability-minded audience may follow, including sports leagues, teams and brands. . Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

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