GreenBiz

JULY 7, 2023

Report details increased diversity of climate litigation since the Paris Agreement, leading to indirect impacts on corporate decision-making regardless of courtroom success.

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Paris Agreement 431

GreenBiz

MAY 15, 2024

The company’s carbon footprint is growing because of demand for its new data centers.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 2, 2021

The software giant, which famously pledged to pay back its carbon debt in January 2020, is reminding other corporations that avoiding carbon and removing carbon are two very different things.

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Net Zero 545

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 1, 2021

billion for 2020. Some projections call for the overall market to reach about $63.5 billion in 2027, compared with a relatively modest $3.1

Climate Change 520

Climate Change Digitalization 520

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

This session was held at GreenBiz Group’s VERGE 20, October 26-30, 2020. Mon, 11/09/2020 - 17:01. Learn more about the event here: [link]. . Watch our other must-see talks here: [link]. . OUR LINKS Website: [link]. Twitter: [link]. LinkedIn: [link]. Instagram: [link]. Facebook: [link].

Climate Change 532

Climate Change 532

GreenBiz

MARCH 16, 2021

31, 2020, which it files annually with the U.S. million sellers with more than 85 million items available for sale, as of December 2020. In 2020, Etsy offset 404,439 metric tons of carbon in total and shipping alone was 303,218 metrics tons CO2 equivalent in 2020, according to the company.

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Net Zero Shipping Carbon Offsets Supply Chain 537

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Date/Time: November 12, 2020 (8-9PM ET / 5-6PM PT). Wed, 10/21/2020 - 12:45. Thu, 11/12/2020 - 10:00. - Thu, 11/12/2020 - 11:00. The Role of Innovation in Changing Behavior Towards a Circular Economy. Not only is this unsustainable for communities and the environment, it also makes little sense economically. Jacob Duer.

Waste 473

Waste 473

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Collectively, the work of 25 cities in the Climate Challenge will reduce CO2 emissions by 74 million metric tons from 2020 through 2030, compared to business as usual.

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GreenBiz

JULY 7, 2020

Tue, 07/07/2020 - 11:03. Thu, 08/13/2020 - 10:00. - Thu, 08/13/2020 - 11:00. Taylor Price, Sustainability Professional & Global Manager, Aptar. Ritu Sharma. Heather Clancy. Editorial Director. GreenBiz Group. GreenTechLady. Eunice Heath. Global Director, Sustainability. Dow Chemical Company. euniceheath5. Taylor Price.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

billion in alternative proteins in 2020. billion in 2020 to $4.2 According to a Prepared Foods report , 44 new fermentation companies launched in late 2019 and early 2020, a 91 percent increase compared to 2018. . In early 2020, some premier alternative protein companies had restaurant-only strategies. Don’t believe me?

Supply Chain 536

Supply Chain Supply Chains Shipping 536

GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

Nonetheless, the transition accelerated in 2020 as more mammoth automakers pushed electric trucking fleets closer to reality. The company closed out 2020 by investing $3 million and hiring 150 employees for its North American headquarters in Charlotte , North Carolina. in early 2020. in early 2020. Photo courtesy of BYD.

Net Zero 545

Net Zero Logistics Manufacturing Zero Carbon 545

GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2022

percent between 2020 and 2030. In 2021, the global electric truck market size was valued at $670 million and is projected to grow by 23.5 Here are some of the companies vying for that revenue.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 23, 2024

11 circular economy startups have emerged as $1 billion-plus companies since 2020.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 11, 2021

In 2020, this began to change: Global fashion house PVH released new data on living wages across its factories and benchmarked it against the rest of its beleaguered industry to show a clean, comparable view in 2020. Meanwhile, evidence is mounting on the correlation between good human capital management and financial performance.

Supply Chain 505

Supply Chain Supply Chains Academics Climate Change 505

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The policies are: mandate new products be made with 40% post-consumer recycled plastic; cap new plastic production at 2020 levels; invest significantly in plastic waste management -- such as landfills and waste collection services; and implement a small fee on plastic packaging.

Waste 121

Waste 121

GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

And then 2020 happened. To our immense satisfaction, we saw little carnage within corporate sustainability departments during 2020 relative to previous economic downturns, when such functions were often among the first to be downsized or jettisoned. And the year ahead certainly would bring more of the same. Or so we predicted.

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Global Economy Net Zero Regenerative Sustainability Professional 543

GreenBiz

AUGUST 24, 2020

Mon, 08/24/2020 - 02:11. Last week, Moody's Investors Service raised its forecast for 2020 sustainable bond issuance to as much as $375 billion, a category that includes green, sustainability and social bonds. The rise (and rise) of sustainability-linked finance. Joel Makower.

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Green Bonds Banking Chief Sustainability Officer Waste 504

Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

New study finds air pollutants from coal power plants were associated with nearly half a million premature deaths of elderly Americans from 1999 to 2020. The post Pollution from coal power contributes to far more deaths than scientists realised, study shows appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Thu, 09/24/2020 - 01:15. businesses, states and cities accelerated their action on climate in 2020. For example, investor BlackRock is asking that by the end of 2020, companies issue reports aligned with the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. Why nature is the next frontier for sustainable business.

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Climate Change Net Zero Supply Chain Supply Chains 480

GreenBiz

JANUARY 20, 2021

Indeed, in early 2020, J.P. As the financial sector undergoes a fundamental reshaping — best described by BlackRock’s CEO Larry Fink — the FSC introduced in 2020 new reporting requirements for companies to better address investors’ preferred reporting framework choices. Sponsored Article. Photo courtesy of José Miguel Salazar.

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Supply Chains Supply Chain Sustainable Investment Decarbonize 442

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Wed, 09/23/2020 - 01:30. Our observations and point of view for 2020 so far are: The pandemic has been an accelerator of trends, such as the digital transformation of the water sector, attention on lack of access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, and the appalling underinvestment in water infrastructure in the U.S.

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Corporate Social Responsibility Digital Transformation Supply Chain Supply Chains 488

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Of the approximately 85,000 individual studies ever published on policy instruments for mitigating global heating, a good quarter are from 2020 or later. Research on climate policy is growing exponentially.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 25, 2020

Tue, 08/25/2020 - 01:45. Thinking back to the beginning of 2020 can seem like a lifetime ago. If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that we are all much more resilient than we thought possible. New sparks for the electric vehicle industry. Zoé Bezpalko. The move to electric vehicles (EVs) was intensifying. . Driving forward.

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Manufacturing Supply Chain Supply Chains Digitalization 494

3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

That’s what a team of sustainability leaders and engineers from the Cummins Columbus Mid-Range Engine Plant (CMEP) discovered in 2020 when they first studied whether they could stop painting their engines. Material science has evolved since Cummins engines began leaving CMEP over thirty years ago.

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Waste Manufacturing Development 246

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Thu, 10/08/2020 - 01:45. One of the hottest 2020 trends in raising capital is infiltrating climate-tech investing. . David Crane is back, with a climate-tech SPAC. Heather Clancy.

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Regenerative Climate Change Decarbonize 505

3BL Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Denmark has had legally binding targets to reduce carbon emissions since 2020. Claus Egede Cornelius, program director at Roskilde Technical School, Vilvorde speaks about how electric mini excavators are being used to give Danish landscaping and construction students the skills they will need on future construction sites.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The enterprise cohort prioritizes frontline, rural and Native Hawaiian social entrepreneurs addressing key leverage points identified in a 2020 Transforming Hawaii’s Food Systems Together mapping project.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 21, 2021

Amongst the many dramatic challenges global businesses faced in 2020, one that had been simmering for years bubbled up and promised to stay at a high boil in 2021 is ESG: Environment, Social, Governance. . 5 steps boards can take to be ESG-ready for 2021. Pamela Gordon. Thu, 01/21/2021 - 01:40. Time for training.

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Corporate Social Responsibility Climate Change Development 463

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

One of the biggest stories of 2020 was the rise of the corporate tree-planting movement, with dozens of multinational businesses from virtually every industry pledging millions of dollars to one of nature’s most effective carbon sequestration solutions. . We were hoping [2020] would be a big year for forests and nature." (The

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Supply Chains Supply Chain CDP Development 539

GreenBiz

JULY 8, 2020

Wed, 07/08/2020 - 08:00. The aviation sector is being pushed by the United Nations-led Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for Aviation (CORSIA), which had planned to set a baseline of aviation emissions for 2020 and target carbon-neutral growth from here on out. Amazon to buy bio jet fuel to lower air cargo emissions.

Net Zero 498

Net Zero Shipping Zero Carbon Carbon Offsets 498

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Wed, 12/16/2020 - 00:30. 2020 has become a reckoning for American culture through the pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, the ominous storms in the east and the apocalyptic wildfires of the west. How to talk about racial justice in sustainability. Victoria Gilchrist.

Climate Change 521

Climate Change Manufacturing Development 521

GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Fourteen months ago, the World Economic Forum's 2020 Global Risks Report neglected to include a pandemic among its major warnings for the year ahead. Irwin looks back on 2020 with "somewhat rose-tinted glasses" because it has proven the need to take the relationship between nature and society seriously. Reframe as vulnerability.

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Supply Chain Supply Chains Climate Change Logistics 421

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Fri, 10/09/2020 - 00:15. Garment worker in Bangladesh, where the garment sector is expected to lose over a million jobs by December 2020, with over 70,000 workers already laid off. How to ensure circular fashion is good for people and the environment. Annelise Thim. This article originally was published in the BSR Insight.

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Supply Chain Supply Chains Regenerative Development 508

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Tue, 10/06/2020 - 00:30. Fast forward to 2020 and while "I read the package" is still the No. Certifications matter more than ever and brands should be promoting them. Suzanne Shelton. I’ve written quite a bit lately about how Americans are experiencing a "Maslow moment" right now. 1 answer, it’s slipped a bit.

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Climate Change Digitalization Manufacturing 503

ESG Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The company achieved its goal to meet 100% of its operational energy needs with renewable sources in 2020, and recently said that it anticipates adding 9.8 Meta has set a target to reach net-zero emissions across its value chain by 2030, and is one of the largest corporate buyers of renewable energy.

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Net Zero Development 111

ESG Today

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

While Microsoft has set 2030 goals to become carbon negative and to reduce Scope 3 emissions by more than half compared to 2020, the company recently reported that Scope 3 emissions in 2023 were actually more than 30% higher than in 2020, driven by the construction of datacenters, including embodied carbon in building materials as well as hardware (..)

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GreenBiz

JUNE 15, 2020

Mon, 06/15/2020 - 00:00. Responsible fiber sourcing goals were among the first sustainable packaging targets, with many expiring in 2020. IKEA, Procter & Gamble and most other companies are on track to meet their 2020 targets. A 20/20 view of sustainable packaging. Cheryl Baldwin. This article is sponsored by Pure Strategies.

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Supply Chain Supply Chains Development Manufacturing 479