GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The top 2020 trends in sustainability, according to GreenBiz readers. Mon, 12/28/2020 - 01:30. From an unprecedented pandemic to a global economic downturn to the intensifying impacts of climate change, we can’t say we’ll miss 2020. READ THE FULL STORY: 8 electric truck and van companies to watch in 2020. .

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 30, 2020

What I learned about water in 2020. Wed, 12/30/2020 - 01:30. However, there are encouraging signs as initiatives such as Anheuser-Busch InBev’s 100+ Accelerator and Microsoft’s $1 billion Climate Innovation Fund invest in innovative water and sustainability solutions. There is no shortage of lessons learned from 2020.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

2020: Fossil fuels are dead, long live the sun. Thu, 08/13/2020 - 00:15. Extreme weather events are the biggest contributor to power outages and will increase with climate change, which the Department of Energy estimates costs the U.S. Hunter Lovins. We’re female entrepreneurs and environmentalists.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The sustainability year 2020 in review, in haiku. Tue, 12/29/2020 - 01:00. Climate Change. Sue Lebeck. Editor's note: Back by popular demand, smart cities consultant Sue Lebeck provides GreenBiz highlights from the past year in verse. You'll find her haiku from 2019 here. Rise before the Surprise. Leaders gather for.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 7, 2020

Planting tiny urban forests can boost biodiversity and fight climate change. Fri, 08/07/2020 - 00:30. The potential for helping to combat climate change makes Miyawaki forests a particularly attractive option for many environmentalists. Alex Thornton. How much space do you think you need to grow a forest?

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GreenBiz

MARCH 26, 2021

Despite net-zero pledges, banks used $750 billion to finance fossil fuels in 2020. Net-zero commitments may have ricocheted across banking sector over the last 18 months, but big banks' attestations of climate concern did not stop many from expanding financing for the world's top fossil fuel firms during the pandemic year.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Former chair of the Committee on Climate Change Lord Deben believes the country can get back on track to net zero and regain its status as a global leader. When Glasgow hosted COP26 in 2021, bringing together 120 world leaders and more than 40,000 participants, the UK was seen as a world leader in the battle against climate change.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Called antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, this survival tactic has created a crisis that experts say is as urgent as climate change. Lewis says that the implications of AMR are so dire that “it will eclipse climate change as a primary concern. Bacteria, however, haven’t survived for 3.5

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 10, 2022

Canada is already seeing the effects of climate change, and the insurance industry is paying close attention. As extreme weather events become stronger and more frequent, the Insurance Institute predicts that average annual severe weather claims paid by insurers in Canada will more than double between 2020 and 2030, increasing from $2.1

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GreenBiz

MAY 18, 2020

Let’s get together: Intel’s 2030 commitments include ‘shared’ climate and social goals. Mon, 05/18/2020 - 02:16. Achieve carbon-neutral computing to address climate change. One company can’t solve climate change’. Achieve carbon-neutral computing to address climate change. Heather Clancy.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 27, 2020

A significant one is its impact on climate change. billion tonnes in 2020. Amidst the global COVID-19 crisis, there have also been glimmers of hope. It’s estimated that global carbon emissions from the fossil fuel industry could fall by 2.5

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3BL Media

JANUARY 22, 2025

International Olympic Committee news As world leaders meet at COP29 to agree actions to address the climate crisis, a new study illustrates how effective climate action could reduce the impact of climate change on winter sport. These decisions are supported by extensive consultation and scientific evidence.

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GreenBiz

JULY 13, 2020

A CFO’s take on climate and risk management. Mon, 07/13/2020 - 01:00. Economic estimates predict that the pandemic will decrease global GDP by 3 percent in 2020, and at our current pace, climate change is estimated to decrease the global GDP by anywhere from 2.5 Vincent Manier. percent to 7.5 percent by 2050.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

What does 'climate risk' actually mean? Mon, 08/31/2020 - 02:11. Rather, the surge of attention to companies’ climate-risk profile appears to be the tipping point of a yearslong pursuit to flip the script on the conversation about business and climate change. Joel Makower. Business as usual?

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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. This reality is why poll after poll shows that BIPOC communities care more about climate change and strongly support action. .

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GreenBiz

MARCH 15, 2021

But all this self-inflicted pain is nothing compared to all the damage climate change can cause. So, perhaps the single silver lining of the pandemic might be that it can be used as the crystal ball that lends its 20/20 vision for us to see how we can avoid the worst of climate change. The failures. Potential solutions.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 13, 2021

In 2020, when the Diverse Asset Managers Initiative (DAMI) surveyed the 30 largest U.S. ESG funds, including those focused on climate change mitigation, do not fare better. A recent survey by PRI illustrated that globally, women are more engaged on climate-related issues than men, especially for people 35 and older.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Following the challenging, turbulent year that was 2020, what is the state of sustainable business in 2021? Corporate profits at risk from climate change. Mon, 12/21/2020 - 10:22. The State of Green Business 2021. Date/Time: January 25, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT). The new face of credit risk. Report Partner.

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GreenBiz

MAY 8, 2021

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. Sat, 05/08/2021 - 15:11.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

A new study has provided further evidence that the deaths of 350 African elephants in Botswana during 2020 were the result of drinking from water holes where toxic algae populations had exploded due to climate change.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 8, 2021

In 2020, fully 90 percent of the value of S&P 500 companies stemmed from intangibles. In 2020, fully 90% of the value of S&P 500 companies stemmed from intangibles. Importantly, the SEC’s enforcement unit’s new climate and ESG task force likely will add more clarity to corporate climate and ESG disclosures. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 24, 2020

This is why investors want financial regulators to tackle climate risk. Mon, 08/24/2020 - 01:15. But a later book of his — "The Fifth Risk" — best explains why we were unprepared for the current pandemic and why we need a different approach to deal with threats such as climate change. . Ravi Varghese.

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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. Businesses are increasingly seeing that climate action is not only the right thing to do but it brings material benefits such as increased investment, improved reputation and overall competitive advantage. Erin Billman.

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GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

Transform to Net Zero: Microsoft, Nike, Starbucks team up on corporate climate alliance. Wed, 07/22/2020 - 00:20. EDF president Fred Krupp said that the initiative held "huge potential" to address growing disparities between corporate talk and action on climate change. Cecilia Keating.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Tue, 10/06/2020 - 00:30. According to our latest polling of Americans in May, 43 percent of us are more concerned about climate change, 41 percent of us are more concerned about plastics in the ocean and 39 percent of us are more concerned about deforestation and environmental destruction than we were a year ago.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Wed, 09/02/2020 - 21:35. Thu, 09/17/2020 - 10:00. - Thu, 09/17/2020 - 11:00. If you can't tune in live, please register and we will email you a link to access the archived webcast footage and resources, available to you on-demand after the webcast. taylor flores. Joel Makower. Chairman & Executive Editor. GreenBiz Group.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Wed, 11/04/2020 - 01:30. Finally, the climate crisis is worse than it’s ever been. For too long, climate change was viewed as a problem for the planet instead of a problem for people. For too long, climate change was viewed as a problem for the planet instead of a problem for people. Sara Murphy. Pull Quote.

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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.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 22, 2021

Apple creates $200 million fund for nature-based climate solutions. Nature-based solutions to climate change are having a moment, and Apple is riding the trend with a $200 million fund dedicated to related investments. . Jesse Klein. Thu, 04/22/2021 - 00:12. How is that money being spent?

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Mon, 12/07/2020 - 00:10. Much has been said, and will be said, about 2020. He consults on leading sustainable change through Alexander & Associates and climate change action through Plan C Advisors. In 2020, he founded ClimateVoice. How do you avoid getting distracted and stay focused on the mission?

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Mon, 09/21/2020 - 00:30. 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.

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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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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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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

In 2020, the western U.S. What can corporations and others do to help grow back millions of acres of trees and prevent losing them to the ravages of climate change? Date/Time: March 9, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT). suffered its most devastating wildfire season to date — one that experts fear could be the new normal.

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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. That’s changing. And the year ahead certainly would bring more of the same.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

As we continue to see wildfires in some parts of the world from California to Brazil and Portugal due to impacts related to climate change, and while Eastern Europe is experiencing devastating flooding, the demand to fortify buildings for health is more urgent than ever.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Mon, 11/02/2020 - 01:00. The 2020 Sustainability Leaders , a GlobeScan- SustainAbility survey of experts worldwide, reveals which companies are perceived to be leaders on sustainability during this challenging time by sustainability professionals representing business, government, NGOs and academia. Tove Malmqvist.

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