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GreenBiz 24: The Premier Event for Sustainable Business Leaders, Uniting Visionaries in Phoenix, Arizona

3BL Media

January 15, 2024 /3BL/ - GreenBiz 24 – the premier conference for sustainable business leaders seeking hands-on, tangible solutions – is taking place February 12-14, 2024 in Phoenix, AZ. As companies continue to set increasingly ambitious decarbonization targets in an unpredictable social, regulatory and economic climate.

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Episode 224: Biodiversity, climate tech and voices of clean energy equity

GreenBiz

How sustainability professionals can uplift the black community. A new angel fund dedicated to decarbonization (18:50). Ramez Naam, futurist and board member for Seattle-based angel investor network E8 , chats about the new Decarbon-8 fund and why seeking racially diverse founders will be a priority. EDT June 16.

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Five Takeaways From Climate Week NYC 2024

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It was clear that sustainability and decarbonization are becoming more operationalized at major companies with a higher expectation of verification and documentation. With this shift the expectation for sustainability professionals is to become more operational, more action-oriented and more data-driven.

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Companies Losing Focus on Climate Action, EY Survey of CSOs Finds

ESG Today

We are entering a period where deep decarbonization gains are linked to large scale, cross sector, investment, data and transformation.” So, it’s unsurprising that focus has moved from public declarations to implementation and delivery.

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First stop: Climate commitments. Next stop: Climate action?

GreenBiz

In a separate announcement, Walmart joined forces with Schneider Electric to "educate Walmart suppliers about renewable energy" and accelerate deployment with the aim of removing a gigaton of carbon from its supply chain (aka Scope 3 emissions). . Google committed to becoming powered by clean energy — in real time — by 2030. .

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Slightly More than Half of Execs Believe AI Will Be Net Positive to Sustainability Progress: Salesforce Survey

ESG Today

For the study, Salesforce conducted a double-anonymous survey in partnership with research data and analytics technology group YouGov, covering more than 450 sustainability professionals at companies across a range of sectors, in the U.S., Canada and the UK.

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

GreenBiz

Issues of health, the working poor and racial justice are making people uncomfortable, and with the supply chain disruption with the closing of meatpacking cesspools, Jonathan Safran Foer writes, "Our hand has been reaching for the doorknob for the last few years. COVID-19 has kicked open the door." Catherine Queen (2017).