GreenBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Companies can exacerbate the challenges, but the private sector also positively contribute to solving these challenges.

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Green Project Management

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Quite by accident, I have had a number of worrisome conversations with teachers recently about the ability of their students to dream of a better future. When asked to write about their future or humanities future, a consistent observation is that many (if not all) of their students do not see humanity and earth surviving. […]. The post Are we Robbing our Children of the Ability to Believe in a Positive Future?

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Dr. Akmez Nabeerasool is a Senior Project Manager at Arvia Technology, a provider of advanced tertiary water and wastewater treatment systems. Below he discusses the issue of water pollution in the fashion industry. The fashion industry is reliant on water. Without it, the majority of manufacturing processes wouldn’t be possible. To put it into perspective, one cotton t-shirt uses enough drinking water to sustain one human for three years; 2,700 litres.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 18, 2019

ImpactAlpha, Dece. 18 – Not enough money for promising ventures. Too much money flowing to a few companies. Both statements are true for impact-oriented small and growing businesses in emerging markets. The big opportunity in “frontier finance” for small and growing businesses: solving large problems for large populations. Intrepid entrepreneurs are working on the frontlines of climate The post Capital on the Frontier: Impact in emerging markets is a 2020 growth story appeared first on ImpactAlp

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Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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Daniel Burrus

DECEMBER 18, 2019

It is often assumed that people don’t like change, when in reality humans are born to instinctively love change. It’s why we take vacations and crave travel, because we want and need change. We must get out of our usual surroundings and witness something new in order to regain focus and refresh our perspectives. In this case, change is a choice, so we like it.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Wishing you a very happy 2020 from all of us at SDSN! We've had a great year, and are thrilled to share some of our successes with you. SDSN Network & Regional Center Activities 2019 was a busy year as we surpassed 1,200 members organized in 33 National and Regional Networks. With 24 new national and regional networks already lined up for 2020, we're excited to watch the global network grow.

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Eco Coach

DECEMBER 17, 2019

No time to implement that going green project that you’ve been thinking of? Great news! There really are relatively simple ways to find time in your workday to focus on that project. A going green – or environmental sustainability – project doesn’t need to take up a lot of time, and when you have a lot of tasks on your to do list, that is a good thing.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2019

RRC is proud to announce the launch of two new IEMA sustainability courses: “Sustainability Skills for the Workforce”, and “Sustainability Skills for Managers.” The group is a well established health and safety and environmental management training provider, with over 90 years experience of delivering high quality training worldwide.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 4, 2019

ImpactAlpha, Dec. 4, 2019 – Real estate shapes our cities and neighborhoods. And capital shapes real estate. A new model that enables local residents to buy into hyperlocal property portfolios could start to reshape real estate capital, and thus the drivers of community wealth. In Los Angeles, Nico, which calls itself a “neighborhood investment company,” The post ‘Neighborhood investment company’ helps Los Angeles residents buy back the block appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Daniel Burrus

DECEMBER 4, 2019

I’ve discussed the importance of cybersecurity in healthcare due to the extremely sensitive personal data and the loss of trust if hacked. If healthcare data and a patient’s trust is as sensitive as research shows, then it’s no surprise that the banking and financial industry is in serious need for anticipatory cybersecurity and digital data protection.

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Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 20, 2019

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The investment will be focused on two areas — green energy and reforestation.

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Corporate Sustainability Collabrorative

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Every year, we hold our December meeting as an opportunity share – and celebrate – our sustainable business community’s hard-earned successes. This year was as inspiring as ever, with over 50 sustainability leaders coming together to share their accomplishments and plans for the coming year. We’ve captured some of those success stories here – enjoy!

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

PragmatIC says its technology could allow a low-cost inlay (tag) to be incorporated in packaging, allowing consumers to access information about product usage, food storage, cooking instructions and local recycling. Gillian Ewers, VP Marketing with technology firm PragmatIC, offers insight into an approach that uses low-cost integrated circuits to bring the benefits of near-field communications (NFC) and RFID to the recycling arena.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 5, 2019

ImpactAlpha, Dec. 5 – A handful of funders have ponied up most of the capital spent to date on the ‘public goods’ required for a robust impact investing marketplace. To fulfill its potential to shape a more inclusive and sustainable economy, impact investing needs broader support for shared metrics and management systems, policy advocacy and other The post Funding the market infrastructure for impact investing’s ‘tipping point’ appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Daniel Burrus

DECEMBER 11, 2019

We are all good at reacting and responding – a knee-jerk reaction, so to speak. Even organizations large and small have learned how to be lean and agile while executing a strategy at a high level. But despite these skills, General Motors still declared bankruptcy, Blockbuster closed its last store, and the record industry succumbed to Spotify, all despite their leaders and workers being responsive and agile and executing well.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA AR-SA NEW YORK – December 16, 2019 – The Science Panel for the Amazon (SPA) convened for its first virtual meeting to organize its work to issue its scientific report in the last quarter of 2020 and to develop a communication and engagement strategy. As agreed at the Amazon Scientists Meeting held in September 2019 at the United Nations in New York, more than 40 scientists and researchers from the eight Amazonian countries and one territory, as well as global

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Our waste management practices are distractions from our main problem: too much stuff. But alternatives exist.

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Speaker: Hortense Grouvel

In this new webinar, you will learn firsthand how to set up a sustainable supply chain program that will help meet increasing ESG requirements stemming from regulators, customers, consumers, and investors alike. Hortense Grouvel, ESG expert at IntegrityNext, and Sean Whelan, Global Senior Manager at Halliburton, will look at how ensuring compliance will also help you increase sustainability performance, resilience, and innovation, allowing you to unlock the full potential of your supply chain op

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Good.is: Planet

DECEMBER 2, 2019

This August, the world watched as the Amazon burned. There were 30,901 individual fires that lapped at the largest rainforest in the world. While fires can occur in the dry season due to natural factors, like lightning strikes, it is believed that the widespread fires were started by loggers and farmers to clear land. Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, cites a different cause: the actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The team behind the documentary. The world’s first screening of the 50-minute documentary Brave Blue World , narrated by Liam Neeson, was met with “rapturous applause” at a blue carpet event held at the Paramount Theatre, Los Angeles. More than 200 supporters and guests from the corporate world, environmental NGOs, charities, impact investors, utilities and film and media representatives joined the celebrations, raising a glass of beer – made from recycled wastewater – to toast

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 23, 2019

ImpactAlpha, Dec. 23 – Before Greta Thunberg was TIME’s Person of Year, the young Swedish activist was an ImpactAlpha Agent of Impact for jumpstarting global climate strikes that have put business and political leaders on notice. Each week, ImpactAlpha highlights Agents of Impact who are making things happen, have something to say and whom other agents will want to know.

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Eco-Business

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The world is teetering on the edge of climate tipping points. But the good news is, many are working hard to plant trees, cut emissions and divest from coal, stirring up hope that the climate change fight may not yet be lost.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 12, 2019

24 cities, including three of the five biggest metropolis in Turkey, said “we are in” on the Paris Agreement and committed to the 1.5°C Goal Last week, representatives of 24 Turkish municipalities assembled in pursuit of climate action and declared their intent to help limit global warming to 1.5°C by 2030. The 3-day long workshop was organized with the support of Bosporus University, UN SDSN Turkey, 350 Turkey and the Local Monitoring Research and Implementation Association.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 31, 2019

A growing array of players, from startups to global energy giants, are charging up solutions.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 17, 2019

City greenzones. Methane biodigesters. Connected schoolbuses. There's a lot in store for the next year in mobility.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Sponsored: How goods are packaged is driving consumer purchasing decisions.

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Temperatures are rising (and not just metaphorically) as key stakeholders anxiously anticipate the outcomes of COP28. While companies reconsider their 2024 environmental sustainability strategies, there is another aspect of ESG that deserves exploring, the social sector. In the latest edition of "Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Sagittarius Edition", 3BL hones in on this sign’s bold quality of asking questions others are burning to know the answers to.

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 13, 2019

And three ways to approach solutions.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Today’s burgeoning recommerce and online rental markets offer high-end gadgets and swanky fashion.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 19, 2019

From Utah to Texas to California, these homes are changing the way we think about the built environment.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Why a holiday discussion about climate change has a better chance of success, and less chance of conflict, than you might think.

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In our latest edition of Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Scorpio Edition, 3BL embraces the perspective of one of the zodiac's most misunderstood signs: Scorpio. While this sign often has a darker view of the world, they do not shy away from shining a light on controversial topics. This month we take a deep dive into corporate pullback of DEI and how companies can utilize astrological advice to reinvent its social impact communication.