GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Cities can ally with one another to overcome shared barriers.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

ImpactAlpha, February 12 – Denver-based and Native-owned Native American National Bank serves Native communities, governments and enterprises across the U.S. To boost the bank’s lending power, RSF Social Finance, Candide Group’s Olamina fund and other impact investors have created deposit accounts and CDs at the bank. “The best way to support our bank is through.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

SLOT 2.0 – short for System LOsses Tool – has been developed to help utilities know their sludge better, says BHR Group. Software developed by fluid engineering firm BHR Group and launched in January is helping water utilities analyse their sludge pumping systems and reduce costs. SLOT 2.0, which BHR says is underpinned by its world-leading sludge rheology database, can calculate sludge flow properties and behaviours, frictional pipe pressure losses and system curves.

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Daniel Burrus

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

This Friday: Don’t Miss Daniel’s Live Webinar, “What’s Causing The Retail Apocalypse?”. Friday, February 14th at 10am PT / 1pm ET. Click to Register. Human beings are competitive in all circumstances, and it has only intensified in today’s predominantly technologically advanced world. No matter the industry or particular field, competition is fierce, and regardless of what you and your organization do in terms of products or services, there’s inevitably someone else offering a competitive alte

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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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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The corporate world has fallen for trees. But to be effective, the cost of offsetting CO2 emissions with the sequestration power of forests will have to go up. Are companies willing to pay?

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Feb. 13 – “Proceed with caution” in fintech investing was the conclusion of our lookahead at impact investing trends to watch in emerging markets in 2020. “In Kenya, for example, a proliferation of alternative credit-scoring services are providing first-time borrowers with near-instant access to mobile credit – at the same time usage of gambling.

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Sense and Sustainability

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This article was first published by the Environmental Defense Fund, an organization focusing on creating economical policies to support clean air and water; abundant fish and wildlife; and a stable climate. The article was authored by Ilissa Ocko and originally appeared here. While you might enjoy warmer winter days that feel more like spring, those breaks from cooler temperatures are no reason to celebrate.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The 270 million vehicles in the United States are parked over 90 percent of the time. There are far more parking spaces than vehicles. How many spaces? The data is imprecise. There could be 500 million parking lot spaces and 1 billion spaces on streets. Add parking in home garages, carports and driveways, and another estimate is 2 billion parking spaces.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

ImpactAlpha, February 10 – Private equity firm Ecosystem Investment Partners has been helping investors profit off of ecological restoration and conservation projects since 2007. EIP has raised nearly $1 billion from investors through three institutional funds, including $454.5 million for its latest fund, Ecosystem Investment Partners IV. EIP’s investment approach is to set up “mitigation.

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Good.is: Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit a record high Monday, a reading from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that elicited fresh calls from climate activists and scientists for the international community to end planet-heating emissions from fossil fuels and deforestation. According to NOAA's Mauna Loa Observatory, an atmospheric baseline station in Hawaii, the daily average of CO2 levels on Feb. 10 was 416.08 parts per million.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Bog Squad volunteers blocking ditches (Photo credit: David Hill). Wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation is celebrating six years of its “Bog Squad” initiative this March. Begun in 2014, this group of volunteers is carrying out rehabilitation works on damaged peat bogs across the Scottish Lowlands. As the charity puts it, “These volunteers are working on the front lines in the battle against the climate crisis.” Scotland’s bogs are vast stores of carbon laid down by slow

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

It’s time to stop mapping and start acting.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Feb. 11 – Render Capital, a new new fund from Louisville impact investing firm Access Ventures, will provide early stage equity, debt and revenue-based financing of up to $250,000 to entrepreneurs in Louisville and southern Indiana. An annual Render Competition will award up to $100,000 each to eight startups working in advanced manufacturing, health innovation, The post Louisville’s Access Ventures debuts $15 million Render Capital fund for local entrepreneurs appeared first on Imp

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Sense and Sustainability

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Editor’s note: This article was first published on the Global Solutions Foundation blog. It has been republished here with the author’s permission. According to UNICEF , it is estimated that 44,000 women die due to preventable pregnancy-related causes in India each year while one in five deaths globally is likely to be an Indian lady. Aditya Kulkarni , a 2017 Young Global Changer , and the organisation he co-founded are working to change this.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

More than a quarter (28%) of children’s sports grounds analysed in five UK cities have dangerous air pollution. 92% of sports grounds analysed in London breach World Health Organization limits. 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham venue heavily polluted as well as University of Salford ground in Greater Manchester. Medical professionals warn for the first time that air pollution is likely to impact on children’s “potential to train” for sport.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

97 percent of the cleaning product is made from the water, acids and alcohol from the food waste.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The announcement by JPMorgan Chase & Co. last month that it would be setting up a new development finance institution to expand its development-oriented investment banking activities is an important step forward for development finance. The investment bank’s leadership is very welcome. And the challenge is huge. As is often quoted, the financing gap to.

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Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Fashion brands and soy sauce makers are among the major companies that still have not made commitments to end deforestation in their supply chains, environmental group Global Canopy said.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

A new initiative from North London Waste Authority (NLWA) – working in partnership with the seven north London boroughs – aims to reduce the amount of single-use plastic appearing on the high street. So far, seemingly over three quarters of businesses* in the Cowcross Street area of Islington have signed up – and have “successfully, and permanently, reduced the single-use plastic they give to their customers”, with many having seemingly pledged to go further than th

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Doug Baker shares his philosophy for leading with purpose at GreenBiz 20.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

ImpactAlpha, February 13 – Private equity giant KKR launched its Global Impact Fund just under two years ago as an early entrant into the club of private equity firms seeking to raise 10-figure impact funds (see, “For private equity giants, $1 billion is table stakes for entry into impact investing”). KKR hit the billion-dollar mark. The post KKR raises $1.3 billion for Global Impact Fund appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

In the first in our video series of sustainability executives interviewing each other about the challenges they face, Simon Lord of palm oil giant Sime Darby Plantation went head to head with Pamela Mar of supply chain manager Fung Group.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The BioSelect installation “sends gas yields up, yet reduces maintenance costs”, said UK managing director David Brown. Pumps and water technology expert Börger has recently completed the installation of one its separators at a dairy farm/biogas plant in Gloucestershire. As many farmers have discovered, a traditional farm separator can have its limitations with feedstock for renewable energy – and this was no exception.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Why I'm backing Earth Day again this year, and why you should, too.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Feb. 11 – Bill Gates has been investing for years in breakthrough technology to help thwart climate change, from solar upstart Heliogen to alternative protein maker Impossible Foods to the Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund. Partly for that reason, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation stayed away from climate as a program area. Now, the.

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Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Plastic restrictions are sweeping Asia, but the sustainability chief of a regional food and beverage trade association says such measures are not the most effective solution. The industry cannot do without packaging, says Edwin Seah.

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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.

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Following the announcement of the government’s Environment Bill on 30 January , many observers in the environmental arena reflected on the ambition and likely efficacy of the legislation, while highlighting areas of concern and suggested improvement. Envirotec reports. Intended to fill the policy vacuum emerging from the UK’s departure from the EU on 31 January, the Environment Bill has been eagerly anticipated, and seemingly gives government the power to set legally binding targets on all aspec

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

This article originally appeared on the Salesforce corporate blog. 2019 was another year in which natural disasters occurred with unnatural (or at least unprecedented) force and frequency.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

ImpactAlpha, February 11 – Chennai-based WayCool got its start in 2015 to improve farmer livelihoods in and around Chennai by connecting them directly to retailers and other buyers. Today the company handles more than 300 tons of fresh fruit, vegetables and other products supplied by 40,000 smallholder farmers daily. WayCool’s complete “soil to sale” model.

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Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

A performance review and Singapore's rules for overseas fundraising apparently prompted UN Women to cease operations in the city-state. But a new locally-focused NGO has emerged to take its place in the fight for gender equality.

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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.