GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Food giants cultivate new pilots, new financing programs.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Feb. 19 – Asset allocators inside pension funds, endowments, foundations and sovereign funds overwhelmingly select white and male-owned firms to manage their money. Women and minority-owned firms manage just 1.3% of the industry’s $69.1 trillion in assets. That homogeneity may be crimping returns, with data suggesting outperformance by gender and racially diverse teams, and.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Updated annually, our Private Markets Review offers the best of our research and insight into private equity, private real estate, and other private markets. Explore the findings from our most recent report and scroll for past years’ reports.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The “Innovation Wagon” at a previous OWL Roadshow. An initiative with a brief to help drive up safety and compliance standards in the transport sector (including in relation to air quality and emissions from vehicles) is returning to Scotland in March. The OWL (Optimised Waste & Logistics) Roadshow is offering “a thought-provoking programme” that the organisers say delivers practical solutions for the air quality crisis, as well as new intelligence about electric RCV

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Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Amazon, TJ Maxx and Tyson are among well-known U.S. companies with no publicly stated deforestation strategy. Is your organization complicit?

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Impact can drive alpha—but market-beating returns are hard to come by in short-term investments. An impact portfolio that’s not under regular review is probably losing its impact. Assessing true impact at the community level grows more challenging as impact investments scale. RSF Social Finance learned all these things from the impact portfolio created for the.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Appointments of new COP26 President and Environment Secretary triggers renewed efforts to demonstrate the benefits of biogas for decarbonising the UK and global economies. Anaerobic digestion and biogas can deliver a 6% reduction in UK annual greenhouse gas emissions within the next decade, 30% of the UK’s legally binding carbon budget for 2030. The industry can also help reduce the carbon footprint of hard-to-decarbonise sectors such as heat, transport, waste management and agriculture.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Inspiration from the longlist of finalists for this year’s Ashden Awards.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Feb. 21 – Cost curves for renewables are falling fast and everything needs to be rebuilt. Welcome to the resource revolution that Scott Jacobs and Jigar Shah spotted years ago. Jacobs and Shah founded Generate in 2014 and this month closed on $1 billion in financing. The capital will be invested in long-term sustainable-infrastructure-as-a-service.

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Sustainable Development Network

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

On February 14, 2020, SDSN staff visited the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (F&ES) to attend the 5th Annual Conference on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The event explored current trends in innovation, agriculture, foreign affairs, trade, and climate-induced human migration. This year’s theme was Latin America at Home and Abroad: People, Capital, and Natural Resources.

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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

Manufacturing

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

HERU founder Nik Spencer with the Hybrid Water Heating System. In what seems a major step of recognition for the HERU energy-from-waste domestic heating system – a widely lauded British Greentech innovation – the firm has announced a new partnership with Europe’s largest industrial manufacturing company, Siemens. The partnership will see Siemens support the production phase of the HERU Hybrid Water Heating System through sharing valuable knowledge and best practices currently used wi

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

This article was adapted from the GreenBiz Food Weekly newsletter. Sign up here to receive your own free subscription.This week, I want to talk about one of the most exciting options we have for reforming our food systems and tackling climate change: regenerative agriculture.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

TGIF, Agents of Impact! The Week’s Agents of Impact Agents of Impact: Scott Jacobs and Jigar Shah, Generate Capital. Cost curves for renewables are falling fast and everything needs to be rebuilt. Welcome to the resource revolution that Scott Jacobs and Jigar Shah spotted years ago. Jacobs and Shah founded Generate in 2014 and this month. The post The Week in impact investing: Latin American solutions appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Sense and Sustainability

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The new decade opened with a joint drill between the navies of Pakistan and China. The drill between the “ iron brothers ” was cause of concern and speculation for India since it was conducted in the Arabian Sea near India’s western coast, which hosts its major ports. Called “Sea Guardians 2020,” the exercise signified Pakistan’s posture in finally developing a concrete Indian Ocean policy.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

A sustainability index for the Drinks Industry was published on 9 February, in an apparent first, with the aim of providing manufacturers and other stakeholders with a clearer grasp of the extent of the sector’s adoption of sustainable practices, and what still needs to be done. The initiative is a collaboration between vertically integrated premium drinks company C&C Group – which manufactures, markets and distributes branded beer, cider, wine, spirits and soft drinks across the UK a

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Around the world, communities are using "Rights of Nature" laws to defend waterways, species and more from human threats.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

One of the first acts of new Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf when he joined the bank last October was to sign onto the new Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation promoted by the Business Roundtable. A few months earlier, more than 180 CEOs had declared a new era in which they would pay. The post Wells Fargo’s move to block shareholder vote undermines ‘stakeholder’ commitments appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Sense and Sustainability

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The increasing release of greenhouse gases (GHG) into the atmosphere is prompting considerable interest in the role that natural sinks have in the uptake of carbon. Soils are the third largest sink of the five global carbon pools. The other four reservoirs are the ocean, the biosphere, the atmosphere, and the earth’s crust (sedimentary rock deposits and fossil fuels).

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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 18, 2020

Survey reveals common concern of global scientists and linkages between crises. Part of a new report, Our Future on Earth, 2020, in which experts distill latest peer-reviewed, state-of-the-planet research and its interconnected complexities. The greatest threat to humanity hides in the potential cascading of impacts of five highly-related, highly-likely risks — a collision that can amplify these effects catastrophically, according to a new survey of 222 leading scientists from 52 countries.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The airline plans to invest in aircraft renewal, sustainable jet fuel, weight reduction, and CO2 offsetting and sequestration projects.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Greetings, Agent of Impact! Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Latin America’s impact investors lead the way at the Foro Latinoamericano de Inversión de Impacto. More than 600 impact investing doers and shapers are convening in Mérida, Mexico this week for the tenth Foro Latinoamericano de Inversión de Impacto, the biggest impact investing gathering in Latin America.

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Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

With the United Kingdom due to host this year’s round of crucial UN climate talks in November, a new study shows the island country currently has no chance of meeting its own legally binding target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to nothing within 30 years.

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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.

Manufacturing

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

We know water is an increasingly scarce resource. So, what can businesses do to improve the way that water is used, treated, recycled and disposed of in a more sustainable way? And is it possible to save money achieving this? Keith Hutchings, Europe Product Manager at Hydro International explained the financial burden that water treatment can put on businesses: “Since 2010, fines for unpermitted discharge of water and pollution have cost businesses £45.9 million.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

It's also the first California city to demand lower carbon in construction materials.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Feb. 20 – Migration and displacement are unfortunate growth sectors in Latin America. Migrants continue to flee the troubled ‘northern triangle’ of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. With U.S. border policies stopping many Central American migrants at the border, Mexico is grappling with its own influx of refugees and immigrants. Further south, more than.

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Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Sustainability chief for Asian conglomerate New World Development, Ellie Tang talks about how to sell sustainability to CEOs, and one question sustainability leaders should be asking themselves this year.

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Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Pump supplier KSB will be exhibiting at this year’s IFAT (4–8 May 2020), and a particular highlight will be the firm’s new Amarex KRT range of submersible motor pumps featuring jacket-cooled drives. They are designed to transport untreated waste water in municipal and industrial waste water management. The new pump sets are available with drive ratings of 10–30 kW and are suitable for vertical or horizontal dry installation.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

In a "race to the top," more cities are gaining unprecedented insights toward cleaning up air quality.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Few would dispute that for many of the 840 million people without access to electricity globally, off-grid solutions will be essential to improving livelihoods for many of the poorest and most remote households and enterprises. That said, as impact-first investors, we should not be content with a headline and a picture of a satisfied rural. The post Listen to customers, not hypesters, about the impact of energy access appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Wind, water and solar sources ? the renewable energy trio ? could meet almost all the needs of our power-hungry society in 30 years.

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