GreenBiz

OCTOBER 9, 2020

How to ensure circular fashion is good for people and the environment. Annelise Thim. Fri, 10/09/2020 - 00:15. This article originally was published in the BSR Insight. The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the fashion industry into disarray, leaving supply chain workers without wages and causing major global brands to file for bankruptcy. In the United States alone, 2.1 million retail workers lost their jobs due to the crisis.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Against the backdrop of a global pandemic, an economy officially in recession, and a stock market that seems increasingly divergent from the experience of most Americans today, it’s fair to say that the U.S. love affair with free markets is getting a thorough re-examination. Professor Mehrsa Baradaran’s op-ed in The New York Times this summer. The post With policy prompts, private equity fund managers can drive social benefits, too appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The Ganga, or Ganges, river: Cleaning the river is the brief of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), one of the co-signatories. British Water chief executive Lila Thompson has said a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreed between India and the UK’s leading water sector trade association will “bring a great boost” to trading relationships between the two countries.

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Daniel Burrus

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Every industry has products or services that are commodities. From food and beverage items to household products and daily services, commodities are everywhere and make bottom-line profits harder and harder to attain due to the fact that consumers tend to view commoditized products or services with an attitude of ambivalence. This is because, in the customers’ minds, the product or service fulfills the same need regardless of what business or organization delivers it, so paying extra for said pr

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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

OCTOBER 8, 2020

David Crane is back, with a climate-tech SPAC. Heather Clancy. Thu, 10/08/2020 - 01:45. One of the hottest 2020 trends in raising capital is infiltrating climate-tech investing. . As of mid-September, the stock market had welcomed at least 82 initial public offerings this year by special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) — organizations that collectively raised more than $31 billion.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 7, 2020

ImpactAlpha, October 7 – Ÿnsect represents a trifecta of agrifood tech trends: alternative proteins, carbon offsets and novel farming systems. The France-based agtech company is expanding its high-tech vertical facility in Amiens, which recycles waste streams to raise mealworms for more sustainable fish and animal feed (see, “These insects feed fish that feed people”).

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Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The COVID-19 Data Portal of the Lancet COVID-19 Commission contains over 3 million data points and more than 100 indicators on the pandemic. It is updated daily. About the COVID-19 Data Portal Today, we launch the COVID-19 Data Portal of the Lancet Commission on COVID-19. It provides access to the latest data available on COVID-19, such as new cases, deaths, positive test rate, and other valuable data to gauge the transmission and response to the pandemic.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Certifications matter more than ever and brands should be promoting them. Suzanne Shelton. Tue, 10/06/2020 - 00:30. I’ve written quite a bit lately about how Americans are experiencing a "Maslow moment" right now. Concerns about the environment are taking a backseat to worries about basic needs — our health and our economy (at both the macro and personal level).

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 7, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Oct. 7 – When 181 members of the Business Roundtable signed on to a new statement of corporate purpose a year ago, little could they imagine how the COVID-19, racial justice, and climate crises would soon put their stakeholder-centric pledges to the test. A recent analysis of corporate behavior in the wake of the. The post Helping companies make good on their commitments to stakeholders appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The Glasgow paper outlines a way of expediting the effort involved in programming robotic laboratory systems for chemical synthesis, which the group says lays the foundations for “digital chemistry” A new system capable of automatically turning words into molecules on demand will open up the digitisation of chemistry, says the group behind it.

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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

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Joint Statement Ahead of SDSN & Springer Nature Conference - 8th October 2020 As President of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and Editor-in-Chief of Nature, we spend our lives hearing about and reading the latest research, emerging thinking, and new ideas. And we’re inspired. Each week, the pages of Nature and other research publications offer new insights into the natural world, illuminating new science-based approaches to human well-being and environment

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 6, 2020

How transforming the mica supply chain transforms lives. Joel Makower. Tue, 10/06/2020 - 02:11. Second of two parts. Read Part One here. For those coming from the western world, visiting Jharkhand and other towns in India’s mica belt can be a jolting experience. For one thing, mica is everywhere. "If you visited these places where mica is plentiful, the ground is literally shimmering.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 8, 2020

ImpactAlpha, October 8 – More than two million social enterprises and impact companies in India are delivering healthcare, expanding electricity beyond the grid and bringing tens of millions of unbanked adults into the financial system. Impact investors have invested billions of dollars in the form of equity. But debt capital has been in short supply.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Civil engineering specialist Land & Water has won a contract to construct a new hydropower station at Caversham Weir in Reading on behalf of client Reading Hydro CBS. The project, which has a civil construction value at over £500,000 (full project value just under £1m) and is due to commence in October until February 2021, will harness the power of the River Thames through the construction of a structure that will house low-head hydro turbines.

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Eco-Business

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Singapore food science firm NamZ sent a team to Ghana to ensure it was sourcing the Bambara groundnut responsibly and sustainably. It has exciting plans for the future-fit crop.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Episode 240: Ceres points the way, Beautycounter's mica makeover. Heather Clancy. Fri, 10/09/2020 - 02:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (4:20). SEC rule change stifles key risk signal, disenfranchises retail investors. Why Kroger and Publix are bringing the farm to the grocery store. Demand for voluntary carbon offsets holds strong. Features.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 6, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Oct. 6 – ExxonMobil was eclipsed last week by solar and wind producer NextEra Energy, which briefly became the largest US energy company by market value. Exxon’s value has dropped by more than half this year, underlining “the multi-year shift from traditional toward renewable energy,” UBS’s Mark Haefele said in a note. But oil. The post Will the public bear the cost of the oil industry’s unfunded liabilities?

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The Isle of Portland viewed from Portland Harbour (image credit: BennH ). The directors of Powerfuel Portland – a firm aiming to deliver a proposed Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) at Portland Port on the Isle of Portland in Dorset – have provided more details about how how it will be a net-zero carbon project for its operational lifetime (up to 30 years).

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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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Eco-Business

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Vietnam made headlines earlier in the year for considering a wildlife trade ban in response to Covid-19, but such a development has not occurred, as corruption and other issues hinder improved protection of the country's wildlife.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Mars claims palm oil is 'deforestation-free' after ditching hundreds of suppliers. Cecilia Keating. Wed, 10/07/2020 - 00:15. U.S. confectionary, food and pet care giant Mars claims to have eliminated deforestation from its palm oil supply chain after shrinking the number of mills it works with from 1,500 to a few hundred, it announced this week. The adoption of shorter, more transparent palm oil supply chains and working exclusively with suppliers that meet specific environmental, social and eth

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 7, 2020

ImpactAlpha. Oct. 7 – The world’s largest fossil fuel funder said it would reduce financed emissions in line with Paris goals, promising more details in the spring. JPMorgan Chase will work with “clients, policymakers and advocates to transition our economy and turn the goals of Paris into a reality,” said co-president Daniel Pinto. A new. The post JPMorgan Chase will align financing strategy with Paris Agreement appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Water companies can expect increasing scrutiny into their environmental performance, Isle’s Zero Pollutions Conference heard. Water companies can expect increasing scrutiny into their environmental performance, as customer awareness of river and bathing water quality grows. This was among messages from Helen Wakeham, deputy director of water quality at the Environment Agency, during a keynote address at the Zero Pollutions Conference 2020, hosted by technology consultancy Isle.

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Eco-Business

OCTOBER 6, 2020

To expand the project into North Sumatra and Papua, the government is seeking out private investors, but activists say this risks a repeat of the current corporate takeover of Indigenous and community lands.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Inside Beautycounter’s quest to transform its mica supply chain. Joel Makower. Mon, 10/05/2020 - 02:11. First in a two-part series. This story begins, as so many supply-chain stories do, at a mine, the beginning of a journey in which a commodity — mica, in this case — finds its way into an extraordinarily diverse array of quotidian things: attic insulation; brake linings; car paint; concrete; electronic capacitors; epoxies; fertilizers; gypsum wallboard; LED lights; molded rubber; oil and gas dr

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 8, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Oct. 8 – Concord, a music and theatrical publishing and management firm, has created a $10 million impact investment initiative to support music and theater enterprises in underserved communities. Its first move: a partnership with Techstars Music. Concord is committing to a $30,000 seed investment for each of the companies selected for Techstars’ 2021.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Invercannie waterworks: The installation work includes a new water storage tank, air filtration plant, pumping station and pipework. A historic Aberdeenshire waterworks is getting a major £52 million revamp more than 150 years after its construction was hailed a jewel in the crown of engineering success. The treatment works at Invercannie, Banchory, was opened by Queen Victoria in 1866, to supply the growing 75,000 population of the Granite City with 27 million litres of water every day.

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Eco-Business

OCTOBER 6, 2020

It announced a big commitment to source clean energy at the height of the pandemic. How else is global nutrition, health and sustainable living company DSM ensuring this moment for change is not lost?

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

New leaders at Patagonia, McDonald's, Netflix. Elsa Wenzel. Wed, 10/07/2020 - 02:01. Heading into fall, this batch of career updates from the worlds of sustainability and business is somewhat top-heavy. It's not necessarily that the game of musical chairs has intensified in the C-suite, but you'll note major executive moves at big apparel, food, energy, finance and technology corporations, some of which have enlisted a chief sustainability officer (CSO) or equivalent for the first time.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 6, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Oct. 6 – Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is a vocal proponent of ‘stakeholder capitalism’ and the company was a pioneer in corporate impact investing. Now, Salesforce is committing $100 million to a second impact fund inside its corporate venture arm, Salesforce Ventures (see, “SoftBank, Salesforce and Orange signal corporate venture capital’s tilt towards impact.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2020

A number of major food and consumer goods firms in the UK have signed an open letter calling for tougher new rules to tackle deforestation in UK supply chains. Signatories to the letter, signed on 5 October, include McDonalds, Unilever, Marks & Spencer , Morrison’s, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Lidl, Nando’s and Nestle. The move was welcomed by international NGO Global Witness.

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