GreenBiz

DECEMBER 17, 2020

A new Swedish iron processing project could disrupt the global steel industry. Thomas Koch Blank. Thu, 12/17/2020 - 00:20. A recent announcement by Europe’s largest iron ore producer, LKAB, may seem like a technical detail only relevant for metallurgists and steel nerds. However, the company’s plan to invest up to $46 billion over the next 15–20 years to expand into an emissions-free iron process being piloted in Northern Sweden is big news for Sweden, the global steel industry and future genera

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 15, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Dec. 15 – Catalytic capital is always ‘impact on.’ That intention has rarely been more important than this year, when investors able. The post Looking ahead: Catalytic investors sharpen their tools for deep impact in 2021 appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2020

A programme developed by the Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) for the Australian and New Zealand water industries will create opportunities for innovative, European technology companies. A Technology Roadmap has been created by the Australian and New Zealand water sectors through W-Lab – a WSAA initiative delivered by technology and business consultancy Isle Utilities (Asia–Pacific), and change-making consultancy ThinkPlace.

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Daniel Burrus

DECEMBER 16, 2020

For some, the post-coronavirus “new normal” is a frightening concept that rattles their status quo, while others are taking this moment to seize new opportunities afforded to us by a global disruption, as COVID-19 has proven to be. The fact of the matter is that aforementioned opportunity is available to all of us, whether our “new normal” is unbearably difficult or extremely simple.

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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

DECEMBER 16, 2020

How to talk about racial justice in sustainability. Victoria Gilchrist. Wed, 12/16/2020 - 00:30. Editor's note: The opinions and conclusions that appear in this piece do not necessarily represent the position of Intel. 2020 has become a reckoning for American culture through the pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, the ominous storms in the east and the apocalyptic wildfires of the west.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 16, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Dec. 16 – The period after the Civil War was a time of great ferment, division – and systemic change. Today’s confluence. The post Looking ahead: Centering Blackness in the U.S. economic recovery and reconstruction in 2021 appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 18, 2020

For this year's annual 2020 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition, Esri's ArcGIS StoryMaps and SDSN's SDGs Today teamed up to host the 2020 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition for the SDGs. The StoryMaps competition —which closed on November 25, 2020 —encouraged storytellers globally to build location-based, data-driven stories that addressed one or more global goals.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Electric tractors, agribots and regenerative agriculture. Heather Clancy. Thu, 12/17/2020 - 01:30. Without the benefit of their favorite search engine, I’m certain many readers would be hard-pressed to name the largest, pure-play agricultural equipment company in the world. But digging into innovations being advanced by that organization — AGCO, based in Duluth, Georgia — reveals much about the potential future of technology for cultivating regenerative and precision agriculture.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Tis the season … for climate policy frameworks. President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to rejoin the Paris climate agreement on Day One and. The post Bumper crop of green policy proposals await Biden administration appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Electron microscopy image of a densely packed droplet of hydrogen-producing algal cells. Scale bar, 10 micrometres (credit: Prof Xin Huang, Harbin Institute of Technology). Scientists have built tiny droplet-based microbial factories that produce hydrogen, instead of oxygen, when exposed to daylight in air. The findings of the international research team based at the University of Bristol and Harbin Institute of Technology in China, were published in Nature Communications on 25 November.

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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 18, 2020

On Thursday, December 17 2020, the official launch event of SDSN Afghanistan was held virtually in the presence of over 300+ participants from the Afghan government, the international community, the private sector, academia, research thinks tanks, civil society organizations, and members of the Afghan community. The event was moderated by Mr. Abdullah Alemi, Program Analyst of SDSN Afghanistan, and co-hosted by Dorothea Strüber, Manager of several of SDSN’s Regional and National Networks, includ

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Can Shell help pilot a new era of sustainable aviation? Joel Makower. Mon, 12/14/2020 - 02:11. One of the world’s largest oil and gas companies is betting that the future of flying is carbon-neutral. That may seem an audacious notion from a company whose business model for well over a century has centered around bringing fossil fuels to market — and is banking on petroleum being a key, albeit declining, fuel for decades to come.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Five years ago, we co-led a research project exploring the value of classification in impact investing, with the goal of making it easier. The post The ABCs (and SDGs) of classification for impact investing strategies appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Wildlife Trust unveils ambitious post-Covid wildscape to replace notoriously bleak shopping mall. Early December saw the launch of a bold vision to rewild the heart of Nottingham and green-up the historic city centre following the decision to demolish the much-derided Broadmarsh shopping centre. Broadmarsh shopping centre (photo credit: Erin McDaid).

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Good.is: Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2020

As human consumption and pollution have led to a reduction in the Earth's biodiversity, those same activities have helped to create so many human-made objects that the weight of such materials is expected to exceed that of all people, other living animals, and plants by the end of 2020. Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Sciences in Rehovot, Israel, published (pdf) a study in Nature on Wednesday showing that the weight of all human-made objects, or "anthropogenic mass"—including automobiles

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

VF Corp leans in to the circular economy and regenerative ag. Deonna Anderson. Wed, 12/16/2020 - 09:58. With about 20 brands such as The North Face, Vans and Timberland under its umbrella — including its recent acquisition of popular streetwear brand Supreme — VF Corporation is big. The company had approximately 48,000 employees at the end of its 2020 fiscal year, which ended on March 28, according to its most recent annual report , and revenue during that year was $10.5 billion. .

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 16, 2020

ImpactAlpha, December 16 – PosiGen launched a decade ago to give low-income households a chance to switch to solar power. The New Orleans-based. The post Builders Fund backs affordable residential solar firm PosiGen appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2020

An Air Quality Monitoring (AQM) Station installed in Liverpool City Centre in 2020. Despite the bleak, unprecedented Covid-19 cloud that descended upon us all in 2020, Enviro Technology Services (ET) has had a memorable and positive year with some fantastic and interesting projects. The Gloucestershire based supplier of real-time environmental monitoring instrumentation has enjoyed strong sales in all if its core sectors especially UK air quality monitoring, service contracts and scientific and

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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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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 17, 2020

On November 25, the SDSN, Foresight4Food, IFAD, and APRA hosted the fifth and the last session in a series of eDialogues on the future of small-scale farming. Based on the recent blog post on the emerging themes of the dialogue by Jim Woodhill, Ken Giller and John Thompson, this session assessed the implications for national policy and development investments.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Sustainable shopping is healthy, even amid a pandemic. Diane Osgood. Tue, 12/15/2020 - 01:45. As sustainability professionals, we’ve been talking for years about how consumers are increasingly influenced by values and sustainability. We search the data for proof points that people would prefer to buy from a more sustainable company. Indeed, even when we find the proof points, we also find a large action gap between what people say and what they do.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 17, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Dec. 17 – The COVID pandemic was just a warm-up for the coming catastrophe: climate change. As wrenching as was this year’s. The post With alarm bells ringing, investors step up for dramatic climate action in 2021 – or else appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Like. Net-zero emissions companies is one of the fastest-growing business trends. According to scientists achieving net-zero before 2050 is critical to keeping us safe from the catastrophic consequences of climate change. The number of net-zero emissions commitments has doubled this year, as many prioritize climate action in their recovery from Covid-19 ( Data-Driven EnviroLab report).

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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

MSCI

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Telehealth has the potential to reduce inequalities in access to care as well as relieve strain on health systems. We tested an approach that combines natural-language processing and MSCI ESG Ratings screens.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice? Julia Rosen. Wed, 12/16/2020 - 01:30. Growing up in North Richmond, California, Denny Khamphanthong didn’t think much of the siren that wailed once a month at 11 a.m. every first Wednesday. The alarm is a test of the community’s emergency warning system, which has alerted residents to numerous incidents over the years at the nearby Chevron oil refinery.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 14, 2020

ImpactAlpha, December 14 – The stabilization and revival of the micro, small and medium-sized businesses sector has been the emerging markets story of. The post Looking ahead: Helping small businesses in emerging markets survive and thrive in 2021 appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This article contains paid-for content created in collaboration with Landia. Following an intricate diving operation, ESD (the joint venture involving Galliford Try, MWH Treatment and Black & Veatch) has completed the successful upgrade of its mixing operation at Scottish Water’s Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in St Andrews, Fife. In 6m-deep zero-visibility wastewater, three divers (and a dive manager) ensured that there was no interruption to the crucial aeration process in the oxidation

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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.

Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 15, 2020

SDSN Belgium, its partners and leaders took part in the 4th conference of the Global Sustainable Technology & Innovation Community. During the two sessions live-streamed from the studios in Brussels and online, 200 world-renowned speakers and sustainability thought leaders, joined by 3700 participants from 140 countries, explored how to leverage technology transformation opportunities beyond the current pandemic.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 15, 2020

It's time to nominate rising stars for the GreenBiz 30 Under 30 list. Heather Clancy. Tue, 12/15/2020 - 01:30. The GreenBiz editorial team is looking for someone (actually, someones) to celebrate! If you know a young professional in the field of corporate sustainability — someone who already has made their mark during the first decade of their career — we would love an introduction.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 18, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Dec. 18 – The COVID-19 pandemic revealed global financial systems as one disruption away from disaster. If the markets’ legacies of shareholder. The post Looking Ahead: Investors, asset managers and, yes, corporations, set their sights on impact outcomes in 2021 appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Like. 2020 has been a year for pausing and thinking about our existence on this planet. Besides, the business case for sustainability has only gotten stronger. There is a sense that we need to act now and change the world to build back better. Throughout history, systemic changes haven’t evolved linearly but rather exploded into our lives exponentially.

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