GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

2020 was the year that…. Joel Makower. Mon, 12/28/2020 - 02:11. It was a very long year. True, just 366 days (it was a leap year, after all), each one, I’m told, containing only the standard 24 hours. But it was much, much longer than that. Remember 2019? Neither do I. To recall some of the key developments, as I have done each December for more than a decade, I’ve plumbed the nearly 1,300 stories, columns and analyses we've published on GreenBiz.com since the dawn of 2020 — a.k.a. the beforetim

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VIBE

DECEMBER 26, 2020

VIBE is proud to announce the addition of three new members to their Board of Directors. They join our founder Daniele Horton who is also the Founder and President of Verdani Partners. “It is an honor to serve alongside these three amazing colleagues who I believe will be instrumental in taking VIBE to the next level,” said Horton. “When I founded VIBE, I did so with the vision that we could make a measurable difference in the carbon footprint of the built environment to help combat climate chan

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Edouard Stenger

DECEMBER 30, 2020

(This post was published earlier this year on Medium. Sorry for the lack of content this year. Hopefully, 2021 will bring more exciting stories and analysis…). The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought our global economy to a standstill, with fears of the worst recession since 1929. Over 26 millions have already lost their jobs in the United States.

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Eco-Business

DECEMBER 28, 2020

For years now, gender equality has been a central objective in international development agendas (SGD 5). For change to happen, everyday development and research practice must shift towards more gender-inclusive community engagements.

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Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The top 2020 trends in sustainability, according to GreenBiz readers. Holly Secon. Mon, 12/28/2020 - 01:30. At GreenBiz, we’ve been reporting on the world of sustainable business for over two decades, but this year has been unlike any other. From an unprecedented pandemic to a global economic downturn to the intensifying impacts of climate change, we can’t say we’ll miss 2020.

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CleanTechnica

JANUARY 1, 2021

Let's take a quick look at the current world leaders in EV battery production.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The sustainability year 2020 in review, in haiku. Sue Lebeck. Tue, 12/29/2020 - 01:00. Editor's note: Back by popular demand, smart cities consultant Sue Lebeck provides GreenBiz highlights from the past year in verse. You'll find her haiku from 2019 here. Rise before the Surprise. Leaders gather for. the first and last time in year. of shelter-in-place.

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Eco-Business

DECEMBER 28, 2020

RCEP is the largest free trade agreement in history, involving about 30 per cent of global GDP and the world's population. It will be an important stepping stone toward an open, integrated economic system in Asia and the Pacific.

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Eco-Business

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Tens of millions of people are migrating in South Asia due to disasters brought on by climate change, and the number could rise three-fold in 30 years unless countries take strong measures to mitigate the worst effects of global warming.

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Eco-Business

DECEMBER 28, 2020

As the Covid-19 dried up employment opportunities, many indigenous people are returning to their ancestral homes near forests, like the Adivasis of India. They were always vulnerable but suffered even more during the pandemic.

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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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Eco-Business

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The history of fishing in the Atlantic aid to trace back to the discovery of cod-rich Canadian waters in 1497. Generations of people greatly benefitted from these resources, until the threat of overfishing became impossible to ignore.

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Eco-Business

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Migrants are the quintessential global citizens, leaving their places of birth and moving across borders in search of new livelihoods; but ruptures caused by COVID-19 have exposed major fault lines in the system of global movement.

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Eco-Business

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The history of fishing in the Atlantic aid to trace back to the discovery of cod-rich Canadian waters in 1497. Generations of people greatly benefitted from these resources, until the threat of overfishing became impossible to ignore.

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CleanTechnica

JANUARY 1, 2021

Nikkei Asia has reported that Panasonic will begin producing prototypes of a new, cheaper type of battery for Tesla's electric vehicles -- the new tabless 4680 battery cells. Panasonic will start producing them sometime in.

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CleanTechnica

JANUARY 1, 2021

In a thread on Twitter, Ray4Tesla gives his followers and the world the first look at a made-in-China (MIC) Tesla Model Y. He posted six videos in a six-tweet thread.

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CleanTechnica

JANUARY 1, 2021

Tesla China is blazing a path to sustainable transportation with one success after another. The news this time is that Tesla China has taken the cake with the world's largest Supercharging station, having just been opened the station right before 2020 ended.

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CleanTechnica

JANUARY 1, 2021

Job openings are not product roadmaps, but they can hint at them. Some recent Tesla job openings imply that Tesla may be preparing for battery production plans in North Carolina and Semi production plans in Nevada. We have some other clues on those matters, too.

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CleanTechnica

JANUARY 1, 2021

Scotland is on track to roll hydrogen fuel cell trains into its railway system, hopefully with green H2 to grease the decarbonization wheels.

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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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CleanTechnica

JANUARY 1, 2021

The global transition from fossil fuels to clean energy isn’t going to happen because it’s the best choice for human health and the environment. Observing the way humans have responded to the current pandemic should put to rest any delusions about our propensity to “do the right thing.” No, companies and investors will abandon polluting energy sources when they become convinced that it’s the profitable thing to do.

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CleanTechnica

JANUARY 1, 2021

"Troy Teslike" obsessively tracks Tesla registration data. He has a superb history when it comes to Tesla sales estimates (delivery estimates) at the end of each quarter. He also occasionally contributes articles for CleanTechnica and will do so much more in 2021. For now, though, he has shared his 2020 Tesla delivery estimates and I will dig into them to highlight the points that stand out to me, as well as create a couple of charts based on these figures.

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CleanTechnica

JANUARY 1, 2021

Boston Dynamics shows off a trio of dancing robots. Is it a sign of things to come?

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 31, 2020

As we enthusiastically bid 2020 farewell, for many reasons 2021 is starting to feel like a year to be hopeful. While the rollout of vaccines signal an impending slow-down to the pandemic, recent activity in DC is offering a similar glimpse to solutions on the horizon for the climate crisis.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 31, 2020

In 2019, U.S. annual energy consumption from renewable sources exceeded coal consumption for the first time since before 1885, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Monthly Energy Review. This outcome mainly reflects the continued decline in the amount of coal used for electricity generation over the past decade as well as growth in renewable energy, mostly from wind and solar.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 31, 2020

"I wasn't in a building. It was more like a UFO landing. I'd just kinda be somewhere, and people would walk by and experience it. So it was more like it kind of jarred their senses, where they were seeing this thing they had never seen before and never heard of before.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Ever since Tesla's original Roadster demonstrated that a plugin electric vehicle with over 240 miles of rated range was technically possible, even with the nascent technology that was deliverable way back in 2008, the ultimate transition of road transport from combustion to plugins has been largely inevitable.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The momentum continues away from fossil fuel industries as more institutions make ethical climate action 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.

CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Here it is again, for the very first time-- Cleantechnica's list of the 21 best e-bikes and electric motorcycles you can buy in 2021!

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 31, 2020

I recently published a 16 month review of our Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus, but going through the aftermarket products we have in the car is a different matter that seemed to deserve its own video.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Volkswagen will be powering up its EV charging program in Germany in 2021 with more high power chargers, more wall boxes, and the introduction of its mobile charger.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 31, 2020

A week ago, Nissan put out a press release detailing the 2021 LEAF's pricing and options. To be perfectly honest, I feel bad for whoever Nissan has writing these, because nothing has changed. Keep reading, though, because I'm going to make this a whole lot more entertaining than Nissan's people did.

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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.