GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2021

5 companies that are using nature to redefine good design. Lauren Phipps. Mon, 05/24/2021 - 01:40. When most people think about good design, they might think of an Eames lounge chair, an iPhone or Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture. Harmonizing functional perfection with a clean and timeless form, good design is often celebrated for its endurance and ability to remain relevant and adored for decades or even centuries.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 25, 2021

ImpactAlpha, May 25 – The raw injustice and the social protests that followed pushed investors, corporate executives and policymakers to recognize the risks of. The post Seven ways finance has changed in the year since George Floyd’s murder appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 28, 2021

The Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) in Southern California is working toward achieving its sustainability goals by adding solar canopies at 21 of its schools. The projects are being developed by Standard Solar, which is also funding the project and will be its long-term owner and operator. The project was developed in partnership with EMCOR Services Mesa Energy Systems.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

Hazer Group produces fuel-cell grade hydrogen from methane, with high-quality graphite as a by-product rather than CO2. Green hydrogen – and how the water sector can engage with this ‘green, clean fuel source’ – was the focus of a recent webinar hosted by water technology firm Isle on 20 May. At the event, Dr Jenifer Baxter, director for innovation and policy at Protium Green Solutions, gave a rundown of key insights into hydrogen for the water sector.

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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

MAY 26, 2021

The textile companies creating material change. Liesl Truscott. Wed, 05/26/2021 - 09:01. How to make the best of a challenging year? While the lasting impacts of COVID on industry may take years to accurately assess, one thing we can see right now is how the pandemic has focused the textile industry’s attention on sustainability. Globally, with both the COP26 on Climate Change and COP15 on Biological Diversity happening this year, the urgency couldn’t be more clear.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 24, 2021

ImpactAlpha, May 24 – Impact-curious asset allocators and managers are eager for standards, performance assurance and benchmarks. Gaps in market infrastructure for impact management. The post Can better impact measurement and management pull trillions off the sidelines? appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 24, 2021

Flood defences in Frankwell, Shrewsbury, on the river Severn. The Environment Agency (EA) has pledged to default to low-carbon concrete when constructing flood defences and other critical infrastructure projects, provided they meet performance requirements, in a new roadmap document. The roadmap aims to demonstrate how the organisation will cut its carbon footprint by 45% by 2030.

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GreenBiz

MAY 28, 2021

Why Global Delivery and Logistics Fleets Are Electrifying Now. Date/Time: June 29, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT). Please join us for the release of a new global fleet report by GreenBiz and ChargePoint: The Time Is Now - Why Global Delivery and Logistics Fleets Are Going Electric, featuring perspectives from 16 transportation leaders in the delivery and logistics space.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 26, 2021

ImpactAlpha, May 26 – Nearly 100 years ago, on May 31, 1921, Oklahoma’s Tulsa Tribune released a falsified news story describing an accusation by. The post The Reconstruction: How the legacy of Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre is shaping a more just future appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 28, 2021

DISTRIBUTECH International, the leading annual transmission and distribution event, is pleased to announce its Host Utility Oncor, as well as partnerships with the California Energy Storage Alliance (CESA), Forth, Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative (SECC) and Vehicle-Grid Integration Council (VGIC), for its 2022 event taking place Jan. 26-28 in Dallas, Texas.

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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 Coach

MAY 28, 2021

You may not have heard of AQ before but it is something that you may be familiar with nonetheless. You've likely heard of IQ - Intelligence Quotient - and EQ - Emotional Quotient, but what is AQ? AQ stands for Adaptability Quotient. It is the ability to change quickly in response to changing circumstances. Adaptability has a direct impact on our personal and professional success, as well as many other aspects of life.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2021

Accounting for all the pluses and minuses in food systems. Lauren Baker. Thu, 05/27/2021 - 01:00. The economic foundations of today’s food and agricultural systems continue to be dominated by a singular focus on productivity and increased yields. This has distorted what is valued in assessments of how food is produced, sourced, processed, traded, sold and eaten.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 26, 2021

ImpactAlpha, May 26 – It’s showtime. ExxonMobil faces restive investors today in a test for CEO Darren Woods and his strategy for the. The post Exxon’s shareholder drama is only beginning of the endgame for oil giant appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 25, 2021

Burns & McDonnell said on Monday that it was selected by LG Energy Solution and Sustainable Environmental Renewable (SER) Capital Partners to provide engineer-procure-construct (EPC) services for three 10-MW/20-MWh lithium-ion, stand-alone battery energy storage systems. The three facilities are located in the West Texas region. The project consists of owner-provided LG Chem battery racks populated with JH3 and JH4 modules.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

(Image credit: K.H.Reichert [ … ] , CC BY-NC 2.0 license ). Research published on 25 May appears to show that Britain’s energy regulators are putting billions of pounds of green infrastructure investment at risk by overseeing an energy market which favours EU energy imports at the expense of home-grown schemes. Electricity generators in the UK pay transmission charges for the cost of building and maintaining the network, set by the regulator Ofgem and ultimately paid by consumers as part o

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2021

Is your carbon accounting system prepared to count remote work? Heather Clancy. Thu, 05/27/2021 - 02:00. Over the course of the pandemic, I’ve seen numerous dispatches issued by software developers touting the carbon footprint reduction potential of shifting to collaboration applications for many employee meetings. . Here’s one example: An April dispatch from Boston-based LogMeIn estimates that its roughly 2 million customers avoided up to 63 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions betwe

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Impact Alpha

MAY 25, 2021

Editor’s note: Contributing editor Imogen Rose-Smith, a longtime senior writer for Institutional Investor, continues her bi-weekly column, Institutional Impact, exploring the policies, practices. The post In a world where fairness is in short supply, a star’s fall isn’t enough to redeem private equity appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 27, 2021

Pattern Energy Group LP and international energy company Uniper this week announced they have signed a 15-year power purchase agreement for up to 219,000 MWh per year of wind energy generated in New Mexico. The power will be delivered from Pattern Energy’s 1,050-MW Western Spirit Wind project, which is currently under construction in New Mexico and represents the largest single-phase renewable power build out in U.S. history.

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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

MAY 27, 2021

Mars UK, Mondel?z International, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever announce plans to finance and launch £1m Flexible Plastic Fund. Manufacturers, retailers and recyclers urged to join the collaboration. Fund designed to drive progress towards household collection of flexible plastic for recycling. Five of the UK’s largest branded manufacturers: Mars UK, Mondel?

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GreenBiz

MAY 28, 2021

Episode 270: Electrifying everything, more '30 Under 30' voices. Joel Makower. Fri, 05/28/2021 - 02:00. VERGE Electrify in Review. Sarah Golden, GreenBiz senior energy analyst, joins as guest host. Golden, one of the VERGE Electrify co-chairs, and Joel Makower discuss the inaugural two-day conference. Why is right now the perfect time to be electrifying everything?

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Impact Alpha

MAY 24, 2021

ImpactAlpha, May 24 — TaniHub Group launched in 2016 to help smallholder farmers in Indonesia reach more customers and grow their income. “There. The post TaniHub Group secures $65.5 million for its agtech platform in Indonesia appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 25, 2021

by Lisa Prevost, Energy News Network. As the sale of Rhode Island’s largest electric distributor comes before state regulators for approval, a group of solar developers, policy specialists and energy consultants are calling on the governor and attorney general to seize what they see as a golden opportunity to force a faster grid transition. . In an April 26 letter to Gov.

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Sustainable Development Network

MAY 28, 2021

Kick-off event asked participants to collaboratively develop innovative solutions for achieving SDG 10 and implementing the Agenda 2030 principle to Leave No One Behind. 16.00 Normal 0 21 false false false DE ZH-CN AR-SA The COVID-19 pandemic has shockingly revealed existing inequalities, as well as social, economic and racial injustice, and is expected to further intensify them in the long term.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

With only a week left for industry to respond to the consultation on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Packaging Waste , the UK’s largest compliance scheme, Valpak, has released detailed modelling for a range of the proposed options. The report is the first of its kind. It incorporates data from Valpak’s Environment Product Information Centre (EPIC) database, which holds the most detailed metrics on packaging in the UK.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 25, 2021

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Hop on The Call. Today’s Agents of Impact Call No. 28 will explore how some wealthy families are optimizing. The post The Brief: Impact’s fallen star, financing fresh produce, microgrid maintenance, solar unicorn, bringing racial justice to finance appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 24, 2021

Recently a ransomware attack shut down the Colonial Pipeline, which delivers 45% of fuel to the Eastern Seaboard. This time the temporary crisis mainly affected transportation. But what if an attack like this happens again and it affects our power grid? Or what if there is another petroleum shortage? Will your home end up powerless? Peak Energy Usage.

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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.

Sense and Sustainability

MAY 26, 2021

Editor’s Note: 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 Fred Krupp and originally appeared here. This is a watershed moment for the oil and gas industry and leading investors in the race to transition to a net zero energy system.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

A forest restoration project conducted under the auspices of a regional partnership called the Chesapeake Bay Program. Forest-based solutions alone, including the management, conservation and restoration of forests, will require $203 billion in total annual expenditure globally, says the report (image credit: Chesapeake Bay Program , CC BY-NC 2.0 license ).

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Impact Alpha

MAY 27, 2021

ImpactAlpha, May 27 – In a single day, separate developments at ExxonMobil, Chevron and Shell sent an unmistakable signal to oil companies and investors: The post Victory for insurgents stuns Exxon as shareholders vote for a low-carbon future appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 25, 2021

EDP Renewables, through its subsidiary EDP Renewables North America LLC, has started commercial operation of the 209-MW Reloj del Sol wind farm in Zapata County, Texas. Reloj del Sol will help strengthen Texas’ grid and is estimated to provide about $36 million in direct payments to local governments and $100 million in payments to landowners throughout the life of the project.

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