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Simplifying sustainability: 4 concepts to power our purpose

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Applying these principles can lend more authenticity to sustainability decisions and strengthen understanding among key audiences.

How Pandora, the world's largest jewelry maker, switched to recycled silver and gold

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The changes affected more than 40 suppliers, which help it produce more than 100 million pieces annually.

Tech must lead on carbon neutrality

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Sponsored: The tech industry is far from the biggest polluter, but it’ll be a key leader in solving the most pressing issue of our time: saving our planet.

Webinars

Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

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IT assets’ place in your sustainability plans

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Sponsored: While chasing the big moonshot goals, don’t miss the opportunity for more immediate sustainability wins by rethinking your organization’s IT Assets.

Pay attention to these 5 topics at COP28

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 1, 2023

COP28 is oversaturated with events and important conversations. Here’s how business professionals can prioritize.

Can the fashion industry close the gap in sustainable raw materials?

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 30, 2023

A new report from BCG spells out what will "make or break brands" in fashion and apparel.

State of the Circular Workplace 2023: A Green Standards Report

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The State of the Circular Workplace in 2023 is promising. Major corporations, innovative startups, ambitious non-profits, and industry associations are making progress toward the idea of the zero-waste office, and they share their best practices in this new report by Green Standards. Turning our linear “take-make-waste” economy into a regenerative loop that designs out waste and keeps resources in use is a huge undertaking.

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Regenerative Waste Manufacturing

Where to find hope you can change the world

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Here are highlights of an inspiring conversation between two 21-year-old youth climate activists and Google chief sustainability officer Kate Brandt.

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How the US can electrify its public fleets, from city buses to garbage trucks

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 30, 2023

How can fleet operators plan ahead?

Sustainability professionals shouldn’t (and don’t want to) be accountants. Don’t make them

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The sustainability industry wants more data. But does it really need it? And what does that mean for sustainability professionals of tomorrow?

Sustainability Professional

The first frontier for electric aviation: Short-haul flights

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 31, 2023

A third of flights are less than 250 miles, which is already within range for electric planes.

Introducing GreenBiz’s Climate Tech Startup of the Year

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 31, 2023

A venture that captures carbon and stores it in concrete won this year’s startup competition. Here’s why.

Engage Suppliers to Reduce Scope 3 Emissions and Beyond

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Work With Your Suppliers to Accelerate Scope 3 Emissions Reductions and More As reporting regulation and public interest in sustainability continue to grow, more organizations are feeling the internal and external pressure to not only reduce their GHG emissions but also the emissions associated with their value chain. Collecting and reporting Scopes 1 and 2 data is already a challenge for most organizations without the added complication of gathering this information from their suppliers as wel

What US companies need to know about the EU’s CSRD

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Sponsored: As ESG reporting requirements evolve globally, here's what US companies need to know about the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.

Megathreats endanger sustainability's progress

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Emerging global megathreats and outdated skill sets could hamper the momentum of sustainability agenda.

Why 'net zero' still matters

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Despite a lack of a uniform definition or measurable success, net zero is still part of a meaningful climate strategy. Here’s how.

Net Zero

35 years on, I’m still searching for my biggest impact on the climate crisis

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In a world that's doing both better and worse than hoped to address the climate crisis, how should a sustainability 'modern elder' engage? I've been pondering this question. I'd love your thoughts.

Heading to Climate Week? Here's a cheat sheet

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

What you need to know about what's coming up at Climate Week in New York next week (if you can attend in person, or not).

Cocoa-shell fertilizer: Nestle and Cargill team on regenerative agriculture

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

CCm Technologies will transform cocoa shells discarded at a Cargill factory into low-carbon fertilizer pellets for wheat farmers.

Regenerative

How the IRA is enabling large-scale fleet electrification

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Sponsored: EDF’s Victoria Mills interviewed BrightDrop Chief Commercial Officer Steve Hornyak on the IRA and the outsized impact the conversion of traditional commercial fleets to electric can have on reducing vehicle emissions.

How companies can be more clear — and credible — with their climate pledges

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A growing trend of ‘greenhushing’ is keeping companies quiet. A data-driven approach and clear communication about emission reductions goals can help them change course.

5 ways to make reuse mainstream

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Innovators at the vanguard of the reuse movement agree on the key ingredients that will speed up the adoption of reuse.

Stalled energy projects may finally move forward

GreenBiz

JUNE 1, 2023

The U.S. debt-ceiling deal could finally advance energy projects that have been waiting in limbo.

A Just Transition Approach Powered by a Responsible Energy Industry

GreenBiz

MAY 8, 2023

Urgent action is required to decarbonize the power sector in order to minimize global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Decarbonize

Ripple Effects: What Recent ESG Policy Developments in the EU Mean for the Rest of the World

GreenBiz

MAY 8, 2023

The European Union is taking ambitious and expansive action toward a sustainable future. But what happens in the EU doesn’t always stay in the EU. Due to the global nature of organizations and their supply chains, any policy developments within the world’s third-largest economy have far-reaching effects across regions and countries. And with its reputation as a global sustainability leader, developments in the EU often provide an indication of what’s to come in other markets around the world.

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The alchemy of turning big challenges into big opportunities

GreenBiz

APRIL 11, 2023

Absent some totally unexpected arrival of game-changing public policy, we need business to go way beyond checking the box on ESG scorecards.

EV tax credits: A whole lot of speculation, interpretation — and lawsuits?

GreenBiz

APRIL 11, 2023

The Treasury Department's long-awaited guidance on EV tax credit eligibility offers both clarity and confusion.

Climate literacy training for every budget

GreenBiz

APRIL 11, 2023

The sustainability skills training space is as vast and complex as the world of sustainability.

KFC nabs a new CSO, and nonprofits add roles amid tech layoffs

GreenBiz

APRIL 11, 2023

The sustainability community is still hiring through a volatile market.

What does the IRA mean for agtech?

GreenBiz

APRIL 10, 2023

The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act opens doors previously sealed shut.

Startup Corner: March Round Up

GreenBiz

APRIL 10, 2023

A summary of each startup featured in Climate Tech Rundown in March.

Need sustainability advice? This company has used external experts for 30 years

GreenBiz

MARCH 6, 2023

External advisory groups for sustainable business practices are still relatively rare. Dow's Sustainability External Advisory Council, or SEAC, was a first in the petrochemical industry.

Should companies use credits for avoided deforestation to meet net-zero goals?

GreenBiz

MARCH 6, 2023

Avoided deforestation credits have to be compared to a reality that doesn’t exist. Removing deforestation credit from their net zero strategies, while still funding them under a different scheme, is a way to avoid this problem.

Net Zero

We can’t fight climate change without Black voters

GreenBiz

MARCH 6, 2023

Given that Black people are more likely to be "Alarmed" or "Concerned" about global warming than those who identified as white, we can’t fight climate change without Black voters.

Climate Change

AgroScout uses AI to remotely protect global crops

GreenBiz

MARCH 6, 2023

AI and data-led precision agriculture innovator, AgroScout, provides real-time insights into crop management to drive food production supply and secure the future of food.

Takeaways from Tesla's Investor Day

GreenBiz

MARCH 3, 2023

Tesla's event drew mixed reviews, but the company is still poised to lead the way on sustainability.

What’s after coal? Accelerating China’s overseas investment in renewables

GreenBiz

MARCH 3, 2023

China is well positioned to promote green power sources on a large scale.

Pondering chemical accidents and the industry we’ve come to accept

GreenBiz

MARCH 3, 2023

When materials such as asbestos were put into use, lead was added to paint and gasoline and we discovered the properties of PVC, we didn’t know any better. Now we do, and it is time to start acting like it.