GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy? Jim Robbins. Thu, 11/19/2020 - 01:30. This article originally was published on Yale Environment 360. Saudi Arabia is constructing a futuristic city in the desert on the Red Sea called Neom. The $500 billion city — complete with flying taxis and robotic domestic help — is being built from scratch and will be home to a million people.
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
First houses heated by hydrogen gas are showcased, with the use of innovative prototype boilers. Boiler manufacturers Baxi Heating and Worcester Bosch have installed hydrogen burning boilers at ‘HyStreet’, in specially built demonstration houses at DNV GL’s specialist test site at Spadeadam in Northumberland. The site has been used to complete over 200 tests, researching and proving the safety of converting homes and gas networks to hydrogen.
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Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 19 – Factory closures. COVID hotspots. Worker lawsuits. Investors in the world’s largest meat, fish and dairy companies were unprepared for factory.
Daniel Burrus
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
What if I told you there is a way to predict and even pre-solve the problems and challenges your organization will face and plug into the future? Most people believe such a concept is impossible; a crystal ball as such doesn’t really exist. But in reality, you can solve tomorrow’s problems today using anticipation and trends and leverage disruptive change for opportunity and advantage.
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
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
5 ways businesses can take action to reduce environmental racism. Samantha Harris. Mon, 11/16/2020 - 00:20. For decades, Black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) in the United States have sought environmental justice as a civil right, but now, the grave disparities in environmental harms are coming into national prominence. This year’s COVID-19 crisis and racial justice movement have highlighted the systemic inequities in the U.S. and revealed how crises disproportionately affect certain po
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Waste concrete from demolished buildings is to be reinvented and made into new custom-made outdoor memorials and public garden furniture with the help of 3D printing, in a new £6m project. Currently, around 65 million tonnes of demolition waste enters landfill across north west Europe (NWE) each year, whilst demand on natural resources for the production of new building materials remains high.
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Sense and Sustainability
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Artificial intelligence (AI) is present in our lives in many areas, from phones where we can easily access almost any information anywhere in the world to supermarkets where we can shop with a ‘click’; from banks where we can easily process transactions online to social platforms where we spend most of our time. But, can artificial intelligence make a positive contribution to understanding the problems caused by climate change too, problems gradually turning into a crisis?
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
How effective stakeholder engagement shaped Samsonite’s ESG strategy. Christine Rile…. Mon, 11/16/2020 - 01:00. In March, Samsonite announced "Our Responsible Journey," a new global sustainability strategy that outlines its commitments across four priority areas: Product Innovation; Carbon Action; Thriving Supply Chain; and Our People, including engagement, development, diversity and inclusion.
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
A development on the west coast of Saudi Arabia is to become the world’s largest battery storage facility and is part of an initiative to power the entire 28,000km2 coast with renewable energy, 24/7. The development will seemingly include 50 hotels when complete, and will be powered solely by wind and solar energy. The complex will rely on the world’s largest battery storage facility at 1000MWh, which is being supplied by the Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC).
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
ImpactAlpha, November 18 – To help restart cross-border commerce in emerging markets, U.K. development finance institution CDC Group is committing $100 million to.
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Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.
Sustainable Development Network
NOVEMBER 15, 2020
On November 10, the SDSN, Foresight4Food, IFAD, and APRA co-hosted the fourth in a series of eDialogues on the future of small-scale farming. After unpacking the diversity of small-scale farmers and their regional opportunities and challenges, this session assessed the options and scenarios for an inclusive transformation of small-scale agriculture with a focus on the specific challenges for different groups of farmers given their scale, gender, assets or geographic and market context.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Episode 246: Celebrating the sustainability profession, the 'clean fight'. Heather Clancy. Fri, 11/20/2020 - 02:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (3:45). Joe Biden’s environmental priorities: The first 100 days. How circular cities can put people first. With these emerging leaders, building the future of the clean economy starts now. Features.
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
An innovative, industry-leading digital approach to explosion risk assessment has seen a win for Yorkshire Water, which was named as Digital Initiative of the Year at the British Construction Industry Awards (BCIA). Judges commended the development and implementation of a digital model, in collaboration with Stantec, fed with geographic and risk data for Yorkshire Water’s catchment assets in compliance with the Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (DSEAR).
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Impact investors may be missing an opportunity to restore sustainable emerging market growth and earn commercial returns by providing desperately needed restructuring support.
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
Michael Connor
NOVEMBER 15, 2020
The association needs to reboot its pledge to support stakeholder capitalism. by Gael O’Brien. The momentum for stakeholder capitalism has been growing for years. Decades of maximizing shareholder value created a different psychological infrastructure in companies that will need shifting. The focus on all stakeholders is a different mentality even if companies think they’ve always looked out for everyone.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
How AI and Robotics are Transforming Recycling. Date/Time: December 10, 2020 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT). The challenges facing recycling in the U.S. may seem daunting but cross-sector collaboration is providing a path forward on many of its toughest issues. This kind of collaboration - CPG companies working hand-in-hand with technological innovators, MRF operators and investors - will be critical to solving logjams and current hurdles to improving recycling in the United States.
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Businesses who fail to act on decarbonisation risk exposing themselves to potential risks from policy-driven increased operating costs, increased energy costs or increased compliance costs. In addition, decarbonisation is not just an objective imposed by policies such as the Paris Agreement: with the right approach, it also creates tangible business opportunities that go beyond long-term financial savings.
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
ImpactAlpha, November 18 — The San Francisco-based sustainable materials company makes a durable, animal- and plastic-free leather using mycelium, an ingredient sourced from.
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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
Carlos Sanchez
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Like. In the race to decarbonization and achieving net-zero emissions, there is a clear role to be played by governments, individuals, NGOs and companies. In this article I describe why I believe in the leadership role of Corporate Sector. I argued that the private sector is a principal driver of decarbonization, reducing carbon emissions, due to three reasons : First , corporates are flocking to adopt net-zero emissions.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Cargill’s Ryann Sirolli on how their 10 million acre initiative creates impact through agriculture. This video is sponsored by Cargill. . . “Agriculture is a means for us to achieve and make real impact in some of the world’s most pressing challenges around climate, water, feeding and clothing the world, and more.” . . Jim Giles, Senior Analyst, Food & Carbon Systems, Greenbiz interviews Ryan Sirolli, Global Row Crop Sustainability Director, Cargill, during VERGE 20, which took place 10/26-10/
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
A seemingly ground-breaking project to create a circular end-of-life supply chain for the electric vehicle industry is being led by EMR Metals Recycling. The project has won grant support from the UK Government’s Advanced Propulsion Centre. RECOVAS is a partnership between EMR, three major vehicle manufacturers (Bentley Motors, BMW and Jaguar Land Rover), the University of Warwick, the Health and Safety Executive, the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre, Autocraft Solutions Group, Connected Ener
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
ImpactAlpha, November 16 – Private equity and venture capital fund managers have an added incentive to apply a “gender lens” in their investment.
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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.
Eco-Business
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
After Typhoon Vamco and a series of cyclones recently caused the country's worst flooding in years, the Philippine president attributed the disasters to climate change. But activists say the government is also ‘criminally liable’.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
ING’s Ana Carolina Olivera on why sustainable business is better business. This video is sponsored by ING. . “ING wants to help support companies that are struggling with sustainability practices to create a more inclusive approach where all factors can empower them to participate in sustainable finance. When a company embraces sustainability as part of their business strategy, they will consequently be managed more efficiently, have a more engaged workforce, and will be more connected to their
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
The Pawprint for Business reporting dashboard: The initiative aims to inspire employees to join the fight against climate change. Eco tech firm Pawprint has launched a second crowdfund and announced that global investment company Standard Life Aberdeen is the latest business to become a “Pawprint Pioneer”, a programme that aims to support firms in maintaining a leadership position in the fight against climate change.
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 16 – U.S. investors added more than $5 trillion to environmental, social and governance, or ESG, strategies from the start of.
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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.
Eco-Business
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Whether or not Chinese banks follow the lead of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, international financial institutions are quitting coal and investing in the sector is increasingly risky.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Kwik-Lok’s Stephanie Paxton-Jackson on how small companies can use innovation to drive sustainability. This video is sponsored by Kwik-Lok. . “As a plastics company, something that was really important for us to impact the world and have a lighter impact in places that we could.”. . John Davies, VP & Senior Analyst, Greenbiz interviewed Stephanie Paxton-Jackson, Co-owner, Kwik-Lok during VERGE 20, which took place 10/26-10/30/20.
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Misperceptions regarding the impact of brominated flame retardants (BFRs) on WEEE plastics recycling are addressed by a report [1] from the International Bromine Council (BSEF) released on 19 November. Undertaken by the sustainability consultancy firm SOFIES, the report looks at plastics flows and recycling efforts in Europe, and presents the successes and overarching challenges in making WEEE plastic streams more circular.
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Signals: Ahead of the Curve ‘Pandemic risk’ spurs investors to press food producers for change. Factory closures. COVID hotspots.
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Throughout Climate Week, a feeling of urgency on tackling the climate crisis was palpable. Yet, questions continue to linger about corporate progress. Are we truly moving the needle or are we stuck in a cycle of empty statements and a flood of reports and guidelines? In the latest edition of Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Libra Edition , we use Climate Week outcomes to explore how brands can communicate progress credibly.
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