Renewable Energy World

MARCH 29, 2021

Between 2006 and 2013, China’s global share of production of PV cells, the solar industry’s core technology, surged from 14 percent to 66 percent. And these new technologies are key, as solar energy plays a major role in the fight against climate change. appeared first on Renewable Energy World.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 24, 2018

Years ago, when I discovered the threat of climate change and the opportunities presented by solar photovoltaic energy, I thought this was pretty straightforward. Since that fateful English class in April 2004, a lot has changed and I have spent thousands of hours reading and writing about climate change.

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Corporate Knights

MAY 3, 2022

The co-author of Organising Responses to Climate Change: The Politics of Mitigation, Adaptation and Suffering, to be released this year, offers his admittedly unpopular remedy: global government intervention to price carbon and embrace renewable energy. How do we propel companies beyond “islands of sustainability”?

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 29, 2022

When Andrew Benedek sold his water treatment company, Zenon Environmental, to General Electric in 2006, he didn’t intend to start another company. But while at Scripps, he quickly became passionate about the next problem he wanted to tackle through the private sector: climate change.

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Good.is: Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Both organizations believe that climate change is the most pressing issue facing the planet, so we've decided to highlight some of the greatest "leaps" humanity has made to combat the crisis. Climate action is Goal 13 in the UN's 17 Sustainable Development goals.

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3BL Media

JUNE 13, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Fitch Ratings, one of the “big three” credit risk rating agencies, is busy identifying “sector exposures to low-carbon transition risks,” with recently-assigned scores reflecting the rating agency’s view of the potential impact of climate change risk on creditworthiness on key sectors.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In line with the Company’s conviction to address the environmental, social, and economic impacts of climate change, the Company continued its efforts and has other ambitious climate goals, including reaching net-zero global GHG emissions for Scope 1, 2 and 3 by 2040.

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Sense and Sustainability

MAY 5, 2021

Editor’s note : This is the second of two articles S&S published concerning climate change and biodiversity. Major bleaching events occurred in the Great Barrier Reef in 1998, 2002 and 2006, causing significant coral death in some places. This week’s article looks at threats to biodiversity and potential solutions.

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ESG Today

JULY 19, 2023

Founded in 2006, Abu Dhabi-based Masdar develops utility scale renewable energy and green hydrogen projects around the world. Ahead of the UAE hosting the UN climate change conference, COP28, we must champion initiatives that advance climate finance and decarbonization. billion, or more than 5.6x

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Committee has awarded over half a million dollars in grants related to climate change mitigation and education since 2014. About WEA: Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA) empowers women’s leadership to protect our environment, end the climate crisis, and ensure a just, thriving world.

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3BL Media

JULY 28, 2022

Since 2006, Walmart stores, clubs and distribution centers have donated more than 7 billion pounds of food. With 90% of U.S. homes being within 10 miles of a Walmart, Walmart has served as a critical access point for COVID-19 vaccines , especially for medically underserved communities, where Walmart has administered 80% of its vaccines.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) announced today the acquisition of environmental sustainability consultancy Quantis, in a move aimed at strengthening the firm’s climate and sustainability expertise and transformation capabilities.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

So that’s exactly what we did in 2006 – launching two initiatives to store essential nutrition and healthcare products at clinics and food banks in advance of hurricane season. In the first year of the partnership in 2006, the Direct Relief modules contained only Abbott products.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The climate change challenge. The scale of the destruction this year would be the worst since records began in 2006. An early heat wave that hit India and Pakistan this year—causing at least 90 deaths-- was about 30 times more likely to happen because of climate change, according to analysis. Part of the solution.

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ESG Today

JULY 7, 2022

Founded in 2006, UK-based MarineSpace provides strategic and technical advice to a variety of coastal and marine industries, helping clients to develop responsibly, efficiently, and successfully. Pure play sustainability advisory firm ERM announced today the acquisition of marine planning and environmental consultancy MarineSpace.

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Sense and Sustainability

AUGUST 11, 2021

The report is the first installment of the latest climate change assessment by the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It focuses on the physical science of climate change, and reports on the current state of the climate, possible climate futures, risk assessment and limiting future climate change.

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Chris Hall

MAY 13, 2022

Although climate-related reporting obligations are increasing, and more sustainable finance regulation is coming down the tracks, for now, climate change legislation generally applies to only the largest businesses operating in the most challenging sectors. Defining duties.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

“This year the world continued to face global challenges, including poverty, access to education, digital inclusion, racial and social injustice, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the environmental, social and economic impacts of climate change.” said Cristiano Amon, President and Chief Executive Officer, Qualcomm Incorporated.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 12, 2022

Noting that the number of court cases being brought against companies on climate-related grounds has recently topped 2,000, the report says some plaintiffs are seeking to recover the costs of climate change itself, or the expense caused by having to adapt to it. Resort to the courts. Vital role of non-execs.

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3BL Media

MARCH 19, 2024

This marks the 18th sustainability report from Owens Corning, which published its first report in 2006. “This report reflects the global scope of our people and our products and the many ways they work to make the world a better place.”

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Hank Boerner , G&A’s Chairman, Chief Strategist and Co-Founder, added, “G&A’s 2022 research continued to see increased use of newer reporting frameworks like TCFD, as well as alignment with climate initiatives like SBTi and CDP. Securities and Exchange Commission. and around the world.”.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 16, 2022

BIER aims to affect sector change through work focused on water stewardship, energy efficiency and climate change, beverage container recycling, sustainable agriculture, and ecosystem services. About BIER.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 2, 2023

Taking the position that manufacturers must step into a lead role in combating climate change, Owens Corning has committed to make dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the decade. In addition, we must work to reduce emissions from our processes and improve energy efficiency.” million megawatt-hours per year.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 19, 2023

Image credit: Kerckweb / Shutterstock.com Scotland’s environmental regulator has issued a civil penalty of £75,000 to a health food supplements manufacturer for failing to provide a leakage detection system on equipment containing powerful greenhouse gases that trap heat in the atmosphere and contribute to climate change.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 11, 2023

However, amid concurrent global crises such as the economic recovery from COVID-19, climate change, and humanitarian conflicts, investments in girls’ rights remain limited. The 2023 report positions Kenya at 77th place among 146 countries, indicating that there is room for improvement.

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James Militzer

MARCH 2, 2023

These young people have grown up under the shadow of climate change, and they rightly view it as a threat to their future. The University of Michigan Endowment Fund: Divesting from Fossil Fuels (Published 9.9.2020) In September 2019, there were climate change strikes at the University of Michigan.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The RBA’s more than 200 core corporate members across multiple industries and tens of thousands of their suppliers worldwide, combined with the Optera platform, makes the RBA program uniquely positioned to transform the industry’s response to climate change. That’s the kind of scale we need to move the needle on climate change.”.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 26, 2022

The firm then tracked the difference in returns generated by the portfolio’s polluting and clean companies between January 2006 and August 2021, using its climate policy uncertainty (CPU) and temperature anomaly indices – the former constructed by “focusing on the textual similarities of authoritative texts on climate change”. .

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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 20, 2022

An example of his pioneering innovative transdisciplinary approach to these issues can be found in his engagement with the Millennium Project, which he chaired on behalf of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan from 2002 to 2006. With regard to combating anthropogenic climate change, Prof. To promote the SDGs, in 2012, Prof.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Since 2006, Edison Scholars has awarded over $13.5 MARIO PORTILLO 2023 Edison Scholar Supporting Climate Equity in Our Communities Edison International is dedicated to supporting communities that are disproportionately affected by climate change and other environmental hazards. million in scholarships to 730 students.

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Edouard Stenger

AUGUST 16, 2017

I saw last week An Inconvenient Sequel by Al Gore, the sequel of 2006 hit documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. Climate change is getting very scary these days. It is easy to despair, even more for Mr Gore who has been advocating climate change action since the 1970s. I have mix feelings about it. million people.

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Chris Hall

MAY 9, 2023

By May 2021, over 2,000 cases of climate-focused litigation were filed globally, according to the Climate Change Laws of the World (CCLW) database, which is maintained by the London School of Economics’ Grantham Reseach Institute on Climate Change (LSE GRI) and supplemented by the US Climate Litigation Database.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

As I noted in a 2006 essay on the occasion of Friedman’s passing: We know better now. And that anything businesspeople might do otherwise would be part of "the socialist view that political mechanisms, not market mechanisms, are the appropriate way to determine the allocation of scarce resources to alternative uses.".

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Technology is improving: Allehaut notes that the largest solar project in 2006 was an 11MW project in Portugal. Scientists and engineers are also working on carbon removal, carbon sequestration and storage, hydrogen power, long-duration energy storage, and other innovative solutions to climate change. GW, some 200 times bigger.

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Edouard Stenger

JULY 24, 2017

Given both the staggering lack of financing to combat climate change and the growth in that sector, the prospects for employment there are interesting. This MBA adds up to a previous Master in International Management (2006) from Audencia Business School , in Nantes, France, one of the top business schools in Europe.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In their eyes, it doesn’t do enough to address climate change and allows emitters to continue polluting the air in the meantime. But seven years on, researchers, regulators and activists are still arguing about how California’s most famous climate policy has affected its most vulnerable residents — and how to do better.

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Clean Tech Delta

JUNE 21, 2021

Venture capital lost about half of the $25B they invested in cleantech between 2006 and 2011, according to PWC , leading them to pivot to software and AI. The Obama era, with its subsidies and feed in tariffs, saw solar and wind power scale to utility scale but also the financial crisis. It seems that cleantech 2.0 is on a one way street now.

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