ESG Impact Zone

40+ courses on renewable energy transitions, technology and financing

GreenBiz

JULY 11, 2024

Learn how to drive the adoption of renewable energy with courses that provide everything from a big-picture understanding of the energy transition and justice considerations to the details of energy generation and storage technologies and financing.

Circular Fashion Index awards failing grades to apparel brands

GreenBiz

JULY 10, 2024

Clothes are complicated to make, difficult to recycle and have low resale value — and that’s holding back the industry’s green credentials.

New technologies enable a colorful future for circularity of PET plastic

GreenBiz

JULY 9, 2024

Sponsored: Colored and opaque PET is a valuable recyclable material with significant benefits for brands. New technologies and end markets are expanding the supply of recycled PET, expanding circularity for one of the most widely recycled plastics.

Greece national wildfire monitoring system provides a model for other countries – and for companies in fire-ravaged regions

GreenBiz

JULY 8, 2024

Orbital thermal imaging technology promises to aid not only Greece’s firefighters, but also major U.S. utilities like PG&E.

AI data centers are undermining climate solutions

GreenBiz

JULY 8, 2024

The scrutiny of data centers has intensified because of tech company secrecy, energy consumption and societal impacts on customers, policymakers and communities.

Regulations are fueling the sustainability agenda, experts say

GreenBiz

JULY 3, 2024

Legislation on sustainability, followed by disclosure standards, is viewed by experts as the most significant positive development in the last year, according to a GlobeScan/ERM survey.

Development

Google reports 13% emissions increase fueled by AI

GreenBiz

JULY 2, 2024

The company is struggling to add carbon-free energy fast enough, CSO Kate Brandt told GreenBiz.

Science Based Targets initiative CEO resigns, citing personal reasons

GreenBiz

JULY 2, 2024

Luiz Amaral’s resignation is the latest development in a challenging time for the validation organization.

Development

Building climate resiliency through corporate philanthropy

GreenBiz

JULY 2, 2024

Sponsored: Is your corporate sustainable philanthropy maximized for effectiveness? The right strategic approach can boost impact while building a resilient future.

More money, more solutions: We must rethink finance to power the circular economy revolution

GreenBiz

JULY 2, 2024

To fully capture the circular economy opportunity and trigger catalytic unlocks for the entire market, finance must break out of silos and think innovatively.

3 essential building blocks for businesses aiming to protect biodiversity

GreenBiz

JULY 1, 2024

As the destruction of nature accelerates, companies are taking critical initial steps to develop effective nature and biodiversity programs.

Development

A lesson in collective buying power: How to use your voice to drive climate policy

GreenBiz

JULY 1, 2024

The history of the Clean Energy Buyers Association offers key lessons on the importance of public policy in accelerating private action on climate.

Health care innovations in sustainability will protect both patients and the planet

GreenBiz

JUNE 28, 2024

The health care sector is uniquely positioned to be a leader in sustainability by implementing practices that mitigate the harms of the climate crisis while advancing public health.

Climate-related issues are growing in urgency, sustainability experts say

GreenBiz

JUNE 27, 2024

Sustainability experts view climate change, biodiversity loss, deforestation, water scarcity, food security and water pollution as increasingly severe challenges, according to the latest GlobeScan/ERM survey.

Climate Change

How Your Team Can Navigate the New Era of ESG Compliance

GreenBiz

JUNE 27, 2024

The era of voluntary sustainability and ESG disclosure reporting is coming to a close. Newly enacted US and European rules are entering into force, creating a regulatory landscape that can be daunting to navigate.

Empowering Suppliers to Achieve Corporate Climate Goals

GreenBiz

JUNE 27, 2024

Sponsored: To meet climate targets and reduce Scope 3 emissions, companies need effective supplier collaboration—which includes three main pillars—to engage, educate and execute.

Investors and activists demand an end to funding for lobby groups that oppose climate legislation

GreenBiz

JUNE 26, 2024

They’re asking why companies with net-zero goals support the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which often opposes federal climate legislation.

Net Zero

Why Lime uses big electric trucks to haul its small electric scooters

GreenBiz

JUNE 26, 2024

The company cut emissions by 16% with modular scooters and switching its operational fleet to electric trucks.

Preserving biodiversity to safeguard the planet and human prosperity

GreenBiz

JUNE 26, 2024

Sponsored: In restoring the world’s declining biodiversity—an overlooked crisis—business, especially agriculture, must lead by example and nurture nature the same way it has nurtured us.

Kimberly-Clark pledges to stop cutting down 'natural forests' for tissues, diapers

GreenBiz

JUNE 24, 2024

New strategy centers on Canada and Alaska, which have 25 percent of the world’s remaining primary forests.

How the food industry is working to protect freshwater ecosystems

GreenBiz

JUNE 24, 2024

Food powerhouses are crafting strategies to tackle the intertwined challenges of water and nature.

$10 billion Bezos Earth Fund director: ‘Next wave’ in green finance is climate adaptation

GreenBiz

JUNE 20, 2024

Two key areas for climate investment are resilience to warming temperatures and phasing down fossil fuels, says Paul Bodnar

Amazon eliminates 15 billion plastic ‘air pillows’ from delivery boxes

GreenBiz

JUNE 20, 2024

The retailer’s latest step to remove single-use plastic across its North American distribution network.

Amazon, Google and Harvard demonstrate the value created by regenerative buildings

GreenBiz

JUNE 20, 2024

Featuring all-electric systems, water reuse and innovative solar power, these buildings improve “the health and resilience of economies, cultures, and people.

Regenerative

Salesforce commits $25 million to ‘steep learning curve’ of carbon removal

GreenBiz

JUNE 18, 2024

The company also signed its first renewables contract in Europe with projects in six Italian regions.

Sustainable packaging helps drive superior product experience

GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2024

Procter & Gamble’s Responsible Beauty approach focuses on delivering superior consumer experience and value with sustainable packaging playing a key role.

6 ways to tackle the damage plastics are doing

GreenBiz

JUNE 14, 2024

Emissions from plastic are on the verge of exceeding those from cars — yet companies often don’t include plastic in their net-zero strategies. At Circularity 24, a panel of experts gave advice on how to reduce corporate dependency on plastic waste.

Net Zero

Net Zero Waste

Study: Younger generations drive consumption of plant-based food, while baby boomers lag behind

GreenBiz

JUNE 13, 2024

Younger age groups are driving the consumption of vegetarian and vegan food, according to an EAT-GlobeScan survey. This trend presents a significant opportunity for sustainable food brands.

Inside Microsoft’s Panama tropical forest carbon offtake deal

GreenBiz

JUNE 13, 2024

8 months of due diligence and tens of millions in early-stage financing will help restore 10,000 hectares of tropical forest in Panama.

Pact including Coca-Cola, Nestlé moves 2025 plastic reduction goals to 2030

GreenBiz

JUNE 13, 2024

The absence of federal standards is hindering the progress of the U.S. Plastics Pact, according to the group.

Bipartisan bill aims to spur a $14 billion domestic circular economy

GreenBiz

JUNE 7, 2024

Republicans and Democrats are crossing the aisle to prioritize a domestic textile manufacturing sector.

Manufacturing

Feeling stuck in your sustainability job? Here are 8 steps to reclaim your job satisfaction

GreenBiz

JUNE 6, 2024

Whether you’re feeling uninspired by your organization’s progress, or are just ready for new growth opportunities, here’s how to handle feeling stuck in your current role.

How Starbucks doubled the number of its 'Greener Stores'

GreenBiz

JUNE 6, 2024

The coffee chain's new building standards are now a publicly available training course.

Shell’s climate transition plan wins shareholder blessing: Why it matters

GreenBiz

JUNE 5, 2024

Shareholders prioritize short-term profits over net-zero future with approval of Shell’s downgraded transition plan.

Net Zero

How rethinking carbon markets can forge a path to the green transition

GreenBiz

JUNE 4, 2024

Carbon markets, already a crucial tool in our climate toolbox, can catalyze the global shift to a green economy.

How construction products giant CRH plans to cut emissions 30% by 2030

GreenBiz

MAY 31, 2024

Last year, the company recycled 43.9 million metric tons of byproducts and waste from other industries into raw materials and fuels for its own products.

Waste

Failure is an option: We already know the outcome of global plastic waste negotiations

GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2024

Delegates at the final U.N. meeting in November will likely fail to produce a binding international treaty that will reverse the growing trend of plastic pollution.

Waste

Health and climate top consumers’ concerns about the food system, report finds

GreenBiz

MAY 30, 2024

Consumers rank malnutrition, pesticides, obesity and diet-related health issues, and plastic waste from packaging as the most concerning aspects of the food system, according to an EAT-GlobeScan survey.

Waste

Google wants to help other companies eliminate plastic from their packaging

GreenBiz

MAY 28, 2024

The company will publish a 70-page guide in June detailing how it redesigned its boxes, coatings, enclosures and labels.

How to get ready for the new EU sustainability due diligence law

GreenBiz

MAY 28, 2024

The European Union finally passed the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. Here’s an early look at how CSDDD will affect corporate supply chains.

Supply Chain

Supply Chain Supply Chains

9 emerging names to know in reuse

GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2024

The Reusies Awards highlight 3 companies, 3 activists and 3 communities driving forward circular economies.

Environmental worries outpace socioeconomic concerns over past decade, survey finds

GreenBiz

MAY 23, 2024

The public's increased concern about environmental issues underscores the need for governments and businesses to remain committed to the green agenda and simultaneously address socioeconomic concerns, according to GlobeScan.

Inside Microsoft's record-breaking carbon removal contract

GreenBiz

MAY 22, 2024

The company signed a contract for 3.3 million metric tons of offsets over 10 years from a facility in Stockholm.

Views on single-use plastic waste vary based on concern about health impacts, survey finds

GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2024

Public opinion on single-use plastics has decreased in some countries while remaining high in others, according to a GlobeScan survey.

Waste

GreenBiz

40+ courses on renewable energy transitions, technology and financing

Circular Fashion Index awards failing grades to apparel brands

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New technologies enable a colorful future for circularity of PET plastic

Greece national wildfire monitoring system provides a model for other countries – and for companies in fire-ravaged regions

AI data centers are undermining climate solutions

Regulations are fueling the sustainability agenda, experts say

Google reports 13% emissions increase fueled by AI

Science Based Targets initiative CEO resigns, citing personal reasons

Building climate resiliency through corporate philanthropy

More money, more solutions: We must rethink finance to power the circular economy revolution

3 essential building blocks for businesses aiming to protect biodiversity

A lesson in collective buying power: How to use your voice to drive climate policy

Health care innovations in sustainability will protect both patients and the planet

Climate-related issues are growing in urgency, sustainability experts say

How Your Team Can Navigate the New Era of ESG Compliance

Empowering Suppliers to Achieve Corporate Climate Goals

Investors and activists demand an end to funding for lobby groups that oppose climate legislation

Why Lime uses big electric trucks to haul its small electric scooters

Preserving biodiversity to safeguard the planet and human prosperity

Kimberly-Clark pledges to stop cutting down 'natural forests' for tissues, diapers

How the food industry is working to protect freshwater ecosystems

$10 billion Bezos Earth Fund director: ‘Next wave’ in green finance is climate adaptation

Amazon eliminates 15 billion plastic ‘air pillows’ from delivery boxes

Amazon, Google and Harvard demonstrate the value created by regenerative buildings

Salesforce commits $25 million to ‘steep learning curve’ of carbon removal

Sustainable packaging helps drive superior product experience

6 ways to tackle the damage plastics are doing

Study: Younger generations drive consumption of plant-based food, while baby boomers lag behind

Inside Microsoft’s Panama tropical forest carbon offtake deal

Pact including Coca-Cola, Nestlé moves 2025 plastic reduction goals to 2030

Bipartisan bill aims to spur a $14 billion domestic circular economy

Feeling stuck in your sustainability job? Here are 8 steps to reclaim your job satisfaction

How Starbucks doubled the number of its 'Greener Stores'

Shell’s climate transition plan wins shareholder blessing: Why it matters

How rethinking carbon markets can forge a path to the green transition

How construction products giant CRH plans to cut emissions 30% by 2030

Failure is an option: We already know the outcome of global plastic waste negotiations

Health and climate top consumers’ concerns about the food system, report finds

Google wants to help other companies eliminate plastic from their packaging

How to get ready for the new EU sustainability due diligence law

9 emerging names to know in reuse

Environmental worries outpace socioeconomic concerns over past decade, survey finds

Inside Microsoft's record-breaking carbon removal contract

Views on single-use plastic waste vary based on concern about health impacts, survey finds

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