GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

The many faces of energy resilience. Michelle Moore. Mon, 08/17/2020 - 00:30. This series explores how clean energy can deliver on finance and corporate social and governance goals alongside climate and environmental benefits. "Resilience" is a powerful word in 2020. Fires, floods, pestilence, pandemic — I don’t know about you all, but I was raised in a fundamentalist Southern Baptist Church and my Revelations bingo card is just about full.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 17, 2020

ImpactAlpha, August 17 – The financial strains the COVID pandemic has caused in many cities and states can be seen in sharp relief in Alabama’s Black Belt, a swath of 18 counties originally named for the area’s once-rich soil. Even accessing federal relief funding is a challenge in the Black Belt which contains some of. The post Creative financing to unlock COVID aid in Alabama appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2020

LNRS pilots will help kick-start the creation of over a million acres of habitats for wildlife and people, says Defra. Cornwall, Buckinghamshire, Greater Manchester, Northumberland and Cumbria local authorities were selected by the government on 14 August “to help kick-start nature recovery on a countrywide scale.” The selected authorities will receive a share of £1 million of funding to set up ‘Local Nature Recovery Strategies’ (LNRS) pilot studies to help map the most valuable site

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Daniel Burrus

AUGUST 19, 2020

In a previous blog, I discussed Anticipatory Leaders using accelerated Hard Trends as we transition from a global shutdown. COVID-19 is still prevalent while people are returning to their offices or to physical businesses such as restaurants, gyms and hair salons. We are only scratching the surface of how one can utilize accelerated Hard Trends in technology to increase trust as customers return to physical locations of businesses around the world.

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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.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 20, 2020

Journey Foods uses AI to create sustainability recipe for food manufacturers. Jesse Klein. Thu, 08/20/2020 - 02:00. Riana Lynn’s company, Journey Foods , is dragging the packaged food business into the 21st century. . "Food manufacturing has really only scaled up in the last 60 years," she said. "And that means we’re also working on very antiquated methods." .

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 20, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Aug. 20 – Conventional investors see uncompensated risk. Investors of ‘catalytic capital’ see an opportunity for outsized impact. One Acre Fund has spent the last decade and a half demonstrating that small African farmers are not only lendable but, with additional support, are safe bets to reduce hunger and grow family incomes. In the. The post One Acre Fund secures $20 million to catalyze institutional capital for African farmers appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Axis Communications Sustainability Blog

AUGUST 21, 2020

This post is written by Phil Campbell, European Sales Director at Quanika. Read more about Phil at the end. A major shift is taking place in the way companies and organisations operate: the way they use their buildings and manage their people. This transformation is being driven by a combination of external pressures, including the rapid impact of the 2020 pandemic, and longer term trends that were already established, such as the need to cut carbon emissions, manage increasingly mobile and remo

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 18, 2020

Ulta Beauty is bringing refillable containers back to the cosmetics industry. Jesse Klein. Tue, 08/18/2020 - 02:00. The beauty industry has a plastic waste problem. And it knows it. A quick Google search brings up articles from Allure , National Geographic , Forbes , Teen Vogue and 31,800,000 other results about the issue. . It seems those concerns finally have reached a critical mass, inspiring a sustainability makeover at three of the biggest beauty brands in the business — Sephora, Natura & C

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 19, 2020

ImpactAlpha, August 19 – Globally, agrifood tech ventures raised $21.6 billion sector last year. Yet in an entire decade, 242 known agriculture-related deals in Africa raised only $616 million, according to “Mapping Agriculture Investing in Africa” from Village Capital. Agriculture accounts for 40% of Africa’s GDP and employs 70% of its workforce.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2020

Embracing digital technology will have a vital role to play in the safe, efficient and effective management of wastewater. Whether it is to minimise the impact of increasingly extreme weather events, reducing health risks or simply to streamline operational expenditure – digital monitoring and remote services can provide long term value. Here, William Jeal, Business Manager – Municipal & Digital Services at Veolia Water Technologies UK discusses the benefits.

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Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 20, 2020

SDSN Amazonia and iAMA awarded 2 Ecuadorian projects confronting COVID-19 in the Amazon with up to US $5,000 to minimize the impacts of the pandemic. The two projects, Amazon Communication and COVID-19 Alert Network of the San Francisco de Quito University (USFQ), and Achuar Indigenous Food Security in the Context of the Coronavirus Pandemic of the Pachamama Foundation, focus on facing the new coronavirus.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 21, 2020

There's a big appetite for farm-to-consumer shopping. Jim Giles. Fri, 08/21/2020 - 01:45. Avrom Farm sits in the hills above Green Lake in central Wisconsin. With 5,000 chickens, 200 pigs and six acres of vegetables, it’s a minnow in an industry dominated by an increasingly small number of producers and processors. . In March, a stay-at-home order hit the region.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 19, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Aug. 19, 2020 –– Arlington, Va.-based Capital Impact Partners, a community-development real estate lender, and CDC Small Business Finance in San Diego are teaming up to boost community financing in Los Angeles, Detroit, and the Washington, D.C. area. The three-city pilot is backed by $6 million in grants from JPMorgan Chase and the Heron.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2020

Department store Selfridges has launched a new sustainability initiative, Project Earth, with a declared commitment to “change the way we shop by 2025.” The retailer says it aims to help customers change the way they shop in three ways: by addressing the materials used in products, launching and exploring new retail models such as repair and resell, and engaging with teams, partners and customers to inspire a shift in mindsets.

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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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Sense and Sustainability

AUGUST 20, 2020

I would much rather starve the country than allow any weakening of its defense” Pakistan PM Muhammad Ali Bogra (1953-55) Since the time of its inception, the state of Pakistan has adopted the model of a security state. The above statement made by the then Pakistan PM, Bogra, reflects the insecurity and the mindset that Pakistan was born to. Despite the growing socio-economic challenges faced by the country, Pakistan remains reluctant to depart from its traditional militaristic understanding of

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

Sustainability leaders must celebrate the work of female mayors on racial equity. Kimberly Lewis. Mon, 08/17/2020 - 01:00. Sustainability leaders are architects, designers, city planners, engineers, scientists, energy experts, lawyers, nonprofit leaders and business owners. The United Nations defines "sustainability" as meeting the needs of today without compromising the needs of the next generation to meet their own needs.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 18, 2020

ImpactAlpha, August 18 – Fintech startup Fig launched in 2015 to help nonprofit organizations combat predatory payday loans for low-income Americans, and has scaled its impact by helping nonprofits expand their own financial services. A $23 million round of debt and equity funding, led by alternative credit provider Upper90, positions the B Corp. and community.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2020

Martin Hardwidge joined Katronic in July. Martin Hardwidge joined clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeter specialist Katronic Technologies at the beginning of July to take on the role of Global Sales Manager, working to grow business for their portable and fixed non-invasive systems in the UK and across the distributor network, especially in Southern Europe, Asia and South America.

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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

Sense and Sustainability

AUGUST 18, 2020

Editor’s note : This is the first of two articles published concerning greenwashing, both historically and at present. This week’s article examines water as a human right. The second article can be seen here. Groundwater extraction in California remains a hotly contested topic. The main source of this furor is the pumping of groundwater by Nestlé Waters, the bottled water branch of the Nestlé Group, commonly just known as Nestlé.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 18, 2020

Sustainable Recovery: ESG Values and our Resilient Future. In a world facing multiple crises, businesses, cities and organizations that have placed ESG values at the core of their work are proving to be more resilient, adapting more rapidly to change while charting a sustainable course to benefit future generations. Today’s pandemic has made the business case for sustainability stronger and the timelines shorter. .

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 21, 2020

TGIF, Agents of Impact! Emotional responses this year have unfolded like the proverbial stages of grief, although there seem already to be way more than five. The latest comes with the fierce fires here in California. Friends have evacuated; the air is filled with smoke and ash. The outdoors is now also toxic, a symbol. The post The Week in impact investing: Agency appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2020

By Mike Seed, Sales and Product Manager at instrumentation firm Elementar UK. Air pollution is not a new problem in the UK – the London smog of 1952 killed 12,000 people. Since then, the effects of climate change, major industry and lifestyle changes have altered the air that we breathe, for example, coal-burning has dramatically declined, while increased road transport has led to new air pollutants.

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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.

Axis Communications Sustainability Blog

AUGUST 21, 2020

This post is written by Phil Campbell, European Sales Director at Quanika. Read more about Phil at the end. A major shift is taking place in the way companies and organisations operate: the way they use their buildings and manage their people. This transformation is being driven by a combination of external pressures, including the rapid impact of the 2020 pandemic, and longer term trends that were already established, such as the need to cut carbon emissions, manage increasingly mobile and remo

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

The Business Roundtable’s statement of purpose, one year on. Joel Makower. Mon, 08/17/2020 - 02:11. When the Business Roundtable updated its Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation a year ago this week, its members surely didn’t anticipate a global pandemic, a recession of historic proportions and a movement for racial justice becoming mainstream.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 18, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Aug. 18 – Entrepreneurs in Latin America are weathering the pandemic to create sales channels for small farmers, online education for students and clean, accessible energy for rural households. But early-stage companies in the region that are delivering essential social and environmental services to low-income communities are struggling to access the kind of capital, at.

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Eco-Business

AUGUST 20, 2020

The pandemic has given corporations the impetus to invest for the future, said experts at a virtual dialogue by Eco-Business and Sembcorp Industries. How can governments, businesses and society take the better road to recovery?

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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.

Axis Communications Sustainability Blog

AUGUST 21, 2020

This post is written by Phil Campbell, European Sales Director at Quanika. Read more about Phil at the end. A major shift is taking place in the way companies and organisations operate: the way they use their buildings and manage their people. This transformation is being driven by a combination of external pressures, including the rapid impact of the 2020 pandemic, and longer term trends that were already established, such as the need to cut carbon emissions, manage increasingly mobile and remo

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 19, 2020

What the urban exodus in San Francisco bodes for car dependency and public transit. Katie Fehrenbacher. Wed, 08/19/2020 - 01:45. For someone living in San Francisco for over a decade, the latest numbers showing an exodus from the notoriously hard-to-live-in city are jaw-dropping. Housing vacancies are skyrocketing. Rent prices are dropping. Parking spots in my neighborhood are suddenly empty.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 17, 2020

ImpactAlpha, August 17 – What do Zimbabwe, Central African Republic and Navajo Nation have in common? They’re all ranked among the hardest places in the world to do business. Lack of access to land, property and finance, and inadequate dispute resolution processes, means Navajo Nation, which spans Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, ranks with the. The post Overcoming obstacles to Navajo entrepreneurship appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Eco-Business

AUGUST 20, 2020

The pandemic has forced companies and governments to work harder to get their climate action targets back on track, said sustainability veteran Aida Greenbury in a discussion with James Yi, managing director of APCO Worldwide.

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