GreenBiz
JULY 27, 2020
Remembering Flex exec Bruce Klafter. pete may. Mon, 07/27/2020 - 01:45. Longtime GreenBiz friend Bruce Klafter died July 18 after a short and intense bout of pancreatic cancer. Bruce most recently was a vice president of sustainability strategy and outreach at Flex in Silicon Valley. GreenBiz co-founder and President Pete May reflects on his interaction with Bruce over the years.
Impact Alpha
JULY 30, 2020
As impact investors who have launched a new “gender-justice” impact investment fund, CARE wants to make it clear: we seek deep systems change. CARE— alongside its partners, Bamboo Capital Partners and International Trade Centre’s SheTrades Initiative — have designed the CARE-SheTrades Impact Fund with hopes of moving beyond counting women to tackling root causes of.
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Envirotec Magazine
JULY 30, 2020
According to data released by the Environment Agency on 22 July, a record 40,653 tonnes of aluminium packaging were collected for recycling in Q2 2020. This indicates that 76,933 tonnes were collected for recycling in the first half of the year – a significant increase of 52% compared to the same period in 2019 (50,744). Aluminium packaging collected through kerbside, bring and on-the-go systems increased by 37% during the first half of the year (53,312 in 2020, compared to 38,882 in 2019), whil
Sustainable Development Network
JULY 27, 2020
Sunway University, University College Dublin, and the SDG Academy, an initiative of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), are delighted to announce two new, global, fully Online Master’s Programs in Sustainable Development. Our world faces multiple challenges, some new and many enduring, including pandemics, rising global temperatures, unemployment, and inequality.
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.
GreenBiz
JULY 30, 2020
The future of organic coffee: Building a network of support for regenerative agriculture. Jean Orlowski. Thu, 07/30/2020 - 02:00. Nearly a decade ago, as we took in the lush plant life, clean air and warm sunshine surrounding us during a vacation in Hawaii, my wife, Danielle, and I knew a life shift was happening. A connection to the land — this island — was built on that trip, leading us to relocate permanently to Captain Cook, Hawaii.
Impact Alpha
JULY 30, 2020
ImpactAlpha, July 30 –– The daily outrages consume Twitter. Within the impact investing bubble, you might not even know there is an election coming up. With less than a hundred days to Nov. 3, it’s time to break out. As if there were a need for any more triggers, two recent incidents helped clarify for me. The post Raising the voices of impact investors in the November election appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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Sustainable Development Network
JULY 30, 2020
JULY 31, 2020 Global survey data on the wellbeing of thousands of individuals across 26 countries has revealed how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting people’s satisfaction with life. Among key findings are that in the West, countries hit hardest by COVID-19 are generally unhappier than those with lower death rates from the disease. Western countries reporting the lowest levels of life satisfaction include Italy, Spain, the US and the UK, which also have the highest COVID-19 death rates in thi
GreenBiz
JULY 30, 2020
AI doesn’t have to be a power hog. Heather Clancy. Thu, 07/30/2020 - 02:15. Plenty of prognostications, including this one from the World Economic Forum, tout the integral role artificial intelligence could play in "saving the planet." . Indeed, AI is integral to all manner of technologies, ranging from autonomous vehicles to more informed disaster response systems to smart buildings and data collection networks monitoring everything from energy consumption to deforestation. .
Impact Alpha
JULY 31, 2020
TGIF, Agents of Impact! Purpose-built for impact. As the world tries to grapple with emergencies like COVID and climate, racial injustice and inequality, it’s arriving at vehicles and approaches that have been incubated, in some cases for decades, by community and impact investors. The Local Initiatives Support Corp. and other community development finance institutions, or.
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 30, 2020
Motors and pumps are among the assets that can be monitored by 8Power sensors. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has a significant part to play in identifying ‘silent’ Covid-19 cases in the community, research presented at the latest Water Action Platform webinar appears to demonstrate. The regular webinars, which are open to all, are hosted by Isle chairman Dr Piers Clark and look at the new coronavirus and global pandemic through a water industry lens.
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Sustainable Development Network
JULY 30, 2020
Normal 0 false false false ES X-NONE X-NONE Normal 0 false false false ES X-NONE X-NONE The Municipal Atlas of the SDGs in Bolivia was presented to the public on Monday, July 27 during the 2020 Bolivian Conference on Development Economics (BCDE2020). The publication assesses development in each of Bolivia’s 339 municipalities, based on more than 60 different indicators that measure various dimensions of sustainable development, based on the 2030 Agenda.
GreenBiz
JULY 28, 2020
Semiconductor firm Applied Materials puts supply chain at center of new commitments. Heather Clancy. Tue, 07/28/2020 - 02:00. The sustainability ambitions of the world’s largest cloud software companies — Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Salesforce — have been well-documented. The broad semiconductor industry’s position to date, however, has been less transparent and less ambitious, with the highly visible exceptions of AMD, IBM and Intel. .
Impact Alpha
JULY 31, 2020
ImpactAlpha, July 31 – Call it “best practices for billionaires.” As her ex-husband, Jeff Bezos, and three other tech billionaires prepared to face Congressional questioners, Scott detailed how she has started to give away her $36 billion fortune. Since signing the Giving Pledge a month after her divorce last year, Scott has given out $1.7 billion. The post Agent of Impact: MacKenzie Scott, author and philanthropist appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 31, 2020
Joseph Doherty of Re-Gen Waste Ltd. Joseph Doherty, MD of Re-Gen Waste, which provides materials recovery facilities for Council waste in the UK, has questioned the wisdom of Government plans to scrap the lower rate of fuel duty on red diesel from April 2022, which he says will add an extra £200,000 per annum cost to his company’s fuel bill. The changes to the tax treatment of red diesel will lead to a number of impacts on his firm’s profitability, he suggested, the most immediate being in
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
Sense and Sustainability
JULY 30, 2020
Editor’s note: This article was first published on the Global Solutions blog. It has been republished here with the author’s permission. Since economy and society are embedded in the natural environment, there is an inseparable connection between environmental sustainability and human wellbeing. Awareness of environmental problems and the effects of our daily consumption of products such as coffee is an important requirement for the recoupling of economic and social progress.
GreenBiz
JULY 27, 2020
Morgan Stanley will measure CO2 impact of loans and investments. Michael Holder. Mon, 07/27/2020 - 00:15. Morgan Stanley has become the first major U.S. bank to commit to measuring and disclosing the climate impact of its loans and investments, announcing last week that it has joined a multi-trillion dollar group of global financial institutions developing a standardized method for carbon accounting.
Impact Alpha
JULY 29, 2020
ImpactAlpha, July 29 – Detroit-based TCF has joined the chorus of corporations and financial institutions making commitments to combat systemic racism in the U.S. Its pledge: to increase lending to minority and women-owned businesses and to provide $10 million in closing-cost grants to low- and moderate home buyers. The bank plans to issue loans of.
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 30, 2020
In recent decades, exports of waste to non-European countries have risen steadily, pushing the waste issue far away but failing to properly address it. Repeated abuses in international waste shipments have highlighted the need for Europe to take care of its waste under EU environmental standards. The trade body ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology aisbl) claims to present “a pragmatic approach” on the issue, and on 30 July released a policy briefing with a number o
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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
Sustainable Development Network
JULY 28, 2020
Two years after the publication of the first SDGs City Index in Italy, SDSN Italia and Fondazione Eni Enrico Matte i have released new data, updated to 2020. The new Report provides not only a screenshot of Italian cities’ distance to the targets of the 2030 Agenda, but also a comparison, where possible, among performances over a two-year timeframe.
GreenBiz
JULY 29, 2020
BMW, Ford, other automakers rev up carbon commitments. Katie Fehrenbacher. Wed, 07/29/2020 - 02:00. The world's biggest automakers are ramping up their carbon commitments even as they struggle to build back in the wake of the pandemic. . This week, Germany's BMW took the plunge and set a goal to reduce its carbon emissions per car by at least one-third by 2030.
Impact Alpha
JULY 27, 2020
I grew up without money, and so earning a living—rather than investing—was a primary pursuit for me. While I recall my parents arguing over who would pick up the food stamps, both were very entrepreneurial and scrappy. They worked several jobs—from serving as the maintenance person at apartment buildings, to grading English papers, to selling. The post Nia’s Kristin Hull: How I invest in environmental sustainability and social change appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 29, 2020
The World Biogas Summit and Expo will take place online from 6 to 8 October. Physical event 2020 is cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic but will be reinstated from 2021 onwards. The AD & Biogas Industry Awards ceremony 2020 on 8 October will also be online only. From 2021, the Summit and Expo will be offered both as physical and virtual events to maximise trade opportunities for participants whilst helping reduce the events’ carbon footprint.
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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.
Sense and Sustainability
JULY 28, 2020
What makes some infrastructure green and other infrastructure grey? For planners, engineers, and researchers focused on cities and sustainability, green infrastructure a buzzword that is often championed, but equally difficult to define. In the context of water management, Grey Infrastructure is the rigid pipe network, concrete, and treatment facilities that have allowed cities to grow ever larger while capturing and conveying water from storms and the waste stream away from concentrated populat
GreenBiz
JULY 30, 2020
Electric boilers fuel Diageo’s carbon-neutral whiskey distillery dream. Jesse Klein. Thu, 07/30/2020 - 00:30. Even whiskey is going electric. Distilleries have long been difficult operations to electrify due to the large heat loads it requires to turn grain into one of humanity's oldest vices, alcohol. But Diageo’s new 72,000-square-foot distillery is designed to be completely carbon-neutral.
Impact Alpha
JULY 28, 2020
ImpactAlpha, July 28 – The national focus on racial justice has expanded to include equity in finance and investing. Implicit bias in venture capital and structural discrimination in lending have left many women founders and founders of color without access to capital. Entrepreneur-turned-investor Kim Folsom last year raised $100 million in debt capital for Founders.
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 31, 2020
Sorting technologies manufacturer TOMRA Recycling considers the limitations of existing sorting methods and explores the issues facing European scrap metal processors and aluminium producers investing in equipment to sort their own scrap material. Demand for aluminium has risen steadily over recent years and is predicted to increase further over the next two decades, with both the European car industry and construction industry likely to remain major end users of this highly versatile metal.
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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.
Clean Tech Delta
JULY 27, 2020
Regional stakeholders in Zuid-Holland have worked on the so-called Roadmap Next Economy over the last few years, advised by Jeremy Rifkin. Mr. Rifkin published a book “The Hydrogen Economy” in 2002 and predicted at the time that a critical watershed for the fossil era was fast approaching. The Guardian science writer Larry Elliott titled his review of the book “H is for Hot air”.
GreenBiz
JULY 30, 2020
PACE. Ritu Sharma. Thu, 07/30/2020 - 09:54. PACE is the platform for global leaders and their organizations to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. PACE provides leaders in the circular economy with the connections, learning, and opportunities to pilot and rapidly scale best practices. . PACE hosts projects that generate learning used by leaders for further decision making and investments.
Impact Alpha
JULY 29, 2020
ImpactAlpha, July 29 – Net inflows to low-cost, passively managed environmental, social, and governance funds totaled $12.7 billion in 2019, compared to $8.7 billion for their actively managed counterparts. What’s more, passive ESG funds analyzed by Morningstar outperformed active ESG funds in 2019 and the first quarter of 2020. “The advent of passive ESG funds provides.
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 31, 2020
The majority of sustainability professionals (89%) think their company’s overseas travel in the next two to three years will be significantly reduced compared to pre COVID-19 levels. A cautious estimate based on the Climate Group’s analysis indicates a potential average decline in international business trips of up to 40%. If this were a trend repeated across all businesses, the reduced international flights alone could cut 28 million tons of CO?
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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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