GreenBiz

MAY 15, 2020

Could indoor air quality become part of the post coronavirus playbook? The reality is that at some point we will reopen society, our economy and therefore our buildings, with the coronavirus still very much a highly contagious threat. Joe Snider. Fri, 05/15/2020 - 01:29. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

But with the coronavirus contracting many people’s Thanksgiving dinners to just their immediate households this year, those numbers are likely to be dramatically different for 2020. During a typical year, American families throw away 200 million pounds of turkey on Thanksgiving. Pull Quote. Food & Agriculture. Food Waste. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

MAY 8, 2020

Investment in critical infrastructure focused on digitization and efficiency will be absolutely key for economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and building resilience for the future. For more specific ideas, check out Schantz’s blog or GreenBiz’s coverage. These ideas, which are of course important, sound like no-brainers.

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GreenBiz

MAY 8, 2020

That’s what sustainability veteran Dave Stangis said when I asked him about the long-term changes being wrought by coronavirus. Sign up here to receive your own free subscription. "It It feels like we’re peeling an onion.". We peel back a layer to reveal one impact, only to realize there’s another beneath. Food Systems. E-commerce.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 12, 2020

More than 210,000 Americans have died from the novel coronavirus, and it has spread all the way to the White House. Purpose is one of my favorite coaching topics, one I’ve taught in workshops at the Robins Air Force Base and X, the Moonshot Factory, and with individual clients at Apple, Google, Levi Strauss and more. Leadership.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The same air conditioning systems that keep us cool recirculate air around us, potentially spreading the coronavirus. This reduces the risk of spreading airborne viruses, such as the coronavirus. "If Normally, that would be a wise choice, but during a pandemic, indoor shelters present new risks. Nexus Media News. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

And still, when this pandemic eventually ends, will most organizations return to their pre-coronavirus goals, such as to reduce emissions by 20 percent in five years, say, or to be carbon neutral by 2050? We know what a real emergency response looks like now, what it feels like — the immediacy and urgency of it. Pull Quote. Contributors.

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GreenBiz

JULY 8, 2020

However, just last week, the UN group that's in charge of implementing CORSIA agreed to set the baseline targets for 2019 because of the coronavirus, essentially watering down the targets. After a long wait, is the market for sustainable aviation fuel finally here? . Pull Quote. Transportation & Mobility. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

MAY 22, 2020

How coronavirus will affect 4 key environmental issues. Commentary on this week's news highlights begins at 4:35. AB InBev VP: Our quest for "agile" sustainable development continues. L et's get together: Intel's 2030 commitments include "shared" climate and social goals. Esri and the science of corporate biodiversity (20:45). Contributors.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Fink’s letter does yeoman work covering a raft of important topics in investment, strategy and sustainability: fighting climate pollution, combating racism and finding a way out of the economic crisis through stakeholder capitalism. GHG don’t just "miraculously" go away the way a disgraced politician once claimed coronavirus would.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 21, 2020

Stories such as Holbert’s have popped up repeatedly in the five months since the coronavirus pandemic forced the United States into varying degrees of lockdown. Now Holbert is raising money to outfit an even larger space nearby, complete with a retail store, which will allow him to sell direct to local people year round. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

JULY 8, 2020

Ingram: In the same way epidemiologists have been warning of a deadly coronavirus outbreak for years, climate scientists have been warning us for decades about the social and economic risks from rising sea levels, droughts, wildfires and air pollution. Finance & Investing. Featured Column. Purpose and People. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 14, 2020

To make matters worse, the coronavirus is slowing the deployment of microgrids. This stop-gap measure is low-tech and dirty — but it should keep sections of communities online in a way that deployments of customer-sited energy assets wouldn’t. Shelter-in-place orders have delayed permitting, construction and interconnection of new projects.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 9, 2021

s G7 presidency to "unite leading democracies to help the world fight, and then build back better from coronavirus and create a greener, more prosperous future.". The official G7 Summit will be June 11-13 in the U.K., and Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to use the U.K.'s Pull Quote. The writing on the wall is clear. Policy & Politics.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has caused stakeholders around the world to take a closer look at how businesses handle human capital and related issues. Based on CSA results over the past several years, companies are expected to continue to report more extensively on their human rights due diligence going forward. State of Green Business Report.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 16, 2020

And yet, the coronavirus pandemic, for all the havoc it has wrought on the industry, has pushed the sustainable business agenda even further, forcing business leaders to reevaluate their role in society and better articulate their value, not just in terms of money, but also in terms of corporate purpose and the way they contribute to the world. .

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

As the coronavirus pandemic pushed people into isolation, drastically increased burnout and created intense stress, companies worked to support the well-being and the emotional sustainability of their employees. . "[We are seeing] interconnectedness between philanthropy and sustainability in a way we hadn’t seen before," Joseph said.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

Even before the coronavirus hit, the shale gas Ponzi scheme was falling apart as investors realized that the enormous sums that they were asked to continue pouring into the industry were never likely to return a profit. We bet someone’s now trying to renegotiate that contract. Hydraulic fracturing isn’t any cheaper. Contributors. Natural Gas.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 4, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic "has focused investors on the vulnerability and resilience of the financial system," according to a new report from the CFA Institute , an association of investment professionals, which found 85 percent of its members consider ESG factors when making investment decisions. Pull Quote. Finance & Investing. Biodiversity.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The WWEM instrumentation conference will cover highly topical issues in the water sector such as pollution control in receiving waters, CSO spills, data management, climate change and stakeholder engagement. WWEM and AQE visitors can now register (free of charge) for the virtual conference and exhibition at www.ilmexhibitions.com.

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GreenBiz

MAY 13, 2020

As the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic and recession, fringe consumers can give businesses a sense of what their expectations might be when this is all over and we go back to a "new normal." But beyond that, we’ve also seen pre-COVID that 86 percent of us expect companies to stand for something more than just making money.".

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GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

Without question, it’s too soon to draw any conclusions about the lessons we’ve learned from this experience, but it’s nevertheless clear that businesses, investors and our entire system of free enterprise will need to adapt to a new normal in the coming post-coronavirus era. . Finance & Investing. Corporate Strategy. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has done a lot of damage, but Polman said that government leaders, their lack of leadership and inability to work together have been the major reason for the extent of the crisis. The real Black Swan has been the lack of leadership. Pull Quote. Leadership. Social Justice. Corporate Social Responsibility.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 2, 2020

Tribal people living in the Amazon Basin have been made even more vulnerable to the virus by the recent uptick in deforestation, up by nearly 64 percent in April, compared to the same month last year, according to data from Brazil's National Institute for Space Research. Pull Quote. Equity & Inclusion. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 6, 2021

We could develop a vaccine for the coronavirus in less than a year. And I believe that it's possible because we could develop a vaccine for the coronavirus in less than a year. We could develop a vaccine for the coronavirus in less than a year. It's not just in in Lowndes County. Pull Quote. Social Justice. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 12, 2021

It was an appalling proposal, based on the false impression that public transit spreads coronavirus, and overturned just three weeks later. In May 2020, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) issued an outright ban on public transportation , telling employees they had to take private cars to work. Transportation & Mobility. Social Justice.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

The fiscal spending plans of major economies in the wake of the coronavirus crisis have fallen far short of ensuring the recovery from the crisis does not exacerbate ongoing climate and nature crises, with just one in every $40 committed by governments in the wake of the pandemic set to deliver a positive impact for the planet. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus were forcing restaurants — major buyers for the local farms that serve urban areas — to shut down. Mon, 11/02/2020 - 01:30. In the spring of 2020, many small farms across the U.S. found themselves in a bittersweet predicament. Food & Agriculture. Food Systems. Risk & Resilience.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 23, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is a classic Black Swan. We are presented with a rare opportunity to invest in new innovations, rebuild our data and power infrastructures and supply chains to restore and strengthen the economy while healing the environment. Oil tankers are carrying millions of tons of oil with nowhere to go. Pull Quote. Innovation.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 5, 2020

It’s no coincidence that African Americans are three times more likely to die from coronavirus than white people. African Americans have higher rates of lung cancer and asthma , and are more like to have (and die from) heart disease. In this way, the story of George Floyd is symbolic of many struggles in the black community. . Power Points.

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GreenBiz

MAY 5, 2020

The ongoing coronavirus crisis has amplified the growing calls for resilient and adaptable infrastructure that effectively can operate during moments of crisis. For example, since 2008, the percentage of U.S. adults who say dealing with global climate change should be a top priority for the president and Congress has risen 14 points.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

For example, more than 50 global leaders, including CEOs of some of the world’s largest companies, policymakers, philanthropists, academics and other influential individuals, signed a joint statement in June calling for a transition to a circular economy in response to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Circular Economy.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Enhanced disclosure in the PSEG proxy statement across ESG topics. #. Governance Our commitments in governance include: Since 2018, added six new directors and retired five directors, demonstrating good levels of board refreshment. Four women and three members of color on PSEG’s board, demonstrating board diversity.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 5, 2020

It’s no coincidence that African Americans are three times more likely to die from coronavirus than white people. African Americans have higher rates of lung cancer and asthma , and are more like to have (and die from) heart disease. In this way, the story of George Floyd is symbolic of many struggles in the black community. . Power Points.

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MAY 26, 2020

But we never experienced anything like the coronavirus pandemic. A few months back (and forever ago), our professional colleagues in our Sustainability Veterans group expressed their thoughts on the most important attributes for advancing a sustainability career. Contributors. Bob Langert. Leadership. State of the Profession.

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Daniel Burrus

APRIL 15, 2020

It is consistently shocking to me how little we consider the future to be an important topic in business. The Coronavirus and how we are responding to a nationwide lock down is the current “task at hand” as mentioned above; however, we must not forget the Hard Trends that there will be a tomorrow, and this pandemic will end.

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James Militzer

JANUARY 26, 2022

For example, relatively large data sets linking changes in mental health to coronavirus response measures in the U.K. The data we gather on these conversations always indicates related sub-topics that add further nuance. The traditionally Western-centric focus of wellness and mental health research has continued during the pandemic.

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