GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Sustainable Development Goals, also known as the Global Goals, over the past few years. Believing that the tide eventually will turn again in our favor. Because that is what will make it turn. Pull Quote. There are no silver linings in a global pandemic. But there are unexpected things to observe and to learn from. Featured Column. North Star.

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Gail Tverberg

JUNE 9, 2022

1] Recent data show that COVID vaccines don’t really prevent a person from catching and passing along the virus that causes COVID. The Omicron variant is very different from the original Wuhan version of the virus. The viruses that cause the common cold, HIV and SARS are related (in some way) to the virus that causes COVID.

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GreenBiz

MAY 15, 2020

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , it is thought that the COVID-19 virus can spread "through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks." Here is what we know, or think we know, about COVID-19: it can spread through the air. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

For example, Starbucks gave workers hazard pay during the first months of the pandemic and gave them the option to have paid time off if they felt they had been exposed to the virus. And software company Salesforce did not lay off workers. Pull Quote. There’s a big gap between aspiration, policy and action. Human Rights. Social Justice.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

A recent study by nonprofit WorldFish suggested that "inland freshwater aquaculture and marine capture fisheries have far greater potential to continue to supply most of the world’s aquatic food and contribute to human equity and food security than offshore marine finfish farming." Among the emerging U.S. Oceans & Fisheries. Food Systems.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Unlike air conditioners, these panels can be used with the window open — or even outdoors — making it possible to cool off while also getting some fresh air. This reduces the risk of spreading airborne viruses, such as the coronavirus. "If We can maintain comfortable conditions for people without cooling all the air around them. Nexus Media News.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

We could talk about why we haven’t acted, but the real question is about what we will do going forward: How will we provoke the world into attacking carbon as it has the virus? We need to shift the whole game, raise the level of ambition, move that needle. And climate is not the only major threat we face. Pull Quote. The stakes are high.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

But look for future updates and essays on this topic, such as the one digitally penned recently by Jarami Bond (named in 2017). COVID-19 will definitely change the world, and I truly hope that this will bring a new priority for sustainability topics. Climate change is unseen in our daily lives — until it isn’t — much like this virus.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Illustration of the COVID-19 virus disrupting dominoes. It's a very much an 'all hands on deck' to get the best thinking together about how to manage these really complex problems. Risk & Resilience. GreenBiz 21. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Shutterstock.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 2, 2021

The overall volume of conversations around the topic of ‘climate change’ grew by 110% in 2019 when compared to 2018. Looking at all online platforms as a whole, mention volumes of climate topics fell more than a million per month from a peak in January 2020, falling 41% on Twitter and 24% across news publications.

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3BL Media

MAY 2, 2022

“One of the things I find most remarkable about these topics is that they’re not theoretical,” Qualk said. We have to address outside air filtration and virus prevention. I’ve been an advocate for sustainability, for LEED, for increased outdoor air for many years, and it has usually felt like these were future goals.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

When New York was the epicenter of the pandemic — a place where by May, the virus had killed more than 20,000 people, primarily in under-privileged neighborhoods such as the South Bronx — food grown by a bunch of kids was delivered to families who may not have eaten otherwise. Food & Agriculture. Food Systems. Risk & Resilience.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 23, 2020

These events, made visible by the COVID-19 virus, have shown us the fragility of systems pushed to their breaking point by design constraints to maximize return on investment in the absence of resiliency. . Oil tankers are carrying millions of tons of oil with nowhere to go. Pull Quote. Innovation. Sponsored Article.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2020

But like so many other plans and events the virus has put a spoke in this wheel. The central topics covered by the IRRC are: International development: Policies & legislation, country reports, strategies. However, there was only one responsible choice in order to protect the health and well-being of our experts and delegates.”

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GreenBiz

JUNE 15, 2020

But some ways of mitigating virus transference indoors also could push employers in the opposite direction of energy efficiency. . The New York Times Building and the San Francisco Federal Building are just two examples of places that opted for this type of ventilation long before an infection started sweeping the globe. Energy & Climate.

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GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2020

The calm voice : With all the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 virus, sustainability managers should strive to be the calm voice of reason for the company. . — Bill Weihl was Google’s Green Energy Czar, leading climate and clean energy work, then spent six years at Facebook as director of sustainability. In 2020, he founded ClimateVoice.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 4, 2022

Findings heighten caution about use of tuberculosis therapies, which raise risk of liver injury in patients co-infected with chronic hepatitis B virus. SUMMARY: Analysis of nearly 23 million lab tests finds only 1 in 3 patients with latent tuberculosis were also tested for chronic hepatitis B, despite similar risk factors in patients.

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Daniel Burrus

MARCH 18, 2020

The real problem for your business isn’t the virus, it’s how you are reacting to it. I’ll be exploring this topic and more during my Strategic Deep Dive, Shaping the Future with Soft Trends—as well as providing a SPECIAL REPORT on COVID-19 on March 24, 2020 at 10am PT. The good news is, Soft Trends can be changed….

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GreenBiz

JUNE 25, 2020

What would be the exact growth curve of virus cases, and most important, how could we flatten it? At the same time, we collectively were searching for data to drive lifesaving decision-making. Close all business and keep people inside homes? Or allow some degree of freedom? Contributors. Charles Cannon. Energy & Climate. Collective Insight.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 1, 2021

And I think a lot of people, because they have been in lockdown, because they have been worried about contracting the COVID virus, what they have done is they have battled with their tablets and they have actually gotten used to online shopping. I think people have, shall we say, graduated to online shopping. Corporate Social Responsibility.

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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. Consider the Hard Trend that this virus will end. Since an aligned Futureview is powerful, how can an organization develop it in times like these?

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 26, 2021

Environment secretary George Eustice has agreed that the UK’s farmers can use a product containing poisonous neonicotinoid thiamethoxam to protect beet crops from a virus. It is now legal to use ‘bee-killing’ pesticides banned by the EU throughout the UK.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 29, 2022

Delivery drivers, supermarket workers, refuse collectors; these are all people on quite low pay still having to work at heightened risk of virus infection versus other white-collar workers whose jobs perhaps aren’t as crucial to our day-to-day life.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 24, 2020

It is far easier to mobilize resources and public support to combat a spreading virus than to make investments and formulate policy which might only reap rewards decades from now. Lewis warns that these risks are "like bombs with very long fuses that … might or might not explode" in the distant future. Finance & Investing. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 1, 2021

That held true in Arkansas, where poultry plant virus outbreaks epitomized the hazards for vulnerable, elbow-to-elbow workers. Coggin and others opted not to focus on the negative risk of spending eight hours together with potential virus carriers. Latino and Black workers suffered disproportionately. Leadership. GreenBiz 21.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2021

A recent article on this topic appeared in The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , with expert contributions from the Leipzig Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), the CSIR National Physical Laboratory in New Delhi, the Institute of Atmospheric Science and Climate in Rome, and 2B Technologies in Colorado.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 10, 2020

And with the virus still on everyone’s mind, instead of bulk ordering trail mix, nuts and candy for a bin with scope, single-serving chip bags and cookie packages will feel necessary. Sustainable cafeterias might be replaced with high-waste food delivery services. . Pull Quote. Built Environment. Sponsored Article.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

We did a study a couple years ago in conjunction with Site Selection Magazine , on this topic. DESCRIPTION: As previously seen on Skytop Strategies , published with permission. How to Globalize ESG Data. We’ve globalized culture (films, books, TV series) and supply chains. We’ve shared viruses and vaccines. One driver for this is regulation.

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GreenBiz

MAY 18, 2020

In an evolving age of contagion, we are still only beginning to understand the perception of reusables is that they are vehicles for a virus. But reuse in and of itself isn’t the problem here; it’s the way it’s done. With so much to fear today, the opportunity to trust is one that consumers desire, and businesses are in a position to give.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

While dangerous variants continue to surge, and drug manufacturers extend their fight against the virus, Pfizer-BioNTech’s rapid shift from temporary solution to permanent, branded product is a symbol of good news: like Comirnaty , the gains of our industry’s last eighteen months aren’t going anywhere. Client deep dive: Johnson & Johnson.

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James Militzer

JULY 13, 2022

The power the media industry holds is sometimes underestimated, but it would be hard to deny the role it has played in the pandemic – either by exacerbating audiences’ anxieties and confusion over the virus, or by attempting to advance the public’s understanding of how to navigate the crisis safely. .

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

With holes in the gig economy torn open, Lyft tried to keep some drivers working by partnering with Amazon, and paid some time off due to virus exposure. Ridesharing demand crashed with COVID-19, and Lyft became part of the frontline delivery and medical access infrastructure. Leadership. Sponsored Article.

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B the Change

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

How Systems Thinking Can Help Businesses Address Social and Environmental Issues This article by Ju Young Lee is part of “ The Basics ” series by the Network for Business Sustainability (NBS) that provides essential knowledge about core business sustainability topics. Systems thinkers like to use the metaphor of an iceberg.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2021

A panel discussion at the 2020 European Biosolids and Bioresources Conference, a virtual event hosted in November by Aqua Enviro , brought together experts with different perspectives on the topic. I t’s been a confusing year for anyone wanting to gain a clear picture of the prevalence of the virus SARS-Cov-2, and the dangers it presents. .

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GreenBiz

JULY 1, 2020

She urged strict enforcement to slow the spread of the virus. . Our elders are the ones that are most at risk for this virus. We know that it’s a virus. Parfait-Dardar checked on tribal members and identified those most vulnerable because of their age or health conditions such as diabetes. But yet they’re so calm. Food Systems.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 19, 2021

But I kept thinking of the number of people felled by the virus — 536,000 people in the U.S. As we passed the one-year anniversary of lockdown in the United States, I planned to write about how the pandemic has affected sustainability in food and ag. Or at least compensate employees for the risks they took on? Human Rights. Social Justice.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 16, 2021

Thwarting the virus also requires good old-fashioned physical distancing, mask wearing, testing and contact tracing to prevent spread. Specifically, here are five lessons that the vaccine rollout can teach to startups, investors, governments and anyone else working to advance climate tech: 1. Innovation isn’t everything. Innovation.

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