Intengine's Writer Community
August 31, 2020
It’s time we talked a bit about what defines a Sustainable Business. Not the big players, the ones who are providing renewable energy solutions or leading a global stand on human rights, although these companies have our thanks.
Sustainability Matters
August 31, 2020
‘Harmonics’ refers to deviations from the desired model sinusoidal AC line voltage and the current waveforms. These deviations, or harmonic distortions, have historically been low in magnitude. However, more recently, there has been a considerable increase in harmonic distortions attributed to the use of power electronics, non-linear commercial and industrial loads, and Variable Frequency
...
Ethical Corporation
August 30, 2020
Oceans are critical in the battle against climate change, absorbing 25%-30% of annual CO2 emissions, but it is a role that is being undermined as oceans warm and become more acidic. In the future, scientists say, the greatest CO2 mitigation potential will have to be found not in the depths of the oceans, but in what lies on top: renewable energy installations like offshore wind, wave and tidal energy and floating
...
GreenBiz Group
August 28, 2020
Amazon hands Mercedes-Benz its biggest electric vehicle order to date
Katie Fehrenbacher
Fri, 08/28/2020 - 00:00
German auto giant Mercedes-Benz announced its largest order of electric vehicles to date Friday: 1,800 electric delivery vans for retail giant Amazon to use across Europe.
The deal shows how companies are increasingly paying attention to ways to decarbonize
...
Grist News
August 27, 2020
Yudith Nieto and Mustafa Santiago Ali dig in on climate justice, intersectional work, and solidarity.
Sustainability Matters
August 27, 2020
With gas still a key part of many industrial heating applications, researchers are looking renewable alternatives.
In a project supported by ARENA and the new Reliable Affordable Clean Energy for 2030 Cooperative Research Centre (RACE for 2030 CRC), researchers from the University of South Australia’s Future Industry Institute (FII) are currently prototyping a commercial-scale system that
...
Sustainability Matters
August 27, 2020
With gas still a key part of many industrial heating applications, researchers are looking renewable alternatives.
In a project supported by ARENA and the new Reliable Affordable Clean Energy for 2030 Cooperative Research Centre (RACE for 2030 CRC), researchers from the University of South Australia’s Future Industry Institute (FII) are currently prototyping a commercial-scale system that
...
GreenBiz Group
August 27, 2020
Despite record oil price fluctuations, circular plastic strategies prevail
Jesse Klein
Thu, 08/27/2020 - 01:45
The coronavirus pandemic threw almost every market into a tailspin, including the notoriously sensitive oil market. And when crude oil prices fell into negative territory in April, the recycled plastic industry experienced a reckoning. Would corporations still invest in
...
GreenBiz Group
August 27, 2020
Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet
Poornima Param…
Thu, 08/27/2020 - 01:00
Basic human health principles tell us that we should diagnose before we treat and that we should test before we diagnose.
From annual physicals and screenings to blood tests and imaging exams, providers and specialists have many new tools and resources
...
GreenBiz Group
August 27, 2020
Amid devastating forest fires, One Trillion Trees movement puts down U.S. roots
Heather Clancy
Thu, 08/27/2020 - 00:02
This week marks the launch of the first regional chapter of the ambitious global movement to plant 1 trillion trees — a natural climate solution seen as critical for helping draw down the earth's carbon debt, and an idea that has been spreading like wildfire
...
Ethical Corporation
August 26, 2020
Aquaculture, the farming of aquatic animals and plants in the sea or inland waters, has a crucial role in meeting the challenge of how to feed a growing population while reducing the environmental impacts of food production, experts say. It can also create jobs and improve security of food supplies at a time of great economic uncertainty due to the coronavirus
...
Sustainability Matters
August 26, 2020
Adelaide Cemeteries has gained internationally recognised ISO 14001 environmental certification, reportedly becoming the first cemetery operator in Australia to do so.
Adelaide Cemeteries CEO Robert Pitt said significant work had been undertaken over several years to improve environmental performance.
“Environmental sustainability is a key pillar of Adelaide Cemeteries’
...
Amelia Grant
August 26, 2020
Stem cells is a very discussed topic lately:
They are suggested to be used in cosmetic procedures and even added to creams.
They are extracted from milk teeth and umbilical cords.
They are used in the treatment of various diseases.
GreenBiz Group
August 26, 2020
Where there's hope for speeding up business action on plastics
Elsa Wenzel
Wed, 08/26/2020 - 02:01
In 10 short years, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) arguably has done more than any other group to define and advance the circular economy.
Its landmark report, "The New Plastics Economy" (PDF), sounded the alarm in 2016 that if "business as
...
Grist News
August 26, 2020
Is it time to forget about your carbon footprint?
Sustainability Matters
August 25, 2020
Australian energy trading technology company Power Ledger has expanded its partnership with Thai renewable energy business BCPG to create a Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) marketplace in Thailand and the broader Southeast Asian region.
The project builds on Power Ledger’s existing relationship with BCPG that initially involved the deployment of Power Ledger’s peer-to-peer (P2P)
...
Sustainability Matters
August 25, 2020
Australian energy trading technology company Power Ledger has expanded its partnership with Thai renewable energy business BCPG to create a Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) marketplace in Thailand and the broader Southeast Asian region.
The project builds on Power Ledger’s existing relationship with BCPG that initially involved the deployment of Power Ledger’s peer-to-peer (P2P)
...
GreenBiz Group
August 25, 2020
New sparks for the electric vehicle industry
Zoé Bezpalko
Tue, 08/25/2020 - 01:45
Thinking back to the beginning of 2020 can seem like a lifetime ago. Before the pandemic took root on a global level, the transportation industry was already in the midst of a great and exciting transition. The move to electric vehicles (EVs) was intensifying.
Take General Motors, for example. In early
...
Sustainability Matters
August 24, 2020
Simons Green Energy conducted a feasibility study to assess the suitability of HW Greenham & Sons installing a mixed-fuel cogeneration system at their meat processing site in Tongala, Victoria. The system needed to offer significant environmental benefits and make sound financial sense.
Subsequently awarded the project, Simons provided the client with an end-to-end solution from initial design to
...
GreenBiz Group
August 24, 2020
The rise (and rise) of sustainability-linked finance
Joel Makower
Mon, 08/24/2020 - 02:11
One silver lining of this horrific moment is the rise of loans, bonds and other financial instruments linked to sustainability outcomes. In this sense, "sustainability" is broadly defined to include environmental issues as well as social ones. And, more recently, a new subcategory of, yes,
...
GreenBiz Group
August 24, 2020
This is why investors want financial regulators to tackle climate risk
Ravi Varghese
Mon, 08/24/2020 - 01:15
To understand economic crises of the recent past, present and future, there may be no finer teacher than Michael Lewis.
Many readers will be familiar with Lewis’s book "The Big Short," which documented how excesses in global credit markets spawned a worldwide
...
Sustainability Matters
August 23, 2020
CSIRO has announced the formation of a new company — FutureFeed — to commercialise a livestock feed additive made from the seaweed Asparagopsis, which has been shown to reduce methane emissions in beef and dairy cattle by more than 80%.
AGP Sustainable Real Assets-Sparklabs Cultiv8 Joint Venture, GrainCorp, Harvest Road, Woolworths and CSIRO have committed to investing in the company, with
...
GreenBiz Group
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. In just a
...
GreenBiz Group
August 21, 2020
Why e-commerce retailers should increase transparency about their products
Deonna Anderson
Fri, 08/21/2020 - 01:15
When shopping online, consumers are able to see a lot of information about a product. There’s the product description and specifications of an item. For a bottle of perfume, the listing would declare the fluid ounces and describe the scent. A piece of clothing would show
...
Grist News
August 21, 2020
Brandon Dennison is on a mission to save West Virginia’s economy while preserving its unique history.
GreenBiz Group
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
...
GreenBiz Group
August 19, 2020
Why the District of Columbia is a leader in energy efficiency
Catherine Nabukalu
Wed, 08/19/2020 - 01:30
One of my favorite sessions from VERGE 2019 was a presentation by Amory Lovins on the expanding energy efficiency cornucopia. Among several things, he discussed the vital benefit of energy efficiency in working toward environmental sustainability through emissions reductions without
...
GreenBiz Group
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,
...
Grist News
August 17, 2020
A new study suggests that feelings might be the key to changing conservatives' hearts on climate change.
GreenBiz Group
August 13, 2020
Reusable packaging provides untapped payoffs for business
Joana Kleine Jäger
Thu, 08/13/2020 - 01:45
Remember the time when milk was delivered to your door in reusable glass bottles? If not, you were probably born during the plastics-era, which began about 50 years ago. Until the 1980s, glass or cotton bags were the go-to packaging materials for many products, such as milk and flour.
...
Grist News
August 11, 2020
How a warming climate moved a fringe economic idea into the mainstream
Sustainability Matters
August 10, 2020
Pioneers of ‘microrecycling science’ at UNSW’s Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT) have developed a technology that is set to propel advanced manufacturing in Australia while also addressing the nation’s waste management challenges.
Developed by Professor Veena Sahajwalla and her team, the novel ‘material microsurgery’
...
GreenBiz Group
August 10, 2020
How sustainability vets align their work-life identities
Ellen Weinreb
Mon, 08/10/2020 - 01:00
As our professional colleagues in the Sustainability Veterans group expressed their sense of overwhelm and concern around the coronavirus pandemic and Black Lives Matter, we also reflected on how it relates to our lives, and vice versa.
Sustainability Veterans is a group of professionals who have
...
Grist News
August 10, 2020
Outdated policies that favor fossil fuels could thwart states' climate goals.
GreenBiz Group
August 10, 2020
Investors say agroforestry isn’t just climate friendly — it’s profitable
Stephanie Hanes
Mon, 08/10/2020 - 00:15
This story originally appeared in Mongabay and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalistic collaboration to strengthen coverage of the climate story.
In the latter part of 2016, Ethan Steinberg and two of his friends
...
Sustainability Matters
August 9, 2020
Criteria for the Vinyl Council of Australia’s Best Environmental Practice (BEP) PVC product verification scheme will be reviewed and updated following discussions with the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA).
Best Practice PVC products, independently verified as fully compliant with the scheme, are recognised in Green Star building rating tools, as well as other public and private
...
Grist News
August 7, 2020
We'd need a yearly quarantine to get emissions down enough to limit global warming.
GreenBiz Group
August 7, 2020
Planting tiny urban forests can boost biodiversity and fight climate change
Alex Thornton
Fri, 08/07/2020 - 00:30
How much space do you think you need to grow a forest?
If your answer is bigger than a couple of tennis courts, think again. Miniature forests are springing up on patches of land in urban areas around the world, often planted by local community groups using a method
...
Grist News
August 4, 2020
The state is partnering with investor-owned utilities to provide energy-efficient solutions to more than 350,000 low-to-moderate income households.
Sustainability Matters
August 3, 2020
Concerns about the impact of nanoplastics and microplastics (NMPs) on global ecosystems has been on the radar for many years.1 Most attention to date has focused on microplastics in waterways and oceans, but much is unknown about their occurrence on land.2
NMPs contaminate practically all areas of the world including air, soil and water — streams, rivers, oceans and even arctic snow.3 They have been
...
Grist News
August 3, 2020
A new experiment provides a window into the future of peatlands, the world's largest natural carbon store.
Sustainability Matters
August 2, 2020
A new facility for electric vehicle chargers is being developed by ABB in San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy.
The $30 million, 16,000 m2 facility will serve as a global Centre of Excellence and production site for electric vehicle charging infrastructure. It is expected to be operational by the end of 2021.
The project follows a $10 million investment in a new fully sustainable, global e-mobility headquarters
...