This is climate tech

GreenBiz Group

April 22, 2020

This is climate tech Heather Clancy Wed, 04/22/2020 - 01:50 Since mid-March, as the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic infected certain sectors of the U.S. economy, more than 200 U.S. startups have cut thousands of jobs. While they’re not immune to the forthcoming fiscal challenges, entrepreneurs developing solutions for addressing climate change — from

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Q1 2020: Google, Amazon show creativity in new renewable deals as COVID-19 slows the market

GreenBiz Group

April 21, 2020

But this may be the last stretch of typical clean energy procurement activity in a while.

Biofertiliser use key to fulfilling biogas potential

Sustainability Matters

April 21, 2020

The recent report, The Outlook for Biogas and Biomethane1, from the International Energy Agency (IEA), provides a welcome assessment of the huge global potential of biogas from anaerobic digestion to contribute to a clean and low-carbon global energy system. However, it makes only passing reference to the importance of digestate in meeting these targets, something which depends on the conversion of a

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What happens to corporate sustainability amid the COVID-19 crisis? Some reflections

GreenBiz Group

April 21, 2020

Leaders from Amazon, Danone, Salesforce, Mars, General Mills and others share how plans have changed and where they’re holding firm.

COVID-19 could accelerate a global shift from planes to trains

GreenBiz Group

April 21, 2020

UBS analysis suggests the pandemic is set to curb air travel growth 10 percent over the next decade as high-speed rail flourishes.

Coronavirus has exposed the fragility of auto-centric cities

GreenBiz Group

April 21, 2020

We need to develop neighborhoods that ensure access to food, healthcare, education and jobs — without relying on personal vehicles.

How Businesses Can Help Society Navigate COVID-19

Intengine's Writer Community

April 20, 2020

Society is facing at least six challenges related to COVID-19. Our families and communities need to Keep Calm, Keep Working, Keep Going, Stay Solvent, Stay Supplied, and Stay Safe. Companies can help address each of these challenges

Electricity-generating windows follow solar cell breakthrough

Sustainability Matters

April 20, 2020

Australian researchers have revealed that 2 m2 of solar window will generate the same amount of power as a standard rooftop solar panel. Semitransparent solar cells incorporated into window glass have been tipped by Australian scientists as a game changer that could transform architecture, urban planning and electricity generation, as outlined in a paper published in Nano Energy. Led by Professor

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Biodiversity, pandemics and the circle of life

GreenBiz Group

April 20, 2020

Addressing biodiversity, like so many other things, seems to have been shunted aside by the coronavirus outbreak. It would make much more sense to keep it front and center.

Why the pandemic could give business leaders a broader mandate for sustainability

GreenBiz Group

April 20, 2020

Let this be the beginning, not the peak, of a corporate transformation journey, so that once society is beyond the immediate threats, we move into a refreshed approach to capitalism.