Sustainability News

• A different kind of solar technology is poised to go big
  13 hours ago from Grist News

  Silicon is facing bottlenecks and trade sanctions. Is this cadmium telluride's moment?

  Energy
• A stronger electricity grid is crucial to cutting carbon. Does that make it green?
  3 days ago from Grist News

  A proposal to lay cables beneath the Columbia River is met with skepticism from an Indigenous activist and the river’s...

  Energy, Environment & Climate
• This summer, consider sustainable seafood...
  4 days ago from GreenBiz Group

  Summer makes me nostalgic for seafood. As a kid, our annual family vacation to Croatia was my favorite time of the year. I spent my...

  Agriculture & Food, Oceans, Fisheries & Aquaculture
• Sustainable Business Travel: How Companies Can Minimize the Environmental Impact of...
  4 days ago from RSS Green Business Bureau

  The post Sustainable Business Travel: How Companies Can Minimize the Environmental Impact of Corporate Travel appeared first on...

  Travel, Tourism & Lodging
• Business park powers site with solar, battery, microgrid solution
  4 days ago from Sustainability Matters

  Peel Business Park is a 1000-hectare industrial estate being developed in Nambeelup, WA. Due to the remoteness of the area, an...

  Energy
• Sustainable Catering: Small Business Guide
  4 days ago from RSS Green Business Bureau

  The post Sustainable Catering: Small Business Guide appeared first on Green Business Bureau.

  Agriculture & Food
• Bay Area regulators just delivered on a promise to help frontline communities breathe...
  5 days ago from Grist News

  The new rules “will save lives,” one doctor said. “It will make my patients immediately healthier.”

  Environment & Climate
• Green Energy Options and Benefits: Small Business Sustainability Guide
  5 days ago from RSS Green Business Bureau

  The post Green Energy Options and Benefits: Small Business Sustainability Guide appeared first on Green Business Bureau.

  Energy
• Beyond the Burn: a photographic expedition of Australian solar farms
  5 days ago from Sustainability Matters

  Conducted through June and supported by the Smart Energy Council in collaboration with the solar industry, Beyond the Burn tells...

  Agriculture & Food, Energy
• GM scales up EV fleet support infrastructure
  6 days ago from GreenBiz Group

  Electrifying delivery vehicles is no longer a race predominantly amongst startups. In the past year, big-name OEMs have revealed...

  Transportation
• Meet one vertical farm venture helping the industry grow past greens
  7 days ago from GreenBiz Group

  Vertical farming needs to get beyond the leafy green business — the ability to grow crops such as kale, microgreens and...

  Agriculture & Food
• Drain Maintenance and Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products: Doing Your Part to Keep Drains...
  7 days ago from RSS Green Business Bureau

  The post Drain Maintenance and Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products: Doing Your Part to Keep Drains Clean appeared first on Green...

  Home & Garden
• Partnership supports next generation of sustainability leaders
  7 days ago from Sustainability Matters

  Enel Green Power Australia (EGPA) has partnered with Monash University to support the launch of its innovative and award-winning...

  Human Resources, Investment
• Climate change is making poison ivy stronger and itchier
  8 days ago from Grist News

  Carbon dioxide and warmer soils could be supercharging everyone’s least favorite plant.

  Agriculture & Food, Environment & Climate
• Be very careful where you build that seawall
  10 days ago from Grist News

  Walls are meant to keep out rising seas — but that water still has to go somewhere. New modeling shows it could well end up...

  Construction, Development & Real Estate
• ABB wins contract to support Sydney Water infrastructure project
  11 days ago from Sustainability Matters

  ABB has been awarded a contract for a range of drive and motor products and services as part of Sydney Water’s Prospect South...

  Water Quality & Water Pollution
• Predicting power generation from wind and solar
  12 days ago from Sustainability Matters

  Machine-learning technology is being used to accurately predict energy generation from wind and solar for integration with the...

  Energy
• Sustainability Certifications: Small Business Guide
  14 days ago from RSS Green Business Bureau

  The post Sustainability Certifications: Small Business Guide appeared first on Green Business Bureau.

  Human Resources, Sustainability
• Circular economics and the $57B e-waste opportunity
  15 days ago from GreenBiz Group

  The plastic waste problem gets plenty of attention, and for good reason: If we continue mismanaging this material as usual, there...

  Waste Management & Recycling
• A massive water recycling proposal could help ease drought
  17 days ago from Grist News

  Members of Congress from Western states are pushing for $750 million to turn wastewater into pure water. Here’s how that...

  Waste Management & Recycling, Water Quality & Water Pollution
• Renting clothes is ‘less green than throwing them away’
  18 days ago from Grist News

  Transportation and dry cleaning make it the worst green option for consumers of fashion, study finds.

  Fashion & Clothing
• Lifestyle changes aren’t enough: here’s how to make cities truly...
  18 days ago from Grist News

  A green bank is helping make communities healthier, more resilient, and more equitable in the face of climate change

  Construction, Development & Real Estate, Environment & Climate
• The US is about to go all-in on paying farmers and foresters to trap carbon
  19 days ago from Grist News

  The problem is, it’s unclear if “carbon offsets” even work.

  Environment & Climate, Forestry & Silviculture
• NZ Sustainable Energy Industry Awards winners announced
  19 days ago from Sustainability Matters

  The Sustainable Energy Association of New Zealand (SEANZ) has announced the winners of this year’s SEANZ Fronius New...

  Energy
• Code of conduct will hold carbon industry accountable
  19 days ago from Sustainability Matters

  The Australian Carbon Industry Code of Conduct is now fully operational, committing the nation’s carbon industry to...

  Environment & Climate
• NZ Sustainable Energy Industry Awards winners announced
  19 days ago from Sustainability Matters

  The Sustainable Energy Association of New Zealand (SEANZ) has announced the winners of this year’s SEANZ Fronius New...

  Energy
• A proposal to make cargo ships pay for pollution is making waves
  20 days ago from Grist News

  The shipping industry's emissions keep climbing.

  Environment & Climate, Transportation
• RETAL supports HELIOZ clean water community project
  22 days ago from SP News

  The value of PET is clear thanks to Austrian social enterprise HELIOZ, which is committed to bringing safe drinking water to rural...

  Industry & Packaging, Remote Communities
• Recycled coffee cups given new life as gift wrap
  22 days ago from Sustainability Matters

  Packaging manufacturer Detpak has partnered with Hallmark to transform recyclable coffee cups into gift wrap. Printed in...

  Waste Management & Recycling
• The feds just threw a wrench into Enbridge’s plan to keep Line 5 running
  25 days ago from Grist News

  The pipeline will have to prepare an environmental impact statement for the first time ever.

  Energy
• Sustainability Guide for Hotels and Motels: Getting Started
  25 days ago from RSS Green Business Bureau

  The post Sustainability Guide for Hotels and Motels: Getting Started appeared first on Green Business Bureau.

  Dining & Entertainment, Travel, Tourism & Lodging
• Heavy industry low-carbon research backed by $39 million funding
  25 days ago from Sustainability Matters

  Australian technology company Calix is partnering in a low-carbon research project, which has been awarded $39 million in...

  Environment & Climate
• Borealis acquires a minority stake in Renasci N.V. to jointly develop novel recycling...
  26 days ago from SP News

  Borealis announces that it has entered into a multi-dimensional partnership with Renasci N.V., a provider of innovative...

  Industry & Packaging, Waste Management & Recycling
• AJ Bush upgrades for safer improved operating efficiencies and reduced odours
  26 days ago from Sustainability Matters

  AJ Bush & Sons (Manufactures) is one of Australia’s largest east coast protein-recovery providers, operating...

  Agriculture & Food
• The US wants to make EV batteries without these foreign metals. Should it?
  27 days ago from Grist News

  Nickel and cobalt have precarious international supply chains, but eliminating them from batteries raises tough questions.

  Computers & Electronics, Ecosystems, Wildlife & Biodiversity, Transportation
• Sacred Grounds
  27 days ago from Grist News

  In the Midwest, faith communities are ramping up the fight against climate change.

  Environment & Climate
• Coca-Cola continues sustainability journey as it ends use of non-recycled plastic in...
  27 days ago from SP News

  Coca-Cola Great Britain (GB), in partnership with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), has today announced that it is set to...

  Industry & Packaging
• KHS Group publishes its fourth voluntary sustainability report
  28 days ago from SP News

  The new KHS sustainability report has been published under the title of Global responsibility – acting reliably and with...

  Industry & Packaging
• Sustainability Certifications: Understanding All Your Options
  28 days ago from RSS Green Business Bureau

  The post Sustainability Certifications: Understanding All Your Options appeared first on Green Business Bureau.

  Human Resources, Investment
• For Florida’s corals, no escape from climate change
  29 days ago from Grist News

  Some corals will be able to migrate poleward to escape rising temperatures. But scientists say Florida’s reefs have...

  Ecosystems, Wildlife & Biodiversity, Oceans, Fisheries & Aquaculture