The voluntary carbon credit (aka. offset) market emerged around 2005. It has grown rapidly as companies have looked to claim carbon neutrality and/or included them in their Net Zero strategies. A carbon credit is a certificate confirming the removal or avoidance of a tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2e). In recent years, carbon credits and offsets have been highly criticised for not removing or preventing the…
Here Are Three Reasons Why Electric Cars Will Soon Be Less Expensive – CleanTechnica
There has been a lot of gloating lately in some circles, celebrating the fact that sales of electric cars have slowed somewhat, particularly in the US. Auto dealers in particular are quick to point fingers and say, “See? We said nobody wants to buy electric cars and we were right.” During the UAW strike, Ford said it was putting plans for a new battery factory…
Antifragile Supply Chains Better Able to Weather Uncertainty
Supply chains are increasingly looking to develop resilience, but a new survey and research from Gartner finds that those that develop an antifragile framework not only survive, they thrive. According to Gartner research, only 9% of supply chain organizations expect to achieve revenue gains due to uncertainty, but those organizations that adopt an antifragile state are 2.1 to 4.9 times more like to gain revenue…
Sustainable Holidays: Gifts for the Kids
This holiday season set a sustainable example for the little ones in our lives with gifts that consider our impact on the planet. Choose from the growing number of sustainably made, durable, easily recyclable, and entertaining gift ideas that can delight children and demonstrate your family’s commitment to our environment. It’s the most consumption-oriented time of the year. In addition to choosing fun, sustainable gifts…
Trailblazers: Danielle Forward And Betsy Fore, Co-Founders Of Natives Rising
Danielle Forward and Betsy Fore, cofounders of Natives Rising Helynn Ospina This Trailblazers series takes a look at the pivotal milestones that make up the life trails of inspiring women from a diverse array of backgrounds and experiences. We all know what social media profiles display about the end results women have achieved. This series is intended to take a deeper, more authentic look at…
COP28 Expectations: Insights from Global Climate Leaders
Earlier this year, the UN released its inaugural global stocktake of climate commitments and actions undertaken by governments. The report emphasises the critical need for ‘radical decarbonisation’ and ‘system transformation’ to maintain the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5C. The urgency of the climate crisis necessitates businesses to leverage their influence positively while striving to make their value chains resilient and achieve net-zero emissions….
Tigo Energy Provides AI-Powered Energy Demand Insights to CPV Retail Energy with Predict+ | AltEnergyMag
With the addition of CPV Retail Energy, Tigo now has more than 300 GWh of daily forecasted consumption around the world using Tigo Predict+ Tigo Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: TYGO), a leading provider of intelligent solar and energy storage solutions, today announced that CPV Retail Energy, a subsidiary of Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) and leading North American electric power generation development and asset management company, has…
The Panama Canal Is So Backed Up Ships Are Rerouting Through the Suez
The Panama Canal has become so backlogged that the world’s largest operator of chemical tankers has decided to reroute its fleet to the Suez Canal. London-based Stolt-Nielsen, which has a tanker division with 166 ships, is charging customers additional costs for the longer route, it said in an email. A bottleneck at the Panama Canal due to low water levels has prompted shippers to divert to…
Allianz, Dutch Development Bank Back $1.1 billion SDG Loan Fund – ESG News
The SDG Loan Fund has successfully mobilized USD 1.1 billion of investor capital to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in emerging and frontier markets, using an innovative “blended finance” model. Investors in the fund, including Allianz, FMO and Skandia, are providing capital for high-impact, SDG-aligned loans to local companies and projects across Latin America, Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe. Allianz Global Investors…
Future floods: Global warming intensifies heavy rain — even more than expected
The intensity and frequency of extreme rainfall increases exponentially with global warming, a new study finds. The analysis by researchers from the Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research (PIK) shows that state-of-the-art climate models significantly underestimate how much extreme rainfall increases under global warming — meaning that extreme rainfall could increase quicker than climate models suggest. “Our study confirms that the intensity and frequency of…