Government policy spurs investment in Chinese climate tech

by ABA| Accreditation | Sep 28, 2022 | energy

On Sept. 22, 2020, Chinese President Xi Jinping made an unexpected announcement in an address to the United Nations. He declared China would “aim to have CO2 emissions peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060,” a level of ambition that...

Embedding Sustainability Across the Organization Using Data

by ABA| Accreditation | Sep 26, 2022 | energy

Date/Time: October 13, 2022 (3-4PM ET / 1-2PM PT)Organizations are committed to turning sustainability targets into measurable outcomes, to moving from ambition to action.  Envizi, an IBM company recently commissioned a research study to take a pulse on how...

Floating solar farms: What are they and can they help us reach net zero?

by ABA| Accreditation | Sep 25, 2022 | energy

Floating solar farms are being built in growing numbers around the world.They’re particularly popular in Asia, according to U.S. space agency NASA, which has photographed one of the world’s biggest floating solar farms from space. The 320-megawatt Dezhou Dingzhuang...

This collective wants to fix the beauty industry’s packaging problem

by ABA| Accreditation | Sep 24, 2022 | energy

This article originally appeared in our Circularity Weekly newsletter. Subscribe to the newsletter here.No recycled content. No take-back program. Destined for landfill, incineration or (worse yet) the environment. This probably doesn’t sound to you like a recipe...

Sustainable business and the view from across the pond

by ABA| Accreditation | Sep 19, 2022 | energy

Reprinted from GreenBuzz, a free weekly newsletter. Subscribe here.Who’s leading on sustainability — European or U.S. companies? It’s an open question, and the answer depends largely on who you ask. While American observers generally credit the Europeans with being at...