Climate change is about to upend the corporate world through weather-related disasters, regulation and lawsuits. Can businesses react and adapt in time? Read more here: The great disrupter Video Source (Suggest reading through some of the comments as well)
(yes, this is Climate Emergency related as in regards to Circular Economy...) iFixit co-founder and CEO Kyle Wiens has exposed how companies including Apple, Samsung, and Microsoft manipulate the design of their products and the supply chain to prevent consumers and third-party repairers from accessing necessary tools and parts to repair products such as smartphones... Continue Reading →
iFixit CEO names and shames tech giants for right to repair obstruction
The time is now to prove they can go beyond just bland emissions reduction pledges. Two years ago Mark Carney, then-head of the central bank of England called into question the very existence of corporations that don’t adhere to the steep emissions reductions required to limit warming to 1.5C: “Those that fail to adapt will cease to... Continue Reading →
Will corporations choose climate transformation or climate status quo?
The world is at a tipping point when it comes to climate change, and over 80% of executives are concerned, according to Deloitte Global’s 2021 Climate Check report. Perhaps that’s because most global organizations are already starting to feel its negative impacts. “It’s hard to ignore the increasing number of catastrophic, climate-related events affecting populations and... Continue Reading →
Organizations Are Feeling The Pain Of Climate Change: Here Are Five Ways It’s Affecting Their Business
In 1969, Apollo 11 was propelled into space and history when it gave us images of our magnificent planet seemingly suspended in mid-air. Our awareness of the Earth’s biosphere changed forever. Since then, we have come a long way, particularly when it comes to comprehending and unraveling issues such as climate change. Cut to 2021:... Continue Reading →
How Businesses Can Help Address Climate Change
Role of public-private partnerships in progressing net zero commitments brought to forefront SEOUL (June 1, 2021) — 67 world leaders and heads of international organizations united for climate action at the 2021 P4G Seoul Summit on May 30 and 31, calling for concrete action to meet ambitious climate commitments. More than 200 high level officials including... Continue Reading →
RELEASE: 67 World Leaders Call for Investing in Climate Solutions for Developing Countries at 2021 P4G Seoul Summit
For the past few years, and especially over the past few months, the bar for corporate sustainability leadership has been raised. While an increasing number of companies are setting targets to reduce their emissions and to protect the global commons (air, water, land, biodiversity and ocean), it is increasingly recognized that these voluntary commitments are not enough. Without ambitious... Continue Reading →
How US Companies Can Become Effective Climate Policy Advocates
It seems like nearly every day another hopeful article touts the potential of using hydrogen as a fuel to tackle climate change. What’s known as “green hydrogen” — which relies on renewable power for production — is getting the bulk of that attention. In December, ABC News ran an article with the headline “Why green hydrogen is the renewable energy... Continue Reading →
Reposting | Decoding the Hype Behind the Natural Gas Industry’s Hydrogen Push
What is happening in Germany’s electric vehicle market is a strong indicator of the growth of EVs worldwide. CleanTechnica writes that the German EV market is reaching escape velocity registering a 26.6% market share last December as gas and diesel passenger auto registrations continue to plummet—now down to less that 60%. German EV Market Reaches... Continue Reading →
Electric Vehicles Reaching Escape Velocity
Thousands of Canadians witnessed the first #FossilBanksNoThanks national action day (this past Friday) exposing the ugly truth that Canada’s Big Five banks—RBC, TD, BMO, CIBC, Scotia—are financing the climate crisis. For many, it was a wake-up call. Finding out—for the first time—that the bank which holds your life savings and investments is pumping money into... Continue Reading →
Say NO to Your #FossilBank – It’s Time To Move Your Money
It is the clean energy carrier that is making the transport industry—from automotive and rail to shipping—sit up and take notice: hydrogen. For Airbus VP of Zero-Emission Aircraft Glenn Llewellyn, hydrogen is more than just an industry buzzword: it is potentially the future of aviation. For over 50 years, kerosene has been king in the... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 