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Four years ago, Swiss explorer Bertrand Piccard flew over California’s San Francisco Bay Area as part of the world’s first around-the-planet solar-powered plane flight, in a plane dubbed Solar Impulse. Last week, Piccard returned to downtown San Francisco to promote his new calling: to find 1,000 profitable climate tech startups. Piccard — who’s from a […]
This article is sponsored by Enel X. Sustainability was a common thread at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. From improving energy efficiency to responsible recycling, more than 200 companies on the show floor had exhibitions focused on sustainable innovation. Through these exhibitors and the myriad conference sessions, the team from Enel […]
This article is adapted from GreenBiz’s newsletter VERGE Weekly, running Wednesdays. Subscribe here. I’m finding it difficult to write, let alone think, about much other than the climate catastrophe ripping its way across Australia right now. It’s literally raining fire (and vegetables); a billion or so animals have been killed or displaced, reports estimate; carbon dioxide […]
The Environmental Defense Fund says there’s been a marked increase in the number of leaders who believe that stakeholders will hold them accountable for their companies’ environmental impact. In its annual survey of 600 U.S. business leaders, 87 percent of senior leaders surveyed in retail, manufacturing, energy, technology and finance agreed with this premise, compared […]
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