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The report outlines Big Tobacco's attempts to improve its image.

ABC News

WHO accuses tobacco industry of 'greenwashing' in new report

Footprints in the soil aren’t something you might normally associate with having a big impact on the environment, but soils are delicate ecosystems made up of circulating air and water that nourish organisms and plant roots, scientists from Lancaster University reported in The Conversation.

EcoWatch

Modern Farm Vehicles Heavier Than Dinosaurs Can Damage Soil for Decades, Study Finds

EVP, Industry Principal at Logility. Digitally transforming multi-tier supply chains through digital twins, AI and advanced analytics.

Forbes

Sustainability In The Manufacturing Industry Is A Work In Process

ESG is everywhere these days -- but even with its meteoric rise into the C-suite's psyche, there's still a lot of ambiguity around what a successful ESG strategy looks like.



ServiceNow BrandVoice: How ESG Went From PR Fad To Mission Critical

Climate change is keeping us up at night in more ways than one.


Grist

Study: Warming temperatures are eroding our ability to sleep

In six years at the helm of UN Climate Change, Mexico’s Patricia Espinosa has kept her advocacy conscientiously within the guardrails of international consensus.

Climate Home News

The UN needs a climate chief who can name the problem – Climate Weekly

Speech by head of responsible investing Stuart Kirk dismissed global heating and joked about flooding risks

The Guardian

 HSBC pressured to sack banker who discredited climate crisis warnings

While Tonle Sap is recognised as a resource worthy of protection, countless other lakes, ponds and wetlands also depend on Mekong flooding but are dwindling away unnoticed.

Eco-Business

Low Mekong waters make life hard around Cambodia’s smaller lakes

The ongoing drought in the U.S. West is expected to persist through this summer, raising the risk of water shortages and wildfires.

Yale Environment 360

More Heat, More Drought: New Analyses Offer Grim Outlook for the U.S. West.

The UN climate change panel IPCC has warned that 2030 is our deadline for halving global carbon emissions to prevent climate catastrophe. Such a stark threat has seen a surge in youth climate activism across the planet.

The Conversation

How children are helping to make their families more eco-friendly – new research

US citizens are eating less animal-based products—and that's driven a 35% decrease in dietary carbon emissions over 15 years.

Anthropocene Magazine 

A 15-year snapshot of US diets reveals a gradual shift away from beef

Port management has implications for economic growth, crisis response efforts, environmental protection and gender equality.


United Nations

Why ports are at the heart of sustainable development

Countries are moving at different speeds as they develop appropriate regulatory regimes and work out new approaches to energy generation and management, with little time available to them if they are to succeed in mitigating climate change.

Energy Flexibility And The Push For Carbon Net-Zero

Poor households headed by women spend a higher share of their budgets on protecting their families from worsening floods, storms and other impacts of global warming.

Women in rural Bangladesh pay more for rising cost of climate disasters

In their effort to provide decisionmakers with insight into the consequences of climate change, climate researchers are bringing order to the large amount of sea level projections, translating climate models to expected sea level rise.


Science Daily

Bringing order to the chaos of sea level projections

The bird is closely related to the red-billed hornbill, which was the inspiration for the character of Zazu in the movie “The Lion King.”



Bloomberg

Global Warming Threatens Africa’s Southern Yellow-Billed Hornbill

Fire danger is on the rise in California, as warm, dry and windy weather heralds a potentially long and difficult season. For several consecutive years, increasingly extreme, climate-change fueled wildfires have devastated parts of the state.



The Washington Post

High winds, heat boost fire threat as California faces long season

Pollinators allow many plants, including many food crops, to reproduce. Indeed, the food that we eat, such as fruits and vegetables, directly relies on pollinators.

World Bee Day

ShareAction warns world’s largest climate investor group is at risk of greenwashing - but Climate Action 100+ insists it is pushing climate issues into the corporate mainstream


BusinessGreen

Climate Action 100+: Is the $68tr investor group failing to drive 'meaningful progress' from top emitters?

How will future warming of the planet impact cold-water corals? A new analysis of ancient evidence from the last major global warming event identifies food and oxygen supply as key environmental factors that influence the vitality of cold-water corals in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

Past events reveal how future warming could harm cold-water corals

While government policies and leadership from Washington can help accelerate change, there’s another place that can accelerate change much faster: Silicon Valley.

GreenBiz

Is climate tech the hottest corner of the VC business in the 2020s?

A record 59.1 million people were displaced within their homelands last year, or four million more than in 2020, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Thursday, citing the latest Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID). 

More than 59 million internally displaced in 2021

In incendiary comments, a senior executive at HSBC bank has claimed that "investors should not worry about climate risk," asking "who cares if Miami is six meters underwater in 100 years?" at an event held this week in London.


'Who Cares If Miami Is 6 Meters Underwater In 100 Years?': HSBC Executive's Incendiary Climate Comments

In 2002, Bertrand began converting his 16 Languedoc and Roussillon vineyards to biodynamic viticulture. Today, with just over 2,000 acres of biodynamically farmed vineyards, Bertrand is the largest producer of biodynamic wines in the world. 

What If The Wine Industry Adopted A First Do No Harm Mentality?

Denis Hayes, who is still working on environmental issues, shares his thoughts on marketing, climate change and more

The Wall Street Journal

Man Behind Earth Day Says There’s Too Much Greenwashing

Sustainability | Climate Change

The animals and plants at risk of extinction finally made it onto the political agenda last week, as Labor and the Greens launched biodiversity policies ahead of the federal election.

I want my vote to count for nature: how do the major parties stack up?

A recent study by my company, the ROI Marketing Institute, about sustainability practices in the U.S.—which involved 581 interviews conducted in 2021—showed that 96.7% of respondents have a sustainability project in place at their organizations.

Sustainability And Profitability: Why They Can And Should Go Hand In Hand

The conversion of coal to clean liquid fuels, which are mainly synthesized by crude oil, has received much attention in China...

Tech Xplore

Novel catalysts promote industrial production of clean liquid fuels from syngas

Wider adoption of 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is an essential step on our journey to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which are harmful to our atmosphere

Sustainable Aviation Fuel Plays Critical Role In The Quest For Net-Zero Carbon Emissions

Surveys suggest that concern over the state of the UK's charging infrastructure is now the number one reason stopping newer buyers from taking the plunge...

How easy is it to drive across Wales in an electric car?

Holyrood reveals the six islands have signed up to Carbon Neutral Islands project, which aims to reach net zero emissions 10 years ahead of the rest of the UK


Pioneer communities: Six Scottish Islands announce net zero by 2040 goal

Extreme temperatures and ongoing drought could cause the power grid to buckle across vast areas of the country this summer, a US power grid regulator said Wednesday.

Blackouts possible this summer due to heat and extreme weather, officials warn

Scheme to pay farmers for nature stewardship is seen by some as one of the few positive Brexit dividends. The government’s plans to pay farmers for their stewardship of nature could be delayed or scrapped, it is feared, as hard-right Tory MPs join the campaign against the environmental land management scheme (Elms). The rollout of Elms, seen by some as one of the few positive Brexit dividends, is due to begin this year, with more standards beginning incrementally between 2023 and 2025.

Hard-right Tories push to delay environmental land management scheme

It doesn’t even work yet, but nuclear fusion has encountered a shortage of tritium, the key fuel source for the most prominent experimental reactors.

Wired

Nuclear Fusion Is Already Facing a Fuel Crisis

Anglesey is where the government’s new energy strategy and its economic vision meet, but some locals are sceptical.

Brexit Britain’s Nuclear Future May Lie on a Welsh Island

The Chancery Lane Project publishes new draft clauses that can be applied to support businesses’ decarbonisation plans


Business Green

Climate clauses: New contract templates to help businesses deliver on climate goals

There is no doubt that one prerequisite for achieving the United Nation‘s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 is a successful and swift transformation of our global food systems

Agriculture companies are key to achieving sustainable development goals

Achieving Net Zero Heavy Industry Sectors in G7 Members is a new report by the International Energy Agency that focuses on the implementation of policies aimed at drastically lowering CO2 emissions from heavy industries in the G7 and beyond.

Achieving Net Zero Heavy Industry Sectors in G7 Members

Redress, the environmental NGO working to reduce fashion’s waste, announces today the 10 finalists of the Redress Design Award 2022, the world’s largest sustainable fashion design competition, supported by Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as the lead sponsor.

Fashion United

Redress Design Award 2022 finalists announced, impressing judges with designs from unique waste streams

Policy decisions surrounding new coal mines, air passenger duty, and North Sea oil and gas are undermining the government's net zero agenda, think tank warns


Institute for Government slams 'incoherent' government net zero policymaking

Energy security equals energy independence, and the key to that is greater electrification, digitization and zero-carbon energy.

World Economic Forum

How we reach zero-carbon energy independence

From the Arctic tundra to the top of Mount Everest to inside the human gut, plastics are quite literally everywhere.



Planet vs. plastic: Three steps to solving the global plastics waste crisis

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (pictured) has called for urgent action to grab the “low-hanging fruit” of transforming energy systems away from the “dead-end” of fossil fuels.

Renews

UN head calls for urgent renewables push 

Carbon capture and storage isn’t working close to a scale that would significantly lower emissions – despite billions in taxpayers’ cash thrown at itTemperature Check is a weekly column examining claims about climate change made by governments, politicians, business and in the media. See the latest column and follow the series here.

Gas industry and Coalition reach for a get-out-of-catastrophe-free card in climate crisis Monopoly | Temperature Check

Prices are increasing at different rates with cost of living rising fastest in the Baltics and eastern Europe   

Financial Times

Reliance on Russian energy helps drive Europe’s uneven inflation surge  

Plus, one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations gets a ‘green’ leader with a controversial back-story

Has Australia's carbon pricing moment finally arrived?

The revenue powers Vladimir V. Putin’s war machine in Ukraine. But plans for new U.S. sanctions could create problems with China, India and other major buyers.

The New York Times

U.S. Eyeing Russian Energy Sanctions Over Ukraine War, Officials Say

Prime Minister Viktor Orban has promised voters to keep energy prices low. The dividends from taking Russian fuel also help fund the policies that have made Hungary a beacon for right-wing groups.

Hooked on Cheap Oil, Hungary Resists an Embargo on Russia

The federal Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposal mandating public companies disclose climate-related risks is the latest move by President Joe Biden and his progressive coalition to kneecap America’s oil and gas industry.

Federal Financial Regulators Prepare To Throttle US Oil Producers

Investors increasingly focus on company and fund sustainability as part of their investment process. BlackRock's CEO Larry Fink has led the charge- "We focus on sustainability not because we are environmentalists, but because we are capitalists," he recently wrote.


Beware The Wild World Of ESG Data

The billionaire entrepreneur says he’ll be voting Republican from now on. But California car buyers, environmental policies and pollution credits—along with vital early funding from the Obama-Biden Administration—turned Tesla into a leader in electric vehicles.

Elon Musk Bites The Hand That Fed Him By Bashing California And Democrats

Here’s why we could be in for devastating electricity outages this summer.

Blackout Warning: Energy Policy Failures May Lead To Summer Blackouts

A weekend call for Texans to restrict air conditioning and appliance use after six power facilities tripped offline highlights a weakness in the state's grid: congestion on its transmission lines.

Reuters

Texas heat wave points to problems with congestion on power grid

Electricite de France SA’s Hinkley Point B nuclear plant could be kept open to help the UK alleviate a power supply crunch in the winter.

EDF Nuclear Plant’s Shutdown Could Be Delayed to Avoid UK Crunch

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority granted initial approval on Wednesday for Tokyo Electric Power's plan for releasing water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, citing there are no safety issues.

Fukushima water release plan gets initial OK from Japan regulator

There’s no shortage of evidence that the electric vehicle market hit some kind of inflection point in the last year or so. But for Ajay Kochhar, CEO and co-founder of Li-Cycle, the telling detail was buyer response to General Motors’ first e-Silverado. The initial production run sold out in 12 minutes the day it went up for sale in early January — and this is for a pickup that won’t roll off the assembly line until 2024. "Consumers," as he says, "are speaking."

Meet the recycling startup hustling to keep EV batteries out of landfills

Pavement parking should be banned or the net zero strategy will fail, a charity has warned.



The Telegraph

Pavement parking should be scrapped or net zero drive will fail, charity warns

A new proposal would significantly rewrite E.U. rules on renewable energy, ending subsidies for biomass like wood pellets.

Europe Rethinks Its Reliance on Burning Wood for Electricity

Carbon credits could eventually play an important role in fighting climate change, but right now a few dollars’ worth won’t change much.

Do Airline Offset Programs Really Reduce Your Carbon Footprint?

Renee Morin is the chief sustainability officer at eBay, the world's No. 2 online marketplace. In her role, Morin toggles among tasks ranging from calculating and showing the company's progress on carbon emissions reductions to interacting with shareholders. 

Politico

The eBay exec preaching transparency

Japan's nuclear regulator on Wednesday approved plans by the operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant to release its treated radioactive wastewater into the sea next year, saying the outlined methods are safe and risks to the environment minimal.

Japan OKs plan to release Fukushima nuclear plant wastewater

With refiners scrambling to make up for the loss of Russian imports, $5 a gallon gasoline now looks inevitable.

Why $5 A Gallon Gasoline Looks Inevitable

Every morning, each nuclear electricity generator in the United States reports its operating status to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The NRC compiles this information in its Power Reactor Status Report, and we present that information in interactive visualizations on our Status of Nuclear Outages page. Our analysis tool combines the NRC daily status with data gathered from our Annual Electric Generator Report and Monthly Update to the Annual Electric Generator Report. The page includes two maps showing the capacity and outage status of U.S. nuclear plants.

EIA Product Highlight: Status of U.S. Nuclear Outages

Statement of the Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency, Francesco La Camera.

IRENA

IRENA Director-General Reacts to UNSG’s Remarks on Energy Transition

Reduction of state shareholding would be a significant milestone for Bolsonaro government 

Eletrobras privatisation plan wins approval from Brazil court

Investors must use their collective might to accelerate the transition to renewable energy

Divest fossil fuels — the time for engagement is over

Attempting to outlaw OPEC+ is foolish, impractical, and ethically unsound.

Can The U.S. Outlaw OPEC+?

Monthly auto loan payments are at historic highs, transaction prices continue to climb and sticker prices are losing their relevance as car shoppers' wallets are being walloped...

Rising Credit Costs, Transaction Prices Slamming Auto Affordability, EV Adoption

Global leaders have not done enough to honour commitments made at the COP26 climate summit, its president has said.

Alok Sharma said more must be done to hit the targets agreed in Glasgow, warning that failure would be "an act of monstrous self-harm".



COP26 chief: Leaders must do more to honour climate promises

Egypt has invited African countries to hold a consultative session on climate and energy to coordinate the African position ahead of COP27 in November.



ESI Africa

Egypt calls for a shared African position on climate and energy

We’re nearly halfway through 2022 but are already seeing a world on fire, both literally and figuratively. Climate change is causing heatwaves, challenging food production, disrupting supply chains and threatening livelihoods. The demands on business are compounded by the escalating conflict in Ukraine and skyrocketing inflation

What happened at the biodiversity COP, and why it matters to business

Sustainability | Policy & Regulation

Corporate climate pledges are everywhere. Some are solid, others definitely are not.

Spot the greenwashing

They say it’s a picture that paints a thousand words. But if you look at a picture of the colorful cutting board and bowl from Material Kitchen, you won’t know most of the story.

INHABITAT

Material Kitchen’s bowl and board are made from sugarcane

Solar tech startup Ambient Photonics announced it has raised $31 million in a Series A financing led by Amazon, through its Climate Pledge fund and environmental sustainability-focused early-stage investor Ecosystem Integrity Fund. 

ESG Today

Amazon Leads $31 Million Financing of Smart Home Solar Tech Startup Ambient Photonics

Russia’s war on Ukraine is threatening to spread more hunger across the developing world. It may also upend the global sustainability effort.



Food Shocks Will Also Destabilize the ESG World

In PR, as in life, the best medicine is usually the preventative kind. That’s why, after more than a few decades in this business, I keep my focus as much as possible on the horizon. But I wonder: Do companies in the green economy, and throughout the supply chain that support it, see the same looming vulnerability that I do?

The Green Economy's Looming PR Risk

Our Natural Gas Storage Dashboard provides daily and weekly contextual information to the Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report (WNGSR), which contains our latest weekly natural gas storage estimates. The dashboard shows storage activity in several regions of the Lower 48 states and key market fundamentals that affect underground natural gas storage activity.

EIA Product Highlight: Natural Gas Storage Dashboard

Tesla, the world’s leading maker of electric vehicles, has been cut from S&P’s ESG Index created for environmentally conscious investors owing to flaws in its business conduct and, ironically, aspects of the company’s low-carbon strategy. The move inflamed Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who caviled, “ESG is a scam.”



Elon Musk Goes On The Attack After Tesla Cut From S&P ESG Index

S&P cited racial discrimination claims in deciding to exclude the electric carmaker from a listing of socially responsible companies.

Sustainability Index Drops Tesla, Prompting Insult from Musk

Asset manager calls on oil major to seek creation of climate auditor for all companies

Odey urges Shell to drop appeal against order to slash emissions

Co-founder of Cloud Paper, a company leading the drive toward the end of deforestation by providing tree-free paper alternatives.


4 Ways Companies Can Build Their ESG And Invest In Our Planet All Year Round

Let’s start by stipulating a couple of things: ESG ratings are first and foremost an independent opinion about the environmental, social and governance risks facing a company and its shareholders, not the risks to people and the planet. And the ratings can also have value as an information resource for capital markets, as


Are ESG ratings really necessary?

Karen Mazer leads Deloitte's US Executive Accelerators team which includes C-suite executive programs aimed at helping accelerate careers.

Less than two weeks into my first job after grad school, a colleague asked if I wanted to make a financial contribution to a common cause. 

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