Business/Finance

Written by: Kimberly White Twenty-eight companies have stepped up and raised the bar on corporate climate action. The companies who have a combined market capitalization of $1.3 trillion have committed to more ambitious climate targets. The targets are aligned with...

Written by: Kimberly White Global media company Thomson Reuters is no stranger to corporate social responsibility and sustainability. Over the past decade, the company has worked to reduce its carbon footprint by streamlining its processes, systems, and locations. In...

Courtesy of Landscape News Written by: Augusta Dwyer Even though Indigenous communities protect some of the most critically important forest ecosystems, conserving a wealth of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity and carbon storage, they remain woefully shortchanged with aid money for climate...

Courtesy of Landscape News Written by: Monica Evans Bamboo might seem an unusual material from which to build bikes, but for young Ghanaian entrepreneur Bernice Dapaah, the idea was easy to come by. “When I was very young, I...

Written by: Kimberly White ReGenFriends is bringing everyone from start-ups to Fortune 50 companies together with their ReGenFriends Customer-Centric Summit tomorrow in San Francisco, California. During the conference, ReGenFriends will present the findings of their 2019 ReGen for the NextGen National...

Written by: Kimberly White Google has pledged to no longer build custom artificial intelligence (AI) tools for oil and gas companies to extract fossil fuels from around the globe.  In an interview with theCUBE, Google Cloud managing director Will Grannis stated...

Written by: Kimberly White Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has been named the United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance. The United Nations announced Carney’s appointment ahead of COP25 beginning December 2nd in Madrid.  As the Special Envoy,...

Written by: Kimberly White Amazon has announced a new plan to aid in the battle against the climate crisis. Prior to the UN Climate Action Summit in September, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled the global shopping giant’s ambitious new goal-...

Written by: Kimberly White On April 1st, the American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC) announced that Jeffrey Hollender is stepping in as the organization’s new CEO. Founded in 2009, the ASBC is a network of businesses and business associations in the...

Written by: Kimberly White  Severe weather cost Scottish farmers millions last year. According to a report commissioned by WWF Scotland, Scottish farmers lost up to £161 million in 2018.  Livestock and cereal crops were significantly impacted. Cereal crop production was down...