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☆ Recycling 'end-of-life' solar panels, wind turbines, is about to be climate tech's big waste business
  + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( Bob Woods | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +13 min
watch nowIndeed, the market for recycled solar panel materials is expected to grow exponentially over the next several years. One recipient of this federal funding is First Solar, the largest solar panel manufacturer in the U.S. Massive wind turbines, blades are almost all recyclableRetired wind turbines present another recycling challenge, as well as business opportunities. How the circular renewable energy economy worksPlayers in the circular economy are determined not to let all that waste go to waste. Vestas Wind Systems has committed to producing zero-waste wind turbines by 2040, though it has not yet introduced such a version.
☆ Swapping Sustainability Strategies
  + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSwapping Sustainability StrategiesAlthough many companies are pursuing similar sustainability objectives, the approach differs based on industry. What does product circularity or community engagement look like for retail, healthcare, and manufacturing? A panel of sustainability executives from these industries will compare their strategies towards similar goals.
☆ Sustainability Is the Focus of Building Refurbishment
  + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With Kone | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
Both are mostly high-rise communities, growing fast and densely populated, but they represent two very different realities from a climate and sustainability perspective. One way is to focus on modernizing the buildings we already have, to create neighborhoods that adapt to the individual needs of residents. In a climate-aware, post-COVID-19 world, with an aging and tech-savvy population, the focus is now on the needs of connected micro-communities within livable cities." Data, including information from KONE elevators, can provide insights into people's movement in cities, and their changing behavior and needs. Kone"Modernizing an elevator, in an existing building, means we can reduce energy consumption by up to 70%, and a KONE elevator today is up to 90% more energy-efficient than its 1990s counterpart.
☆ Construction is bad for the planet. This startup's solution is to assemble buildings like they're flatpack furniture.
  + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
Spanish startup 011h is betting on timber as a humble hero to ease the climate and housing crises. Now, a Spanish construction company is hoping to spearhead the adoption of flat-pack buildings. When it is cut down for timber, carbon remains stored in the wood until it burns or decays. For Brennan, cost remains a big "but" — even if sustainable buildings are a no-brainer. If it's not affordable, if people cannot pay for it, then it's not sustainable," Carné said.
☆ SIGN UP NOW — For a Better Future: Bridging Culture, Business, and Climate
  + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Business Insider | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Today's business leaders are embracing circularity to better engage in sustainability and climate action. Leaders in climate justice advocacy, business, and fashion will discuss the future of sustainable practices inside and outside the business world. On April 18, 2023, Insider is hosting "For a Better Future: Bridging Culture, Business, and Climate," a free virtual event at noon ET featuring speakers from Deloitte and Junk Kouture. Insider's virtual event, "For a Better Future: Bridging Culture, Business, and Climate," presented by Deloitte, takes place on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at noon ET. This multi-session virtual conference will focus on how empowerment and circularity inspire climate action beyond the world of business.
☆ H&M launches U.S. resale program
  + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Katherine Masters | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
NEW YORK, March 14 (Reuters) - Fast-fashion retailer H&M (HMb.ST) launched a resale program Tuesday in collaboration with ThredUp, an online consignment platform that has partnered with dozens of brands to run their used clothing sales, H&M told Reuters. H&M will be the largest retailer to work with ThredUp, and the partnership will mark the retailer's first resale marketplace in the United States, according to Abigail Kammerzell, head of sustainability for H&M North America. Roughly 30,000 articles of clothing will initially be available on H&M’s resale site. Some critics say that efforts by H&M and other large retailers to enter the resale market are undercut by the volume of clothing they produce. H&M does not currently plan to slow its clothing launches or reduce the overall number of items it sells, according to Kammerzell.
☆ Gucci Launches Sustainability Drive as European Fashion Regulation Looms
  + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Joshua Kirby | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +6 min
It will boost transformation in the Italian fashion industry’s production models, said Gucci in a joint release with French parent Kering. “Luxury brands generally have strong and transparent supply chains and an opportunity to better communicate sourcing quality,” they said. “Luxury brands have the burden to stand for our better selves, as they embody people’s aspirations and ideals,” Mr. Solca said. In 2018, U.K. luxury fashion house Burberry said it would stop burning unsold inventory amid pressure from environmental groups, but some peers continue the practice. The hub’s activities will later be extended to Kering’s other brands, before opening to the wider fashion sector.
☆ 411 is going out of service for millions of Americans
  + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +11 min
Starting in January, AT&T customers with digital landlines won’t be able to dial 411 or 0 to reach an operator or get directory assistance. The human telephone operator, a job that came to be dominated by White women during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In 2021, there were fewer than 4,000 telephone operators, down from a peak of around 420,000 in the 1970s, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. “0” became universal for operator assistance and “411” was the number for directory assistance. By 2004, at the dawn of the smartphone age, 56,000 people were employed as telephone operators.
☆ How AI Is helping to reduce landfill waste
  + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Ibm With Insider Studios | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
But circular economy models can provide smart examples and accessible starting points for how we can work toward avoiding a trashy future, so to speak. For an example of a perfect circular economy, look to nature. Waste management companies, in particular, have an opportunity to minimize landfill waste using artificial intelligence and automation technologies. Evaluating the potential of AI for waste sortingHera personnel analyze waste manually. "The experience with IBM Garage has allowed us to activate a particularly innovative solution in the field of waste collection, selection, and recovery," Zappoli said.
☆ Why a sustainability strategy is critical to sales in 2023
  + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Ibm With Insider Studios | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
At the same time global supply chains face disruption from all sides, including geo-political uncertainty, supply challenges, inflation, and disruptions from extreme weather. To meet this change, innovative retailers and manufacturers are bringing fresh ideas, new technology, and data analytics and AI into their supply chains. The global pandemic accelerated the investment to modernize supply chains which are now digitized at an unprecedented rate. Analyzing this across all three scopes of a supply chain is a sizable data-gathering and processing exercise. Another change impacting global supply chains is the climate, from port disruptions to the need to reroute cargoes.
☆ Tom Stoppard Fears the Virus of Antisemitism Has Been Reactivated
  + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +19 min
I don’t think that it’s an equal participant in some kind of debate. I don’t think so. If you’re sitting there enjoying the structure, then I don’t think that’s entirely good news for the writer. I don’t know that I would actually pursue the subject as a playwright. You know, I’m told there is such a thing as the long view.
☆ Black Friday faces green backlash in Belgium
  + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Jakob Van Calster | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
That?s why today - on Black Friday - we are closed and we are giving nature a hand." REUTERS/Christian LevauxGHENT, Belgium, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Black Friday deals have prompted a backlash in Belgium where some businesses rejected promotions and chose to close for the day or even offered to repair used clothes for free. At the Xandres clothing store, in the Flemish city of Ghent, a sign on the window read "Green Friday - closed on November 25 - get your clothes repaired for free". On Friday company staff were fixing customers' clothes at the company's headquarters. In coming days, customers can collect their repaired clothing at the company's stores.
☆ Someone paid over $200,000 for the Birkenstocks that Steve Jobs wore in the garage where he founded Apple
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Steve Jobs' used Birkenstocks were auctioned for more than $200,000 on Saturday. Since then, the Birkenstocks have circulated through exhibitions across Milan, Berlin, and New York — but the price has definitely risen. While most vintage items are marked down in price for wear and tear, in the case of Jobs' Birkenstocks, the value was in the damage. While the hype around Jobs' Birkenstocks is due in part to his glorified status within Silicon Valley, the sandals might have fetched more money this time around because Birkenstocks themselves have skyrocketed in popularity. Margot Fraser, the German-American entrepreneur who founded the US arm of Birkenstocks, told Julien's that "he was interested in where the form comes from.
☆ The future of fashion is in everyone's hands
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With Electrolux | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
And while many global economies and industries are still in recovery, it could be said that fashion — and sustainable fashion — is not only recovering but in the midst of a revolution. Power to the consumer: Environmental solutions within reachElectroluxWhat if the future of sustainable fashion is already within reach – literally? Butani said that small changes to our behaviours and "breaking the pattern" of legacy habits holds the key to making more sustainable fashion choices. Which is why Electrolux's partnership with Rave Review, an upcycling fashion house, is so relevant. If you would like to discover more about sustainable fashion practices and how Electrolux is shaping the future of garment care, please visit our website
☆ Patagonia's CEO gets candid: How sustainability, diversity, and social justice guide the beloved brand
  + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +12 min
As CEO of Patagonia, Ryan Gellert wrestles with a paradox: The outdoor-gear maker's good works, philanthropy, and intentions are still not enough to justify its existence. To Gellert, who took over from the widely respected Rose Marcario, the company could always be doing more. And we need business to step up. Patagonia really struggled in Europe, and that never made sense to me. One of the things that I love more than anything about Patagonia is that we are an unapologetically for-profit business.
☆ Leaders from Walmart, AB InBev, Honeywell, Carlyle, and more share advice for getting started — and sticking to — sustainability goals
  + stars: | 2022-07-22 | by ( Julia Hood | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +26 min
Sustainability leaders from Walmart, JUST Capital, Dow, Honeywell, Cognizant, Deloitte, Bank of America, AB InBev, and Carlyle participated. If you're just looking for a science partner, you're going to go and get the science. So then we started building debriefs for our portfolio companies, actually making them sit down and have a conversation with us. Because as long as you do it with integrity, you're going to probably get to the right place. I remember him saying when we talked about the idea, "what you're trying to achieve with that, is somewhere between really, really, really, really hard and impossible."
☆ BMW CEO warns against electric-only strategy
  + stars: | 2022-04-14 | by ( Doyinsola Oladipo | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
[1/2] BMW CEO Oliver Zipse speaks during a visit of the German Economic and Climate Protection Minister at the BMW plant in Munich, Germany, January 20, 2022. He has long advocated against all-out bans on combustion engine car sales in the face of rising pressure from regulators on the auto industry to curb its carbon emissions and environmental impact. Offering more fuel-efficient combustion engine cars was key both from a profit perspective and an environmental perspective, Zipse argued, pointing to gaps in charging infrastructure and the high price of electric vehicles. "How much energy you need and use, and circularity, is important - for environmental reasons but even more for economic reasons." Reporting by Doyinsola Oladipo; Writing by Victoria Waldersee; Editing by Christoph Steitz and Mike HarrisonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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