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Green news- Lessons from Eileen Fisher’s newest circular collectionFocus and flexibility are just two of the requirements to build "Mended" garments into a worthwhile business. The post Lessons from Eileen Fisher’s newest circular collection appeared first on Trellis.
- Google now lets marketers measure emissions from online adsA new calculator will help ad agencies track emissions from digital marketing activities on a client-by-client basis — both on its platform and others. The post Google now lets marketers measure emissions from online ads appeared first on Trellis.
- What the EPA’s rollback announcement means right nowGutting the agency's rules will disrupt business and expose Americans to increased pollutants — if it's allowed to proceed. The timeline for much of it remains murky. The post What the EPA’s rollback announcement means right now appeared first on Trellis.
- How the next generation will reshape impact investingA staggering $84 trillion in wealth is expected to be transferred to younger generations in the next two decades. The post How the next generation will reshape impact investing appeared first on Trellis.
- How ‘insetting’ helps food companies cut Scope 3 emissions red tapeNutrient, Mars and General Mills are among those involved in value-chain interventions, but accounting details still need clarifying. The post How ‘insetting’ helps food companies cut Scope 3 emissions red tape appeared first on Trellis.
- Lessons from Eileen Fisher’s newest circular collection
Daily Archives: 22/04/2012
Home Solar Systems: Worth the Cost?
Humanity has acknowledged the power of the sun since prehistoric times, awed by the glowing orb whose presence creates day and whose absence plunges the world into darkness.
For all our advances in science and technology, most of the power from the sun still eludes us. NASA reports that we use only one ten-thousandth of the sun’s energy.
Photovoltaic (PV) solar electrical systems offer new and ever-changing ways to harness that energy. The term “photovoltaic” literally means light-electricity.
In 1839, French physicist Edmond Becquerel discovered that sunlight could produce an electric current. Another century would pass before scientists fully understood that this process happens at the atomic level. Albert Einstein’s only Nobel Prize was awarded for his work on the photoelectric effect. By 1958, the space program was using solar cells. Continue reading
Small enterprises: Shift to green economy underway, but not at full speed yet
According to the Eurobarometer survey on “SMEs, resource efficiency and green markets”, 37% of EU SMEs have at least one full or part-time green employee. Green jobs are largely created in SMEs as opposed to large firms: In 2012, 1 in 8 employees of small and medium-sized firms had a green job or almost 13% of all SME jobs.
In large firms it was only 1 in 33 equivalent to 3% of all large company jobs. Green jobs in SMEs are also estimated to expand dynamically with a rate of 35% in the next 2 years. Continue reading
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