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- Exxon-backed Carbon Measures signs up climate nonprofits as advisorsAdvisors from Resources for the Future and Microsoft are now working with Carbon Measures. The post Exxon-backed Carbon Measures signs up climate nonprofits as advisors appeared first on Trellis.
- Navigating the sustainability dichotomy in red vs. blue statesMany companies face whiplash between climate mandates and anti-ESG legislation. The post Navigating the sustainability dichotomy in red vs. blue states appeared first on Trellis.
- Track the 2026 sustainability reports from major companiesA rolling list of sustainability reports from major businesses in the U.S. and Europe, updated weekly. The post Track the 2026 sustainability reports from major companies appeared first on Trellis.
- Greenhouse Gas Protocol mulls dramatic expansion of emissions accountingThe protocol’s proposal builds on new guidelines, released this week, for how companies can claim benefits for investments in supply-chain decarbonization. The post Greenhouse Gas Protocol mulls dramatic expansion of emissions accounting appeared first on Trellis.
- AI’s impact on apparel beyond forecasting and fit
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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