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Green news- Report: Circular business models receive just 2% of all investmentsThe innovations that matter the most are getting the least attention, according to the Circularity Gap Report Finance. The post Report: Circular business models receive just 2% of all investments appeared first on Trellis.
- The CSO: Choosing a business leader or sustainability warriorThe pros and cons to hiring CSOs with business backgrounds or sustainability experience. The post The CSO: Choosing a business leader or sustainability warrior appeared first on Trellis.
- Consumers expect collective action to make sustainable fashion a realityThe EU, social media platforms and influencers can play a role. The post Consumers expect collective action to make sustainable fashion a reality appeared first on Trellis.
- Google holds to ambitious 2030 net-zero goal despite another big emissions hikeThe tech giant’s carbon footprint has swelled 51 percent since the 2019 baseline year for its 2030 commitment. The post Google holds to ambitious 2030 net-zero goal despite another big emissions hike appeared first on Trellis.
- New GRI standards require deeper disclosure on social impact and climate transition plansThe revisions are closely aligned with other voluntary and mandatory disclosure frameworks, including the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and International Sustainability Standards Board. The post New GRI standards require deeper disclosure on social impact and climate transition plans appeared first on Trellis.
- Report: Circular business models receive just 2% of all investments
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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