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Green news- The world is becoming less circular. Here’s how to reverse thatBusinesses must adopt circular design, extend product lifespans and collaborate to reduce waste and dependence on raw materials, according to the 2025 Circularity Gap Report. The post The world is becoming less circular. Here’s how to reverse that appeared first on Trellis.
- Inside Gucci parent Kering’s ambitious plan to reduce water-related business risksThe strategy requires key suppliers — especially tanneries — to set goals to reduce withdrawals and improve the quality of wastewater discharges. The post Inside Gucci parent Kering’s ambitious plan to reduce water-related business risks appeared first on Trellis.
- These state recycling bills offer relief from tariff uncertaintyThey're called Extended Producer Responsibility bills and they offer supply chain relief. The post These state recycling bills offer relief from tariff uncertainty appeared first on Trellis.
- Climate Policy Outlook: 4 stories to follow this weekRepublicans continue to debate the longevity of IRA clean energy credits; Montana Republicans advocate for federal land to remain public The post Climate Policy Outlook: 4 stories to follow this week appeared first on Trellis.
- IBM’s CSO: The easily overlooked data-driven approach to smart sustainability strategyHere's how to optimize company assets to drive progress over time. The post IBM’s CSO: The easily overlooked data-driven approach to smart sustainability strategy appeared first on Trellis.
- The world is becoming less circular. Here’s how to reverse that
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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