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Green news- Sustainability leadership movesPagerDuty eliminates sustainability director; Bath & Body Works ESG lead retires; GHG Protocol’s global director steps down; and more. The post Sustainability leadership moves appeared first on Trellis.
- How asset manager Apollo turns sustainability into financial valueJaycee Pribulsky, who helped Nike operationalize sustainability criteria throughout its supply chain, leads a team that helps portfolio companies decarbonize. The post How asset manager Apollo turns sustainability into financial value appeared first on Trellis.
- Making sense of the latest GOP attack on corporate climate actionRepublican attorneys general have a new target: The Big Four accounting firms. The post Making sense of the latest GOP attack on corporate climate action appeared first on Trellis.
- What Microsoft learned from purchasing millions of carbon removal creditsThe company remains committed to going carbon negative by 2030, but a recent surge in emissions has made that target more challenging. The post What Microsoft learned from purchasing millions of carbon removal credits appeared first on Trellis.
- Retaking control of the sustainability 2.0 agendaSustainability is entering a new era. Practitioners need to help shape an impactful vision for what comes next The post Retaking control of the sustainability 2.0 agenda appeared first on Trellis.
- Sustainability leadership moves
Daily Archives: 27/08/2013
University Research into Alternative Energy
Decades of tree and biomass research jointly conducted by Florida Statue University and Shell Energy have resulted in the planting of the largest single “Energy Crop Plantation” in the entire United States. This Plantation spans approximately 130 acres and is home to over 250,000 planted trees including cottonwoods (native to the area) and eucalyptus (which are non-invasive) along with various row crops such as soybeans. This organization of “super trees” was brought into being as a result of the University’s joint research with other agencies including Shell, the US Department of Energy, the Common Purpose Institute, and groups of various individuals who are working to develop alternative energy sources (those not dependent on fossil fuels) for the future. Continue reading
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