ESG News For GreenBiz

Edward Palmieri, head of global sustainability at Meta, and Nethra Rajendran, Net Zero Analyst at GreenBiz Group, discuss Meta’s commitment to become water positive by 2030.

In this week's episode of ESG Talk, host Mandi McReynolds shares her top three takeaways from GreenBiz 23—including data driven decision making and automation for ESG reporting.\r\r

Deepa Poduval will guide the company’s sustainability strategy

International Paper Chief Sustainability Officer Sophie Beckham will be speaking at GreenBiz's premier annual event for sustainable business leaders - GreenBiz 23 - joining dynamic community of more than 1,000 professionals in Scottsdale, AZ.

EHS Sustainability Conferences You Don’t Want To Miss in 2023 Thu, 02/09/2023 - 13:35 Type of Content Blog Layout Standard Format Body Staying on top of the latest environment, health and safety, and sustainability (EHS) news, trends, and innovations is essential for EHS professionals like you who strive to continually improve your company’s processes and programs. Fortunately, there are a number of upcoming EHS events that can serve as incredible resources to help you gain new insights, find ne

Black Veatch’s ROI Framework for Commercial Water Management Helps Companies Address Water Quantity and Quality Issues Thu, 01/19/2023 - 10:00 Type of Content Press Release Layout Standard Format Body OVERLAND PARK, Kan., January 19, 2023 /3BL Media/ – To help companies strategically define and operationally address their water quantity and quality goals and metrics, Black Veatch outlines its ROI framework — reevaluate, optimize, innovate — in its latest eBook, Value Every Drop: An ROI Framework

VERGE 22 is the leading climate tech event accelerating solutions to the most pressing challenges of our time.

Global leader details efforts to lower emissions and promote social, governance and environmental priorities; propelling the engineering and construction industry forward

Global leader details efforts to lower emissions and promote social, governance and environmental priorities; propelling the engineering and construction industry forward SOURCE: Black Veatch DESCRIPTION:OVERLAND PARK, Kansas, July 5, 2022 /3BL Media/ – Recognizing the positive impact companies can make on social and climate matters, Black Veatch released its Sustainability Report. The annual report provides a reflection on the global engineering, procurement, construction and consulting leader’s

The seventh biennial State of the Profession Report, published today by GreenBiz Group and Weinreb Group, reveals a significant increase in sustainability jobs, budgets and responsibilities.

Company highlights how potential strategic partnerships and regenerative agricultural practices can both improve wildlife habitat and biodiversity while mitigating economic risk of soil loss and degradation.

Groundbreaking tool now available for companies to mobilize employees to reach sustainability goals and drive business value

Jim Giles, Carbon Analyst at GreenBiz, interviewed Sheryl Telford, Chief Sustainability Officer and Vice President of Envir. Health and Safety at Chemours on the company’s 2030 commitment to achieving a 60% reduction in scope 1 and scope 2 emissions.

SOURCE: Antea Group DESCRIPTION:Staying on top of the latest environment, health and safety, and sustainability (EHSS) news, trends, and innovations is essential for EHSS professionals like you who strive to continually improve your company’s processes and programs. Fortunately, there are a number of upcoming EHSS events that can serve as incredible resources to help you gain new insights, find new opportunities, and ultimately ensure a safer and healthier workplace and world. From interactive se

SOURCE: Antea Group DESCRIPTION:In the fast-paced world of Environment, Health, Safety, Sustainability (EHSS) there are always new stories, trends, innovations, and insights which can get overwhelming at times! Social media can be a great resource for EHSS professionals today Following the right accounts on social media can help you stay up-to-date on the latest and greatest in EHS and sustainability. But who are the right people and organizations to follow? Whether you’re into environment, healt

Jim Giles, Carbon Analyst at GreenBiz, interviewed Tom Lewis, Senior Executive of Climate, Resilience and Sustainability at WSP USA, during VERGE 21 (October 25-28, 2021).

The urgency of the climate crisis is accelerating — and so, too, is the opportunity to build a clean economy.\r\r

Goal Setting and Measurement report finds decarbonization strategies are increasingly complex and current solutions may not be enough to achieve aggressive targets SOURCE: Black Veatch DESCRIPTION:May 11, 2021 /3BL Media/ - Companies of all sizes across business sectors are elevating sustainability as a core tenet of their practices, yet a new Black Veatch report discovers that many companies continue to establish targets without a clear understanding of how to achieve them. Black Veatch’s Corpor

The circular economy is a bold vision for tomorrow — and today — empowering leaders across industries and communities to increase resilience, mitigate climate risk and unlock new business opportunities.

By Cody Simms SOURCE: Stanley Black Decker DESCRIPTION:Stanley Black Decker, a global provider of hand and power tools and other products for myriad business and consumer applications, established the Stanley + Techstars Accelerator to support startups developing solutions for artificial intelligence (AI) in advanced manufacturing, additive manufacturing and sustainable packaging to help manufacturers make measurable progress on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals. Dan Fitzgera

Have you heard the big news? Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, will be speaking at GreenBiz 21 — the premier annual event for business leaders!\r\r

The pandemic, recession and social justice movement all have placed new demands on corporate sustainability leaders. To keep up, you need to know the latest trends, tools and insights shaping your job and company today — and tomorrow.

Climate change is the most significant global threat we face today. It also represents an unprecedented opportunity to build a clean economy by electrifying and decarbonizing our world, equitably and profitably.\r\r

Progress on energy and sustainability was at an all-time high in 2019, but how will that momentum fare in a new decade—and under radical new circumstances? To find out, we partnered with GreenBiz to survey global energy and sustainability professionals.

Emilio Tenuta, Ecolab's Senior Vice President of Corporate Sustainability, and Mary Draves, Dow's Chief Sustainability Officer and Vice President of Environment, Health and Safety, joined GreenBiz Editorial Director at GreenBiz Studio to discuss their partnership.

The GreenBiz Conference, held in Scottsdale, Arizona, claims to be “the premier annual event for sustainable business leaders” and in my opinion, they definitely deliver.

Fifth Third’s Director of Environmental Sustainability Scott Hassell will take part in a tutorial panel at the GreenBiz 20 conference presented by the Renewable Energy Buyer’s Alliance (REBA).

GreenBiz Group today named the 2019 VERGE Vanguard, honoring 20 dreamers, pioneers, entrepreneurs, designers, engineers, business leaders, policymakers and investors on the cutting edge of sustainability and technology.

GreenBiz Group and the state of California today announced a collaboration to advance California’s climate and energy goals in the wake of devastating wildfires, with a Grid Resilience Summit to be held on October 24 as part of VERGE 19.

VERGE 19, October 22-24 in Oakland, is the platform for companies, cities and communities accelerating the clean economy. The event convenes more than 3,000 leaders to explore scalable, cross-cutting solutions and to collaborate more effectively to advance them.

GreenBiz Group has announced the 2019 “GreenBiz 30 Under 30”, the fourth annual list of emerging leaders across sectors and countries who are shaping the next generation of sustainable business.\r\rThe honorees were nominated by GreenBiz readers around the world and selected by the GreenBiz editorial team from among hundreds of submissions. This year’s roster ranges from managers and directors to founders and CEOs — despite the differences in their industries and sectors, these young leaders are

Recent research from Schneider Electric and GreenBiz found that organizations looking to accelerate their action on energy and sustainability find greater success when they set public goals. But why?

There is a growing sense of urgency about water scarcity as a business risk, but almost half of all companies don’t have a plan to achieve their water reduction targets. That is the key finding of a new survey conducted by Ecolab Inc., the global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services, and the sustainability news and research organization GreenBiz.

VERGE Carbon, the first-ever conference on the business opportunities in reversing climate change, will join three concurrent events as part of the VERGE 19 conference and expo, at the Oakland Convention Center, Oct. 22-24.

After more than 20,000 tweets and retweets from people sharing their support for reducing ocean plastic, SC Johnson has announced it will build an additional recycling center in Indonesia. SC Johnson last week challenged social media users around the world, including attendees at the GreenBiz 2019 sustainability conference, to tag #SocialPlastic or #SCJRecycles in their social media posts. The challenge engaged over 150 million people, raising awareness of the rapidly growing ocean plastic crisis

To continue building the momentum to address the crisis of plastic in our world’s oceans, business leaders, governments and civil society must work together to help solve this problem. That was the message delivered by SC Johnson Chairman and CEO Fisk Johnson during a panel discussion Wednesday at GreenBiz 2019 in Phoenix.

Are you looking to power up your commercial fleet and go electric? Check out this infographic by UPS - and if you're at GreenBiz this week, join Crystal Lassiter, UPS’s Senior Global Director of Sustainability, for a discussion about the driving factors, challenges, and opportunities of the shift to electrification on 2/27!

Clean Energy sets goals to offer Zero-Carbon Redeem renewable natural gas at all of its fueling stations by 2025.

GreenBiz Group, in partnership with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and BSR, is seeking nominations for its fourth annual \"30 Under 30\" feature, showcasing the next generation of sustainable business leaders.\r\r

A rising tide of companies around the world are waking up to the challenges and opportunities presented by climate change and other environmental issues, according to a new report from Trucost, part of S&P Global, and GreenBiz Group.

Sysco took part in GreenBiz magazine’s VERGE 18 Conference, where more than 2,500 leaders gather to explore scalable solutions at the intersection of technology and sustainability. This year the focus areas included: clean energy, transportation and mobility and the circular economy.

GreenBiz Group today announced the launch of a new event, Circularity, a three-day conference focusing on how to seize and accelerate the growing opportunities in the circular economy. The premiere event, Circularity 19, will be held June 18-20, 2019, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Mohawk Industries’ George Bandy Jr., VP of sustainability and commercial marketing, will join Groundswell CEO Michelle Moore for an engaging webcast sharing how their respective organizations built a solar energy partnership geared towards schools and underserved communities. The GreenBiz webcast, titled “Powering Inclusion Through Solar Handprints: An Innovative Partnership,” will take place Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, 1-2 p.m. EST. Joel Makower, executive editor of GreenBiz, will serve as moderator

Attaining environmental benefits and lower cost of ownership are driving more commercial fleets to electrify, according to a UPS (NYSE: UPS) and GreenBiz study released today. In the “Curve Ahead: The Future of Fleet Electrification” report, industry leaders identify the main motivations and barriers to electrification, as well as strategies to move the commercial electric vehicle market from niche to mainstream.

UPS, global leader in logistics, has been recognized by GreenBiz Group in their inaugural VERGE Vanguard awards for being a corporate leader accelerating an equitable transition to a clean power grid, a zero-emissions transportation system and the circular economy.

GreenBiz Group has selected 19 innovative startups to pitch their ventures from the main stage of VERGE 18, in Oakland, Calif., October 16-18. The entrepreneurs — selected through a competitive process — are developing clean-economy solutions across three key markets: the circular economy, clean energy, and transportation and mobility.

The annual Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA) Summit will return to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2018 — hosted in Oakland, October 14-16, ahead of GreenBiz Group’s VERGE 18 conference and expo. REBA is a coalition of leadership organizations with deep expertise in transforming energy markets: BSR’s Future of Internet Power, Rocky Mountain Institute’s Business Renewables Center, World Resources Institute’s Electricity Initiative and World Wildlife Fund’s Renewable Energy Buyers’ Principles (

The rollback of America’s environmental regulations and international commitments has galvanized companies around the world to extend or redouble their efforts, according to a new report. “State of Green Business 2018,” published by GreenBiz Group in association with Trucost, part of S&P Dow Jones Indices, is the 11th annual assessment of the progress by companies around the world in addressing their energy, waste, water, greenhouse gas and other impacts, and in increasing their sustainabilit

UPS Longitudes is launching a three-part podcast series on how forward-looking businesses, academic institutions and sustainability leaders are reimagining the movement of goods in urban spaces. In the first episode, John Davies of GreenBiz breaks down the findings and the future of city planning, public-private partnerships and data-driven solutions disrupting international commerce.

General Motors’ global manager of renewable energy, Rob Threlkeld, and Lily Donge, principal of the Rocky Mountain Institute’s Business Renewable Center, led a GreenBiz webinar on the economic opportunity in addressing climate change. Together they shared best practices to help organizations of all sizes achieve quick wins toward their renewable energy goals and scale efforts across their enterprise.