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Orlando’s journey to accelerate sustainability and resilience Chris Castro Thu, 03/11/2021 – 01:00 Cities are home to more than 50 percent of the global population and as a result are presented with ever-growing challenges, including finding a balance between social equity, economic vitality and environmental sustainability. Cities also have extraordinary potential to enable change and […]

Parts of the wider Washington, D.C., area may be a drinking water “hot spot” for a notorious family of toxic chemicals that the Biden EPA is under pressure to regulate. Read More

How 12 Emerging Leaders are embarking on sustainability career journeys Deonna Anderson Mon, 03/08/2021 – 01:40 In early February, more than 1,200 sustainability professionals gathered online for GreenBiz 21. And each day after the mainstage talks and panels, a few of my GreenBiz Group colleagues and I hopped onto Zoom to convene with 12 students […]

5 opportunities of a circular economy David McGinty Fri, 03/05/2021 – 00:12 More than 100 billion tons of resources enter the economy every year — everything from metals, minerals and fossil fuels to organic materials from plants and animals. Just 8.6 percent gets recycled and used again. Use of resources has tripled (automatic PDF download) […]

Alpa Sutaria on how Coca-Cola is addressing issues associated with plastic waste This video is sponsored by Coca-Cola. Pete May, President and Co-Founder, GreenBiz Group interviewed Alpa Sutaria, Vice President and General Manager, Sustainability, Coca-Cola during GreenBiz 21 on February 9-11th. View archived videos from the conference here: https://www.greenbiz.com/topics/greenbiz-21-archive. YanniGuo Thu, 03/04/2021 – 13:28 Featured […]

A federal appeals court upheld a ban on endocrine-disrupting chemicals in children’s toys but called on the Consumer Product Safety Commission to review the rulemaking due to procedural concerns. Read More

Waste reduction and water-efficiency improvements were the sustainability goals perceived as most likely to have a financial benefit. Read More

In stopping climate change, time is as important as tech Jonathan Foley Mon, 03/01/2021 – 01:30 This article originally appeared on the author’s personal blog, and was written in that capacity. Italics are the author’s. The only sure path to stop climate change is to zero out greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible. That’s it. […]