GreenBiz Group

Everything evolves. Including us. Next week, GreenBiz Group, the media and events company co-founded by Joel Makower and Pete May 18 years ago, will undergo a rebrand to become #Trellis Group. The name of our nonprofit 501(c)3 cousin, GreenBiz.org, whose mission is to cultivate and advance a new generation of sustainability professionals of color, will remain for now. We have always strived to keep up with — and slightly ahead of — the rapidly changing sustainability field. The era in which social, political and economic issues are inextricably linked with environmental ones, a complex web of climate, plastics, biodiversity, water, social equity and other crises requires more nuanced approaches and innovative thinking — from sustainability leaders, as well as from us. So, next week when you visit us, we may look a little different, but our overall mission remains unbowed: to empower professional communities to confront the climate crisis.

Learn how to drive the adoption of renewable energy with courses that provide everything from a big-picture understanding of the energy transition and justice considerations to the details of energy generation and storage technologies and financing. Article by Trish Kenlon: https://buff.ly/4eVky7x

⛓️ Amazon is pressuring its "highest-emitting" suppliers — those that collectively contribute 50% of its supply chain emissions — to demonstrate how they will reduce their emissions. 💨 The move comes on the heels of the $2.1 trillion (market cap) cloud computing and e-commerce giant requiring its suppliers of all sizes to report on their greenhouse gas emissions, as part of an update to its supply chain standards in early 2024. 🌱 The consequences of not following those plans "over time" could mean Amazon will reconsider a given supplier partnership and seek alternatives, Amazon said. Read on: https://buff.ly/3WjFKwS

Plastics recycling is coming. Meg Wilcox shares how companies should prepare: https://buff.ly/3VWPRWU

New from Heather Clancy 🤔 How Google and Nucor Corporation are sourcing round-the-clock clean power: https://buff.ly/4bPk93z

Happy Monday! Here’s your look ahead in the week in climate policy. Leah Garden shares 4 stories you should follow: https://buff.ly/3zg8OMk

For many companies, emissions stemming from their financial suppliers is one of their largest sources of emissions. This brings up some questions 🤔 ❓How can companies help shape the financial sector’s flow of capital in support of climate. ❓What can they do to ensure their banking and investing activities are aligned with their own corporate climate goals? Learn more about how corporate cash offers unique power as a lever for climate action in the keynote panel from #GreenFin24: https://lnkd.in/gw5yB7WH Speakers:  🎤 Joanna Bonnett, President, Association of Corporate Treasurers 🎤 Paul Moinester, Founder & Executive Director, Topo Finance 🎤 Nimerta Sirichand, CFA, CFO, Seventh Generation 🎤 Molly Wood, Founder and CEO, Molly Wood Media

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SEC & Beyond. Learn more about emerging US Climate Policy, including the latest from the Securities & Exchange Commission, Clean Competition Act, and California’s SB 251 & 263. Download the complimentary Reporting Guide from FigBytes today! #sponsored https://buff.ly/4cqLR89

On July 9, Hawaii banned all seabed mining for minerals within its waters to protect the local fishing industry, biodiversity and Native Hawaiian rights. The ban follows similar legislation in California, Washington and Oregon. Twenty-seven countries have so far called for a global moratorium on deepsea mining. The increased production of electric vehicles (EVs) is the main impetus for mining the seafloor, which is a source of copper, nickel, manganese and cobalt — all necessary components of high-power, long-range batteries. 🏊♀️ Leah Garden dives into why the Hawaii seabed mining ban doesn’t spell the end of EV batteries: https://buff.ly/4f3wEvh