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ICYMI: Hectares of sustainable food news, ESG pro profiles & more
It's a research-heavy week here at ICYMI HQ, with studies detailing everything from profiles of ESG professionals to solutions for sustainable cities.
Some light in clean tech investing, despite the gloom
The vast majority of clean energy investment not coming from VCs is actually a positive indicator for the maturation of clean energy markets.
Can you survive the 5 tectonic shifts to the business landscape?
In this Q&A, the author of "The Upside of Down" shares how his concept of societal resilience can help companies prepare for change.
Adidas Group scores big with sustainability venture capital fund
Footwear company's greenENERGY Fund invests in a portfolio of efficiency projects that target a strict 20 percent annual return on capital.
VERGE Boston: How ARPA-E creates the future of energy
Cheryl Martin, deputy director of the Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy talks energy innovation at the 2013 VERGE conference in Boston.
Boston becomes latest city to order building energy benchmarking
Large commercial and residential buildings must report annual energy and water use, but aren't required to act on the results.
ICYMI: Some good climate news, competition for home energy data & more
In this week's sustainability news roundup, we find big progress on climate policy, big commitments from a UK retailer and competition in the big home-energy market.
3 ways business can benefit from Scope 3 emissions reductions
New guidance from the GHG Protocol on value chain emissions marks an important milestone for companies looking to track the business benefits of emissions reductions.
Patagonia's new VC fund to invest in trailblazing green firms
The $20 million dollar fund will focus on companies that share its environmental values with a focus on clothing, food, water, energy, and waste.
$40B in energy savings hiding in US commercial buildings
The federal government estimates we can save $40 billion annually by reducing energy use in commercial buildings 20 percent by 2020.