Can Eco-Labeling Inspire More Sustainable Eating?

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 13:00:56 +0000

eco-labelingEco-labels can be an effective tool for behavior change and can support circular economy outcomes. They guide consumers to more sustainable product choices and build an incentive for producers to redesign products more generally.

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Stealthy Green Steel Startup Cracks Lazy Iron Ore Code

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 15:00:14 +0000

green steel electra iron oreGreen steel needs to overcome an iron ore supply chain bottleneck, and the startup Electra has a solution.

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Sexy/Unsexy, Practical/Impractical: Residential, Commercial, & Industrial Heat Is Serious Business

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 21:00:52 +0000

Sexy / Unsexy, Practical / Impractical quadrant chart for residential, commercial and industrial heat sources by Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist, TFIE Strategy Inc.There isn’t a lot in the realm of heating that’s remotely sexy and also practical, but a couple of things edge into the quadrant, including … hydrogen.

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Sexy/Unsexy, Practical/Impractical: Let’s Talk Atmospheric Carbon Drawdown’s Hype Vs Reality

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2022 03:18:33 +0000

Sexy / Unsexy, Practical / Impractical for carbon drawdown quadrant chart by Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist, TFIE Strategy IncThe next quadrant chart of sexy vs practical is in place, one on carbon drawdown from our overloaded atmosphere. It complements the ones on electricity and energy storage, and ground, marine and air transportation.

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Don’t Forget The “S” In ESG Controversies

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 16:15:05 +0000

esg controversies"Construction workers at a building site" by World Bank Photo Collection is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.US investors are keying to issues important to workers like compensation, benefits, health, and safety. When Republican leaders fight ESG investments in their states, they may be alienating some of the constituents they need most.

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Sexy/Unsexy, Practical/Impractical: Aviation & Aerospace Should Always Be Sexy, But Real Solutions Often Aren’t

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 17:00:27 +0000

Sexy / unsexy, practical / impractical quadrant chart of aviation innovation and decarbonization by Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist, TFIE Strategy IncAviation and aerospace used to be sexy all the time. People dressed up to fly on airplanes. It used to be an event. Being an airline pilot used to be a combination of swashbuckler and nomad, with a lover in every (air)port. Now, not so much.

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Sexy/Unsexy, Practical/Impractical: Decarbonizing Marine Transportation Has Hype & Dogs As Well

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2022 20:00:39 +0000

Sexy / unsexy, practical / impractical quadrant chart of marine transportation decarbonization by Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist, TFIE Strategy Inc.Moving into the sexy but impractical quadrant, the top row shows a clear trend, and indeed the trend extends across most of the versions of these quadrant charts. Hydrogen is not fit for purpose.

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Sex/Unsexy, Practical/Impractical: Ground Transport Has Silly Nonsense & Boring Reality

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2022 18:15:42 +0000

Quadrant chart of sexy vs practicality by authorAll of us, most of the time, wander around on the surface of the Earth. A small percentage travel across rivers, lakes and oceans in boats of various kinds regularly. A smaller percentage than that get above the ground into the skies. And, of course, the tiniest rounding error on a gnat’s hairy thorax get above the atmosphere. So let’s talk about moving around on the ground in this next edition of sexy/unsexy, practical/impractical.

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