Climate change

Empowering Success, Sustainable Green Team, Ltd. (SGTM) Strengthens Leadership Roles with Key Executives and Advisors to Drive and Power Sustainable Growth

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

As a global powerhouse organization, with experienced executives and advisors working together, the Company is preparing for the opportunities and successful accomplishments that lie ahead.

Key Points: 
  • As a global powerhouse organization, with experienced executives and advisors working together, the Company is preparing for the opportunities and successful accomplishments that lie ahead.
  • Sustainable Green Team, Ltd. introduces the following executives and consultants:
    - Barry Pape nfuss has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for SGTM.
  • His expertise in strategy, investments, and leadership in food security will be invaluable to the company's sustainable growth.
  • "Their diverse backgrounds and expertise will be instrumental in driving our sustainable growth and making a positive impact on the environment."

AMLI Residential Releases Results of 2024 Sustainable Living Index

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

The leading U.S. developer of sustainable apartment communities announced the results of its fifth Sustainable Living Index today.

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  • The leading U.S. developer of sustainable apartment communities announced the results of its fifth Sustainable Living Index today.
  • AMLI Residential ’s 2024 survey received responses from more than 2,600 AMLI residents on their sustainability opinions and, specifically, how green initiatives impact their choice of where to live.
  • This is a 2.5% increase from AMLI’s previous Sustainable Living Index survey in 2022.
  • Additionally, 78.9% of residents believe living in a sustainably built apartment benefits their health, indicating that AMLI residents place value not only on a sustainable home, but also healthier living.

Expro Report Highlights Progress Unlocking Energy Answers of Tomorrow

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Monday, April 8, 2024

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240408728712/en/
    Headshot of Mike Jardon, Chief Executive Officer of Expro.
  • Mike Jardon, Chief Executive Officer of Expro, said: “In an ever-evolving energy landscape, Expro remains steadfast in our commitment to driving positive change.
  • Advancing the Expro Portfolio with Sustainable Energy Solutions: Expro took large strides forward in its work within the areas of Geothermal and CCUS, adapting the company’s solutions across three emerging markets.
  • For more information, please visit: www.expro.com and connect with Expro on X (formerly Twitter) @ExproGroup and LinkedIn @Expro.

Offshore Wind Energy Facility “Vineyard Wind 1” Wins Prestigious 2024 EBC Ruth H. Silman Award for Climate Change from Environmental Business Council of New England

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Epsilon Associates, Inc. (Epsilon) is pleased to announce that the Environmental Business Council of New England (EBC) has awarded its prestigious “EBC Ruth H. Silman Award for Climate Change Project of the Year” to Vineyard Wind 1.

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  • Epsilon Associates, Inc. (Epsilon) is pleased to announce that the Environmental Business Council of New England (EBC) has awarded its prestigious “EBC Ruth H. Silman Award for Climate Change Project of the Year” to Vineyard Wind 1.
  • The Vineyard Wind 1 energy generation facility, a joint venture between Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, is the first large-scale offshore wind project in the United States.
  • Located on the outer continental shelf, the 806 MW facility consists of 62 wind turbines over 800 feet high.
  • Vineyard Wind 1 first delivered energy to the grid on January 2, 2024, through the substation in Hyannis, Massachusetts.

Avangrid and Statkraft Establish U.S. Relationship with Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA)

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Monday, April 8, 2024

Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), a leading sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, and Statkraft, Europe’s largest producer of renewable energy, today announced the signing of a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA), establishing a new relationship between the two companies in the United States.

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  • Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), a leading sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, and Statkraft, Europe’s largest producer of renewable energy, today announced the signing of a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA), establishing a new relationship between the two companies in the United States.
  • Statkraft will receive Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) from Avangrid’s 300 MW Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm in Illinois with this short term VPPA.
  • Statkraft and Iberdrola, S.A., Avangrid’s parent company, have a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in place for energy produced at Iberdrola’s Korytnica II wind farm in Poland.
  • “We are proud to partner with Avangrid as a continuation of our successful relationship with Iberdrola in Europe.

TRC Earns A- Score for Climate Disclosure and Supplier Engagement from CDP

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

WINDSOR, Conn., April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- TRC Companies, Inc. (TRC), a global professional services firm providing integrated strategy, consulting, engineering and applied technologies in support of the energy transition, earned a top score of A- from CDP (previously branded as the Carbon Disclosure Project). CDP is a not-for-profit entity that provides a global disclosure system for investors, companies and cities to publicly disclose their climate governance systems, risks and opportunities, strategies and associated metrics and targets.

Key Points: 
  • CDP is a not-for-profit entity that provides a global disclosure system for investors, companies and cities to publicly disclose their climate governance systems, risks and opportunities, strategies and associated metrics and targets.
  • CDP's annual environmental disclosure and scoring process is widely recognized as the gold standard of corporate environmental transparency.
  • TRC also received achieved an A- for Supplier Engagement from CDP, placing the company in the Leadership band for both categories.
  • Measured and verified Scope 3 emissions and engaged with both direct and indirect suppliers on climate change performance.

Tompkins Conservation places archive at the Stanford University Libraries in support of ongoing field studies and research in Chile and Argentina

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

STANFORD, Calif., April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tompkins Conservation and its co-founders and benefactors, Kristine McDivitt Tompkins and the late Douglas R. Tompkins, are donating their personal archives as well as the archive of their conservation and rewilding work in South America to the Stanford University Libraries. These historical, legal, and scientific records will directly benefit the faculty and students who are continuing Stanford's longstanding tradition of conducting field studies and research in Chile and Argentina, as well as those interested in land conservation initiatives.

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  • We are especially grateful to Kris Tompkins for the placement of the archive at Stanford where well-intentioned scholars and eco-environmentalists will make excellent use of it."
  • Stanford University, the alma mater of many McDivitts, has been formative in the education and values of my family.
  • The Kristine McDivitt Tompkins Collection documents its namesake's career as the former CEO of Patagonia, Inc. and the current president and co-founder of Tompkins Conservation.
  • Thus, the goals of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability closely align with the wonderful work of Tompkins Conservation."

Tompkins Conservation places archive at the Stanford University Libraries in support of ongoing field studies and research in Chile and Argentina

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, April 9, 2024

STANFORD, Calif., April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tompkins Conservation and its co-founders and benefactors, Kristine McDivitt Tompkins and the late Douglas R. Tompkins, are donating their personal archives as well as the archive of their conservation and rewilding work in South America to the Stanford University Libraries. These historical, legal, and scientific records will directly benefit the faculty and students who are continuing Stanford's longstanding tradition of conducting field studies and research in Chile and Argentina, as well as those interested in land conservation initiatives.

Key Points: 
  • We are especially grateful to Kris Tompkins for the placement of the archive at Stanford where well-intentioned scholars and eco-environmentalists will make excellent use of it."
  • Stanford University, the alma mater of many McDivitts, has been formative in the education and values of my family.
  • Thus, the goals of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability closely align with the wonderful work of Tompkins Conservation."
  • An event celebrating the Tompkins Conservation and Tompkins Family archives is scheduled on Earth Day, April 22, 2024, starting at 4:30 p.m. in the Traitel Building on the Stanford campus.

MONSSON connected to the National Grid - the largest Energy Battery Storage capacity in Romania, a 95% Romanian project, made with own funds

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

CONSTANTA, Romania, April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Monsson has commissioned the largest energy battery storage capacity in Romania.

Key Points: 
  • CONSTANTA, Romania, April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Monsson has commissioned the largest energy battery storage capacity in Romania.
  • The Monsson energy storage facilities are developed special for harsh climate conditions, utilizing the latest technologies in monitoring and safety systems for that kind of products.
  • The controlling software created by Monsson is useful both for electricity storage operation and for the electricity trading.
  • The hybridization with storage is reducing the volatility of renewable energy helping also balancing of the National Energetic System.

MONSSON connected to the National Grid - the largest Energy Battery Storage capacity in Romania, a 95% Romanian project, made with own funds

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, April 9, 2024

CONSTANTA, Romania, April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Monsson has commissioned the largest energy battery storage capacity in Romania.

Key Points: 
  • CONSTANTA, Romania, April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Monsson has commissioned the largest energy battery storage capacity in Romania.
  • The Monsson energy storage facilities are developed special for harsh climate conditions, utilizing the latest technologies in monitoring and safety systems for that kind of products.
  • The controlling software created by Monsson is useful both for electricity storage operation and for the electricity trading.
  • The hybridization with storage is reducing the volatility of renewable energy helping also balancing of the National Energetic System.