Sustainability science

Top Soil Science Journal Publishes Peer Reviewed Paper on Indigo Ag's Carbon Quantification Model

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Carbon, Uncertainty, Carbon accounting, Farmer, Agriculture, Triticale, SOC, Flax, Global warming potential, CAR, Sustainability science, Climate change, Soil, Helianthus, Sorghum, DayCent, Calibration, Renewable energy, Indigo

BOSTON, Sept. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Indigo Ag, an innovative leader and trusted partner in sustainable agriculture, announced today the publication of a peer-reviewed research article in the international soil science journal Geoderma. Written by Indigo's internal team of scientific experts and leading researchers in the field, the article highlights the scientific rigor in Indigo's use of the DayCent-CR model to quantify environmental benefits resulting from sustainable farming practices.  

Key Points: 
  • "This Geoderma article underscores our commitment to transparency and scientific rigor and sets us apart from others in the industry.
  • It demonstrates that our soil carbon model is unbiased and has been confirmed to meet the most rigorous requirements available for the calibration and validation of models for use in greenhouse gas accounting," said A.J.
  • Indigo is currently the only company to complete two crops of verified registry-issued agricultural soil carbon credits generated at scale.
  • Indigo has been deploying DayCent-CR in the quantification of its large-scale U.S. carbon project with the Climate Action Reserve, known as CAR1459.

Two Sigma Impact Successfully Raises Over $675 Million, Launches Good Job Score Assessment Tool Designed to Measure Job Quality

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Thursday, April 13, 2023
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NEW YORK, April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Two Sigma Impact, a mission-driven private equity business, today announced the close of its inaugural Impact Fund ("the Fund"). Two Sigma Impact received a total of $677 million in capital commitments to the Fund and its managed co-investments. Two Sigma Impact aims to bring scientific rigor to impact investing and to use data science and technology resources to drive superior financial returns by unlocking human potential. The successful fundraise received support from a range of institutional investors, including pension funds, endowments, foundations, and family offices, along with capital from the Two Sigma Impact team and Two Sigma leadership.

Key Points: 
  • Two Sigma Impact invests in human capital-centric businesses where employees are critical to the delivery of a service or product.
  • Building on its investment portfolio, Two Sigma Impact has concurrently launched the Good Job Score Assessment Tool ("the GJS Assessment Tool"), an instrument designed to assess job quality in a quantitative manner.
  • We believe the Good Job Score has the potential to be the core voice-of-worker metric for measuring and benchmarking job quality."
  • For more information on the Good Job Score Assessment Tool, the methodology, and findings and to access the assessment tool, please visit www.goodjobscore.com or read our paper here .

Global Search Firm Calibre One Expands its Northern California Team

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Thursday, April 13, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Calibre One, a leading global executive search boutique specializing in building leadership teams for innovators, entrepreneurs and companies undergoing technology or digital transformation, announces an addition to its expanding healthcare and life sciences team. Working closely with Christos Richards who leads the practice from Southern California, Kimberley Rice has been named global partner and will work from her office in Northern California's Napa Valley.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Calibre One, a leading global executive search boutique specializing in building leadership teams for innovators, entrepreneurs and companies undergoing technology or digital transformation, announces an addition to its expanding healthcare and life sciences team.
  • Working closely with Christos Richards who leads the practice from Southern California, Kimberley Rice has been named global partner and will work from her office in Northern California's Napa Valley.
  • Prior to joining Calibre One Rice was CEO of her own global life sciences firm for 11 years, which she sold to a multinational search firm.
  • She was recruited to start the U.S. division of a global life sciences boutique firm and has worked as a global partner for other sizeable firms in healthcare and life sciences.

Building Transparency Announces New Team Members and Promotion

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Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Architecture, Environmental Policy, Data Management, Other Construction & Property, Technology, Residential Building & Real Estate, Commercial Building & Real Estate, Environment, Construction & Property, Green Technology, Building Systems, Climate Change, Carbon, Uncertainty, Edinburgh Napier University, Naval EOD Technology Division, Education, EC3, LCA, LEED, Research, Certification, Building, Resource, Pomponia gens, Sustainability science, Poss, Growth, AEC, Policy, Emission intensity, Turner Construction, EPD, Management

Francesco Pomponi joins the Building Transparency team as Program Director for Europe.

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  • Francesco Pomponi joins the Building Transparency team as Program Director for Europe.
  • Katie Poss joins the Building Transparency team as its first Procurement and Policy Program Manager.
  • “We are thrilled to be expanding our team to include more green building experts keenly aware of and focused on driving embodied carbon education globally,” says Stacy Smedley, Executive Director of Building Transparency.
  • “With the addition and promotion of these exceptional team members, we’re prepared to make it easier than ever for the building and construction industries to understand and measure their embodied carbon footprint.

Enviva to Participate in Fireside Chat with Raymond James This Week

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Monday, October 24, 2022
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Enviva Inc. (NYSE: EVA), the worlds leading producer of sustainably sourced wood biomass, announced today that President Thomas Meth will participate in a fireside chat hosted by Raymond James analyst Pavel Molchanov.

Key Points: 
  • Enviva Inc. (NYSE: EVA), the worlds leading producer of sustainably sourced wood biomass, announced today that President Thomas Meth will participate in a fireside chat hosted by Raymond James analyst Pavel Molchanov.
  • To attend the fireside chat, please email [email protected] to request a registration link or contact a Raymond James representative.
  • Enviva is the worlds largest producer of industrial wood pellets, a renewable and sustainable energy source produced by aggregating a natural resource, wood fiber, and processing it into a transportable form, wood pellets.
  • Follow Enviva on social media @Enviva.

Corteva Agriscience Delivers Initial Round of Carbon Payments to U.S. Farmers, Signals Scalability of Agricultural Carbon Markets

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Thursday, October 6, 2022
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INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Corteva, Inc. (NYSE: CTVA) today announced payments to farmers who produced credits as participants in the 2021 pilot of Corteva Agriscience's Carbon Initiative. This is a significant milestone in the quest to validate carbon markets in the agriculture sector, as building solutions that support and incentivize farmers to reduce these emissions is critical for the food system at large.

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  • INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Corteva, Inc. (NYSE: CTVA) today announced payments to farmers who produced credits as participants in the 2021 pilot of Corteva Agriscience's Carbon Initiative .
  • "In partnership with our strategic collaborators, Corteva Agriscience is moving the needle when it comes to delivering carbon solutions at scale in agriculture," said Emma Fuller, Carbon and Ecosystems Program Leader with Corteva Agriscience.
  • As shared at Corteva Agriscience's 2022 Investor Day , there are over one million acres currently enrolled in the program.
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Now on Store Shelves: Breakthrough Journal Releases 2022 Summer Issue “Produce Problems”

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Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Asian studies, Carbon, Food, GLOBE, Farmer, Breakthrough Institute, School, Pesticide, Barnes & Noble, GMO, History, Associate, Diet, Barnes, The Washington Post, Harvard Kennedy School, Fraud, Organic farming, High, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, Sustenance, Hope, Mouth, Politics, Animal, Meal, Sustainability science, International studies, Agriculture, Toy, Anthropology

The Breakthrough Journal is the Breakthrough Institute 's quarterly magazine delivering pragmatic opinion and analysis grounded in the belief that even our most wicked environmental problems have technological solutions.

Key Points: 
  • The Breakthrough Journal is the Breakthrough Institute 's quarterly magazine delivering pragmatic opinion and analysis grounded in the belief that even our most wicked environmental problems have technological solutions.
  • This issue includes ten essays and one movie review.
  • But maybe that doesnt matter, write authors Linus Blomqvist, Breakthroughs Dan Blaustein-Rejto, and Dave Douglas in Measuring What Matters .
  • In Food Has a Shipping Problem , AEIs Elisabeth Braw writes about the logistical problems stemming from Russias war in Ukraine.

Apollo Names Carletta Ooton Head of ESG for Private Equity

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Monday, November 8, 2021
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NEW YORK, Nov. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apollo (NYSE: APO) today announced that Carletta Ooton has joined the Firm as Head of ESG for Private Equity and an Operating Partner within Apollos Portfolio Performance Solutions (APPS) platform.

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  • NEW YORK, Nov. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apollo (NYSE: APO) today announced that Carletta Ooton has joined the Firm as Head of ESG for Private Equity and an Operating Partner within Apollos Portfolio Performance Solutions (APPS) platform.
  • In this new role, Ms. Ooton will look to build on the Firms long-standing commitment to ESG by advancing ESG integration and performance across its private equity portfolio.
  • Matt Nord and David Sambur, Co-Heads of Private Equity, said, ESG continues to be a critical component of our investment process and a significant value driver for our managed funds portfolio companies.
  • We look forward to working with Carletta as we continue to position our Firm as an industry-leader in ESG and further scale our APPS platform.

FIS Announces Climate Action Plan As Part of Its Sustainability Program

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Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Technology, Mobile, Wireless, Finance, Banking, Other Technology, Professional services, Software, Hardware, Data management, Environmentalism, Articles, Sustainability, fis, Finance, Money, Ethical investment, Sustainability science

Financial technology leader FIS (NYSE: FIS) announced today a climate action plan as part of its sustainability program.

Key Points: 
  • Financial technology leader FIS (NYSE: FIS) announced today a climate action plan as part of its sustainability program.
  • The climate action plan is a key part of FIS environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy to advance global sustainability for its clients, colleagues and communities.
  • In 2019, FIS launched a comprehensive sustainability program and published its first Global Sustainability Report in 2020.
  • FIS is proud to announce our climate action plan, said Andrew Ciafardini, head of external affairs and global sustainability at FIS.

2020 Insights into Sustainability in Insurance - Thematic Research - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Thursday, August 20, 2020
Insurance, Professional services, Articles, Environmentalism, Environmental social science, Natural environment, Insurance, Sustainable development, Sustainability metrics and indices, Sustainability, Sustainable urban planning, Sustainability science, Circles of Sustainability

The "Sustainability in Insurance - Thematic Research" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • The "Sustainability in Insurance - Thematic Research" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • This report provides analysis of how sustainability will shape the future of the insurance market.
  • Sustainability is a key issue in the insurance sector both for its image and its future profitability.
  • Be prepared for how environmental regulation will impact the insurance industry over the next few years.