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Amazon begins the ‘huge’ lift to shrink the carbon footprint of its devices to reach climate goals Geekwire 2 days ago Lisa Stiffler © Provided by Geekwire The generation of Amazon Echo Dot devices released in September 2020, which include tiger and panda designs, contain some recycled materials. (Amazon Photo) Amazon’s newest Echo Dot is sold in charcoal, glacier white and twilight blue. But behind the scenes, the smart speakers that deliver Alexa are newly greened. The Seattle-based tech giant is working to shrink its carbon footprint to reach carbon neutrality by...

Little Leaf Farms in Devens raises $90M for East Coast expansion DEVENS — Greenhouse-grown lettuce producer Little Leaf Farms has raised $90 million in debt and equity financing to build new East Coast sites to satisfy growing demand for its lettuce.   After opening in 2015, Little Leaf Farms has quadrupled in size. The company recently doubled its hydroponic greenhouse-growing capacity from 5 to 10 acres in Massachusetts and plans to continue growing by building more greenhouses across the East Coast. Equilibrium Capital led the latest round of fundraising. Coppermine Capital, foundin...

The Hollywood Reporter was blasted Friday for suggesting that the 2020 Oscar-winning film "Parasite" had started a trend of "odd" movies competing in April's Academy Awards.

Institutional Shift: The Great Burp Forward and other trends to watch in 2021 ImpactAlpha Editor David Bank ImpactAlpha, December 18, 2020 – As it’s fit and proper to take stock of last year’s predictions before venturing new ones, we looked back in our latest Institutional Shift podcast on our forecasts from last January, just before you-know-what changed everything.  The results: not bad. For example, Equilibrium Capital’s Dave Chen predicted that business-travel road warriors would become pariahs and that impact and environmental investors would think twice about flying around ...