Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

The assessment, published last week, reveals that the volume of waste produced in England remained largely the same in the five years since the government introduced its 2013 Waste Prevention Programme policy, with overall waste in England at the close of 2017 "at similar levels" to those five years earlier.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 9, 2021

The report – signed by leaders from 195 governments – is the first released by the panel since 2013, again confirming that global warming is being driven by emissions from human activities. “It

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Zimride merged into Lyft in 2013, its vehicles announced by a fuzzy pink "grill-stache." Mattel seeks for all products and packaging to comprise recycled or recyclable materials by 2030, and in June it brought sugarcane-plastic toddler stacking rings to market. and Canadian cities.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 4, 2022

The Rana Plaza 2013 disaster is a prime example, showing the importance of working with suppliers that share your values. Tip #5: Switch to sustainable shipping and packaging. To ensure all aspects of your brand is sustainable, switch to biodegradable packagings like paper, cellulose, hemp, and other plant materials.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 20, 2024

The project started with equity financing by Ormat and debt financing that was facilitated by the renegotiation of the PPA with off-taker KPLC and a government security package provided in part by the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). Various development finance institutions provided the required financing.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2023

The researchers analyzed data from more than 500 samples of fish filets collected in the US from 2013 to 2015 under monitoring programs by the EPA, the National Rivers and Streams Assessment and the Great Lakes Human Health Fish Fillet Tissue Study. PFAS build up in our bodies and never break down in the environment.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

The assessment, published last week, reveals that the volume of waste produced in England remained largely the same in the five years since the government introduced its 2013 Waste Prevention Programme policy, with overall waste in England at the close of 2017 "at similar levels" to those five years earlier.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 19, 2021

The organization is working directly with manufacturers, including scientific instruments maker Thermo Fisher, to set benchmarks on products and packaging design. The ratings represent data from the GreenScreen safer chemicals benchmark as well as details on packaging and product handling at the end of life.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Officially adopted as an international awareness day in 2013, World Soil Day strives to protect soil biodiversity and condemns unsustainable agricultural practices that deplete soil of nutrients, structure and its microbial inhabitants. Beware plastic packaging when buying gifts.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2021

Thali Easton in Bristol , for example, is an Indian restaurant that has adopted the mantra of 'jugaad' (do more with less) and became the first Indian restaurant group to be awarded a Three Star Sustainability Champion Rating by the Sustainable Restaurant Association in 2013.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 7, 2020

Recent research from NYU and IRI® finds that sustainability-marketed products are responsible for more than half of the growth in consumer packaged goods (CPGs) from 2013-2018, while representing 16.6% of the CPG market in dollar sales in 2018. Ame Igharo, Project Manager, EDF+Business.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 8, 2020

On Tuesday, Ofgem revealed a total investment package of at least £40 billion ($53.3 The new investment package is part of Ofgem's second Revenue = Incentives + Innovation + Outputs framework (RIIO-2), set to be implemented in April 2021, which will guide transmission network investments from 2021-2026.

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2020

The findings come in a new report released today by the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), a joint government and industry backed research and development venture which was set up in 2013 to help accelerate the shift to net zero road transport.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The government said all 46 projects support priorities set out in the government's 10 Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, the sweeping package of transport, energy, and industrial decarbonisation pledges announced by the Prime Minister last autumn.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2022

But since launching CanopyStyle in 2013, the non-profit said it has managed to shift almost 50 per cent of viscose production towards production at low risk of originating from ancient and endangered forests. Other new signatories to the CanopyStyle initiative include John Lewis and Partners and Wax London.

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Business Green

AUGUST 28, 2020

A BBC Newsnight investigation in January found the agency had financed £6bn of fossil fuel projects around the world since 2010, and separate statistics published by Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee show that between 2013 and 2018 96 per cent of UKEF's support of global energy projects went to fossil fuel ventures.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2021

The government claims the new rules will ensure that all new homes will produce 31 per cent less carbon emissions from this year, compared to 2013 levels, under a set of interim building regulations aimed at preparing the industry for meeting the tougher requirements of the Future Homes Standard in four years' time.

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Grist

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The researchers examined how pollution had changed from 2013 to the end of 2015, the first three years of cap and trade. Several changes could have been responsible — the economy was booming and polluting gas plants ramped up sharply when San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station shut down in 2013. “It’s

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Grist

OCTOBER 1, 2022

But as promising as chemical recycling and next-generation plastics may sound, experts also say some of the most realistic solutions to plastic pollution involve eliminating it from packaging as much as possible. Should packaging all be the same color of plastic to avoid dye-based contamination in recycling processes? Englund asks.

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Business Green

APRIL 8, 2022

The scheme, introduced in 2013, provides relief to firms in certain energy-intensive sectors, including mining, paper, steel, cement, chemicals, and electronics and battery production, that can prove their electricity costs amount to more than 20 per cent of Gross Value Added over a reference period. "To

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 14, 2020

When National Geographic filmmaker Shannon Wild moved to Africa in 2013 to make wildlife documentaries, she found herself in the hospital after a near-death experience in Masai Mara. The packaging is eco-friendly and recyclable , and materials are sustainably sourced. Wild in Africa Images via Wild in Africa.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 7, 2020

Recent research from NYU and IRI® finds that sustainability-marketed products are responsible for more than half of the growth in consumer packaged goods (CPGs) from 2013-2018, while representing 16.6% So is the demand for sustainability. of the CPG market in dollar sales in 2018.

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Greenability Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

It first started as a program with Kansas City Community Gardens (KCCG) in 2013, and has since grown nationwide – supporting a network of Giving Grove orchard programs in 11 cities. Brent Cox, Boulevard’s barrel aging and packaging brewer, volunteered at a Giving Grove orchard planting in Kansas City’s east side.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2022

The government has announced it is to fund further measures to improve public awareness of the risks of air pollution, following recommendations made in the coroner's report following the death of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah in 2013. The £1m of funding for public engagement campaigns is part of an £11.6m

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Business Green

OCTOBER 16, 2020

It follows a revamp of the BusinessGreen website and mission in 2018 , which saw the launch of a new subscriber package that includes the more in-depth content and the Overnight Briefing newsletter, which rounds up key events from across the green economy each day and offers crucial analysis of the latest environmental and sustainability news.

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Business Green

APRIL 8, 2021

The fact that 50 per cent of growth in consumer-packaged goods between 2013 and 2018 came from sustainable products, pioneered by household names like Burt's Bees, IKEA and P&G, strengthen the business case. Many organisations struggle to put this into practice.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2024

In 2013, the bank loaned Country Bird Holdings $25 million to expand existing operations in South Africa, Botswana, and Zambia. Suppliers tend to be large, vertically integrated operations, often complete with facilities for manufacturing chicken feed and processing and packaging chicken meat.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

More good news from the UK this month as the Government announced a new package of £265m to support green energy projects. The CfD scheme was rolled out as part of the ambitious Energy Act back in 2013 and supports the development of most renewable technologies (although notably, biomass has been excluded from the latest round).

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Turning mycelium into packaging that’s ‘compatible with the planet’ Founded in 2007, New York based Ecovative Design leverages the naturally binding properties of mycelium — mushroom’s root structure — in several sustainable materials. By 2013, following several years of studying, research and development, Hijosa had a Ph.D.,

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 18, 2021

2013 2013. Unilever becomes Greentown’s first major consumer packaged goods (CPG) partner. Late in 2011, Wolf Greenfield becomes a partner and provides members with pro bono legal services. 2012 2012 Foley Hoag becomes a Greentown partner, offering pro bono legal services to members.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The internet-connected machines mix flavorings into water on-demand, making them the perfect replacement for a fridge stocked with seltzer and bottled water—which saves not only packaging but the fuel needed to deliver beverages. Bevi makes maintenance easy by monitoring the machines’ supply levels and service needs.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The roadside support specialist said that following a successful pilot project with chargepoint services outfit SWARCO E.Connect UK over the summer, it is now planning to roll out a dedicated EV Support package for several other operators in the domestic, workplace, and public charging sectors.

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Business Green

APRIL 19, 2022

"We recognise the pressures people are facing with the cost of living, which is exactly why we have set out a generous £22bn package of support, and the energy price cap continues to insulate millions of customers from volatile global gas prices," they said. "We million homes since 2013. "We million measures in 2.4

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2022

From their formulations and packaging to their go-to-market strategy, MASAMI is making efforts to instill sustainability throughout their operations. In 2009, Garden Montessori School became the nation’s first Gold Seal Level II Certified green preschool by a national environmental audit program and achieved Level III certification by 2013.

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Grist

JANUARY 29, 2020

on April 17, 2013, a fire was reported at West Fertilizer, an agricultural-products retailer that had served farmers in Central Texas since 1962. Obama, who spoke at a memorial service for the West victims on April 25, 2013, issued an executive order that August pressing authorities to find ways to reduce risks posed by hazardous chemicals.

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Business Green

JUNE 27, 2022

Centrica offers an attractive package to service leavers, however, this will be enhanced by providing a career transition pathway to support interested service leavers on every step of their new career journey," said Tootal. Centrica said its goal was to create "a best-in-class civilian career offering to the former forces' community".

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

The challenge that the world of consumer goods really faces is decoupling growth from resource consumption - in other words, disrupting traditional business models to create new products and ways of getting them to market that consume less energy, water and packaging. Take IKEA for example, famous for Swedish meatballs.

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