Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

This article originally appeared as part of our Food Weekly newsletter. This year's COP27 climate negotiations started on a sobering note for me. climate pathway. The commodity companies pledged to publish a roadmap on how they would achieve these goals within a year. And so they did. degree future".

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The COP26 Youth Climate Protest in Glasgow on 5 November (image credit: PMGphotog / Shutterstock.com). The new “Article 6 Rules” have been designed with the intention of diverting funds to schemes that generate credits, such as tree planting and carbon-capture systems. Carbon trading.

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Business Green

APRIL 27, 2022

Industry Voice: Better data can help cities play a leading role in combatting the climate crisis, writes ClimateView CPO and founder Tomer Shalit. More than half the world's population lives in urban areas and generates 70 per cent of global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. Net zero pledges need plans to be credible.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 25, 2021

Topics Podcast Circular Economy Finance & Investing Net Zero Collective Insight GreenBiz 350 Podcast Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere) Off Duration 45:41 Sponsored Article Off. Original post: Episode 274: The nuances of net zero.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Boris Johnson urges nations to step up their climate finance and emissions pledges ahead of COP26, predicting that in the future 'the only great powers will be green powers'. Tinkering around the edges, simply denuding the tree of its lowest fruit, simply won't achieve the change the planet needs.".

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Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 28, 2020

There is reason to believe that we can leverage the little voices in our heads to do better. We may be able to curtail our culture of over-consumption and make more responsible consumer choices and better buying decisions. Superficial changes will not suffice, what we need is a cultural change and shame can play an important role.

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Business Green

JANUARY 27, 2021

DWP consultation confirms Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)-aligned disclosures will be mandatory across the board by 2025. Under the changes, the government will exercise new climate change risk powers contained within the Pension Schemes Bill, which is soon to become law.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

I left the Scottish Exhibition Centre and its network of slightly leaky Climate Enormo Tents on Saturday afternoon, just as COP26 President Alok Sharma declared the Summit had culminated in a 'clean' and 'balanced' text. Or as the Climate Change Committee's Chris Stark put it this morning, there are 98 months to cut emissions by 45 per cent.

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Low Impact

OCTOBER 31, 2021

I could end this article here, but I won’t, because that’s not the main problem. I wouldn’t be as impolite, of course, as to call what’s coming at COP26 an ‘ avalanche of climate b t ’, but here’s how I would put it. In the phrase ‘build back better’, the problem is with the word ‘back’. The UK will miss by a mile. Conversation?

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Many of us need to use cars. It's about providing much better opportunities, infrastructure and incentives for alternatives to driving including walking, biking, micromobility and public transit, as well as better options for remote work and urban housing. The pandemic revealed the streets that we always needed.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Today’s eco-conscious consumer is no stranger to net zero pledges. Voluntary markets have not fared much better, earning a reputation as the “Wild West” of offsetting due to their volatility and unpredictability. Jeff Swartz, director of climate at oil major BP, also has a seat at the table.

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Business Green

JUNE 3, 2020

Over the past week the government's most senior figures have all gone out of their way to signal that climate action will be right at the heart of their imminent economic recovery plan. They improve energy security, reduce air pollution, and boost climate resilience.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

he COP27 Climate Summit finally closed early on Sunday morning , delivering both an historic deal to introduce a new Loss and Damage fund and recriminations over governments' continuing failure to accept unabated fossil fuels need to be phase out in the coming decades. A Loss and Damage fund is finally on the way.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Governments are very keen to promote the role of technology when it comes to the fight against climate change. Thanks to this government's unashamedly pro-tech agenda, the UK is attracting the talent and investment our brilliant tech firms need to grow and use digital innovation to help us achieve net zero.". per cent of GHG emissions.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 4, 2021

Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet C.J. Until very recently, investor demands regarding environmental impact largely have focused on the climate crisis and greenhouse gas emissions. In its Global Risks Report for 2021 , the World Economic Forum ranks biodiversity loss as the world’s No.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

BusinessGreen takes a tour around Riverford Organic Farms to explore how the veg box firm is contending with worsening climate impacts. Crops are carefully cultivated against detailed plans that need drawing up seasons ahead of harvest, and farmers know that uniformity of produce is key to keeping supermarkets and wholesalers happy.

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Business Green

JULY 12, 2022

As Penny Mordaunt signals her support for a net zero transition that could create three million jobs, Conservative MPs call on all leadership candidates to confirm their support for climate action. The world is facing, as a whole, global challenges over energy and food insecurity.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 25, 2020

Whether pandemic or climate crisis, you better get your data right Paolo Natali Thu, 06/25/2020 – 00:30 According to polls, it was mid-March when most of us in the United States understood the severity of COVID-19. If consumers knew the difference, would they pay a premium for the climate-smart chocolate?

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 25, 2020

Whether pandemic or climate crisis, you better get your data right Paolo Natali Thu, 06/25/2020 – 00:30 According to polls, it was mid-March when most of us in the United States understood the severity of COVID-19. If consumers knew the difference, would they pay a premium for the climate-smart chocolate?

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Tree planting has a long history in the corporate and charitable world. 1t.org currently has pledges from 77 companies including AstraZeneca, Capgemini, Mastercard, Nestle, PepsiCo, Salesforce, SAP, Shell, Suzano, Teck Resources Ltd., Know why you're involved. The guiding principle is, No. Find the right partner.

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Grist

JANUARY 28, 2020

This story was published in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity and The World. Article continues below. Why doesn’t the government regulate it as one? Department of Agriculture indicating the total fertilizer load needed to shrink the dead zone. More in this series. Fertilizer is a major pollutant.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Yes, it’s possible to make money and save the world from climate disaster. Climate Change Conference. But what if solving the global climate crisis wasn’t about political willpower or technical know-how? How many panels do I need? GridCure : We’re still going to need utility poles and wires.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. Barra's vision for General Motors includes bringing emissions, crashes and congestion down to zero while becoming the "most inclusive company in the world." Elsa Wenzel.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2021

A series of resources analysing the state of net zero pledges unveiled by nations and companies to date are aiming to drive a step change in the quality of climate plans. The concept of 'net zero' has come a long way in the five years since the Paris Agreement was signed by nations around the world.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2022

C above pre-industrial levels , recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change”. It was at COP21, where the Paris Agreement , the most important climate pact to date, was enshrined. That paragraph, in article 2, paragraph 2.a., But why are both numbers so important?

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2021

Insufficient’ state action means whole market must work together to tackle climate change, according to multi-billion pound pension scheme. Cardano said it had a "preference to engage and change behaviour, rather than divest", noting it favours engagement that is "long-term, collaborative and prioritises real-world impact".

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 26, 2021

Climate campaigners worldwide are celebrating after a Dutch court on Wednesday ordered fossil fuel giant Royal Dutch Shell to cut its carbon emissions 45% by 2030, compared with 2019 levels—a historic ruling that activists hope is just the beginning of holding the oil and gas industry accountable for driving the climate emergency.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Many of us need to use cars. It’s about providing much better opportunities, infrastructure and incentives for alternatives to driving including walking, biking, micromobility and public transit, as well as better options for remote work and urban housing. Better-designed rapid bus routes are not a tech solution.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The Body Shop's new Youth Collective consults individuals under 30 for feedback on decisions about climate action, human rights, and more. We need different voices in the room, and we need to be made a little bit uncomfortable.". If you want to have a longstanding business, you have to take sustainability seriously.".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Climate change and the green recovery was notably sidelined by Rishi Sunak in a speech that added little to the 'Build Back Better' vision the government touted over the summer. Over the summer both Sunak and Boris Johnson hymned the potential of a "green recovery" that would allow the UK to "Build Back Better". in all but name.

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2021

This mission became somewhat more pointed in February 2019, when company chairman Anand Mahindra announced at the World Economic Forum that collectively the companies in his business empire would achieve carbon neutrality by 2040. They are economically the right things to do, and that is why they will gather scale.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 15, 2021

This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021. San Francisco Bay Area biotech giant Genentech is a world leader in making medicines for diseases such as cancer and cystic fibrosis; it’s even trialing one of its medicines for helping treat COVID-19. Sustainable mobility drives the newest employee perk.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021 Elsa Wenzel Mon, 01/11/2021 – 02:15 The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. At Starbucks, that expanded focus also blends with its climate leadership initiatives.

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GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

This story originally appeared in InsideClimate News and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalistic collaboration to strengthen coverage of the climate story. Her family, she said, was "looking for a better life, where there would be more resources, education, housing.". Kristoffer Tigue.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

In some parts of the country, climate change may be the most controversial subject that science teachers bring up in their classrooms. But the majority of public school teachers don’t deal with this, because they aren’t mentioning climate change at all. Some are intimidated by the complexity of climate science. I spoke with St.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2022

The scale of the changes required to end European reliance on Russian fossil fuels are unprecedented and far bigger than many realise - what is needed is an economic war effort. What is needed is a war effort. But there are reasons why the analogy has proven so persistent.

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Andrew Winston

OCTOBER 8, 2019

(Catching up on re-posting my articles. Like many people out there who are working on climate change, or are internalizing the news, I’ve struggled at times to stay optimistic and productive in the fight. Recently, my mother asked me why I seemed down. Why am I worried and feel it’s so serious? What Do We Know?

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