Business Green

MAY 20, 2022

Top executive bemoans that there is always 'some nutjob telling me about the end of the world', but the bank insists his views 'do not reflect the views of HSBC Asset Management nor HSBC Group in any way'. What bothers me about this one is the amount of work these people make me do," he said. We will cope with it.".

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Business Green

JULY 8, 2021

There were around 300 entries for this year's awards meaning many brilliant projects and organisations unfortunately missed out on making the cut. You can now book your ticket at the awards from today, and join us in celebrating the best of the green economy and the continued advance of the net zero transition. Anthesis Group.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

Long-awaited Jet Zero Strategy unveiled by government setting out ambition for 2019 to be peak year for domestic aviation emissions in the UK. We want to empower consumers and businesses to make the greenest choices when flying, and by doing so, reward those parts of the sector who move quickly to decarbonise," the Strategy states.

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Fairsnape

MARCH 11, 2021

His new book ‘How To Avoid A Climate Disaster’ is receiving a lot of media coverage. Gates focuses on two numbers 51billion and Zero. Welcome to Regen Notes issue 4, a fortnightly newsletter of regenerative news, stories and more with a sideways focus on the built environment, curated by Martin Brown.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

And when it was bombed in World War II, the roof fell in, but his stone walls stood firm.??. Building on the foundations of past conferences, especially Paris, to create a zero-carbon economy which will benefit our children and grandchildren. ??. In Glasgow, the world must ramp up momentum towards a zero-carbon economy.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 5, 2022

The discussion around what most now call “ESG” (environmental, social, and governance) has become far more common than I’ve ever seen in my 20 years in the field. This is my year-end article from Harvard Business Review that I mentioned in my last post (which has many more stories and links). How do you know when something becomes the norm?

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Meanwhile, Michigan approves a bundle of clean energy bills, the UN irons out details for the "loss and damages" fund ahead of COP, and Flexport launches a book and claim model for SAFs.  Tech-enabled credits continue to constitute a big chunk of an anticipated $1T voluntary carbon market , and Oxy is on a development frenzy.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The attacks on the government's net zero agenda are now reportedly coming from within the Cabinet, but vague criticisms of climate action do not add up to a credible alternative plan. Hold on, haven't we seen this one before?

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Andrew Winston

MAY 4, 2022

It should also be clear that there’s also a big upside waiting for those who embrace the world’s shift to ESG: multi-trillion-dollar markets in clean energy, electric and autonomous vehicles, plant-based proteins, precision agriculture, AI-driven efficiency technologies, and much more. ” every day. They shouldn’t.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The implications that flow from the upgrading of the UK's 2030 carbon target are hard to underestimate - the economy is about to change for the better. The change in timing may have been modest - the full report on the CCC's recommendations for the sixth carbon budget is expected next week - but it was still significant.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Chancellor hails net zero as 'innovation strategy' but is criticised for cutting air passenger duty just days before COP26. Sunak hailed an improvement in growth forecasts for the UK that would allow the Treasury to increase total departmental spending by £150bn over the current Parliament, and to once again return the UK to spending 0.7

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2021

Concerns about the efficacy of net zero targets are justified, but could condemnation of the concept from Greta Thunberg and others inadvertently serve to undermine efforts to decarbonise? For much of the past two years the global push to deliver net zero emissions has enjoyed a remarkable golden run. Carl von Clausewitz, 1780-1831.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Boris Johnson confirms coal phase out target date has been moved forward by one year to 2024, as Nicola Sturgeon calls for improved co-operation to deliver a successful COP26 Summit. We want to get it down to zero by 2024," he added, confirming that the previous target date of 2025 had been pulled forward.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 6, 2022

They ask “How will this lower my carbon footprint, energy consumption, waste, and resource use?”. Frame your messaging to Deep Greens around areas like: Environment. Working to achieve zero waste within two years by.” Some become Deep Green as they learn more—but far more move from Nongreen to Lazy Green. explain how).

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2021

Mobilising billions of dollars of low carbon investment is a huge challenge, but it is also a massive opportunity for those financiers willing to innovate in pursuit of net zero emissions. Chief among them is the huge investment gap that must still be bridged before the destination of carbon neutrality can be reached.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

Going outside, I can hear birds in the trees around - sounding louder, but that could be because it's spring. Sure, nature is all around us, wherever we live - trees, birds etc. Part of my coping package involves nature and its positive impact on my mental health. The magnificent Llandudno mountain goats were my favourite.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Here are fifty recently published books on the subjects of global warming, climate mitigation and social change. This is a companion piece to the the 25 books in The Green Market Oracle's well informed readers list. These books are organized in the following six categories: 1. Climate impacts 2. Sustainability and business 3.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

Cross party Environmental Justice Commission sets out demands for 'faster, further and fairer' net zero transition. The wide-ranging report urges the UK to strengthen its climate action efforts in order to spur wider international action ahead of the crucial COP26 summit next year.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2022

The current plan is that we are going to be the biggest green energy company in the world," Fawaz Al Muharrami, Masdar's acting executive director for clean energy, tells BusinessGreen. "Our The aspiration is to move to 100GW within 10 years so it's huge.

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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. For those who spend their lives in the countryside, city visits can feel chaotic, confusing, and loud in comparison. In truth, neither perception paints an entirely realistic picture.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2021

State-owned enterprise Coal India is the largest coal mining company in the world. Also, while renewable energy capacity is dramatically increasing, coal still provides around 70 percent of the country’s electricity. This is the final piece in a three-part series. Read part one here and part two here.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 18, 2022

Major car and airline companies are using adverts that greenwash their business while continuing to push highly polluting products that put the world’s climate goals at risk, DeSmog can reveal. And despite decades of warnings, almost all car companies are moving far too slowly towards phasing out conventional cars.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2022

BusinessGreen rounds up the top takeaways from the government's long-awaited Jet Zero Strategy to decarbonise domestic flight by 2040. The government certainly hopes so, having this week set out its vision to transform all domestic flight and airports into a net zero emissions aviation industry within two short decades.

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Andrew Winston

AUGUST 7, 2019

I don’t usually play the futurist game — I’m more of a “presentist,” looking at the data we have right now on fast-moving megatrends that shape the world today. The directions we go and choices we make will have enormous impacts on our lives, careers, businesses, and the world. The world should reach 8.5 billion in 2015.

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Climate change Sea level rise Fossil fuels Technology 60

Andrew Winston

AUGUST 7, 2019

I don’t usually play the futurist game — I’m more of a “presentist,” looking at the data we have right now on fast-moving megatrends that shape the world today. The directions we go and choices we make will have enormous impacts on our lives, careers, businesses, and the world. The world should reach 8.5 billion in 2015.

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Climate change Sea level rise Fossil fuels Technology 60

Business Green

MAY 18, 2020

A new essay collection from Bright Blue argues that net zero will not require vast amounts of public spending, due to the momentum delivered to date on decarbonisation in the UK.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Each of these individuals is playing the long game and is in a strong position to move their companies and industries into what could be a more hopeful period of reconciliation, recovery and repair. 20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021. Elsa Wenzel. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15. and globally by 2040.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

Sharma used his first major address since he tearfully brought down the gavel in Glasgow to similarly appeal to businesses to accelerate their decarbonisation plans over the coming year, casting the net zero transition as "one of the clearest economic trends there has ever been" and an "enormous economic opportunity".

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Better Ventures

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

When we started Better Ventures in 2011, we had a lot of explaining to do. Back in those days, there were very few venture funds with an explicit mandate to invest in companies focused on positive social/environmental impact and even fewer that were focused on seed stage, mission-driven technology startups.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

There is nine months to go until around 30,000 officials and over 100 world leaders gather in Glasgow for a meeting that is meant to demonstrably move the global economy towards tackling the worsening climate crisis. This week should provide some much needed clarity.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

per cent - a move that sparked immediate fears that it could undermine the UK's negotiating position in the run up to the crucial COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow next year. per cent this year. per cent before climbing to 6.6 per cent in 2022. The expanded deficit is set to enable a 3.8 The expanded deficit is set to enable a 3.8

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The CCC's epic new report provides the blueprint for a net zero economy, the rationale for following it, and hints at the high drama that will define the century - it could prove to be a canonical document. The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has just published the book on the net zero transition.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The Treasury-commissioned report, published in February, warned a failure to put nature at the heart of economic decision-making had placed the world at "extreme risk" from escalating climate impacts and resource supply shocks. The population is rising there at a furious rate, and it is tied up with women's empowerment.".

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Taking stock of Chase, HSBC, and Morgan Stanley’s recent climate commitments Whitney Mann Tue, 11/24/2020 – 00:40 Recent months have seen major moves on climate action by some of the world’s largest private banks, including JPMorgan Chase, HSBC and Morgan Stanley. degree Celsius world. degree Celsius world.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Taking stock of Chase, HSBC, and Morgan Stanley’s recent climate commitments Whitney Mann Tue, 11/24/2020 – 00:40 Recent months have seen major moves on climate action by some of the world’s largest private banks, including JPMorgan Chase, HSBC and Morgan Stanley. degree Celsius world. degree Celsius world.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 9, 2021

Aubrey McCormick Fri, 04/09/2021 – 02:00 Sports leagues are seeing the impacts and the surge of climate-responsible athletes using their platforms to promote positive environmental and social impact — it’s something for the history books. Nearly every country in the world, including the U.S., The same can be said for consumers.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The H2 aircraft company is pushing toward low-cost, on-demand, zero-carbon flights in Europe. ZeroAvia has jointly announced with flyv that they have inked an agreement in which they will collaborate on using H2 to power zero-carbon emission flights with hydrogen planes in the European market.

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