GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Taking stock of Chase, HSBC, and Morgan Stanley's recent climate commitments. 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. What sets this latest wave of climate pledges by financial institutions apart from past announcements?

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A team of young engineers is launching a £100,000 project to build a robot that will plant seagrass to help fight climate change, thanks to help received from Converge, a group describing itself as a pan-Scotland springboard for university entrepreneurs. The Seagrass planting prototype. ”

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Lord Deben, Chair of the Climate Change Committee 2012-2023, gave a keynote address where he highlighted how Scotland’s renewable energy industry is playing a major role in helping the UK reach it’s net-zero targets. “I’m

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 28, 2021

Salesforce, Accenture and a tipping point for carbon accounting. With that heightened visibility comes questions about accountability and accounting — specifically carbon accounting. It’s a push to produce "investor-grade" climate data. Heather Clancy. Thu, 01/28/2021 - 01:30. Pull Quote.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

The voluntary carbon offset market is rocketing, with the Ecosystem Marketplace reporting an annual market value of ~$1 billion in 2021, which was an all-time high. This can make things difficult for business leaders like you, looking to reduce their carbon footprint through purchasing offsets. The rules of carbon offsetting.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 25, 2022

A 2021 report by Natural Capital Partners analyzed carbon neutrality commitments made by the Fortune Global 500, finding that there’s been a three-fold increase in net-zero targets, which means a 50% increase in the number of companies that have either achieved carbon neutrality, or are targeting it by 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

When we talk about climate change on this podcast, and what causes it, we are usually talking about gases that come from vehicles or the electricity sector. And then there’s another category: all the upfront energy that went into making the buildings in the first place. But what about the built environment?

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2021

. “UK’s largest renewable energy awards” opened on 27 July, with nominations invited for 11 categories across all renewable technologies. Nominations are open for 11 categories, with submissions welcome from all renewable energy technologies, from wind, hydro and solar to wave, low-carbon heat and more.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 24, 2021

Is TCFD a catalyst for transformational climate adaptation? The Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), an initiative of the influential Financial Stability Board (FSB) , offers a framework for disclosure of climate risks. TCFD steers towards carbon exposure and transition risks. Karl Schultz.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced that $3 million was being made available through its Climate Resilience Initiative to help municipal electric utilities and rural electric cooperatives. Climate Impact Vulnerability Assessments and Resilience Planning (max award $100K). Have you read?

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Increased awareness of the negative impact of business on the environment is driving companies to develop sustainable and climate-friendly goods and services. The new industry could mean big benefits for businesses that pay attention to these trends and work to take advantage of the new category. The Basics of ClimateTech.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Todd Cline, as director for Procter & Gamble’s North America fabric care research and development, is trying to focus consumers on one tiny change that could drastically slash the climate impact of his company’s product: Wash their clothes in cold water. The biggest chunk of that is the energy used to heat the water in the washing machine.

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The Environmental Blog

JUNE 24, 2020

Wait until you see how climate change is leading to more devastating hurricanes. Increasing average global temperatures and climate change could be to blame. Read on for a closer look at how climate change, ocean temperature, and hurricanes are related and how to be prepared. Do you think Hurricane Katrina was bad?

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Pillsbury has developed a Hydrogen Map ­– an interactive global tracker of hydrogen projects – which shows that the number of global zero and low-carbon hydrogen production projects has grown significantly, with 94 projects already producing hydrogen. Separately, data from Pitchbook reveals that, in 2022, private equity firms spent $3.1

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2024

A new study appears to find that over two thirds of Local Authorities are failing to gather Scope 3 carbon emission figures, despite growing evidence that more than 70% of councils’ emissions come from these indirect sources. This focus has been made more pressing in the last year and a half by the increased cost of fossil fuels. .

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

category, for exploiting previously unused waste heat from two furnaces for electricity generation. KG and Energieberatung MV in the energy efficiency category: from clever to digital, for the energy-efficient optimisation of the printing process during ongoing operations. Energy efficiency and climate protection do not come for free.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Prizes will be awarded in four categories: Innovation, Local Energy Action, Woman in Energy, and Young Energy Trailblazer. The finalists in the Innovation category are Beccs Stockholm, ENVISION and MUSE GRIDS.??. The finalists in the Local Energy Action category are C-Track 50, ComAct and Minoan Energy Community.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Green , James Bee , and Kevin Mak On 3 December 2023, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) unveiled the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance (Taxonomy) at the United Nations COP28 climate conference in Dubai. For more information on the consultation see this Latham blog post. incompatible with a 1.5°C–aligned

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

As fossil fuel companies' social license to operate becomes increasingly frayed, more industries in their orbit are getting entangled in the reputational quagmire that is now part and parcel of any activity that exacerbates the climate crisis. org and producer of the Clean Creatives campaign, told BusinessGreen.

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2022

In a hugely competitive category, the judges were impressed by the breadth of Anthesis Group's offering, the huge impact of its projects, and its ability to execute against its ambitious expansion plans. Highly Commended: Carbon Intelligence. Here are all the winners and highly commended entries from the night: Consultancy of the Year.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2022

As interest and scrutiny involving the use of carbon credits toward net zero goals intensifies, resources from Shopify, Frontier Climate, and Ecosystem Marketplace have some answers for corporate buyers. Shopify's carbon removal buying guide. This guide follows Shopify's publication of the " Carbon Removal Playbook" in 2021.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Around 45% of global emissions will still need to be addressed beyond the introduction of zero carbon energy, including through circular economy interventions across production and supply chains. Download EDF's Circularity Report “Circular Economy Crucial for Paris Climate Goals,” United Nations Climate Change, 2019 How did we get here?

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Business Green

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Tobacco giant pledges to bring its existing sustainability commitments in line with climate science, as it signs up to the Race to Zero campaign. coalition to rally businesses, regions, and institutions around the world to commit to halving global emissions by 2030 and reaching net zero by 2050 ahead of next month's COP26 Climate Summit.

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Michael Grossman

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

When it comes to climate change, we exist somewhere in the middle, painfully awaiting large swaths of the general public to accept proven facts. Fake News Beats Climate Facts Because It’s Easier. But here’s the good news: there are fewer and fewer climate deniers than there were 12 months ago. Reality Bites…Hard.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 7, 2023

The low carbon energy solutions innovator challenge, launched by the Climate Innovation Platform (CIP) is aimed at supporting businesses dedicated to driving energy innovation. Interoperable and digital solutions are among those from SMEs that can apply. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

Venture and growth form the foundational layer of the climate capital stack, setting the stage for subsequent project finance and debt layers to finance the best solutions, and cross the valleys of death into broad deployment. 2024 is looking to be a critical year as climate tech continues its journey from the lab to large scale deployment. 

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Finalists announced on 5 October in 11 categories. This year’s Scottish Green Energy Awards will see 43 individuals, companies and projects compete to scoop prizes in 13 prestigious categories at the black-tie awards ceremony which returns in-person to Edinburgh on December 2.

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Business Green

JANUARY 22, 2021

Climate Bonds CEO Sean Kidney and Decarb Connect founder Alex Cameron discuss the growing role for transition bonds in unlocking investment for tackling carbon-intensive sectors of the economy. Repurposing existing investment plans to support climate priorities is going be a key factor in delivering net zero.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Africa is responsible for just 3% of global carbon emissions. But global warming and other climate change impacts are negatively impacting these economies, particularly the resulting and increasingly extreme and unpredictable weather events. Climate investing in 2021. But at a total of just $27.2

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Planet Pulse

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In December 2021, Planet officially became a carbon neutral company as part of our commitment to sustainability. SCS found that the main source category of GHGs for Planet is Scope 3 ( Purchased Goods and Services, Business Travel ) and Scope 2 ( Purchased Electricity ). “We High-Quality Carbon Credits.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 3, 2023

Companies are increasingly facing legal action over their false or misleading climate communications, according to a new report examining trends in global climate litigation. Out of 81 climate-washing cases filed against companies since 2015, nearly two-thirds were brought in 2021 and 2022.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 6, 2022

An Oman-based carbon mineralisation company working to trap carbon dioxide at scale in rocks is among the five winners to be awarded £1m from this year's Earthshot Prize. Prizes are awarded across five categories, relating to nature, air, oceans, waste, and climate.

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Michael Grossman

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Climate tech companies face this dilemma every day because so many of them offer similar products and services that already exist in the market, with better energy efficiency, less waste, zero toxicity, or advanced materials. Climate tech companies should never base their brand on a particular technological advancement.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 26, 2021

Enexor BioEnergy, LLC, said it has been selected as one of 11 companies in North America to participate in the inaugural Google for Startups Accelerator: Climate Change. Launching in June, the three-month program grants climate-change-focused start-ups access to Google programs, products, people and technology.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A wide range of categories cover the full breadth of a green economy that is more critical than ever to the UK's competitiveness, rewarding the most inspiring renewables, energy efficiency, and circular economy projects of the year, as well as the most exciting marketing campaigns, small businesses, and innovations.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

A new Energy Transition Scotland Award was also added to the categories this year. It has increased carbon capture and storage, biodiversity, and green jobs through work at its two estates – Bunloit and Beldorney. It is also now targeting becoming a net carbon neutral business. Its primary project, PRISMA, provides a 20.5%

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Energy and Cleantech Council

JUNE 8, 2022

As reported in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate , “[t]he ocean is essential for all aspects of human well-being and livelihood” and ocean warming, acidification and sea level rise are impacting fisheries and food production and depleting key ecosystem services.

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