Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2022

CDP's Helen Finlay talks makes the case for why any deal agreed at COP15 should make nature disclosures mandatory at large companies. Exceeding the world's annual GDP, nature provides ecosystem services worth at least $125tr per year globally which businesses benefit from at no cost. COP15 could be a historic moment.

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Government Biodiversity COP Policy 38

Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2021

It's time we recognised the quality that other countries see in the UK, and back ourselves by investing more money into the companies and infrastructure that will drive growth and prosperity across our country," the letter states.

Investment 77

Investment Innovation Government Policy 77

Business Green

JUNE 30, 2022

Shell Aviation and American Express today provided an update on their recently launched piloit project to provide corporate customers with access to SAFs, confirming that insurance giant Aon has become the first customer to sign-up to the project and that discussions are in "advanced stages" with a number of other major corporates.

Aviation 36

Aviation Carbon Blockchain Demand 36

Business Green

MAY 16, 2023

However, there are pre-emptive steps companies can take now to bolster the resilience of their physical assets and business models, so as to reduce the risk of having to spend more significant sums on damage control in the future. From that you can basically go and prioritise which locations or assets are more at risk, due to climate change.

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Resilience Climate change Cooling Sea level rise 38

Business Green

APRIL 1, 2022

Today has been dubbed 'April cruel day' by The Daily Mirror as households experience a 54 per cent increase in energy bills on the same day as hikes to National Insurance payments and council taxes came into effect. The need for this regulation is clear and we welcome it," he said.

Plastics 73

Plastics Policy Packaging Government 73

EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

They include boosting research by federal financial regulators on the financial implications of climate-related risks, including the potential for and implications of climate-related “sub-systemic” shocks in the agriculture sector. Ultimately, this will benefit both the farmer and the overall risk of a lender’s portfolio.

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Agriculture Resilience Climate change Innovation 52

Business Green

MARCH 17, 2022

The deal is expected to result in major contracts for a number of UK companies, with several nine-figure deals for British firms close to being agreed, the government said. By working together to tackle climate change, everyone benefits.

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Climate change Government Policy Sustainability 50

Grist

JANUARY 24, 2020

If national banks and insurance companies warn the public that fossil fuel reserves are “stranded assets” — that is, resources that no longer have value — companies and people could start withdrawing investments in industries that contribute to climate change en masse, and the flow of money to polluting companies could quickly dry up.

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Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral Climate change Education 75

Business Green

JUNE 5, 2020

Business Secretary Alok Sharma also calls for 'global green recovery' as top government figures offer further signs the green economy could be set to benefit in economic stimulus plans. I would urge everyone involved in today's event to join the Race to Zero and commit your region, city or company to reaching net zero by 2050 at the latest.".

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Resilience Climate change Health Fossil fuels 80

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Certification is shown to attract and engage top talent, increase credibility and build trust, slash costs, meet the demands of a consumer majority, and protect a company’s mission in the long term. Hence, certified B Corps often experience bottom-line benefits helping the business thrive. See why green business is good business.

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Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 78

Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Fuel or recharges, maintenance and insurance are not included in the lease. Of course, the big car companies have nothing to fear from the crisis. These companies are 'too big to fail' in Germany, says Bauer. The new digital car companies do know how to handle these subsidies. In Germany, most lease cars are SUVs.

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Automotive Demand Startups Transportation 78

Business Green

MARCH 28, 2023

The risk of disruption to supply chains, distribution networks, and critical infrastructure all needs managing, while the structural risks to the insurance industry requires urgent attention. As the latest update from insurance giant Swiss Re confirmed, global insured losses topped $100bn for the second year in a row in 2022.

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Resilience Climate change Government Agriculture 36

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Kwasi Kwarteng's 'mini-Budget' sets out aim to streamline planning for roads, nuclear, renewables, hydrogen, CCUS, and oil and gas, and confirms modest boost for energy efficiency funding. Separately today, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) announced a £49.4m

Fossil fuels 36

Fossil fuels Government Investment Energy 36

Business Green

MARCH 9, 2021

Pension funds, investment and retail banks, insurance companies, asset managers, and institutional investors around the world have embraced net zero targets in their droves over the last year or so, promising to not just eradicate their operational emissions but align all their financing activity with global climate goals.

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Investment Real Estate Climate change Asia 84

Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2020

There are 6 million of them, incorporating everything from sole traders to multinational technology companies, employing 16.8 Being small scale, and sometimes fiddly and fragmented, they are unattractive for energy services companies like the ones that deliver large, multi-measure projects for the public sector.

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Energy Energy Carbon-negative Investment 73

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That marked the single largest equity investment in a stationary storage company, according to Wood Mackenzie’s investment database (battery companies targeting electric vehicles have raised bigger rounds). Energy Vault made the biggest splash, pulling in $110 million from SoftBank’s Vision Fund this summer.

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Energy Energy Lithium Batteries 240

Business Green

MARCH 23, 2022

But climate and energy experts have been quick to slam the fuel duty cut as both environmentally and socially regressive, noting the move will benefit more affluent citizens who tend to own the most polluting vehicles and do nothing to alleviate the cost of living for poorer people dependent on public transport for travel.

Fossil fuels 36

Fossil fuels Government Investment Energy 36

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The federal government also can help support ongoing private sector projects in food and ag, where many companies are already working to cut greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and to regenerate farmland and waterways. . "To

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Sustainability Agriculture North America Soil 370

Business Green

JANUARY 25, 2023

The other major benefit of the emerging class of timber products, especially for dense, urban environments like London, is that building components can designed to precision in a factory, before being assembled on location relatively cheaply, quickly, and quietly. The ESG criteria [companies] need to be meeting?

Construction 54

Construction Carbon Policy Sustainability 54

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Chancellor Kwarteng claims his plans to scrap the top rate of income tax, slash Stamp Duty rates, reverse a planned rise to National Insurance, and abolish the Health and Social Care Levy will stimulate the British economy in the long run by making the nation a more attractive place to invest.

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Government Investment Technology Carbon 38

Better Ventures

MAY 22, 2023

— Our Investment in Mimio Health What if you could get all the benefits of intermittent fasting without actually fasting? But Mimio isn’t just another trendy supplement company with dubious claims. The company operates in the $150B global dietary supplements market , which is expected to grow at a 9% CAGR through 2023.

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Health Investment Medicine Startups 52

Business Green

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The company said it would be submitting a planning application for the project to the Welsh planning and environmental authority imminently, noting that the plant met the conditions to be a Development of National Significance due to its potential to boost UK clean energy capacity.

Hydrogen 58

Hydrogen Fossil fuels Investment Carbon 58

Business Green

AUGUST 22, 2022

Ever since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, MPs, media commentators, scientists, think tanks, and businesses have sought to highlight how more ambitious net zero policies could serve to curb bills, enhance energy security, and boost the economy through this winter and beyond, while also helping to cut carbon emissions.

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Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 36

Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

Tax credits translated into dollars boosting clean manufacturing, energy, and transportation – driving economic benefits from the plant to the individual consumer level.     ☔ Hellas Direct , an Athens, Greece-based climate risk-based insurance platform, raised $32m in Growth funding from ETF Partners.

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Energy Monitor Investment Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 111

Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2022

But energy and utilities, banking and insurance, and retail and consumer goods are also all set to face multi-billion dollar losses. Many of these impacts are now inevitable, and as such the only way to mitigate the risk is through significant investment in new and more resilient water infrastructure and efficiency measures.

Resilience 68

Resilience Climate change Investment Health 68

Business Green

MARCH 20, 2023

Mainstreaming effective and equitable climate action will not only reduce losses and damages for nature and people, it will also provide wider benefits," said IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee. Fossil fuel companies have access to infrastructure and reserves that will force global warming beyond dangerous limits.

Sustainability 70

Sustainability Fossil fuels Global warming Resilience 70

Business Green

MAY 4, 2021

Economy-wide models have long underestimated the pace of technological change, with recent research from UCL highlighting that the benefits of cumulative innovation, as well as those from investing early, are absent from the spreadsheets that spit out big and scary ‘total cost' numbers. Full support.

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Government Pollution Carbon Innovation 69

Climate Tech VC

JULY 17, 2023

Regulators miss another deadline on deep-sea mining rules, and the US is digging into the carbon removal benefits of regenerative agriculture. CCS is basically the only path for an O&G company to decarbonize while continuing its fossil fuels business. Meanwhile, we’re already becoming numb to new heat records.

Building Energy Monitoring 52

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 52

Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

I'm talking about the commitments made by corporations and financial institutions as well as the pledges being made by scores of nations that will have a knock-on effect for companies and their investors. Translation: The climate crisis is starting to hit companies where it counts. At COP26, as the weather rains, business reigns.

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COP Agriculture Fossil fuels Climate change 36

Better Ventures

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Many companies are leveraging at least one -omic dataset to derive insights specific to each individual. These companies can also draw insights from various other factors, including ethnicity, gender, preferences, dietary restrictions, and lifestyle. Images sourced from the Zoe website.

Medicine 52

Medicine Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Health 52

Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The EIP stresses that companies and investors should play a leading role in bankrolling the protection nature, with nature-specific public funding programmes and plans to use agricultural subsidies to drive improvements in nature set to only go so far.

Government 38

Government Biodiversity Policy Agriculture 38

Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Companies from across the energy efficiency and domestic clean tech sector welcomed the government support but complained that onerous paperwork and stringent certification rules were making it difficult for many smaller firms to qualify for the scheme.

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Government Hydrogen Investment Carbon 69

Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The situation, too, is only set to worsen as the planet warms, underscoring the urgent need to simultaneously drive down greenhouse gas emissions while also boosting preparedness for droughts, wildfires, storms, floods, coastal erosion, sea level rise, resource shortages and much, much more.

Climate change 67

Climate change Resilience Fossil fuels Government 67

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

“There continues to be a real need for technical assistance to transfer knowledge, outcomes and benefits to working farmers and ranchers.” “There continues to be a real need for technical assistance to transfer knowledge, outcomes and benefits to working farmers and ranchers.”

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Agriculture North America Politics 28

Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 25, 2020

Probably the only positive outcome on this list is the boost to shipping when an ice-free Arctic occurs. Besides time, shipowners also consider risks and costs, and polar shipping still is a more dangerous and pricier undertaking due to the advanced types of ships required, insurance costs, and icebreaker escort fees.

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Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Methane Building Energy Monitoring 78

Mearth

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

“Current turnover $one thousand per week established spherical alternative to add extra shoppers and companies $18500 plus automobile,” the positioning says. For the time being, we’ll benefit from the experience of working the two franchises,” Kenny added.

Logging 40

Logging Health Retail Education 40

Business Green

MAY 9, 2022

The Times reported this morning that the Speech will as expected include an Energy Bill to provide the legislative underpinnings for last month's Energy Security Strategy, which promised a drastic boost in the UK's pipeline of nuclear, renewables, and hydrogen projects.

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