Business Green

JUNE 27, 2021

Like so many of his appearances, Rishi Sunak's debut on GB News last week was - for the most part - cool and controlled. More broadly, there is scope to think much more ambitiously about how to use rebates (‘climate dividends') to ensure greater progressivity.

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Mr. Sustainability

AUGUST 26, 2020

Some EVs, Automotive News reported earlier this month, are even free thanks to the higher subsidies. Big time investments in Wind In wind, some pretty good news came earlier this month from the UK. Therefore, by 2050, offshore wind farms may begin to pay dividends, which would make electricity cheaper across the board.

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Europe Energy Energy Hydrogen 78

EDF + Business

OCTOBER 23, 2023

News coverage has dug into carbon credit quality, backtracking on offsetting pledges by Nestlé, EasyJet, and others , and a lawsuit against Delta Air Lines over the company’s credits-based carbon neutral claim. Download the Slide Deck: Carbon Credits 101 For Investors

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 2, 2020

The concept is based on establishing a primary goal for a company to increase the wealth of its shareholders by paying dividends and/or causing the stock price to increase. The good news is that we’re coming full circle and the well-being of employees has returned to a top priority for companies. New Corporate Stakeholder: the Earth.

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Rinexii

JUNE 13, 2020

While there is some good news, such as the UK’s long coal free streak , it appears that most of the world is planning business as usual for fossil fuels. The Global Renewables Outlook states that while a normal recovery will cost an estimated $95 trillion, a green recovery would cost $110 trillion but offer huge dividends.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Positive news came in May when KBRA announced a comprehensive review of all outstanding ratings for solar loan asset-backed securitizations (ABS) in response to the macroeconomic impacts of COVID-19. Loss Rates for Mosaic, Sunnova, and Dividend are based on cumulative net loss.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This momentum is excellent news for reducing emissions and dependence on fossil fuels, but realizing EVs’ full potential depends on building an infrastructure drivers can rely on. Prioritising cybersecurity before the scales tip will pay dividends as the EV future unfolds.

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

European Commission unveils sweeping biodiversity strategy, plus all the top green business news from around the world this week. EU Commission unveils strategy to 'fix broken relationship with nature'. UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa welcomed the Rwanda's submission. ????

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Business Green

AUGUST 4, 2022

This is a small but very welcome dividend from cheap renewable energy producers, where the prices are now miles cheaper than the spiralling costs of gas," said John Penrose MP. The good news is that, as more giant offshore wind farms plug into the grid over the next few years, this bonus should grow.".

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Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2022

Moreover, water companies will be required to ensure dividend payments to their shareholders reflect environmental performance under the plan. It is also welcome that water companies' dividend payments will be required to reflect environmental performance," said Dunne. "A

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Business Green

JULY 13, 2021

The leaked reports did not provide any indication of the provisions set out in the new plan to boost active travel and tackle emissions from the rail, aviation and maritime sectors. However, today's avalanche of climate policy news highlights the wide-ranging nature of the decarbonisation challenge faced by Ministers. per cent to 0.5

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Business Green

JUNE 19, 2020

The news agency reported that the European Commission is set to make hydrogen ' a central element ' of its industry decarbonisation plans and is preparing to launch a ' Clean Hydrogen Alliance ' in the autumn to help accelerate the development of the still fledgling industry. Japan's Tepco announces $18bn green energy push.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2020

The Treasury and Bank of England confirmed late yesterday that the airline has accessed the new emergency coronavirus fund, lining up a £600m loan from the taxpayer alongside a further $500m injection from commercial creditors. And this was after the coronavirus crisis had already hit.

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Aviation Carbon-neutral Government Carbon 45

R-Squared Energy

DECEMBER 1, 2022

These returns include dividends and splits, if applicable). Harvard University made news last year when it announced that it had divested from the fossil fuel industry. Year-to-date (YTD), the total return of the energy holdings in the S&P 500 Index — as measured by the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) — is +70.8%.

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Fossil fuels Organic Investment Demand 60

R-Squared Energy

MARCH 31, 2020

What seems undeniable is that we still have a period of bad news in front of us before conditions begin to improve. Many of the oil supermajors have gone decades without cutting dividends, despite enduring several challenging oil markets. Advice for Investors.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2022

If there is a Brexit dividend, it is certainly not political stability. The good news for the end of the year is that we now have a functioning government, not one lurching from crisis to crisis. This has been a year of three UK Prime Ministers, the first since 1852 (I gift you that pub quiz question).

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

In addition to investigating breach of permits, Ofwat has also asked Boards of water companies to explain how environmental performance and compliance with obligations has been taken into account when deciding on paying out dividends and executive bonuses.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Instead, eyewatering sums of money are paid out in dividends to investors and huge pay packets are enjoyed by CEOs. The report follows news earlier this week that Ofwat and the Environment Agency have launched an investigation into thousands of sewage treatment works and water companies over illegal sewage spills.

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Pollution Health Government Law 50

Business Green

MAY 25, 2022

Investments today will be key to managing longer-term costs and pay dividends post-2035.". The investment may sound significant by any metric, but the good news is that the technology that would underpin such a transition is either already here or developing fast. But such projects, while growing in number, remain relatively rare.

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2021

The previous date touted by the government for ending installations of new gas boilers was 2035, and advocates of the less stretching 2040 timeline claim it would give more time for the clean heating technologies to reduce in price, newspapers suggest. investment in low carbon boiler manufacturer Tepeo.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2022

In related news, Sir James Bevan, chief executive of the Environment Agency, yesterday delivered a speech to the Association of British Insurers (ABI) in which he warned the industry needed to urgently ramp up investment in climate resilience measures. "We Here too investment now will pay massive dividends in the future.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The decision to target and cap the energy price cap was just one measure announced by the Chancellor as he set out plans to scrap almost all the tax-cutting measures set out in last month's mini-Budget, in an unprecedented u-turn of a new government's flagship policy programme.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

  In other news British banks increase their green ambitions while the opposition Labour party drops theirs. See full listings and deal analytics on Sightline Climate Request a Sightline Climate demo In the News British banks take climate action. Can’t get enough deals?

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

Plus all the top green business news from around the world. The programme includes $433m for new jobs in regional environmental projects; $315m for biosecurity measures, such as weed and pest control; $200m for a new Jobs for Nature programme; and $154m for new jobs enhancing biodiversity on public and private land.

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Electricity Packaging Aviation Biodiversity 65

Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

It's a war dividend': Austria announces windfall tax on energy giants. It is actually a war dividend," said Austrian Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler of the Greens, the junior partner in the conservative-led coalition government.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

BP's share price delivered a modest uptick on the news, providing further evidence a growing number of investors are no longer spooked at the prospect of fossil fuel decarbonisation strategies. "Aiming for net zero is not only the right thing for BP, it is the right thing for our shareholders and for society more broadly.".

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Fossil fuels Investment Carbon Methane 74

Business Green

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

As news of bumper oil and gas profits continues to roll in, the temptation for the likes of Shell, BP, and others to continue to maximise their record earnings from hydrocarbons is evidently proving impossible to resist.

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Fossil fuels Investment Energy Energy 36

Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

Economic performance (with double dividends from redistributed carbon taxes boosting both GDP and social welfare, while reducing GHG emissions; and energy efficiency investment payback times as little as two-five years for individuals, and 11-14 years for commercial projects). E&E News. Environment International, 136, p.105513.

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Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

Plus all the top green business news from around the world this week. There was good and bad news from the US energy market this week, as evidence emerged on the scale of the economic impact being faced by the clean energy sector, even as new data highlighted the continued expansion of the renewables industry.

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Aviation Hydrogen Asia Government 97

EDF + Business

AUGUST 17, 2020

Hunt and Walmart news is exciting in part because it highlights how large companies can accelerate the transition to zero-emission drayage trucks. Their investments to electrify drayage will pay dividends for their own fleet operations. The upfront cost for these trucks is higher, though.

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R-Squared Energy

OCTOBER 4, 2019

During the third quarter, the XLE generated a total return of -6.2% (including dividends). The biggest news of the quarter was Occidental’s buyout of Anadarko, which removed Anadarko from the Top 20. Some of the XLE’s biggest holdings are ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, EOG Resources, and Schlumberger.

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AutoGrid

JANUARY 22, 2024

The good news is that adopting a DERMS is not necessarily an all-or-nothing proposition. What are the risks if you move too early and lock in with a vendor whose platform is limited or incompatible with other vendors you’ve already contracted for assets or services?

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2023

The announcement comes just days after the government backed plans for Ofwat to take action against water companies that pay out dividends to their shareholders despite failing to meet the required performance standards. Southern Water and Thames Water, for example, were slapped with respective £28.3m

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Business Green

OCTOBER 25, 2021

It's hard to avoid a news story related to climate change at the moment. Going back to the news agenda, look at the recent protests by Insulate Britain and their demands to retrofit every single home in the UK by 2030. We are missing a trick here, none of this is even feasible if the government continues to take a top-down approach.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

And at the same time the EU is exploring plans for new carbon border tariffs that would impose a levy on imports from regions with no carbon pricing in place and help apply pressure for all governments to introduce such schemes.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

According to EIP, the fund’s portfolio is selected based how energy companies offer an attractive balance of income and growth through a combination of dividends and capital appreciation. For the latest finance and investment news and updates in the energy industry, make sure to follow our column, Smart Energy Finances Weekly.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

In the age of social media, fake news and clickbait journalism this is to be expected: it applies to everything, not just water. There is bad news and good news, myth and fact. First, the bad news: our waters are nowhere near the condition we want. So it's great that we are talking about water more.

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