GreenBiz

MARCH 4, 2021

Most investors and companies still don’t put a price tag on natural capital, or the cost of losing it, and biodiversity becoming a top "theme" only means people have begun talking about it. That said, huge as it sounds, that $7 trillion represents only a fraction of the more than $100 trillion in global assets under management.

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Biodiversity Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Investment 545

Smart Energy International

MARCH 6, 2024

Ruby said: “To accelerate EV uptake in Europe, all players across the value chain need to work together with open, interoperable and secure data to create a smooth, seamless experience for the customer.”

Electric vehicle 52

Electric vehicle Europe Energy Energy 52

Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2022

Thanks to declining upfront EV costs, a widening range of available plug-in models, tighter CO2 standards, and increasingly demanding deadlines for phasing out the sale of new fossil fuel vehicles across Europe, the shift away from petrol and diesel is poised to rapidly accelerate, according to the analysis from the Platform for Electromobility.

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Fossil fuels Europe Electric vehicle Demand 90

Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

US motor giant Ford almost doubles its EV investment plans, while Porsche says 80 per cent of its vehicles sold will be electric in 2030, as European EV market accelerates. More than 20,000 units of the fully electric Porsche Taycan were shipped last year, the newspaper reported - with a starting price tag of €80,000.

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Investment Electric vehicle Electricity Batteries 93

Business Green

JULY 2, 2021

BusinessGreen has today released a tranche of free passes to the Net Zero Festival 2021 , offering an opportunity for sustainability practitioners and business leaders from around the world to access the latest cutting-edge thinking on how to accelerate the net zero transition and navigate the many challenges and opportunities it offers.

Politics 79

Politics Climate change Policy Innovation 79

Grist

MAY 18, 2023

The shift to El Niño, which is characterized by warmer-than-normal sea surface temperatures in the eastern Pacific Ocean, in conjunction with accelerating climate change, means a wide array of exacerbated hazards may be coming down the pike. By the end of the century, El Niño cycles may spur a whopping $84 trillion in economic losses.

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South America Climate change Asia Cooling 96

GreenTech Gazette

MAY 1, 2023

It would likely be a high-performance vehicle with a premium price tag, catering to drivers who value both performance and sustainability. It can also accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in just 5.2 As with other Bentley models, the Flying Spur V8 Plug-In Hybrid would be expected to offer luxurious amenities and advanced technology features.

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Batteries Lithium Electricity Technology 52

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

It’s the largest offshore wind project put forward so far in the accelerating U.S. The project will, however, face regulatory scrutiny in Virginia, where the $300 million price tag for Dominion’s 12-megawatt pilot project has raised eyebrows. Dominion Energy, the Virginia-based utility, laid out plans Thursday for a 2.6-gigawatt

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

This agenda will accelerate the Race to Resilience [campaign's] global goal of making four billion vulnerable people more resilient by 2030.". At the core of the outcomes is the recognition that adaptation is often locally-driven and globally relevant, while simultaneously needing to address equity, diversity and justice," he said.

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Resilience Climate change Agriculture COP 68

Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Green number plates are to appear on the UK's roads for the first time from today, as the government looks to accelerate demand for zero emission vehicles ahead of the 2030 ban on the sale of new internal combustion engine cars and vans. It's clear there has never been a better time to make the switch to a zero-emission vehicle.".

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Electric vehicle Transportation Government Electricity 101

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 28, 2022

During manufacture, Ford batteries and their inner modules are tagged with 2-D data matrix codes, which are then scanned with a cell phone by each organisation as the battery changes hands.

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Recycling Recycling Batteries Blockchain 106

Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Honda has revved up its commitment to a carbon neutral future by announcing it will leave Formula 1 before 2022, citing the need to accelerate the auto industry's move away from the internal combustion engine (ICE). Move aligns with Honda's commitment to reaching full electrification across Europe by 2025.

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Carbon-neutral Electric vehicle Europe Batteries 71

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Elon Musk claims Tesla engineers have achieved a "major breakthrough" in battery technology, which he predicts could dramatically cut production costs, boost the range of electric vehicles and accelerate the shift towards renewable electricity. To accelerate the transition to EVs they must be affordable," Musk said. "The

Batteries 94

Batteries Patents Lithium Electric vehicle 94

Business Green

MARCH 15, 2023

The firm said it is now aiming to accelerate delivery of battery cars to customers in 2023 in order to tackle its huge EV order book, which includes over 100,000 orders in Europe alone. FY23 will be a decisive year for executing strategic goals and accelerating progress across the group."

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Investment South America Electric vehicle North America 40

Business Green

APRIL 12, 2022

The company teased plans introduce a low-cost mini-EV for business from 2024 in Japan, with a price tag of roughly 1m yen ($8,000), a launch which it said would be followed by a string of mini-EVs and EV sports utility vehicles (SUVs) for personal use.

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Electric vehicle Electricity Batteries Carbon-neutral 46

Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The good news is there is real innovation happening when it comes to the various sensors and "markers" that could be used for validation - everything from near field communications (NFC) tags to DNA and biome tracers. NFC forensics tags from IN-Code Technologies , used to collect data at specific points of the process. What's next?

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2021

In fact, the reverse is true, and often by a large margin: globally, government subsidies for fossil fuels are tagged at more than $440bn per year, according to IEA (International Energy Agency) estimates. It may seem paradoxical, but renewables only see a fractional 20 per cent of the subsidies paid to the energy sector.

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2021

Over a third of respondents - 38 per cent - said they were unlikely to buy an EV in the next five years, with 59 per cent citing costly price tags, while 38 per cent raised concerns about short battery life and range anxiety, and 36 per cent worried about having nowhere to charge up their EV close to home.

Electric vehicle 68

Electric vehicle Electricity Climate change Fossil fuels 68

Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The moves to support the transition to EVs are also set to be accompanied by sweeping new plans to accelerate the development of clean energy capacity, energy efficiency programmes, carbon capture and storage and hydrogen projects, and nature protection initiatives.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Want to learn more about how to accelerate your company's journey to a climate-positive future? The more recent analysis outlines the differences between offsets, removals and reductions and then walks the reader through important considerations and steps that should be taken before, during and after making a carbon removal purchase.

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Carbon Education Technology Methane 73

Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

In the case of Vodafone, it will help to accelerate the expansion of rural connectivity, transform energy consumption patterns and deliver significant economic and carbon savings," he said.

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Cooling Logging Batteries Technology 40

Smart Energy International

AUGUST 19, 2022

And this is a bit of the fallacy that tags along when we talk about the ubiquitous smart grid. The increasing number of environmental challenges – ice storms, wind storms, hurricanes, extremely hot weather, extremely cold weather – all seem to be accelerating. The grid is only smart in places.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 98

Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

However, there is still no room for complacency amongst those who want to see the net zero transition accelerate. But they still have the potential to slow progress that urgently needs to accelerate. Their alternative proposals beg the question, is this it?

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Politics Global warming Policy Fossil fuels 69

Business Green

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The average price tag on an electric vehicle (EV) could shoot up by £2,800 in the UK in the event of a 'no-deal' Brexit, with resulting tariffs imposed on battery imports likely to effectively cancel out consumer savings from the government's plug-in car grants scheme, Britain's car industry has warned.

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Electric vehicle Automotive Transportation Government 92

Business Green

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Since then, the initiative's progress has rapidly accelerated, mirroring the growth of the wider global market for EVs thanks to increasing investment, more supportive policies, and greater corporate and consumer appetite for electric mobility. Yet there is also more that businesses can do themselves to accelerate the global EV transition.

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Electric vehicle Electricity Transportation Batteries 36

Business Green

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Sharing the findings on Twitter , BNEF's head of sustainable materials Julia Attwood described the estimated $278bn price tag for decarbonising a sector responsible for some seven per cent of global emissions was a "bargain".

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2020

There is very little announced today which will do anything to accelerate the transition to a zero carbon economy. Bruce Davies, co-founder and managing director at green finance specialist Abundance Investment, similarly urged the government to accelerate its green recovery plans.

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Packaging Government Investment Fossil fuels 92

Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Crucially for those corporates considering whether to provide funding to help SMEs in their supply chain accelerate their emissions reductions efforts there is evidence such investments can deliver a return. That estimated $100,000 price tag for putting firms on a more resilient pathway looks like increasingly good value.

Resilience 36

Resilience Agriculture Investment Technology 36

Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

An AI-driven platform can automatically upload, tag, organise and analyse multiple data types and sources. This creates a wealth of data: visual, thermal and geospatial. Depending on the length of a T&D line, this can mean millions of images. That’s where AI automation comes in.

Energy Monitor 59

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Electricity Resilience 59

Business Green

MAY 29, 2022

The 'costs' of building a net zero economy in the UK have come into sharp focus in recent months, as a small group of MPs and media commentators have argued the country cannot afford to accelerate its decarbonisation efforts, despite the reems of evidence pointing to the economic necessity of combatting climate change.

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Policy Climate change Agriculture Global warming 101

EDF + Business

JULY 30, 2019

You might not be thinking about smart cities, or how the company is working to accelerate technology innovation, eMobility, resilience, and urban sustainability. What can cities and companies be doing more of to accelerate the electric transition? Many car manufacturers now offer fully electric vehicles.

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Smart Cities Pollution Policy Organic 49

Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2022

It could have done everything in its power to accelerate proposed electricity market reforms to stop soaring wholesale gas prices having an outsized impact on wholesale power prices at a time when renewables and nuclear provide more than half our power. It could have promoted demand response services and time-of-use tariffs.

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Government Energy Energy Demand 91

Bidgely

JANUARY 5, 2022

The momentum driving transportation electrification was already accelerating, but the federal government’s investment has kicked EV infrastructure development into an even higher gear.

Building Energy Monitoring 78

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

Business Green

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

A startup is accelerating efforts to tackle the food waste mountain across the US food service sector. Because source reduction has such strong economic benefits, the sustainability aspect gets to tag along. Picture your local salad bar either at your school, grocery store or office. This article first appeared at GreenBiz.

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Waste Waste Startups Agriculture 46

Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

Food production has a hefty environmental price tag, accounting for 26 per cent of global emissions, 70 per cent of freshwater withdrawals, and using half of habitable land. As the UK economy recovers from coronavirus, we should be examining which technologies have real potential and accelerate their deployment.

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Technology Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 67

Business Green

MARCH 12, 2023

This tag line remains at the heart of the global B Corp movement. per cent rule' reinforces the critical role people in business can play in accelerating change. Research where Chenoweth showed that governments are generally unable to withstand the force of 3.5 A recent update to this research into '3.5

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Education Government Politics Europe 36

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

And there were conflicting reports over the price tag attached to the new support package. Proposals to accelerate planning processes for new offshore wind farms are also expected to be confirmed.

Energy 69

Energy Energy Packaging Government 69