Business Green

MARCH 21, 2023

Major new report from Energy Transition Commission concludes bridging the net zero investment gap is a 'manageable macroeconomic challenge' How much will it cost to build a net zero emission economy? It may or may not be possible to deliver on net zero targets, they argue, but how much will it all cost?

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Coverage of Premier and English Football League to carry Albert sustainability certification, as broadcaster steps up efforts to meet its ambitious 2030 net zero carbon goal. Tagged 'the season of sustainability,' the new initiative will kick off at Anfield on 12 September when title holders Liverpool take on northern neighbours Leeds.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Heat pumps are an essential part of the UK's route to a net zero economy but they should also be considered a tool to keep costs to taxpayers down while gas prices are so high," explained Andrew Sissons, deputy director of sustainable future at Nesta. per cent of the nation's GDP, according to the report.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

One of the most common responses to the gathering political campaign against the UK's net zero strategy is that it is important not to underestimate such an experienced and effective band of campaigners, regardless of how modest they may be in number. This is sage advice. Nigel Farage reportedly stands ready once more to lend a hand.

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

Aurora Energy Research contends thermal power generation equipped with hydrogen and CCS offers most cost-effective pathway to a net zero power system. Power sector decarbonisation is frequently characterised as the low hanging fruit of the UK's net zero transition.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

And since 2018, the Committee has beefed up its analysis and advice, judging the government's efforts against the legally-binding, overarching goal to transition one of the world's largest economies to net zero emissions by 2050. They seem to be placing all of their chips on the new Net Zero Strategy that is planned before COP26.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A net zero emission economy cannot be built without them. Or to put it another way, just three in 10 small businesses said they had the financial resources required to meet net zero targets. Roughly half of the small businesses surveyed estimated they needed less than $100,000 to achieve net zero.

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Business Green

AUGUST 25, 2021

The CEO of Solar Energy UK sits down with BusinessGreen to discuss the critical role the solar sector must play in the next chapter of the UK's net zero transition. Something that focuses on all zero carbon technologies. We are going to be a solar express over the next decade," he says.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Duke’s 2020 integrated resource plan (IRP), filed Tuesday with state regulators, lays out six scenarios for reaching its challenging goals of halving its emissions by 2030 and hitting net-zero carbon by 2050. ” Looking at the price tags. The utility has also opened the door to offshore wind in its future mix.

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Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2021

Setting ambitious net zero targets for company's core business is one thing, but achieving deep decarbonisation across the entire supply chain is quite another. Yet without action to get to net zero emissions across every corner of the global economy, the planet's climate will continue to warm.

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2021

However, economists and green groups raised concerns that delaying the decarbonisation of home heating - widely seen as one of the most challenging tasks in the UK's net zero transition - risks piling further costs on the transition further down the line, as well as undermining climate targets.

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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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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The plan is to be reviewed next Spring, but the government indicated the price freeze could stay in place for up to two years with the price tag expected to reach up to £150bn. As a result, domestic energy bills should stay at around current levels through this winter.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 10, 2021

A UK-Canada event last week praised 26 “exceptional individuals actively working to move Canada to net-zero emissions”, five of whom work for companies and investors involved in the fossil fuel industry, including the Canadian oil sands. TAG), the largest natural gas transporter in Brazil.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Truss's first speech as PM touts vision for 'aspiration nation' characterised by tax cuts and business-led growth, but leaves out any mention of net zero, nature, or the climate crisis. Critics also argued the support package was not particularly well targeted, with a sizeable chunk of support going to wealthy households.

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2022

Announcing the fund raise this week, the not-for-profit housing provider said the bond had been structured against three key performance indicators (KPIs) targeting operational carbon emissions, the energy efficiency of residential homes, and the delivery of more affordable homes.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Labour's Party Conference kicked off yesterday, with the new tag line 'A Fairer, Greener Future' on prominent display, and the opening policy announcement coming in the form of a commitment to deliver a net zero emissions power system by 2030, a full five years earlier than the government's current 2035 target date.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

And there were conflicting reports over the price tag attached to the new support package. It comes after challenging summer of drought and sewage leaks that have heavily impacted nature and farmers, as Defra gears up to deliver a host of fresh legally-binding environmental targets as well as new post-Brexit agricultural subsidy schemes.

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Business Green

MAY 24, 2021

Fresh analysis warns plans for UK's largest BECCS facility in North Yorkshire could prove more expensive for billpayers than Hinkley Point C, but developer Drax rejects calculations and insists carbon capture technology is likely to prove a crucial component of the net zero transition.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The rollout of the self-powered masts would help support Vodafone's target to expand its mobile coverage across 95 per cent of UK landmass by 2025, while also supporting its goal to achieve net zero emissions across its UK operations by 2027, according to the firm's chief network officer Andrea Dona. "We

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

A Facebook ad that ran earlier this month for an offshore wind event urged graduates to attend in order to "discover your role in the journey to net zero emissions". Fidler believes the ad she was trying to post was censored under Facebook rules seeking to combat disinformation spreading on its social media platforms.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2023

Dr Francisco Souza, managing director of the FSC Indigenous Foundation and an ICVCM Board member, said IPs and LCs have a "vital" role to play in achieving net zero as they protect and manage around 40 per cent of the planet's ecologically intact landscapes.

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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.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

In April, for example, the fossil fuel giant released a five-part YouTube series hosted by ex-BBC presenter Dallas Campbell, which touted the net zero benefits of hydrogen and featured one-on-one interviews with two Shell executives. but did not tag Shell, nor mention his commercial relationship with the brand.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2022

Keeping the UK on track to meet its net zero emissions target has a key role to play in driving investment and job creation across the country in areas such as electric vehicle manufacturing, offshore wind, insulation and heavy industry. The Chancellor said this would add up to £250m tax cut to energy efficiency.

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2023

World Economic Forum and Boston Consulting Group warn that despite growing demand for green products, supply chain risks pose a major threat to the net zero transition. Indeed, the number of upstream firms with SBTs in place can be as much as 20 per cent higher than those in their supply chains, the report concludes.

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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. By 2050, UK families will still be living in 80 per cent of the housing stock that is standing today- already old and in need of refurbishment and retrofitting in order to meet net zero targets," the group said.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 23, 2021

Young or old, if your target market has post-secondary education, the majority seek climate action. At a slightly larger scale, Nike invites customers to follow its journey, step by step, towards net-zero emissions. The Care Tag saved unimaginable amounts of energy to heat water. by Brands for Good and the Harris Poll.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 11, 2024

This trend is helping to build momentum in an area previously seeing slow growth Geothermal energy has promise for helping the United States to meet its net-zero targets, as is the case in a number of other economies. Fracking is the tech best recognized for its use in the US for shale extraction.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In addition, while voicing her continued support for net zero, Truss has also confirmed plans to launch a review of the UK's 2050 target to be chaired by Chris Skidmore MP, which has been tasked with reporting back by the end of this year. It will make us a net energy exporter and unleash cheap energy to drive economic growth.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2021

Green group claims only fraction of Budget 2021 has been directed towards climate change mitigation policies, as pressure ramps up Chancellor Rishi Sunak to step up support for net zero transition.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Use of biomass as fuel from forests not only leads to net carbon emissions for decades or longer, but also removes these important dead wood habitats. Continuing to put a fake renewable like biomass energy at the heart of their net zero plans, will undermine any global deal promising to save nature by 2030.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Truss also announced plans to set up a fresh taskforce to review potential reforms to energy markets and launch a fresh review to explore how the UK can achieve its 2050 net zero target "in a way that is pro-business and pro-growth". It will make us a net energy exporter and unleash cheap energy to drive economic growth.".

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

After several delays spanning at least a year, the government has finally unveiled vision for a future net zero energy system - here are the eight things you need to know about the long-awaited Energy White Paper. Nuclear projects - large, small, and fusion - are part of the net zero vision.

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Business Green

JANUARY 23, 2022

The firm said air source heat pumps, which are powered by electricity rather than via the fossil fuel gas grid, were the best immediate low carbon option for keeping millions of off-grid or well insulated homes warm across the UK, and were "essential" for helping to meet UK climate targets.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2021

Despite UK government's promises to 'build back greener' and put the nation on a pathway to net zero, only a tiny fraction of the 2021 Budget unveiled earlier this year - equivalent to 0.01 However, WWF is not alone in harbouring concerns about HMT's commitment to net zero, it would appear.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The process helps organizations highlight and target high GHG emitting operations with emission reduction strategies. One of the main agreements made by COP26 was the commitment to end and reverse deforestation, along with securing global net zero targets by the mid-century and keeping 34.7°F C) within reach.

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