Business Green

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Clean transport advocates point out £30bn price tag for railway electrification is in the same ball park as budget for road building. The Treasury is facing further accusations that it is hampering the UK's net zero transition, after reports emerged over the weekend that it has blocked plans to electrify Britain's railways over cost concerns.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The Benefits of Sustainable Business Practices. This article outlines 20 sustainable business practices your company can implement to make your offices more sustainable (ordered from low cost, high impact to high cost, low impact). One of the most ambitious sustainable business practices is investing in renewable energy.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

This flaunting of environmentalism began in the 1960s, an era when the sustainability movement started to gain momentum. Another study named The Global Sustainability Study 2021 , by Simon-Kucher and Partners , revealed a significant global paradigm shift in how consumers view sustainability. Posing an investment risk.

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Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Plastics Building Energy Monitoring 148

Business Green

MAY 23, 2021

Sustainability-linked sovereign bonds can help promote economic resilience and a much-needed sustainable recovery to Covid-19, according to the World Bank's Fiona Stewart and Samantha Power. According to JP Morgan, global issuance of sustainability-linked bonds could reach $120-$150bn in 2021 - compared with $8.9bn in 2020.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Aside from cutting back on waste, Phood can help operations save money, which is often the impetus for an investment. Because source reduction has such strong economic benefits, the sustainability aspect gets to tag along. According to Dang, Phood can save up to 10 percent on annual food costs. . Pull Quote.

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2021

Electric air taxis primed for take-off in 2024 as Bristol-based start-up secures investment and pre-orders from host of major airlines. Each aircraft comes with a price tag of around $4m, it said.

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Electricity Aviation Fossil fuels Investment 85

Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2022

Housing association L&Q has successfully issued a £300m sustainability-linked bond, pledging to investors it will achieve a string of environmental improvements across its residential housing stock over the coming years. A version of this article was published on BusinessGreen's sister site Investment Week.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 10, 2021

RBC has invested $160 billion in fossil fuels since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2016, according to a recent study by the Rainforest Action Network, making it Canada’s top fossil fuel financier in that period. TAG), the largest natural gas transporter in Brazil. Last year CDPQ bought Transportadora Associada de Gás S.A.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

This flaunting of environmentalism began in the 1960s, an era when the sustainability movement started to gain momentum. Another study named The Global Sustainability Study 2021 , by Simon-Kucher and Partners , revealed a significant global paradigm shift in how consumers view sustainability. Posing an investment risk.

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Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Plastics Building Energy Monitoring 78

Climate 4.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

billion, high-speed rail line in Egypt to service a new capital city, financed with investment from China, is the latest indicator of a recent trend in developing nations of governments throwing their hands in the air and starting from scratch to create viable, workable administrative centers. A newly announced plan to build a $4.5

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Whether the production of hydrogen is economically viable is also a matter of debate, with some experts suggesting electrification of transit and transport is a more optimal route to decarbonisation than investment in hydrogen. billion (CAD) price tag by 2030 to fund the project. Pathways estimates a $16.5

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2022

Textile manufacturers need to invest in equipment capable of working with recycled fibre. To reach the scale laid out in the base-case and upside-case scenarios, McKinsey estimates that "capital expenditure investments in the range of €6bn-€7bn would be needed by 2030". A lot has to happen to get to either of those scenarios.

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Business Green

MARCH 13, 2023

The report suggests that embracing more sustainable practices at the level of feed-production could play a crucial role in limiting global warming, while also addressing other major issues such as land use change, deforestation, and falling biodiversity - all of which are impacted by feed production. "All

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Business Green

MARCH 13, 2023

The report suggests that embracing more sustainable practices at the level of feed-production could play a crucial role in limiting global warming, while also addressing other major issues such as land use change, deforestation, and falling biodiversity - all of which are impacted by feed production. "All

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Green Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2022

We can choose to accelerate action toward or away from a sustainable future. In December, Ferguson received an A- for our commitment to sustainability from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). Every action is meaningful,” says Kelsey Bergan, Director of Sustainability. “It Offer to provide a water or HVAC system assessment.

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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". Today's new plants are tomorrow's retrofits," she said.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

That would for the first time put the price tag for a Tesla electric car at a similar level to conventional fossil fuel cars in the US, said Musk, opening up the mass market for electrified cars, while the new batteries could also offer a 16 per cent increase in driving range compared current models. That's the true metric of success.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 5, 2021

To the wind industry, to the energy transition, and perhaps most of all, to the sustainability of the planet. Analytics need to be actionable and automated in order to be sustainable. That was done through training the cooler health ML model using the hydraulic oil temperature data and related SCADA tags.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The 28-page PDF outlines what the company, a climate leader that has prioritized investing emerging carbon removal technologies, rather than buying a large volume of low-quality credits, has learned in its past few years in the market. Thursday, the commerce technology company Shopify released " Buying Carbon Removal, Explained."

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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2022

A growing band of major fashion retailers have pledged to achieve net zero emissions and overhaul their design and manufacturing processes to make the notoriously resource intensive industry more sustainable. But how will this drive change the look, feel, and price tag of items on sale on high streets and fashion sites?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

At the launch event for the new initiative today, COP27 President Sameh Shoukry said the Adaptation Agenda was a "critical step" for the "implementation COP", referring to the Egyptian presidency's tag line for the event.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Delivery companies such as Amazon, FedEx, and UPS are rapidly electrifying last-mile delivery vans in a bid to reduce carbon emissions, maintain strong sustainability-focused brands and save money on fuel costs. Delivery providers are starting to be pushed by some corporate customers, too.

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Front And Centered

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The project started with the support of a technical advisory group (TAG) and fundraising by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). In contrast, the program partners seek a transition to an economy rooted in democracy, self-determination, sustainability, and equity that leads to shared well-being.

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Business Green

AUGUST 21, 2020

It seems those concerns have finally reached a critical mass, inspiring a sustainability makeover at three of the biggest beauty brands in the business: Sephora, Natura & Co, and Ulta Beauty. million , having fully circular packaging by investing $100m in developing regenerative solutions, and decreasing its greenhouse gas emissions.

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Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2021

For example, mandating switching to renewable heat and power, as well as investing in measures to boost energy efficiency, are among the most obvious first steps to take, and can often save money for suppliers, the report notes. However, such costs are often overestimated.

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EDF + Business

AUGUST 24, 2023

This includes investments in “beyond value chain mitigation” through the purchase of high-quality carbon credits, to enable systemic changes, in all sectors and ecosystems, that are necessary for the global net zero transition. Due diligence to ensure environmental and social integrity is key.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Warren is also part of the Climate Smart Municipalities Partnership, where cities in Minnesota and Germany collaborate on sustainability and climate issues. The imaging should be done when furnaces are on, but the air temperature must be at least 32 degrees to sustain the drone’s battery. Warren is partnered with Arnsberg, Germany.

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Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor 96

AGreenLiving

MARCH 4, 2021

Last summer, the investment arm of northern Europe’s largest financial services group dropped Brazilian meat giant JBS from its portfolio. 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.

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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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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2023

But monumental shifts in technology development, consumer demand, investment flows, and policy and regulation have rapidly turned what was once an environmentalist pipe dream into a market-moving reality. Suddenly, an enormous untapped market could be willing to buy (and pay for) more sustainable products," the report states.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Such investments need not break the bank. 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.

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Resilience Agriculture Investment Technology 36

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 7, 2022

Terra Thread has taken that idea to heart with a line of bags that are sustainably and ethically produced. In fact, the mission of the company “is to create the best Fairtrade certified organic cotton bags by always being sustainable , ethical, traceable and transparent.” The packaging was minimalistic and plastic-free.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2023

According to ICVCM the criteria break new ground, as they require programs to ensure high-integrity credits come from projects with robust social and environmental safeguards that can demonstrably deliver positive sustainable development impacts.

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Front And Centered

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Passing the HEAL Act, will define and enforce environmental justice in our state, ensuring communities unfairly burdened by cumulative environmental health impacts will be at the front of agency directors’ minds as they make decisions about environmental policy, enforcement and investments.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

but did not tag Shell, nor mention his commercial relationship with the brand. As the study also pointed out, however, these firms invested just 1.7 The company [Shell] tasked Edelman with the job of giving millennials a reason to connect emotionally with Shell’s commitment to a sustainable future,” the Edelman website says. “We

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AGreenLiving

MAY 15, 2020

Swapping some of your everyday kitchen items with reusable or eco-friendly alternatives is a great way to get started on (or continue) your sustainable-living journey. The handy alternative of reusable beeswax wrap is making huge waves in the sustainable-living community, and for good reason.

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EDF + Business

JULY 10, 2020

Getting a finished product from the factory to your door, has costs beyond the price tag. This same leadership needs to be sustained and extended to how companies approach climate change and air pollution. The post Why companies need to invest in clean delivery amid pandemic online shopping appeared first on EDF+Business.

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