Planet Pulse

JANUARY 23, 2024

From climate-disrupting emissions to tropical deforestation, Planet is developing the tools to help organizations track impacts and opportunities across the value chain, and to translate this intelligence into robust strategies and practical platforms. Planet analytics can help you track the benefits of nature-positive actions over time.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Tackling these multiple challenges and threats requires coordinated action from the public sector, private sector, NGOs, civil society, innovators and actors throughout the food value chain. What concerns you about the current global food system when it comes to environmental sustainability and human health?

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Generation Z, those born between 1996 and 2015, are current consumers, future business leaders and the future of this world. As found in a recent UNiDAYS survey , 93 percent of Gen Z believes brands have an obligation to take a stand on environmental issues. Why Gen Z voices matter in making business sustainable. Isabel LoDuca.

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Sustainability Ethics Climate change Health 504

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2022

The new advocacy campaign, named Microplastics Out of Our Drains (MOOD) , is calling for industry and government to come together to take decisive action to tackle the serious threat that microplastics pose to our drains, oceans, environment and overall health.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 2, 2023

A new report written by consulting firm Gemserv has found that, at current installation rates for heat pumps and insulation, local authorities in the South West will fail to meet targets set to heat homes more sustainably and reduce emissions. It is critical that action to accelerate net zero is based on clear evidence.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

That means getting serious about advocating for a recovery plan that helps us build back better from the current pandemic, while tackling another global systemic threat: climate change. . Right now is a prime opportunity. Through our actions to tackle one crisis, we can avert another. This moment calls for bold leadership.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Our current economic model is based on extraction and waste. It is linear — we take materials from the planet, make products from them and eventually throw them away. This take-make-waste economic model fundamentally cannot work long term. The action plan calls for improved metrics to monitor the progress towards circularity.

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Waste Waste Organic Sustainability 545

GreenBiz

JULY 13, 2020

A CFO’s take on climate and risk management. Economic estimates predict that the pandemic will decrease global GDP by 3 percent in 2020, and at our current pace, climate change is estimated to decrease the global GDP by anywhere from 2.5 Vincent Manier. Mon, 07/13/2020 - 01:00. percent to 7.5 percent by 2050. Strategic risk factors.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 23, 2021

Add in desalination, agriculture and wastewater management, and water stands to become one of the world’s biggest capital-growth opportunities.". We know that water is a shared resource, and actions need to be driven locally.". So it's an area that is fraught with risk, but also, most importantly, a major opportunity." .

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2023

As a result, the report recognises that waste and the reuse of resources is a key topic for the CD&E industry, going into detail about the necessity for improvement on the industry’s current performance. We want this specialist report to ignite action across the construction and demolition industries.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 23, 2024

They are essential for enabling a stable transition that protects jobs and the welfare of citizens and provides new opportunities. Having just delivered a report to the Scottish Government on the economic opportunities in Scotland’s net zero and climate adaptation economy, it is disappointing to see this climbdown on net zero targets.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2021

Observing that the climate and biodiversity crises potentiate each other, European science advisory group EASAC has provided some commentary on this interrelationship, drawing on the most recent data, with a focus on 16 areas requiring urgent action to shield humanity from the worst. Chance for coordinated, bold and transformative action. “As

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Biodiversity Climate change Agriculture Policy 246

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

Flood plains in London are currently home to 1.42 The public can get involved in citizen science projects to monitor the health of their rivers in order to gather evidence on the issues and opportunities for water quality improvements. The same stakeholders need to work together to prevent plastic pollution entering London’s rivers.

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Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In today’s complex modern warfare environment, military operations often take place in remote or hard-to-reach locations, making it difficult to gather timely and accurate intelligence using traditional means. Diego Balcazar, an Account Executive at Planet Federal and retired Marine, along with Sales Engineer Sam St.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

A global manufacturing company wanted to undertake a carbon pricing risk assessment to understand the current and potential future financial implications of carbon regulation and related price increases on operating margins. Finance director: Developing a business case to increase capital expenditure on carbon-mitigation projects .

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GreenBiz

JUNE 15, 2020

Pronouncements on company social media accounts often take the form of graphics — white type against a black background seems to be de rigueur in the current environment. And hypocrisy, or lack of action, is being called out. It’s all a welcome sign but also treacherous territory. Consider the backlash already on social media.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

That includes providing opportunities for marginalized and disadvantaged communities, including communities of color, that tend to be at greater risk of pollution and climate impacts. The report offers a gap analysis of how current U.S. Aquaculture, sustainable fisheries and marine biodiversity conservation: helping U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Using real world data from 2019, the paper sets out the opportunity for massively improving the climate benefits of recycling food waste to produce renewable energy and green fertiliser for farmers. Biomethane is the only renewable gas currently available at a commercial scale. Read the study here. www.malabybiogas.com.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 17, 2023

The reception, now in its 16th year, was hosted by Baroness Brown of Cambridge, who is chair of the Climate Change Adaptation Committee, which advises UK Government on climate risks and opportunities. We need to take action now and design in resilience from today. As a sector we have an opportunity to do things differently.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Energy Security Secretary Claire Coutinho said: “Hydrogen presents a massive economic opportunity for the UK, unlocking over 12,000 jobs and up to £11 billion of investment by 2030. These eleven major new hydrogen projects across the UK will create over 700 jobs and deliver new opportunities from Plymouth in England to Cromarty in Scotland.”

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2021

River groups must work collaboratively across the globe and put pressure on governments, businesses and society to take swift action on rivers to tackle the impacts of climate change on communities, environmental charity Thames21 has warned.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Such delays are set to increase costs, as well as risk critical investment and lost opportunities to tackle industrial emissions. The overarching aim of this industry survey is to take stock of the current limitations impacting industrial decarbonisation as a whole.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2023

Energy Security Secretary Grant Shapps said he welcomed the report and will consider the recommendations before presenting an action plan later this year. ” “We are prepared to support halving the time it takes to get new electricity transmission infrastructure online so long as no corners are cut in the process.”

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

Observing that the climate and biodiversity crises potentiate each other, European science advisory group EASAC has provided some commentary on this interrelationship, drawing on the most recent data, with a focus on 16 areas requiring urgent action to shield humanity from the worst. Chance for coordinated, bold and transformative action. “As

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Biodiversity Climate change Agriculture Policy 182

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2024

When implemented, prior to the boom in wind generation, the current constraint management system worked efficiently. Create opportunity for the FSO to offer long-term contracts for constraint management over months and years, especially for energy storage and large-scale flexible demand such as hydrogen electrolysers.

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Electricity Hydrogen Energy Energy 147

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2022

World leaders are missing the opportunity to achieve deep cuts in emissions by adopting circular economy strategies that reduce demand for resources, it warns, and it identifies a roadmap that it says could help them meet the target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. billion tonnes (22.8Gt) of emissions on top of current pledges.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Plastic Waste Management Framework lays out a framework with policy levers and actions that can be used to develop national action plans for advancing waste management systems and help effect systems change, according to the group behind it, non-profit organisation the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (supported by Roland Berger). .

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2023

The new UK Business Climate Hub serves as a one-stop-shop for businesses who have yet to start making changes, as well as those who are already taking action to reduce emissions but want to take things to the next level.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 13, 2021

Now in its third year, the European FOG Summit is set to take place in the UK for the first time, in Brighton, East Sussex, on 14 October 2021. Participants will also have an opportunity to join networking events on 13 October, the day before the summit. “We Event details. To book your place www.swiftcomply.co.uk/fogsummit

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Education Sustainability 213

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Climate action NGO WRAP published annual updates of its voluntary agreements for the food, plastics and textiles sectors on 1 December. ” The voluntary agreements bring together Governments, businesses, local authorities, academics, NGOs, industry groups and citizens to take collaborative action, says WRAP. .”

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 3, 2023

This year more than ever, food and agriculture sector issues were front of mind in the conversation, given companies even more opportunities and resources to take action. The time to take bold climate action is now. There are a few key strategies companies can take for the greatest impact.

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Agriculture COP Methane Soil 57

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2023

An independent review of the UK’s current progress and plans in relation to achieving net zero – titled “Mission Zero” – was published on 13 January. Detail was provided on the apparent economic opportunity offered by net zero, an undertaking that is now an “international race” for capital, skills, and the industries of the future.

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Fossil fuels Hydrogen Government Technology 262

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2021

To help ports invest so they are ready to support projects coming out of the current ScotWind Leasing round run by Crown Estate Scotland, a new partnership approach will be needed. Offshore wind is a major economic opportunity for Scotland. However, winning this opportunity will need collective effort and determination.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 3, 2024

Currently, consultations are underway on the proposed two licences for electricity system operation and gas system planning, with the aim for the new organisation to launch later in 2024. Britain’s forthcoming National Energy System Operator (NESO) will be charged with producing two key energy plans.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Tripling the world’s renewable energy production to 11,000 GW by 2030, coupled with doubling energy efficiency, is the most impactful action to rapidly decarbonize this decade, as highlighted in the pre-COP report by the GRA, the COP28 Presidency and IRENA. The case for geothermal Currently, geothermal accounts for only about 0.5%

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 19, 2024

The International Energy Agency states that “Colombia has emerged as a leader in clean-energy-transition policy making and is an inspiring example of a fossil-fuel-producing country committed to climate action, based on a long-term decarbonization pathway and a policy of energy and economic diversification and a just transition.”

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 19, 2024

s clean energy sector could grow six per cent a year out to 2050, if our political leaders seize the opportunity. Government must increase efforts to attract and build out clean industries that provide economic opportunities provincewide. The difference? We need the same sort of targeted industrial strategy in B.C.,

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