Business Green

APRIL 29, 2020

Global Energy Review notes that renewables will be the only energy source to expand in 2020 despite a dramatic nosedive in energy demand worldwide caused by Covid-19's shutdown of economic and public life. The report notes that renewables are the only energy source expected to grow against a backdrop of overall reduced electricity demand.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Spending the past year as Ecolab’s president and COO, he joined as an executive vice president in 2008 after capping off 15 years as Nestlé’s head of corporate sales in Europe. Ridesharing demand crashed with COVID-19, and Lyft became part of the frontline delivery and medical access infrastructure. Company profile.

Sustainability 520

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 520

Business Green

MAY 4, 2021

Carbon prices on the European Union's emissions trading scheme (ETS) have topped €50 per tonne for the first time, according to reports, as tightening climate policies and growing demand from investors continues to push the cost of pollution to record highs.

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Carbon Fossil fuels Europe Pollution 87

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 7, 2020

Germany's much-heralded "Energiewende," or energy transition, saw onshore wind and solar capacity rise from 23 and 6 gigawatts, respectively, in 2008 to 53 and 45 gigawatts in 2018. Germany's upcoming election could be a catalyst for a new period of change, and the energy and climate package passed last year could get an overhaul.

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Energy Energy Politics Packaging 100

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The Bill would require the inclusion of emissions from the UK's share of international aviation and shipping in the country's existing 2050 net zero greenhouse gas target, as well as emissions linked to UK supply chains and consumption, none of which currently fall under the 2008 Climate Change Act.

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Climate change Aviation Carbon-negative Government 101

Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2021

The presence of several packaging companies on the ranking also "reflects this sector's leadership in the progression toward a circular economy" Corporate Knights said. This year's analysis and results strongly suggest that the world's leading companies learned a lesson from the aftermath of the 2008/09 financial crisis," he said.

Sustainability 95

Sustainability Electricity Real Estate Investment 95

Business Green

MAY 6, 2020

Backed by high and low carbon businesses alike, the Energy Transitions Commission has outlined seven key priorities for delivering credible, net zero-focused recovery packages. The support for green recovery packages has been vocal, wide-ranging, and not a little surprising.

Resilience 74

Resilience Packaging Aviation Fossil fuels 74

Business Green

JULY 14, 2020

The UK did not seize the opportunity to transform its economy for the better when it responded to the 2008 Global Financial Crisis," said Nick Molho, executive director at the Aldersgate Group. The report calls for the Autumn Budget to build on the Chancellor Rishi Sunak's recent jobs package, outlined in last week's Summer Economic Update.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2020

The chancellor's stimulus package must include measures to replace lost jobs with green jobs, re-train workers so they can access these jobs and power the new green economy both Leeds and the UK need.".

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Packaging Real Estate Government Electric vehicle 53

Business Green

MAY 28, 2020

And yesterday, Johnson confirmed during questions from MPs that the government would be bringing forward an economic recovery plan to Parliament before the summer recess, prompting hopes the package will include a host of new support measures for the green economy.

Resilience 101

Resilience Climate change Government Packaging 101

Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

And yet, opportunities exist through climate-friendly recovery packages to not only stimulate economies, but also reduce emissions while promoting social and environmental co-benefits. Figure 2 Mean survey results of recovery policy archetypes (2008-2020) aggregated using relativity-adjusted scores. From Hepburn et al. Hepburn et al.

Policy 59

Policy Packaging Fossil fuels Politics 59

Business Green

JUNE 19, 2020

Now the coronavirus crisis has ensured the decade will start with a sharp reduction in annual emissions, but the question as to whether emissions will now rebound or begin a sustained decline rests to a huge degree on the decisions governments make as they mobilise their imminent economic stimulus packages. Others need to follow their lead.

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Government Packaging Carbon Policy 58

Business Green

JUNE 10, 2021

Businesses, politicians, and consumers appear increasingly united in demanding an economic renewal post-pandemic - does purpose-driven business offer part of the solution? You do not need a particularly long memory to recall how the world reacted to the financial crisis of 2008. Our workforce demands better of us. The result?

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Policy Demand Government Biodiversity 69

Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

We've dealt with the financial crisis of 2008, supply issues, government policy u-turns, Minimum Import Pricing, and now we're proving our salt in the midst of a global pandemic. We are in the midst of an artificial demand shock. We call for all post-Covid stimulus packages to come with stringent carbon strings attached.

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Fossil fuels Construction Africa Policy 47

Business Green

JULY 14, 2020

New Zealand is striving to create tens of thousands of green jobs, Canada is demanding companies that take bailout cash embrace enhanced climate risk disclosure practices, and Japan is to drastically curtail the financing of coal power plants in developing countries.

Fossil fuels 58

Fossil fuels Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 58

Business Green

JULY 26, 2022

BEIS Committee warns current government energy bill support package is inadequate as energy costs continue to rise. Meanwhile, high global market prices for fossil fuels are likely here to stay for the foreseeable, and tens of millions of UK homes remain notoriously inefficient.

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Government Energy Energy Packaging 36

Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Rules aimed at preventing companies from importing products into the UK that are linked to illegal deforestation are to be added to the Environment Bill, as part of a package of measures to boost the resilience, traceability, and sustainability of corporate supply chains confirmed by the government today.

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Government Law Packaging Demand 54

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 29, 2021

Studies show that investing in road capacity increases the number of cars – a phenomenon known as ‘induced demand’. Together, these make a balanced package that is entirely consistent with net zero.”. The strategy doesn’t mention RIS2.

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Government Climate change Transportation Construction 80

Business Green

APRIL 29, 2020

Investors get it too, which is why Oxford University confirmed this week it is not just divesting its endowment from fossil fuels, it will also be demanding that all the companies it invests in have credible net zero strategies. But no government truly foregrounded climate action as part of their recovery packages.

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Climate change Government Packaging Fossil fuels 59

Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2021

The impacts of climbing onboard a plane for your annual summer holiday or tearing open the packaging on a shiny new iPhone, freshly shipped from China, are well known. They want companies to take action to address climate change and they are demanding sustainable products.

Aviation 42

Aviation Waste Waste Demand 42

Business Green

JUNE 13, 2021

Business lobby group chief Tony Danker ramps up rhetoric demanding government deliver raft of missing net zero policy on heating, hydrogen and transport.

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Government Policy Hydrogen Packaging 96

Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

In 2008 the DNC adopted a progressive policy platform that included climate action. After a green stimulus package was passed in 2009, Democrats backpedaled. The DNC policy platform in 2012 was less environmentally focused then the one they adopted in 2008.

Fossil fuels 49

Fossil fuels Climate change Global warming Policy 49

Business Green

JUNE 8, 2021

Pressure is mounting on the government to launch an ambitious policy package to support the decarbonisation of UK's housing stock, particularly in the wake of its much-criticised decision to axe the Green Homes Grant scheme earlier this year.

Carbon-neutral 72

Carbon-neutral Energy Energy Fossil fuels 72

Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The year the world's largest market announced plans for the largest green stimulus package in history. When demand for electric vehicles rose alongside demand for SUVs. Too many governments have already reached for the familiar comfort of carbon intensive stimulus packages to revive their locked down economies.

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Politics Health Government Electric vehicle 95

Business Green

JUNE 8, 2021

Pressure is mounting on the government to launch an ambitious policy package to support the decarbonisation of UK's housing stock, particularly in the wake of its much-criticised decision to axe the Green Homes Grant scheme earlier this year.

Carbon-neutral 69

Carbon-neutral Fossil fuels Energy Energy 69

Business Green

APRIL 9, 2020

The five previous biggest falls in emissions occurred during World War Two, the global recession in 1991-92, the early 1980s energy crisis, the Spanish flu pandemic shortly after the First World War, and the 2008 financial crash, according to the analysis. per cent annual reduction in the USA's energy-related carbon emissions during 2020.

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Global warming Carbon Fossil fuels Electric vehicle 90

Business Green

MAY 5, 2020

Letter to the Prime Minister by government climate advisers adds further weight to cross-sector calls for coronavirus stimulus packages to eschew carbon-intensive practices in favour of low-carbon, climate-resilient industries and projects.

Resilience 79

Resilience Government Climate change Packaging 79

Business Green

MARCH 31, 2020

Dr Ben Caldecott argues the clamour for green strings to be attached to bailout packages could be misguided - could government take a long term stake in struggling companies instead and demand bolder climate strategies as a shareholder? We are in this for the long-haul and should plan accordingly.

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Government Policy Sustainability Packaging 41

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 28, 2020

More battery peaker plants are discharging during times of extreme demand, without unleashing local pollutants into their surroundings, like the gas burning alternatives do. Where specifically Biden will take action to help energy storage remains to be seen. Biden's pick of former Michigan Gov.

Home Energy Monitoring 130

Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 130

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Brazil, for example, recently recorded its highest rate of deforestation since 2008 during the period from August 2019 to July, an increase of 9.5 Other companies shy away from outright termination and advocate the notion of big companies using their buying power to inspire and demand change deep down into supply chains.

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Policy Organic Sustainability Agriculture 544

Mr. Sustainability

JUNE 27, 2020

I feel like the 2008 financial crisis was just a dry run for this.” Aligning economic stimulus and policy packages with climate goals is crucial for a long-term viable and healthy economy. Nations saw rapid industrial and economic growth, accelerated consumer demand, and introduced significantly new changes in lifestyle and culture.

Energy 78

Energy Energy Fossil fuels Investment 78

Business Green

APRIL 19, 2021

The rhetoric has been hugely welcome and has contrasted positively with the months and years following the financial crash of 2008, during which proposals for green stimulus packages struggled to secure meaningful traction and a wave of new fossil fuel investment locked in another decade of rising global emissions.

Building Energy Monitoring 92

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 92

Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The report acknowledged that high gas prices had "propped up" coal demand this year, but it concluded that "the relatively small increase in coal emissions has been considerably outweighed by the expansion of renewables". At the same time the weakening economic outlook should dampen expectations for energy demand going into 2023.

Fossil fuels 39

Fossil fuels Natural gas Carbon Government 39

Business Green

APRIL 23, 2020

The group has echoed many other green campaigners and businesses in demanding that stimulus investments funnelled to polluting industries are conditional on companies' alignment with environmental priorities and that all state aid, loans, and other support mechanisms come with strict conditions attached.

Fossil fuels 75

Fossil fuels Transportation Europe Investment 75

Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

As such, he ruled the government had failed to meet its obligations under Climate Change Act 2008 (CCA) and ordered Ministers to update the plan and present it to Parliament by April 2023. 14 of the CCA 2008.". In my judgment it ought to have done so in order to comply with the language and statutory purposes of s.14

Climate change 60

Climate change Government Policy Biodiversity 60

Business Green

APRIL 7, 2020

Mel Evans, climate campaigner for Greenpeace UK, said the government was squandering the opportunity to demand that bailed out airlines enhance their environmental performance. Now, airlines, airports and manufacturers are demanding huge and unconditional taxpayer-backed bailouts.

Aviation 45

Aviation Carbon-neutral Government Carbon 45

Business Green

APRIL 6, 2020

Green businesses and investors with long memories will be painfully aware of how the fallout from the 2008 financial crash disrupted low carbon infrastructure projects and clean tech programmes for years to come. ESG has become embedded in investment decisions.

Policy 67

Policy Carbon Fossil fuels Government 67