Business Green

APRIL 29, 2020

If the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis is anything to go by, we are likely to soon see a sharp rebound in emissions as economics improve," he said. Investing in those areas can create jobs, make economies more competitive and steer the world towards a more resilient and cleaner energy future.". of warming. "All

Carbon 100

Carbon Carbon-negative Natural gas Demand 100

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.". The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan stressed that a green jobs and skills drive was critical if the country is to build net zero cities. "I

Packaging 53

Packaging Real Estate Government Electric vehicle 53

Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

To work in solar, you need to be resilient, adaptable and committed to acting on climate science. 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. Emerging from the current crisis.

Fossil fuels 47

Fossil fuels Construction Africa Policy 47

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.". The Net Zero Strategy remains government policy and has not been quashed," a spokesperson said.

Climate change 60

Climate change Government Policy Biodiversity 60

Clean Energy Canada

MAY 29, 2020

From the executive director of the International Energy Agency, who called it a “historic opportunity,” to the head of the International Monetary Fund, who said if we are to come out of COVID with more resilience, “we must do everything in our power to make it a green recovery.”. Around the world, governments are listening.

Carbon-neutral 62

Carbon-neutral Hydrogen Electric vehicle Politics 62

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? For example, RBS was bailed out in October 2008 and the UK government is still the majority shareholder.

Government 41

Government Policy Sustainability Packaging 41

Front And Centered

APRIL 14, 2020

This bill would have required that all transportation packages be evaluated through community-centered criteria that embraces equity, environmental justice, accessibility, safety, health, economic vitality, and other key values. Here are important policies that we tracked and helped shape or opposed this legislative session.

Pollution 52

Pollution Transportation Health Law 52

Business Green

APRIL 29, 2020

In many ways standing on a stage (or staring down a webcam) and pledging to deliver net zero emissions and climate resilient recovery is the easy part for politicians. The difficult part is delivering the policies that can make the world's largest and fastest industrial revolution actually happen.

Climate change 59

Climate change Government Packaging Fossil fuels 59

Business Green

APRIL 23, 2020

Today, a coalition of major European green groups fronted by Transport & Environment threw their hat into the increasingly crowded ring, with an appeal for lawmakers to align the European Investment Bank's (EIB's) lending policies with the objectives of the European Green Deal, the bloc's blueprint for reaching net-zero by mid-century.

Fossil fuels 75

Fossil fuels Transportation Europe Investment 75

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.

Government 54

Government Law Packaging Demand 54

Business Green

JUNE 3, 2020

In 2008 the digital telecoms giant became one of the first companies in the world to adopt a science-based emissions reduction target in line with keeping temperature increases below 2C, which it achieved four years early in 2016. BT has long been a corporate leader on climate action. she tells BusinessGreen. "So

Electric vehicle 74

Electric vehicle Carbon Government Electricity 74

Business Green

MARCH 7, 2021

It comes just days after UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak released a Budget promising to mobilise a wave of green investment through a National Infrastructure Bank, only to face criticism from green groups, political opponents, and economists for failing to deliver a green stimulus package to match that being pursued by other leading G7 economies.

Investment 66

Investment Packaging Government Policy 66

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

. “We need companies to make commitments that are specific to how they are addressing their supply chains,” says Jessye Waxman, shareholder advocate with Green Century Capital Management, which has so far engaged dozens of businesses encouraging them to improve their “no deforestation” policies and practices.

Policy 28

Policy Organic Sustainability Agriculture 28

Business Green

MARCH 7, 2021

It comes just days after UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak released a Budget promising to mobilise a wave of green investment through a National Infrastructure Bank, only to face criticism from green groups, political opponents, and economists for failing to deliver a green stimulus package to match that being pursued by other leading G7 economies.

Investment 45

Investment Packaging Government Policy 45

E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

MARCH 25, 2020

The $2 trillion stimulus package announced Wednesday by congressional leadership will send badly needed emergency checks to struggling American families and make loans available for businesses to stay afloat and protect jobs. Regrettably, Congress did not specifically include clean energy or its workers in the just-passed stimulus package.

Real Estate 78

Real Estate Energy Energy Packaging 78

Business Green

JULY 26, 2022

BEIS Committee warns current government energy bill support package is inadequate as energy costs continue to rise. We have introduced an extraordinary package of support to help households, including £1,200 each for the most vulnerable households," it said. "We

Government 36

Government Energy Energy Packaging 36

Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

Speaking at the same event, European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde argued that mandatory reporting rules were required alongside new standards, warning that the current voluntary approach to TCFD reporting was reminiscent of the "light touch" and "self regulatory principles" that dominated in the run up to the 2008 financial crisis.

Climate change 101

Climate change Resilience Biodiversity Government 101

Business Green

MAY 12, 2020

Whether governments use their economic recovery plans to support decarbonisation and long-term economic resilience is now the single biggest question at the top of the climate agenda. Building back better. But with economies only tentatively easing lockdown conditions, many major recovery plans have yet to emerge.

Carbon-negative 75

Carbon-negative Politics Climate change Government 75

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. The risks we face as a globalised society are now in sharp focus.

Resilience 79

Resilience Government Climate change Packaging 79

Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

The analysis found that some $840bn of bailouts, or 11 per cent of total investment, have been channelled into the agriculture, industry, energy, transport, and waste sectors, frequently without any attached conditions requiring recipients to enhance their sustainability performance and climate resilience.

Packaging 72

Packaging Carbon Government Aviation 72

Business Green

MAY 5, 2020

Climate-friendly stimulus policies to reboot economies in the wake of the coronavirus crisis offer a far better mechanism for boosting jobs and growth, compared to unconditional bailouts for high carbon industries, a major new analysis by a group of leading economists has found.

Climate change 73

Climate change Packaging Policy Government 73

Business Green

MAY 10, 2021

Boris Johnson has enjoyed further electoral success with an economic strategy predicated on 'levelling up' and the net zero transition, but huge questions remain about his ability to deliver on those promises in light of the paucity of the government's green recovery package to date.

Politics 76

Politics Government Policy Climate change 76

Clean Energy Canada

JULY 14, 2020

From the head of the International Energy Agency who said recently that “governments have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reboot their economies… while accelerating the shift to a more resilient and cleaner energy future.” After the 2008 recession, the Obama-era U.S. To House Democrats in the U.S. Cost effectiveness of stimulus.

Fossil fuels 52

Fossil fuels Packaging Resilience Hydrogen 52

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.

Government 58

Government Packaging Carbon Policy 58

Business Green

JULY 14, 2020

New Energy Policy Tracker reveals support for fossil fuel industries has outstripped support for clean energy across the G20, but is there time to change course? Meanwhile, economies that had already begun a transition to clean energy are now using stimulus and recovery packages to make this happen even faster.". So does the EU.

Fossil fuels 58

Fossil fuels Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 58

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. It began with the upbeat assessment: "There may be some short-term delays in climate policy.

Policy 67

Policy Carbon Fossil fuels Government 67

Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

Momentum is building as businesses and governments transform their organizations to be more efficient and resilient. This deep-dive workshop will explore circular packaging best practices alongside trends and innovations, offering attendees a comprehensive look into their circular packing opportunities.

Building Energy Monitoring 52

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 52

Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The 'long 90s' of idealism, hedonism, and relative peace is on its death bed, where it will remain until the financial crash of 2008 administers the final rights. Applying a climate lens improves every policy and instils greater optimism and better returns in every project. Everyone is rightly worried about what comes next.

Fossil fuels 101

Fossil fuels Pollution Politics Agriculture 101

Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

At the same time ministers and CEOs are stepping up calls to deliver explicitly green economic recovery packages, which can ensure the world learns the lessons from this health crisis and puts itself on track to meet its sustainable development goals. The SDGs in general, and SDG17 in particular, are suddenly back in vogue.

Building Energy Monitoring 77

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Sustainability 77

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. So was the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in 2008. Major economies around the world are preparing stimulus packages.

Energy 78

Energy Energy Fossil fuels Investment 78

Business Green

MARCH 18, 2020

South Korea previously launched a low carbon stimulus in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and green groups will be hoping it could repeat the approach - albeit at a larger scale. In my view, this is not a reason to celebrate because emissions reduction should be the result of right energy policies.".

Building Energy Monitoring 49

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 49

Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

Finally climate policy action is getting real," he said. It is significantly larger than the clean tech focused stimulus package the Obama administration passed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, which played such a big role in accelerating US renewables and electric vehicle deployment.

Fossil fuels 36

Fossil fuels Methane Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral 36