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

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

IEA Executive Director Dr Fatih Birol said the coronavirus crisis had presented governments with "a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reboot their economies and bring a wave of new employment opportunities while accelerating the shift to a more resilient and cleaner energy future".

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The Act seeks to strike a balance in the so-called energy trilemma: transitioning the energy sector to net zero in an affordable way for households and businesses while securing resilient supply of energy. This brief analysis is an introduction to some of the changes brought by the Act, with more targeted insights to follow.

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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.

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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.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

In 2018 the World Bank and others agreed significant funding to help governments boost the resilience of communities, including things like the Green Climate Fund, intended to provide support for lower income countries. There is also much more processing and packaging involved.

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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. In the wake of the 2008 financial crash talk of Green New Deals and climate stimulus packages was largely confined to academic seminar rooms and environmental NGO away days.

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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 The vast majority of that destruction (up to 80 percent) is linked to commodities such as palm oil, soy, beef, leather, timber, and pulp and paper.

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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.

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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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Business Green

APRIL 23, 2020

In the UK, Number 10 is reportedly keen to ensure the pursuit of the UK's net zero emissions goal plays a central role in the planned new stimulus package, while only yesterday Business Secretary Alok Sharma declared that "efforts to rebuild the global economy. It's time to acknowledge this approach is not working.".

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2021

Similarly, the spotlight is on green economic recovery packages, which are currently set to be less green than those committed after the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, and are only expected to deliver 26 per cent of the additional emissions reductions necessary by 2030.

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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

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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. Make Transportation Investments Equitable (HB 2688/SB 6399). This bill failed to pass out of the policy committee.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In 2018 the World Bank and others agreed significant funding to help governments boost the resilience of communities, including things like the Green Climate Fund, intended to provide support for lower income countries. There is also much more processing and packaging involved.

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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

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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.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 17, 2023

That accolade belongs to Ecobee, a small Canadian startup that launched the Ecobee Smart in 2008 , three years before Nest came along. For Lombard and Ecobee, that smarter smart home is not just about comfort and convenience but also about sustainability and resilience through energy management. Entirely new design for a thermostat!

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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AGreenLiving

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 The vast majority of that destruction (up to 80 percent) is linked to commodities such as palm oil, soy, beef, leather, timber, and pulp and paper.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2020

The University of Oxford study, published today, assesses a host of potential Covid-19 recovery packages and concludes there is significant potential for a strong alignment between economic growth and accelerating the push towards net zero emissions if governments utilise the many green stimulus tools at their disposal.

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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.

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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.

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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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Business Green

JULY 14, 2020

Meanwhile, economies that had already begun a transition to clean energy are now using stimulus and recovery packages to make this happen even faster.". Those governments that have committed to delivering green recovery packages will no doubt argue that it is too early to judge their progress.

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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. Each of the reasons for confidence are worthy of consideration: 1. Short term impacts v long term trends.

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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.

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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. There are reasons why President Biden called his green stimulus package the Inflation Reduction Act. Everyone is rightly worried about what comes next.

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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.

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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.

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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. We can build a safer and more resilient economy if we start building the new and not just prop up the old.

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