Envirotec Magazine

JULY 15, 2021

Now is the time for real action to ensure societies stop wasting resources with all the related negative consequences. They maximize captures of high quality, high carbon-intensity material while reducing litter. of all beverage containers returned for recycling by the end of 2017. More information is available at: [link].

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2022

There are a variety of ways to make a property more sustainable such as using green building materials , following a regular maintenance schedule, upgrading to energy-efficient lighting and appliances , and investing in onsite renewable energy systems (e.g. solar photovoltaic, wind, microhydropower and hybrid systems).

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

The National Grid aims to switch the UK securely and efficiently to a 100 percent low-carbon grid led by wind and solar energy by 2035, and expects to have stints of fully carbon-free UK electricity as early as 2025. The IPCC has said it is “unequivocal” that human influence has caused “unprecedented” global warming.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 31, 2022

The company’s key verticals include carbon-negative biomanufacturing, also called carbon capture and utilization (CCU), biomining, and subsurface biomanufacturing. This process gives these refineries a new, climatetech life without adding significant capital investment. The climate impact? percent of global emissions.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 20, 2021

Sustainable investing is changing global supply chains: 4 key takeaways. Sustainable investing strategies have ascended quickly in the last 10 years. Morgan Global Equity Research estimated that the sustainable investing market is expected to reach $45 trillion in assets under management (AUM) by the end of the year.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 29, 2020

A spokesperson told GTM that a final investment decision would be made ahead of construction work beginning in spring 2021. enjoyed a boom period for large-scale solar between 2013 and 2017, rivaling Germany as the hottest market in Europe. Despite a reputation for gray skies, the U.K. “The problem with U.K.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Between 2008 and 2017, fossil-fuel industry trade associations in the U.S. As with the financial divestment movement, there is a valid debate about whether engagement with high-carbon firms that are working to reduce their emissions is more effective than simply severing ties. It is a big business. spent almost $1.4 Pull Quote.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

“I was just like, ‘I don’t know if I would invest in Charm,’” he recalls telling their investor that day. “I I’m investing in the team — I’m investing in the ability for you guys to figure it out,” Meehan said the venture capitalist told them. That’s where carbon removal comes in. But the investor was undeterred.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

DeSmog analysed examples of more than 100 influencers being paid to promote fossil fuel firms worldwide since 2017, from the US to Malaysia, in campaigns that have reached billions of people. As the study also pointed out, however, these firms invested just 1.7

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Business Green

JUNE 13, 2021

Last month, there was a backlash in The Sun and The Daily Mail on the cost of replacing gas boilers with low carbon alternatives. Indeed, recent surveys consistently list cost as the greatest barrier for consumers in switching to low carbon forms of heat, including the latest from consumer group Which?

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Sustainability Consulting

JULY 8, 2020

Three researchers at Oxford University looked at the link between firms’ environmental, social, and governance practices (ESG) and GDP between 2002-2017. Build carbon-capture-and-storage infrastructure around large industrial clusters ? There is new evidence in support of green economic recovery policies. They are: ?

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Business Green

JUNE 2, 2020

In order to do this we must not fall back into the trap of our pre-Covid world by continuing to reinforce carbon-intensive structures. To begin with, our post Covid-19 recovery plans must avoid unconditionally propping up and bailing out carbon-heavy industries. First, we need a global price on carbon. It has to be green.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2020

CNG Fuels' biomethane compressed natural gas - Bio-CNG - is currently 100 per cent sourced from waste feedstocks such as food waste and it claims the fuel is both cheaper and less-carbon intensive than traditional diesel. per cent of UK carbon emissions, with road transport as a whole now the UK's highest emitting sector of the economy.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 6, 2021

There were also significant ties to banks and investment vehicles supporting polluting industries, as well as to thinktanks and lobbying groups with a history of campaigning against climate action. To accelerate action, shareholder activists have filed climate resolutions for upcoming AGMs at three of the institutions analysed.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In this Low Carbon Prosperity Institute (LCPI) analysis, we explore scenarios of carbon reduction investment performance based on the revenue allocation described in Initiative 1631. The initial carbon pollution fee of $15 per (tCO2e) in 2020 increases annually by $2/tCO2e plus urban-area inflation.

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Energy Innovation

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Direct Air Capture (DAC) of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from the atmosphere is one set of Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) strategies that may play a role in mitigating climate change, particularly in the mid to latter part of the 21 st century. C report provided four scenarios (P1-P4 in Figure 1) with increasing roles for negative emissions.

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Low Impact

AUGUST 29, 2021

It proposes to make Europe the first continent to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and the first to deliver a climate law with binding emissions targets. To prove this is possible, the Commission claims that between 1990 and 2017 Europe’s CO2 emissions decreased by 22% while its economy grew by 58%. 3) It’s funding big polluters.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2021

Could Denmark deliver a carbon neutral farming sector by 2050? Whether you have a stake in Denmark's farming sector or not, the findings of the technical report, entitled A Pathway to Carbon Neutral Agriculture in Denmark , are significant. The World Resources Institute (WRI) thinks so.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Other recommendations include urgently delivering clear strategies to deliver new carbon capture and storage (CCS) and hydrogen projects, setting clear and ambitious targets in the delayed Environment Bill, laying the groundwork for domestic EV battery manufacturing at scale, and aligning the UK's net zero and nature agendas.

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Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 17, 2020

In 2017 Amazon committed to go 100 percent renewable. Amazon is investing in locally generated power installing more than 50 rooftop solar arrays that generate a combined total of 98 MW and 130,000 MWh annually. Amazon has shown leadership in its use of renewable energy. million MWh of clean energy each year.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Without a clear and ambitious government plan zero carbon home heating by 2050 remains a pipe dream, a new analysis from the UK Energy Research Centre warns. Moreover, many of these upgrades were not carried out to net zero standards. Electrical systems could provide a significant share of future heat supply," it states.

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Mosaic

DECEMBER 18, 2018

energy efficiency measures have eliminated the need for the construction of 313 large power plants since 1990, reducing annual carbon dioxide emissions by 490 million tons in 2015. The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) estimates that U.S. million families. Good, Local Jobs.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 2, 2021

Operated by ExxonMobil, the ethylene plant was named in the Scottish Pollutant Release Inventory as Scotland’s third biggest carbon polluter by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) – with emissions doubling during 2019. The same report also found that emissions from Shell’s LNG site reached a record high in the same year. “The

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 30, 2018

The figure to the right highlights some of the major developments in the world, taken from IRENA 2017. Not taking into account the negative externalities. Source: IRENA, Rethinking Energy 2017. No additional investments would be required. Imagine the implications. People have yet to catch up on this fact.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2021

Neither was there any consideration of these climate threats and their implications in the Future Homes Standard consultation, the 2017 Industrial Strategy, Parliament's pioneering Climate Assembly initiative, or the doomed Green Homes Grant scheme. We cannot expect nature to mop up all that carbon if it's too dry for the trees to grow.

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Business Green

APRIL 17, 2020

In what it acknowledged was a "huge task" given the scale and carbon intensity of its activities, the Anglo-Dutch conglomerate said it would aim to sell more low carbon products, reduce the CO2 intensity associated with all its activities, and work with its customers to mitigate remaining emissions from its products by 2050.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. million in Neighborhood Grants. LinkedIn | Personal website. million acres the 4.4

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

A sustainability agenda will guide investment decisions at a portfolio level. In 2018, over half of the global asset owners were currently implementing or evaluating sustainability in their investment strategy. Environmental and social disruptions cause a negative brand reputation (note BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill ).

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 30, 2018

The figure to the right highlights some of the major developments in the world, taken from IRENA 2017. Not taking into account the negative externalities. Source: IRENA, Rethinking Energy 2017. No additional investments would be required. Imagine the implications.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2022

Carbon Accounting, Carbon Offsets and Carbon Credits. What is carbon offsetting ? What is the difference between a carbon offset and a carbon credit ? Can carbon offsetting effectively mitigate climate change, or are we banking on a fruitless quick-fix solution ? What Is Carbon Offsetting?

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Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2020

As burger wars wage in Brussels over whether plant-based products can deploy terminology traditionally used for meat and dairy, some of the world's most prolific meat producers have been gobbling up small plant-based start-ups in order to launch their own low carbon meat lines.

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Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 5, 2021

The answer is negative: all 674 nuclear power plants that were built worldwide between 1951 and 2017 were built with substantial government subsidies. Still, 11 billion euros is a lot of money and 17 years is a long time when the carbon clock is ticking. Does my investment make more money than it costs? View fullsize.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Between 2008 and 2017, fossil fuel industry trade associations in the US spent almost $1.4tr on public relations, advertising, and communications, according to Clean Creatives. It is a big business. Now this new campaign wants to call out PR and advertising firms on this apparent disconnect.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 29, 2020

But look for future updates and essays on this topic, such as the one digitally penned recently by Jarami Bond (named in 2017). And, if you want to consult those lists in their entirety, here are the links: 2016 , 2017 , 2018 and 2019. Without further ado, here’s what’s up with members of past GreenBiz 30 Under 30 cohorts.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

What is carbon accounting? Carbon accounting – also known as a carbon or greenhouse gas inventory – is the process of measuring the amount of carbon dioxide, or other greenhouse gases (GHG), an organization emits. Carbon accounting is a must for any becoming business today.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Oil and gas giant sets sights on developing science-based climate targets, as hydrogen, nature based solutions, carbon capture, utility business, and electric vehicle infrastructure all earmarked for increased investment. The oil and gas giant confirmed its total carbon emissions peaked in 2018 at 1.7

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Joshua Tosteson, COO of climate conservation marketing company Everland, offers a defense of REDD+ carbon offsets. It is by now well recognised that nature-based climate solutions can provide more than a third of the carbon reductions needed to keep global warming below 2C, the target agreed at the Paris climate talks.

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