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Green ammonia could decarbonize 60% of global shipping when offered at just 10 regional fuel ports

Envirotec Magazine

A study published on 9 January appears to find that green ammonia could be used to fulfil the fuel demands of over 60% of global shipping by targeting just the top 10 regional fuel ports. North-West Africa (to meet European demand), and the southern Arabian Peninsula (to meet local demand and parts of south Asia).

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Boost for biofuels as E10 petrol given green light across UK

Business Green

Moreover, it said the move would boost job opportunities in the North East, supporting 100 jobs at AB Sugar's Vivergo plant near Hull and helping to boost demand for biofuels produced at other plants such as Ensus's ethanol factory in Stockton-on-Tees, and British Sugar's factory in Norfolk.

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After Violent Clashes of 2019, Investors Reassess Chile’s Prospects for Renewable Energy

GreenTechMedia

Chile's unrest threatened to stymie foreign interest in clean power investments that had helped the country's renewables market become one of the hottest in Latin America, with a compound annual growth rate of 31.5 percent for non-hydro renewables from 2000 to 2018, according to GlobalData.

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Tesco targets major plant-based meat sales growth in UK first

Business Green

The supermarket giant has committed to achieving a 300 per cent increase in sales of meat alternative products by 2025 compared to 2018, backed by a host of wider sustainability measures it has developed in partnership with environmental charity WWF.

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Mining Giants Embrace Renewables, But Decarbonization Remains a Steep Climb

GreenTechMedia

Rocky Mountain Institute’s Renewable Resources at Mines tracker shows the level of renewables commissioned for mines fell steeply in 2019, to around 100 megawatts, less than a third of the amount seen in 2018. Growing demand for low-carbon supply chains.

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Fighting deforestation should be a top priority for 2021, and here’s how it can be

GreenBiz

While the rate of annual deforestation slowed to about 25 million acres between 2015 and 2020, the trendlines in several regions — especially countries in Africa and South America — aren’t moving in the right direction. It had mapped 100 percent of its Brazilian soy supply chain by early 2020.

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“A Fundamental Reshaping of Finance”: My annotated version of Larry Fink’s Bombshell CEO Letter

Andrew Winston

” By 2018 , he was hitting hard on the idea of purpose and last year declared that “Purpose is…a company’s fundamental reason for being – what it does every day to create value for its stakeholders. [A For the last 5 years, he has made the case for long-term thinking and sustainability. if you have not already done so.