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Net-Zero iPhones: Apple Pledges to Go Carbon-Neutral by 2030

GreenTechMedia

Apple committed on Tuesday to becoming carbon-neutral by 2030, pushing its ambitions far beyond its own corporate walls — already 100 percent powered by renewables — to include its vast supply chain and the lifecycle of all its products. Apple will increasingly rely on carbon-removal programs. technology giants.

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Lidl GB unveils plan to become 'carbon neutral' by next year

Business Green

Lidl GB this morning became the latest supermarket to announce ambitious new decarbonisation goals, pledging to make its operations 'carbon neutral' by 2022 before slashing its direct emissions by 80 per cent against 2019 levels by 2030. warming trajectory.

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Global Briefing: NATO confirms carbon neutral mission

Business Green

Military alliance announces target to cut emissions 45 per cent by 2030, Australia explores carbon pricing plans, and all the big green stories from around the world this week. However, military emissions are often exempted from countries' official carbon targets. NATO confirms plan to deliver net zero emissions by 2050.

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GreenCom Lands Funding to Expand IoT Home Energy Controls in Europe and Beyond

GreenTechMedia

Centrica’s 2019 investment , for example, cemented GreenCom’s role in providing the IoT backbone for the home energy services related to Centrica’s Hive smart home devices , now used by about 1.7 GreenCom has seen investments turn into strategic partnerships before. million customers.

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The Biggest Sustainability Stories of 2019 (and what to watch for in 2020)

Andrew Winston

The list of extreme, tragic, and very costly weather events this year — record heat in Europe, hail in June in Mexico , record floods in Nebraska , endless Australian bush fires , and epic destruction from storms in Mozambique and the Bahamas – was shocking. But it’s now not an annual story; it’s permanent. degrees Celsius.

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IRENA: Renewable energy generates half a million new jobs worldwide in 2019

Business Green

million people worldwide working in the sector in 2019, up almost 500,000 from the year before, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Market leader Asia accounted for 63 per cent of the world's total renewable energy jobs in 2019, with China alone accounting for 38 per cent at 4.4 In Europe, which had 1.3

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Spanish Oil Major Repsol to Build 860MW of Wind Farms at Home

GreenTechMedia

Repsol, like a growing number of European oil companies, is looking to the power market to find low-carbon revenue. While the ultimate 2050 objective is carbon-neutrality, Repsol is using the metric of carbon intensity to gauge its progress. In late 2018 it acquired the retail gas and electricity firm Viesgo. billion ($4.2