Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 29, 2023

The group say they first explored the possibility of a base formulation for an adhesive derived entirely from waste in 2021. The company has several Letters of Intent from relevant partners including a European distributor. This included the purification of industrial food waste by washing, filtration and centrifugation.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

On 1 November green groups submitted a letter of complaint to Defra after the Government failed to meet a legal deadline on setting new environmental targets. The setting of new legal targets is a key part of the Environment Act 2021. There were 372,533 sewage discharges in 2021 , polluting our waterways for 2,667,452 hours.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In his annual letter, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink wrote: “We don’t yet know which predictions about the climate will be most accurate, nor what effects we have failed to consider. A spokesperson for BlackRock tells GTM that another 191 have "been put on watch" and can expect pushback in the boardroom in 2021.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The letter stresses that the soaring energy costs currently faced by households - even with the government support package in place average bills are expected to be £1,300 higher for households this winter compared to last year - are in part the result of a recent record on reducing emissions from buildings that has been "particularly poor".

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 96

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Role of Veterinary Medicines Industry Campaigners say that an alliance of veterinary medicine and agribusiness lobby groups have sought to cast themselves as allies of the continent’s farmers in order to weaken the EU’s 2021 flagship sustainable farming Farm to Fork strategy, which includes targets to halve antibiotic use.

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Medicine Policy Law Politics 79

Grist

JULY 20, 2021

According to a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters , similar slow-moving, low-pressure storms could become 14 times more frequent in Europe over the next century. Parts of the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and the UK were also affected by the flash flooding. degrees Celsius by the end of the century.

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Business Green

JANUARY 10, 2023

A spokesperson for Number 10 told BusinessGreen yesterday it had no comment on the Generation Vegan campaign, which was launched on 31 December and is calling on Sunak to adopt a plant-based diet for a month, joining the thousands of people taking part in the annual Veganuary initiative. — Sky News (@SkyNews) October 28, 2021.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 26, 2024

In a letter addressed to ING CEO Steven van Rijswijk and the first step in litigation, Milieudefensie says it believes the bank is in breach of its “duty of care” obligation under Dutch law. C target,” the letter asserts, referring to the Paris Agreement’s more ambitious climate objective. “As liquefied natural gas (LNG).

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2021

The New Year has got off to a roaring start for the UK's plant-based food sector, with the number of people pledging to ditch meat and dairy as part of the annual Veganuary campaign hurtling past previous records inside the first four days of the month. If we act now, the future can be better.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 14, 2021

In a May 27 letter, Jeffrey Lapp, the head of EPA’s wetlands branch for Region 3 – which covers West Virginia and Virginia – wrote to the Army Corps of Engineers regarding the crucial permit requested by MVP. And the negative impacts associated with constructing a pipeline across waterways has caught the attention of the EPA.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 29, 2021

Calling a planned petrochemical manufacturing complex in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” a “textbook case of environmental racism,” 175 organizations from around the world sent a letter to financial institutions Tuesday urging them not to fund, underwrite, or invest in the project, which could cost up to $12 billion. .

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Plastics Pollution Seafood Soil 63

Energy Innovation

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A recent estimate of global reservoir evaporative losses found that annual water volume loss was equivalent to 70 percent of all global municipal water withdrawals in 2010. Image credit: Solar AquaGrid In arid river basins around the globe, substantial water supply is lost through evaporation. infiltration into ditch banks). Zumkehr, A.,

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Energy Energy Agriculture Sustainability 92

Business Green

APRIL 13, 2021

Over 300 of America's largest firms back open letter to President Biden calling on him to set a 2030 target to cut emissions by at least 50 per cent against 2005 levels. To restore the standing of the US as a global leader, we need to address the climate crisis at the pace and scale it demands," the letter states.

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Earth Day Climate change Investment Electric vehicle 96

E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

APRIL 21, 2021

Just ask the nearly 400 E2 members and supporters who signed this recent E2 letter urging the president to cut emissions by at least half by 2030. More than 300 companies that collectively generate more than $3 trillion in annual revenue also signed this letter urging President Biden to cut emissions by at least 50 percent.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

gigatons of CO2 - more than the total annual emissions of both the USA and EU combined. The financial firms demands have been coordinated by CDP, one of the non-profit organisations behind the SBTi which has sent letters to each of the 1,600 companies, with 26 of its members also backing the call to action.

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Demand Global warming Investment Climate change 101

GreenBiz

APRIL 16, 2021

Fri, 04/16/2021 - 02:00. Also at the start of 2021, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink urged in his closely watched annual public letter for businesses to disclose climate risks in line with the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures' (TCFD) recommendations. All hail the corporate reporting singularity? Elsa Wenzel.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 18, 2022

The group publicly launched in January with a letter to the Sunday Telegraph calling on the government to scrap green levies on energy bills, expand North Sea oil and gas exploration and support “shale gas extraction”, known as fracking, which the UK effectively banned in 2019. Global Warming Policy Foundation Links.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 26, 2022

Here in Canada, governments buy about 30% of all steel, cement, and concrete sold annually. The government of Canada included Buy Clean as part of its 2021 election campaign and also included it in the December 2021 mandate letters for three federal ministers.

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Construction Policy Government Carbon 52

Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 6, 2023

three climate policy packages since 2021. BIL “the backbone” : The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), aka Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), was signed into law in November 2021, and is the “backbone,” providing much of the infrastructure these technologies need to scale at speed.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

“These clients have not taken the fundamental steps necessary to address the climate emergency and sharply rein in fossil fuels,” states an open letter to Hill+Knowlton signed by over 420 scientists. Hill+Knowlton has not responded to the scientists’ letter, which was sent to the firm on Thursday, Henn told DeSmog.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Companies are routinely 'not meeting investor needs' on climate and environmental data in annual reports, Financial Reporting Council warns. The FRC's annual letter is designed to help companies and their auditors meet these expectations and deliver high quality reporting for all of their stakeholders," he added.

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Climate change Government Policy Demand 59

Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

milion voting decisions annually on behalf of clients, representing some $4.2tn shares. That includes BlackRock's recent letter urging CEOs to set net zero targets and an ongoing push from UK billionaire investor Chris Hohn for company shareholders to demand an annual say on corporate climate plans.

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Climate change Policy Government Demand 86

Business Green

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

These transition plans should cover how firms plan to align their business models, financial planning, risk planning, government engagement, and incentives and remuneration with their efforts to decarbonise, according to the letter. It follows Aviva Investors' introduction of a 1.5C-aligned

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Biodiversity Carbon Sustainability Politics 36

Greentown Labs

APRIL 1, 2024

Every person uses one kilogram of acrylonitrile in products annually, corresponding to three to 10 kilograms in CO 2 equivalent emissions depending on where the chemical is produced. Acrylonitrile powers a $13B+ industry and poses a significant climate challenge, as the substance is made from petrochemicals and creates toxic byproducts.

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Carbon Sustainability Carbon-negative Startups 57

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

gigatons of CO2 - more than the total annual emissions of both the US and EU combined. The financial firms' demands have been coordinated by CDP, one of the non-profit organisations behind the SBTi which has sent letters to each of the 1,600 companies, with 26 of its members also backing the call to action.

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Demand Global warming Investment Climate change 74

Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2020

For example, Aylesbury-based Aston Chemicals estimated that the basic cost of registering each chemical would be "about £5,000", with the additional cost of "letters of access" for chemicals varying from £33,000 for an emollient used in face cream to £150,000 for shea butter used as a base for sunscreen.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2021

However, Jenrick dashed those hopes today in a letter confirming he would not intervene to stall or block the project, arguing that the government was "committed to give more power to councils to make their own decisions on planning issues". — Tim Farron (@timfarron) January 6, 2021.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The move followed a landmark letter from BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink to CEOs last month calling on them to improve their climate risk disclosure and set net zero targets in 2021.

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Climate change Law Demand Carbon 93

Charged

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

However, in February 2021, the USPS announced that Oshkosh Defense would be building the new delivery vehicle, and that only 10% of the next-generation fleet would consist of EVs. In November 2021, President Biden nominated Dan Tangherlini and Derek Kan to the Board of Governors.

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Electric vehicle Politics Policy Government 92

Business Green

MARCH 30, 2021

That rebranding moves up a gear today with the second meeting of the Prime Minister's Build Back Better Business Council and a joint letter from Kwarteng and Chancellor Rishi Sunak that looks designed to answer the criticism of the decision to axe the industrial strategy narrative. "In — Tim Lord (@timbolord) March 30, 2021.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Edelman launched Edelman Global Advisory in 2021 with an initial $10 million investment. In January, more than 450 scientists wrote an open letter to Edelman and fellow advertising companies WPP and IPG, urging them to cut off their work with fossil fuel clients.

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Fossil fuels Pollution Government Climate change 83

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The letters state that the companies addressed should put in place strategies to deliver net zero emissions by 2050 or sooner, which cover their entire value chain and end use of products - known as Scope 3 emissions - in line with a maximum 1.5C global warming scenario.

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Climate change Global warming Asia Investment 82

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 4, 2022

The results were published in June in the journal Environmental Research Letters. It just goes to show that the EPA monitors might be getting broad trends correctly, like annual or seasonal amounts,” said Raheja. Nestled in an Appalachian valley, Belmont has been booming with new infrastructure to extract and process natural gas.

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Energy Monitor Pollution Health Organic 147

Andrew Winston

JANUARY 5, 2022

I’ve tried here to touch on big themes and stories from 2021 that seem more lasting, and offer some thoughts on what to look out for in 2022. The Big Stories of 2021. There are some other trends that were more promise than reality in 2021, but could gain steam in the year ahead. Here we go. Business defends democracy.

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Sustainability Fossil fuels Plastics Carbon-negative 120

Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Investors managing portfolios worth trillions of dollars are now backing net zero ahead of COP26 - could 2021 prove a transformative year for financial markets? Not so much for the words themselves, which few would argue offer a breathtakingly original insight in 2021, but because of the person who wrote them: Larry Fink.

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Investment Climate change COP Fossil fuels 94

Business Green

JULY 27, 2022

Covering the annual meeting season through to July 2022, yesterday's report reveals BlackRock supported just 24 per cent of environmental and social shareholder proposals at US companies over the period, marking a major drop from the 43 per cent it voted in favour of the previous year.

Fossil fuels 72

Fossil fuels Investment Policy Europe 72

Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Following a fraught year for the global food system, more people pledged to ditch meat and dairy this January through the annual Veganuary campaign than ever before, its organisers have confirmed. We applaud everyone who took part and encourage them to continue eating vegan food as often as possible.".

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Retail Health Demand Sustainability 61