Business Green

MAY 12, 2021

Supermarket and dairy brand team up to develop more sustainable on-farm working practices alongside purchase of 'gold standard' carbon offset credits to boost green credentials of cheese. Livestock, beef and dairy production are heavy greenhouse gas emitters, and chilled cheese is Lidl's second largest carbon emitter in its UK supply chain.

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Business Green

JANUARY 22, 2020

The US investment giant has switched to 100 per cent renewable electricity, cut emissions and bought offsets. Bank of America has become the latest corporate to hit carbon neutrality, with the firm announcing yesterday it has met the target a year ahead of schedule. Both goals were established in 2016 with a target date of 2021.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 22, 2021

Thu, 04/22/2021 - 00:12. Nature-based solutions to climate change are having a moment, and Apple is riding the trend with a $200 million fund dedicated to related investments. . Amazon also has committed $100 million to support sustainable forest, wildlife and nature projects in its quest to reach net-zero carbon status by 2040.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Mon, 02/08/2021 - 01:30. There’s a new kid on the block of sustainability claims being made by businesses: "plastic neutrality." And, much like the market for carbon offsets, it’s messy. . The new term "plastic neutrality" is being used to convey that a company has offset its "plastic footprint.". Lauren Phipps.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

China revealed this week that it is considering setting a 'carbon neutrality' goal in a move that has significantly raised expectations ahead of next year's COP26 climate conference. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank promises to stop financing coal. All the latest green business news from around the world.

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Business Green

JANUARY 27, 2022

Bentley has said it will invest £2.5bn on electrifying its vehicles and transforming its Crewe headquarters into a "zero environmental impact" electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing plant. That means delivering on our aim to be end-to-end carbon neutral by 2030 and reaffirming our role as the leader in sustainable luxury mobility.".

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GreenBiz

APRIL 12, 2021

Mon, 04/12/2021 - 00:05. The latter area might include, for example, carbon credit exchanges and marketplaces. The entire system needs to change, and dramatically, in order for us to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050," he said. Finance & Investing. Heather Clancy. The largest U.S. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

JULY 8, 2020

The move shows the efforts that Amazon is willing to go to eke out carbon emissions across its vast network of planes, vehicles and distribution centers that deliver on-demand goods across the globe. Amazon has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, and says it will make sure half of Amazon shipments are net-zero by 2030.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 13, 2021

During the second day of Explore 2021, our customers shared how they are enabling global transparency and supporting critical sustainability research. Our science track demonstrated the robust research applications for Planet’s datasets, highlighting key findings in climate change and carbon farming initiatives. All Rights Reserved.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Wed, 02/10/2021 - 01:15. Other metals supplies need to rise, too, in order to get companies and countries to their carbon neutrality goals — phasing out fossil fuels. . Investment in copper exploration is down 24 percent. But that also means more carbon emissions from melting, processing and purifying metals.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 7, 2021

Why carbon tracking and reporting is necessary to hold corporations accountable. Thu, 01/07/2021 - 01:30. Now, new breakthrough climate accounting technologies are emerging as solutions to track and verify energy and carbon emissions, and report energy purchases and consumption. Daniel Goldman. Everything hinges on measurement.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2021

Tue, 05/11/2021 - 02:11. Is net zero the same as carbon neutral? You can become carbon neutral simply by buying offsets — for a year’s worth of driving or air travel, for example. Companies are being increasingly criticized for investing more into offsets than into actual emissions reductions. Joel Makower.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will stop backing fossil fuel energy projects in 2021, except those using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology or offsets to cancel out their emissions. It's targeting €1 trillion of climate action and sustainability investments between 2021 and 2030.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 2, 2021

Hydro-Québec ranked first in the 2021 Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada released by Corporate Knights magazine. Over the past year, Hydro-Québec has stood out in particular in terms of water consumption, taxes paid, the diversity of the members of management and the Board of Directors, own investments as well as income.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 1, 2021

Mon, 03/01/2021 - 01:00. This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021. For example, in 2019 L’Oréal USA announced that 14 of its factories were "carbon neutral," and the beauty giant continues to look for renewable options for all of its thermal loads as part of its science-based targets.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Livent will invest in the company via a joint venture with The Pallinghurst Group. Livent has also extended its multi-year lithium hydroxide supply agreement with Tesla through 2021, and has committed to delivering higher volumes than in 2020. Source: Livent.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 20, 2021

Wed, 01/20/2021 - 01:30. Working alongside government and corporate actors, community-based nonprofits could have ensured that the investments promoted equitable opportunity and contributed rather than extracted value from communities. When everyone is at the table: The emergence of the first carbon-neutral U.S.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

To be classed as net zero, a company must achieve a balance between the carbon it emits into the atmosphere and the carbon it removes. The Rochdale based vinyl doors manufacturer are ready to reach their ambitious target by investing in clean technology and better energy efficiency. Crystal Doors. Coffee and TV.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

And, perhaps, to set us on a more bullish course for 2021. Microsoft , JetBlue and Royal Dutch Shell are among those seeking to offset a portion of their carbon footprint by investing in forest protection and reforestation. But getting to zero — or neutral or positive or some other goal — is not without controversy.

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Business Green

APRIL 26, 2021

Climate Bonds Inititiave predicts sustainable debt market will hit $1tr this year, but warns of a major "gap" between investment levels and much-needed capital for climate solutions. The sustainability bond market - debt issued with combined social and green imperatives - saw a 2.3

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 24, 2024

Hitachi Energy has revealed investments of over $1.5 The investments will gradually expand the company’s global transformer capacity by 2027 and will be spread across their operations in Europe, the Americas and Asia. The company’s transformer investments also aim to support their aim to become carbon-neutral by 2030.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 12, 2022

UK energy utility Drax has unveiled plans to build the world’s largest carbon capture facility with the goal of removing more CO2 from the atmosphere than it produces, and thereby securing “carbon negative” status. But campaign groups continue to insist that the maths behind biomass doesn’t add up.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

As such, it has an ethical imperative to adopt practices that lead to carbon neutrality. Cutting their carbon emissions to zero – as many have pledged – might appear to be an impossible task. million tonnes/year of carbon dioxide equivalent. One day, they will expect these products to be completely carbon neutral.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 13, 2021

Wed, 01/13/2021 - 01:30. 2021 was no different in that respect. . But auto parts company Bosch used the digital CES to tout that the company has gone carbon-neutral this year, and now plans to go carbon-neutral across its supply chain, a particularly more difficult task. Katie Fehrenbacher.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 2, 2021

An inside look at pricing in the forest carbon market. Tue, 03/02/2021 - 00:05. In January 2020, Microsoft committed to invest $1 billion over the next four years as part of their Climate Innovation Fund. Instead, carbon project developers that act as the intermediaries between the two making everything happen. .

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Former Bank of England Governor recently set up a Taskforce to accelerate the development of a voluntary market for carbon offsets. Some campaigners also remain fiercely critical of the offset market, questioning the credibility of many emissions reduction projects and arguing that offsets can distract from efforts to cut emissions at source.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Ford Motor Company announced plans on Tuesday for a massive electric vehicle manufacturing campus in Tennessee, as well as two additional battery facilities in Kentucky, in what the company called the largest investment in the U.S. The campus is designed to be carbon neutral with zero waste to landfill once fully operational.

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Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2022

IEA and OECD reiterate calls for governments to shift investment away from fossil fuels and towards low carbon energy as 'only lasting solution to global energy crisis'.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

This represents a deposit on aircraft which United agreed to purchase in 2021. United Airlines Ventures has invested in a diverse roster of companies working in support of our goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. We believe eVTOLs have the potential to help achieve carbon-neutral travel.”.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 25, 2020

Or will it always be seen as the bad boy for carbon emissions? Within the transport sector, other modes such as road vehicles have already made significant strides towards carbon neutrality. As things stand, aviation and shipping currently account for 5% of global carbon dioxide emissions. Switching to low carbon fuels.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2023

Cynics made some mileage from the almost The Thick Of It -style title juggling, with the event undergoing a hasty re-christening from “green day” to “energy security day” (as Carbon Brief noted ), as it became clear that future oil and gas exploration remained a key component of the government’s plans.

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Sustainability Consulting

MARCH 11, 2021

GreenBiz has released its highly anticipated State of Green Business Report 2021 which details the top 10 sustainable business trends for the year ahead. Major global companies face $284 billion carbon pricing costs in 2025, representing 13% of earnings. Contributors S&P Global Trucost report on progress 2,000 U.S.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

Fri, 03/12/2021 - 01:30. trillion invested by these 50 countries to date, only $1.9 trillion has been invested in long-term recovery measures intended to spur economic activity, it notes. billion on hydrogen, the latter boosted substantially by major investment programs by France and Germany. Cecilia Keating. Of the $14.6

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

On the opening panel, Jennie Smith, director of building maintenance at Mitchells & Butlers, explained how the pub and restaurant operator has undertaken its own trials of grease management equipment due to the lack of an industry standard to guide investment in new systems. We couldn’t get that, so we did our own trial.”. .

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Planet Pulse

MAY 25, 2021

Both public and private entities increasingly view carbon farming as a way to achieve carbon neutrality. On the private side, a number of agriculture related and food value chain companies are investing in new models that integrate and commit to regenerative agriculture practices.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

The European Union’s scientific and political communities are locked in a battle over whether gas and nuclear can be considered green investments. It’s a “green investment guidebook,” said Henry Eviston, spokesperson on sustainable finance at WWF European Policy Office.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Moody's has predicted that global issuance of sustainable bonds will grow 32 per cent in 2021 to hit a record $650bn, as companies raise debt to finance their climate plans and the policy framework for sustainable finance is tightened. per cent last year, following the rapid growth of the sustainable debt market in the wake of the pandemic.

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