DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 26, 2023

A large donation to the Labour Party from wood-burning giant Drax has raised concerns among campaigners over the sway of big carbon emitters over Parliament. Opposition leader Keir Starmer has yet to articulate his party’s position on burning wood for electricity – or to clarify whether Labour accepts donations from polluting companies.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 19, 2022

ESG investment growth is expected to continue into 2022 and beyond. This includes measures that work to reduce an entity’s carbon footprint , effectively manage waste , prevent pollution and conserve resources. Hence the role of ESG is pivotal in the future of our businesses.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

Eras in the Earth’s history are defined by major climactic events and distinguished through the fossil record, carbon dating, and other methods. The Holocene. The Anthropocene. The next question when determining if we have entered the Anthropocene is determining when it began.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 4, 2024

Plans by biomass giant Drax to manufacture wood pellets sourced from Californian forests will endanger natural habitats and increase toxic air pollution for rural communities, campaigners warn. Each facility would source wood from a 100-mile radius, an area that includes eight National Forests and a major biodiversity hotspot.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2023

ICVCM said the new Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) have been developed using input from hundreds of organisations throughout the voluntary carbon market and will set out fundamental principles for high-quality credits which deliver real, verifiable emissions reductions based on the latest science and best practices.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2024

The EBRD exited the company, along with all companies in Russia and Belarus in December 2022. As taxpayer-funded entities, IFC and EBRD should require that the recipients of its low-cost financing are avoiding negative environmental and social impacts — not worsening them,” Kelly McNamara, a Friends of the Earth US policy analyst, said. “In

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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. No doubt those conversations will be at play in Starbucks’ 50th year.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 28, 2022

British biomass giant Drax is lobbying the Californian government to play host to its first ever “carbon negative” power plant outside of the UK, despite concerns about the sustainability of the energy source. BECCS is a controversial technology that captures carbon dioxide from burning organic matter and buries it underground.

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Business Green

APRIL 25, 2024

Remove: Eliminating waste and pollution The first step in creating a circular economy – cutting off waste at the source – is simple in theory, though often more difficult in practice. For brands, this means designing out any negative impacts from the start. Finally, we are gradually introducing eSIMs to our customers.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2023

Since June 2022, McDonald’s and other vested industry groups have funded three studies , launched two websites , and sponsored multiple articles attacking the legislation on the grounds it would undermine Europe’s net zero ambitions. The call follows mounting pressure from industry over the past year.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Resolutions to global challenges such as climate change, poverty, inequality, biodiversity loss, habitat destruction, resource depletion, racism, and exploitation need the backing of our economic system. in 2022, which is expected to increase. For instance, in 2022, women earned – on average – 82% of what men earned.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

A constant stream of negative news risks giving rise to hopelessness and nihilism, it is argued , which benefits nobody and undermines efforts to tackle the very real problems the world still faces. This loss is a direct result of human activity and constitutes a direct threat to human well-being in all regions of the world.".

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AGreenLiving

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. No doubt those conversations will be at play in Starbucks’ 50th year.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Overall, it was more positives than negatives. Even the negatives — the politicization of ESG investing and reporting, the economic downturn, the energy crisis created by the Russian invasion of Ukraine — are temporal phenomena, part of the regular ebbs and flows of economics and policy. Here are five trends worth noting.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

It will specifically explore systemic solutions to the climate crisis focusing on clean energy, electrified, transportation, the circular economy, carbon removal and sustainable food systems. Protein is being sourced from an increasingly long list of plants, synthesized from carbon dioxide sucked from the air, and extracted from insects.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2022

Known as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the legislation contains a vast number of proposals relating to the economy, while also setting out hundreds of billions of dollars of investments aimed at promoting clean energy and reducing carbon emissions. IEA: Coal demand to return to all-time high in 2022.

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