Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

An early version of the initiative will then be launched in mid-2022, Eustice said. Now that we have left the EU, new payments and incentives will reward farmers for farming more sustainably, creating space for nature on their land, enhancing animal welfare and reducing carbon emissions," Eustice said.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Veteran sustainable food and farming experts welcomed the strategy as one that just might have a genuine shot at transforming the agriculture sector and result in better public health, contribute to ending the vertiginous decline of biodiversity, and lower greenhouse gas pollution. Again, the research doesn’t account for the cost of inaction.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Fee levels are still being considered as the Authority engages with ship owners about how the new system would work in practice, but charges are likely to incorporate several factors such as operational efficiency of ships and the use of zero carbon or carbon neutral fuels. China tables five-year green industry plan.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Latest figures from UN add to growing library of evidence that global financial system needs a major revamp if biodiversity and climate goals are to be met. The COP15 Biodiversity Summit, kicking off next Wednesday in Montreal, is set to be no different. UN environment summits are increasingly about money.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The findings come at a crucial time for nature-friendly laws in Europe, which scientists say are critical to securing the bloc’s food supply and tackling both climate breakdown and biodiversity collapse. Parliament’s Agriculture and Environment committees will vote on the pesticide reduction plan on the 9 and 24 of October respectively.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The European Biodiversity strategy, which is another core plank of the Green Deal, includes similar goals. A spokesperson for Cefic said the group supported the European Green Deal and that the European chemical industry was “uniquely positioned at the heart of European manufacturing to contribute to realizing a climate neutral society.”

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 3, 2023

Fuels are hydrocarbons, meaning they are long chains of carbon and hydrogen atoms strung together (sometimes along with nitrogen or oxygen). While most fuels are long-chain hydrocarbons, the exact ratio and arrangement of the carbon and hydrogen varies, even within the same types of fuels.

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Business Green

APRIL 3, 2022

So last year, we set ourselves a challenge: to help one billion people make more sustainable choices by 2022. From this year, Google Maps will offer eco-friendly routing: defaulting to the route with the lowest carbon emissions when the estimated time of arrival is similar to the fastest route.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Animal agriculture is the largest emitter of methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide when measured over a 20 year period. He has used GWP* to claim that the US meat and dairy sector can become “climate-neutral” by the late 2040s by reducing emissions only two percent a year.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

In January 2021, representatives from the clean energy sector sent a joint letter welcoming the criteria recommended by the TEG and stating that “the inclusion of power generation with a carbon intensity above this limit would not only deviate from science, but would also harm the EU’s decarbonisation trajectory and its 2050 net-zero objectives.”.

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

It paves the way for a new Taxonomy Regulation which, due to come into force from 2022, will set out the framework and environmental objectives for the Taxonomy, while also establishing new legal obligations for financial firms, large companies, the EU and its member states.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 7, 2020

But CEO Mark Schneider took pains to position this investment as one that will be “earnings-neutral.” Nestlé has pledged that its sources of “key” commodities, including palm and soy, will be deforestation-free by 2022. Nestlé digs deeper into regenerative ag, puts $3.6B It’s at 90 percent currently.)

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

Plus all the top green business news from around the world this week, including EU's carbon border row with China, and fresh climate goals from Israel and Indonesia. China argues EU's carbon border tax violates WTO rules. COP15 biodiveristy summit braced for third Covid-19 delay. Indonesia submits updated 2030 climate plan.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 4, 2024

The wood pellets Drax produces are treated as “carbon neutral” under international accounting rules, based on an assumption that new-growth trees will capture the carbon lost by wood burnt for electricity. Drax already operates 18 wood pellet plants across the U.S. But scientists and campaigners have long disputed these claims.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 28, 2022

Leading forest researchers from around the world call for a global forest observatory to provide much-needed data on the current and future ability of our trees to absorb and store carbon, produce multiple goods and benefit for people, and support biodiversity.

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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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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 26, 2022

One key goal is for Costa Rica to be recognised as a leader in establishing a carbon-neutral future. The Costa Rican government launched its first National Adaptation Plan (NAP) in 2022. Deliver appropriate biodiversity, ecosystems, basin, and marine-coastal management to favor local communities.

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Grist

JUNE 29, 2022

After they are cut they can be replanted, absorbing carbon once again as they mature. The industry claims that forests that are felled sustainably — for construction, say, or for burning to produce electricity in utility-scale power plants — can provide jobs and energy, stimulate the economy, and even reduce society’s net carbon emissions.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Moreover, The Commission is planning a 'New European Bauhaus', emulating the influential German art and design school of the early 20th century by establishing a network of five founding 'Bauhaus schools' in 2022 in different EU countries that would draw together designers and architects to "combine good design with sustainability".

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 22, 2021

As you plan for events of the new year, Blue Sky’s got you covered with a 2022 planner that’s not only comprehensive in its format, but environmentally-friendly too. It means that the area is monitored to maintain biodiversity and replanting schedules. It’s a notebook, a journal, a calendar and a filing system all in one.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2020

OVO Energy's director of sustainability, Kate Weinberg, argued it had been more than 30 years since the UK planted 30,000 trees in a single year, and that putting the target on a statutory footing could therefore help to "catalyse further action" that would offer both climate and biodiversity benefits. "It

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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. Drax has also sponsored multiple Conservative Party conference events, including a 2022 panel discussion on “levelling up” led by The Spectator magazine.

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2021

It said it would aim to reduce carbon emissions across its operations and value chain by at least 55 per cent by 2025 and at least 65 per cent by 2030, against a 2019 baseline, backed by targets to secure 100 per cent renewable power by 2022, and shift to a 100 per cent battery-car fleet by 2024. by the end of the century.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

Of course, that’s all assuming it goes ahead, and the UK government haven’t ruled out the possibility of a postponement until Spring 2022. One solution might be carbon pricing, and the imposition of such a measure was Bordini-Staden’s “biggest hope” for COP26. What are the big priorities for COP? Where are the main challenges?

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 2, 2021

Due to Valckensteyn’s relatively lightweight timber build as compared to steel-and-concrete construction, the architects will be able to repurpose the old building’s foundations — a sustainable design decision that helps to significantly reduce the project’s carbon footprint. Powerhouse Company Images via Powerhouse Company. .

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2023

Meanwhile, the English and Welsh teams were among a handful of 2022 Qatar World Cup competitors forced to withdraw plans to wear armbands in support of the LGBTQ+ community in protest of the host nation's discriminatory laws. The pressure on football is only going to mount. Progress is slow, but things are changing.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Unchecked carbon pollution is forcing the world's most vulnerable on a frog march to destruction - now. — Alok Sharma (@AlokSharma_RDG) February 28, 2022. The Treasury commissioned the Dasgupta review to look at the economics of biodiversity. Nearly half of humanity is living in the danger zone - now. 2/2) [link].

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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

MAY 6, 2021

Both biodiversity loss and climate change having been ranked as two of the top five threats facing humanity in the current decade by the World Economic Forum (WEF), which estimates more than half of the world's GDP - or $44tr - is moderately or highly dependent on nature and its services. Political advocacy.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

It also seeks to establish a committee to oversee the nation's decarbonisation strategy over the next three decades, as well as calling for a more ambitious 2030 emissions reduction goal, alongside a greater focus on enhancing biodiversity and protecting nature, Eco-Business reports.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

But the promise of streamlining the planning process may also offer a much-needed boost for major low carbon energy projects such as nuclear power plants and offshore wind farms. Boosting the ECO scheme could well end up being cost neutral on Treasury with insulation cutting gas demand and so the overall price tag of the bailout.

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EDF + Business

MARCH 1, 2021

Members serving in the 2021-2022 term are: Trevor Anderson. (He/Him/His) She has developed a vendor sustainability scorecard for a Fortune 100 company, consulted with a national brand to improve impact measurement and reporting, and quantified the carbon emissions of an industry association. Praneet Singh Arshi. every month.

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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

MARCH 11, 2022

COP15 Biodiversity Summit reportedly facing further delays. The COP15 Biodiversity Summit that was slated to take place in Kunming, China in May could be delayed for a fourth time, according to reports in the New Scientist. China unveils plan for giant Gobi Desert renewables projects, plots new carbon-saving policies.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Drawing on that mandate, Ardern declared a "climate emergency" and set the wheels in motion for New Zealand’s public sector to become carbon neutral by 2025. She passed a Zero Carbon Bill during her first term that mandates net-zero emissions by 2050 and campaigned on tougher action this term. . percent of its GDP.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

based insurer to achieve carbon neutrality in 2016. . During her five years with Quantis, Bande has advised some of the world’s largest companies in the food, cosmetics and apparels sectors, helping them define science-based targets, insetting initiatives and carbon pricing approaches. Jesse Klein. Jennifer Ballen, 28 .

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Business Green

APRIL 8, 2022

Research from WWF, for example, has found 46 per cent of the UK's carbon footprint is generated overseas by goods produced to satisfy UK consumption. The package will now be sent to parliament and could be adopted in the first half of 2022, according to reports. The evidence is consistent, alarming and undeniable.".

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