Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Initially, greenwashing was relegated to a small number of corporate claims - that a product or packaging claimed by the company to be compostable or recyclable wasn't, for example. Now more definitions of greenwashing are cropping up, in Europe in particular. Environment Program's Emissions Gap Report 2022. "We

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Due to the environmental harms associated with the use of these agrochemicals, the EU has made limiting their use a key plank among the measures included in its “Green Deal” — a historic package by the bloc to reduce its emissions in line with global climate targets. COPA-COGECA, has however, criticized the EU’s July study.

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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. Rosalind 'Roz' Brewer, COO and Group President, Starbucks. Company profile.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In the latest addition to its 'green recovery' package, the European Commission yesterday unveiled a flurry of crucial green strategies, targets, and policies, ranging from new green building and renewable energy programmes, to tighter rules governing chemical use and methane emissions.

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EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

By 2022, the EU had reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 34% compared to 1990 levels, with an increase in GDP of 54%. Founded in 2000, Ecocem has four manufacturing facilities across Western Europe, selling into several major international markets including France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Scandinavia, the UK, etc.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 23, 2024

Hype’s Strategic Market Entry and Brussels’ Path to Cleaner Mobility In a strategic maneuver that underscores the shifting dynamics of Europe’s transportation sector, French taxi firm Hype has unveiled its ambitious plan to broaden its hydrogen-powered taxi operations into Brussels.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2022

We all know that giving waste a second life is more carbon-efficient than incinerating it, but reaching a definition on what makes an item 'recyclable' is one of the most complex challenges policymakers currently face. The proposal states that packaging (all materials) entering the EU market must meet design for recyclability criteria.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

” And although this was a painful lesson; we have now decreased our gas dependency on Russia, from 40% at the beginning of the year to 9% as we approach the end of 2022; it is nevertheless impressive. So, rapid deployment of renewables, but also all other low carbon clean sources in that context, like hydrogen” she said.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Two of Europe's top engineering giants have this week moved forward with plans to accelerate the roll out hydrogen fuelled trains, with projects advancing in both Germany and Italy. Only then can DB be climate-neutral by 2050. South Korea signals plan to strengthen 2030 carbon targets. within our administration's term?for

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2021

The vice-president of sustainability at CCEP, the largest Coca-Cola bottler in the world, spills the details on how the firm intends to achieve net zero packaging, manufacturing, shipping, and ingredients within 20 years. Europe is kind of the epicentre of what's going on climate change," he says. "If

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Starbucks has this week launched a major new trial that could see it offer returnable, reusable cups at over 4,000 stores across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). And in further industry news, Morrisons announced this week that it has become the first UK supermarket to sell its own brand fresh milk in carbon neutral cartons.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

This might be the quickest and cheapest way for you to become carbon neutral, without retrofitting your vessels at all. Rotterdam refineries are among the biggest polluters in Europe Rotterdam has the dubious title of being the absolute leader in the throughput and storage of crude oil in northwest Europe.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 1, 2022

Meanwhile, at the national level, the Biden administration has set a bold goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Though Europe has examples, the U.S. County officials worked directly with the developer to obtain information, and no neutral intermediaries were involved. Source: Elmallah and Rand, 2022.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

Rotterdam refineries are among the biggest polluters in Europe Rotterdam has the dubious title of being the absolute leader in the throughput and storage of crude oil in northwest Europe. The alternative to fossil feedstock, is to replace it with hydrogen and carbon in other sustainable forms. > A source of carbon.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The huge support package could cost up to £150bn, or potentially even more depending on the volatile global gas market, and taxpayers are set to foot the bill for at least two years. Beyond the headline support package, major energy market changes are being planned too. — Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) September 8, 2022.

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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

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Row brewing over Boris Johnson's G7 plans to promote carbon border tariffs. The Australian government has signalled it will oppose proposals for a new international agreement in support of carbon border tariff adjustments, labelling the move a form of protectionism. Bank of America unveils new net zero plans.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Report: China carbon emissions fall eight per cent. The new analysis was published by Carbon Brief and is based on official figures and commercial data. It remains unclear if China's emissions have now peaked or whether the latest stimulus package from the government could lead to a rebound in emissions.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Dubbed the 'Growth Plan' , the package of around 30 measures builds on Prime Minister Liz Truss's vision for a low tax and low regulation approach in the hope of driving economic growth and staving off warnings of a looming recession. Energy package costs £60bn for just 6m. — Jess Ralston (@jessralston2) September 23, 2022.

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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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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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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2021

In the same week as the IPCC warned the world was on track for escalating climate impacts unless it moves swiftly to slash emissions to net zero, the Italian island of Sicily looks to have registered the highest temperature ever recorded in Europe. It was then first published by the journalist Juan Bordera in the Spanish online magazine CTXT.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

based insurer to achieve carbon neutrality in 2016. . When he offered her a job leading the company’s global sustainable packaging initiative, she jumped at it. One current focus: The organization is seeking ways to scale collective impact to redefine food packaging. Jesse Klein. Jennifer Ballen, 28 . Meg Wilcox.

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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 four packages of sanctions have hit hard and limited the Kremlin's political and economic options. We are seeing tangible results.

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