Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

Raft of energy efficiency, green transport, and hydrogen programmes put at heart of €130bn stimulus package, as Bank of England confirms financial support for airlines. The German government has unveiled plans for a massive €130bn stimulus package that features at least €40bn climate-related spending.

Packaging 86

Packaging Government Transportation Carbon-neutral 86

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In Beck’s mind, too , forwarding-thinking companies should look at natural resources not just as consumables but as recyclable goods, and then design systems and products in a way that eliminates waste. Nearly a century ago, Ecolab sold dishwasher soap with a dispenser described as its first effort to reduce waste.

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Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 518

Green Technology

JUNE 21, 2023

Green Technology’s Leadership Awards aim to recognize and honor individuals, organizations, and institutions that have made significant contributions to advancing sustainability efforts and reducing carbon footprints in various sectors. The award was accepted by Joel Griffith, DGS and the O Street team.

Building Energy Monitoring 40

Building Energy Monitoring Sustainability Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 40

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

As a company, Google claims to be carbon neutral since 2007 and has set a goal to be carbon-free by 2030. That may seem like a long timeline, but achieving that goal within a decade for a company that size will require a clear vision and consistent change.

Retail 28

Retail Carbon-neutral Recycled materials Recycling 28

Business Green

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The winners were chosen for their innovative solutions to the world's most pressing environmental problems and awarded £1m each, alongside a package of professional support to help them scale up and roll out the winning innovations around the world.

Waste 36

Waste Waste Innovation Recycled materials 36

Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

Forty-five per cent of Americans want to be viewed as eco-friendly consumers, according to the results in September of an unpublished 2022 Eco Pulse study from Shelton Group. "In Carbon offset. Does the carbon offset provider use sound science and accounting practices to back up the claims it makes about its carbon offsets?

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Recycling Recycling Ozone Building Energy Monitoring 36

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

“We have received many letters from children about the environment asking us to remove single-use plastic packaging,” Niels B. LEGO also added solar panels to its factories as part of its goal of a carbon-neutral manufacturing process by 2022. Kids have spoken, and LEGO has listened. and Canada.

Plastics 28

Plastics Carbon-neutral Climate change Packaging 28

Business Green

JANUARY 27, 2020

We have a duty to the communities we serve to continue to reduce the impact our business has on the environment and we are committing to reduce our own carbon emissions and become Net Zero by 2040, 10 years ahead of the government's own targets, because 2050 isn't soon enough," he said. "We

Carbon-neutral 41

Carbon-neutral Retail Carbon Plastics 41

Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As ore quality declines, production costs, emissions, and waste volumes all increase.  ♻️ Greyparrot , a London, UK-based waste and recycling intelligence platform, raised $13m in funding from Bollegraaf.  Udderly amazing, old milk can churn out gold from e-waste.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Plastic waste in particular is a huge source of concern across the continent. Countries will need to develop national action plans, to improve their waste management practices such that they move up the waste management hierarchy and introduce policies to incentivise investments in the recycling infrastructure.

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Africa Plastics Waste Waste 38

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%. It produces over two million tons of low carbon cement annually and is responsible for around 10-15% of the cement supply in the markets in which it operates. Of these plastics, around 36% are used in packaging.

Packaging 44

Packaging Carbon-neutral Plastics Recycling 44

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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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.

Recycling 41

Recycling Recycling Plastics Packaging 41

Business Green

MARCH 18, 2021

One of the world's biggest steel-making firms, ArcelorMittal, has this week launched a sweeping new new package of initiatives aimed at driving down both its own carbon emissions and those of the industry more broadly.

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Carbon-neutral Climate change Carbon Fossil fuels 98

Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

"We remain fully committed to the historic Glasgow Climate Pact agreed at COP26 including a 68 per cent reduction in our emissions by 2030," he said, adding that "cheap, low carbon, reliable energy must sit at the heart of any modern economy".

Investment 38

Investment Government Fossil fuels Policy 38

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. Paperboard covers and plastic-free tabs allow the entire planner to be separated and disposed of with minimal waste. My first impression came with the packaging.

Organic 28

Organic Recycling Recycling Plastics 28

Elemental Excelerator

AUGUST 12, 2022

Not to mention President Biden also signed the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 , putting about $67 billion toward zero-carbon industries and climate research. This is the largest climate funding package Congress has ever passed. Funding the use of low-carbon materials in the built environment and in public infrastructure projects.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor 98

Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The hope is that by offering reusable cups with a small deposit reuse rates will increase and cups will be routinely returned, leading to lower levels of waste. The lids, which are made by Stora Enso, are plastic-free, recyclable, and biodegradable, and are expected to reduce approximately 120 tonnes of plastic waste annually.

Plastics 96

Plastics Carbon-neutral Packaging Recycling 96

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.

Carbon-neutral 93

Carbon-neutral Biodiversity Agriculture Carbon 93

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. Meanwhile, incentives for senior leadership are now based in part on carbon elimination progress.

Plastics 72

Plastics Carbon-neutral Recycling Recycling 72

Business Green

MARCH 11, 2022

Last week the club revealed plastic recycling pods have been installed at the Etihad Stadium in a bid to encourage football fans to make more conscious choices when disposing of packaging waste by offering them discounts on air travel as a reward for "joining the sustainability journey".

Recycling 83

Recycling Recycling Aviation Plastics 83

Business Green

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Only then can DB be climate-neutral by 2050. South Korea signals plan to strengthen 2030 carbon targets. for progressing toward carbon neutrality," he said, adding that "we will try our best to quickly raise the 2030 national greenhouse gas reduction target before 2025. within our administration's term?for

Hydrogen 90

Hydrogen Carbon-neutral Carbon Government 90

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

In Beck’s mind, too , forwarding-thinking companies should look at natural resources not just as consumables but as recyclable goods, and then design systems and products in a way that eliminates waste. Nearly a century ago, Ecolab sold dishwasher soap with a dispenser described as its first effort to reduce waste.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 28

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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Government Energy Energy Fossil fuels 71

Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Reports suggest new taxes could be imposed on electric vehicles, while there is scant evidence the Treasury is considering the kind of green infrastructure stimulus package that could help drive down both bills and emissions. If we do not win any money, we will have spent at least six weeks full-time work trying to secure it - it is a waste.

Energy 69

Energy Energy Government Carbon-neutral 69

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The industry claims it can produce climate-friendly “blue hydrogen” from natural gas using carbon capture, a nascent technology still in early development. Getting hydrogen wrong, McNamara added, would be a “catastrophic waste of time.” That’s not the path we need to be on.”

Fossil fuels 85

Fossil fuels Hydrogen Natural gas Carbon-neutral 85

Business Green

AUGUST 6, 2021

Those using the bowls receive a free topping as a thank-you for helping Just Salad reduce its single-use packaging, and the initiative will be expanded to digital orders in 2022. It's cost-neutral to us because we don't make money selling you these bowls. This is really the way to have that multiplier effect that we need.".

Carbon-neutral 36

Carbon-neutral Carbon Sustainability Organic 36

GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

The Ottawa-based startup is bringing to scale a process that generates hydrogen by capturing carbon dioxide from the air, then storing it within seawater, mimicking the ocean’s natural processes to create a carbon sink. But she noticed they only served pre-packaged, mass-produced, instant coffee grown elsewhere. Myisha Majumder.

Building Energy Monitoring 527

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 527

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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Government Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 36

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.

Building Energy Monitoring 52

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 52

AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

The Ottawa-based startup is bringing to scale a process that generates hydrogen by capturing carbon dioxide from the air, then storing it within seawater, mimicking the ocean’s natural processes to create a carbon sink. But she noticed they only served pre-packaged, mass-produced, instant coffee grown elsewhere.

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 36

Business Green

MARCH 11, 2022

EDF Renewables Ireland intends to submit a planning application and an Environmental Impact Assessment Report in support of the project, which could consist of up to seven turbines, to Carlow County Council in late 2022 or early 2023 with a view to bringing the project online by 2026. Coal India touts net zero operations goal.

Carbon-neutral 38

Carbon-neutral Biodiversity Carbon Electric vehicle 38

GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wasted little time raising the stakes in her nation’s fight against climate change after handily winning re-election in October. 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.

Sustainability 546

Sustainability Plastics Organic Retail 546

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. Oliver Camp is passionate about food waste, which he calls a "terrible indictment of our ability to manage our food and supply chains." Jesse Klein. Meg Wilcox.

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Sustainability Carbon-neutral Waste Waste 109

Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

The landmark legislation's climate provisions could unlock billions of dollars of low carbon investment and millions of green jobs - but it also paves the way for new fossil fuel infrastructure. The US is set to get its first ever carbon equivalent tax - on methane. As Mark Carney noted this morning, this is part of a global trend.

Fossil fuels 36

Fossil fuels Methane Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral 36