Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 2, 2022

There’s never been a greater urgency to accelerate and complete the large-scale roll-out of smart meters across Europe, says Tomás Llobet of ESMIG. Europe’s unprecedented price and supply crisis means making smart energy savings and securing affordable energy for consumers will remain a key political priority in 2023.

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Charged

MAY 16, 2022

Charging and energy management specialist FreeWire Technologies has raised $125 million in new capital from BlackRock Financial Management and other investors, including bp ventures, Riverstone Holdings, Octave Ventures and Daishin Private Equity. The company aims to deploy over 5,000 battery-integrated chargers by 2025.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Kraft Heinz also updated its commitments with new targets pegged to 2025. Here are some of the latest commitments, along with perspective on progress so far: Procure most electricity from renewable sources by 2025 and decrease energy usage by 15 percent. Through 2019, it has achieved 70 percent.

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Business Green

AUGUST 6, 2020

US packaging giant Crown Holdings has unveiled a raft of new sustainability initiatives designed to guide its activity over the next decade, including emissions reduction pledges approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative that are aligned with keeping warming below 1.5C. Donahue, president and chief executive at Crown.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

As more home and business owners deploy PV systems to reduce their electricity bills and ensure backup power, simple net metering will increasingly be replaced by time-of-use rates and other billing mechanisms that aim to align power prices with utility costs. More battery and inverter packages from the same brand.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The IEA has released its annual review of Hungary’s energy policy, stating that energy efficiency needs to be central in the coming years for the European country to reach its net zero targets, The Hungary 2022 Energy Policy Review states how Hungary has significantly increased its climate ambitions since the last review.

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GreenBiz

MAY 19, 2020

The beermaker’s 2025 goals pledge bold advances in water strategy, returnable or recyclable packaging, renewable energy procurement (its U.S. division in 2019 signed the beer industry’s largest power purchase agreement to date) and support for farmers adopting regenerative agriculture practices.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

Package delivery giant and airline operator FedEx has announced it plans to achieve 'carbon neutrality' across its operations within the next 20 years through investments in electrification, sustainable fuels, energy efficiency, and carbon capture systems. FedEx CEO and chairman Frederick W.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

JANUARY 5, 2021

The 2050 goal itself had already been adopted by the secretary of energy and environmental affairs under preexisting law. Not surprisingly, many of the levers the new act pulls are embedded within familiar state energy policies. or otherwise shake things up.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Chancellor warns all households have a responsibility to save energy in response to Russia’s 'blackmail'. The government is set to launch a public information campaign to encourage people to save energy, following months of pleas from activists and business groups for Ministers to do more to encourage energy-saving measures.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Extension of ECO scheme to see grants offered to wider range of households, as plans confirmed for £18m energy-saving public information campaign. The government will today launch a major new push to accelerate the adoption of domestic energy efficiency measures and encourage households and businesses to save more energy.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The research, conducted by the non-profit Global Energy Monitor and shared with DeSmog, found thousands of cases in which high-profile corporations engage in lobbying in state capitols, hiring the same lobbyists that do work for powerful fossil fuel companies. Why are we all working on climate action through business?

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2020

EXCLUSIVE: In a letter to Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Siemens Energy, Engie, National Grid, and Ryse Hydrogen call for the government to emulate its successful approach to offshore wind development and set an official cost reduction target for green hydrogen.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 22, 2021

New homes will be expected to produce 31 percent less carbon dioxide than they do now, according to plans laid out this week , which will require better energy efficiency and being “heat pump ready.” Tighter rules on the carbon footprint of new homes in England look set to trigger a fresh boom for residential solar.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Heat pump benefits are no secret – they are much more energy efficient than their gas boiler alternatives and provide a much needed pathway for the decarbonisation of heating and cooling, a notoriously hard-to-abate sector. In 2021, approximately 85% of UK domestic heating was provided through networked gas. Enter the BEIS.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

🚗 Vertical: Transportation and Energy investment declined, but remained on top. Redwood Materials received a $2bn loan from the US Department of Energy in Feb 2023. Ascend Elements received a $480m grant from the US Department of Energy in Oct 2022. 2 spot behind Energy Storage, which rose from no.2 2 to to no.1.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

  KoBold Metals discovered a major copper deposit, which could be the start to solving growing supply and demand imbalances brought on by copper’s fundamental role in the energy transition.  Demand The most critical of energy transition minerals.   Demand is on the rise.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

But analysts warned the cut will come as cold comfort to many households given the price cap remains above the level set by the government's Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) support scheme. But given the government has set the EPG at £3,000 for a typical bill from April, consumers will not pay the full level of the energy price cap.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

These 20 C-suite executives have steered their companies forward through much disruption, providing inspiration for the possibilities of advancing sustainability, social responsibility and circular business models — sometimes all at once. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

The volume of waste produced in England has remained largely the same for the past five years, presenting fresh questions as to how government, businesses, and households can successfully curb waste levels. Moreover, efforts to move the Action Plan from a government-funded model to one partially funded by business were not successful.

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EDF + Business

APRIL 18, 2023

Food Processors Beverage Companies Grocery Stores Wholesale Clubs Agricultural Producers Restaurants Packaged Food Companies Meat Producers On average, two-thirds of food sector companies’ emissions are generated by farm-level production, making on-farm sustainability critical for abatement. Key Takeaways IRA adds $4.95

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2021

But Ministers insist end to financial support for overseas fossil fuel energy projects, £16bn transition plan for North Sea, and climate compatibility test for new projects can put UK on track to net zero emissions. We will not leave oil and gas workers behind in the United Kingdom's irreversible shift away from fossil fuels. "We

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Business Green

MAY 14, 2020

Intel has today unveiled a raft of new sustainability goals, declaring that "carbon neutral computing" is possible within the next 10 years if the right advances are made in sustainable design and energy efficiency are made. We can solve them, but only by working together.".

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2023

The platform's 80 million global monthly active users share in the region of two billion files per month and while the company is seeking to cut its carbon footprint by 30 per cent by 2025 its overall emissions actually increased from 2,717 to 3,124 tonnes in 2021 - a rise of 17 per cent. 2022 was the year we measured everything," Ruiz says.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Tech giant announces raft of fresh sustainability measures and investments to address emissions across its global business. Could Apple - one of the world's largest, most successful, and most visible companies - really become a fully net zero business by the end of the decade?

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

The volume of waste produced in England has remained largely the same for the past five years, presenting fresh questions as to how government, businesses, and households can successfully curb waste levels. Moreover, efforts to move the Action Plan from a government-funded model to one partially funded by business were not successful.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2022

They lead by example and demonstrate how business can be used as a platform for good. All of our members are regular companies with businesses to run, and they all do their part in becoming greener, more socially responsible and thoughtful. Watson Gloves.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2021

"We will work together to tackle the world's biggest problems, reducing carbon emissions, fighting the loss of biodiversity and getting another 40 million girls into school by 2025," he added. ScottishPower said the project was the first of its kind in the UK and is set to provide enough green power for up to 15,000 homes. "I

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Business Green

APRIL 19, 2021

Among the coalition's chief concerns are that the resulting body of law in many cases gives ministers new powers, does not offer an adequate replacement for oversight once provided by the European Commission, offers up a weaker penalty regime, and strips many laws of previous targets and reporting requirements. "The

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2022

Conservative Environment Network calls for expansion of schemes for energy efficiency and heat pumps, alongside longer-term clarity to encourage green investment. If we act decisively now, we can insulate hundreds of thousands of fuel-poor homes to lower energy bills permanently," he said.

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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2023

But players across the green economy were quick to point out the government's package of policies and tax changes was notably bereft of focus on three other critical 'E's that are planks of a prosperous economy: environment, energy, and efficiency. Here, BusinessGreen rounds up all of the reaction from the green economy.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

Oh, what a tangled web they weave when businesses set out either to deceive consumers or aspirationally advertise green credentials they haven't earned. Greenwashing not only backfires and turns off discriminating shoppers and shareholders, it can also subject a business to legal trouble and hefty fines. Made with renewable energy.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Kraft Heinz also updated its commitments with new targets pegged to 2025. Here are some of the latest commitments, along with perspective on progress so far: Procure most electricity from renewable sources by 2025 and decrease energy usage by 15 percent. Through 2019, it has achieved 70 percent.

Sustainability 28

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AGreenLiving

MAY 19, 2020

The beermaker’s 2025 goals pledge bold advances in water strategy, returnable or recyclable packaging, renewable energy procurement (its U.S. division in 2019 signed the beer industry’s largest power purchase agreement to date) and support for farmers adopting regenerative agriculture practices.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2022

Energy security and net zero requires a rethink of the way energy consumed and used. But what policies do experts think shuold feature to the government’s upcoming Energy Security Strategy and Spring Statement? It was a glaring omission.

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Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2022

In order to oversee these stricter targets, the government, the Environment Agency, and regulator Ofwat plan to continue expanding the frequency and duration of their monitoring of sewage discharges, which has risen from around five per cent in 2016 to almost 90 per cent last year, it said.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The first Drinks Industry Sustainability Index – Trends Report 2020 analyses the extent to which the drinks industry is adopting sustainable strategies and practices for packaging, waste, water, emissions, energy, social impact and raw materials. Openly engaging with consumer concerns about plastic and packaging.

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