Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

Tony Juniper reflects on the outcome of the COP15 Biodiversity Summit and what is now needed to deliver on the agreement signed by governments in Montreal. All play a role in absorbing carbon. nJanuary is a time for new beginnings and new resolutions to drive self-improvement, and that applies to nations just as much as individuals.

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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.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

New guidance is geared at helping corporates embed natural climate solutions in their climate strategies in a credible manner while supporting the development of a robust carbon market. To get there we must now go all in for 2030. The voluntary carbon market has long been the subject of intense debate.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

Guidance is geared at helping corporates embed natural climate solutions in their climate strategies in a credible manner and support development of a robust carbon market. The complexity surrounding emissions reduction pathways, net-zero targets, carbon credits and company claims is a barrier to many companies taking action," he said.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

Just today, a group of MPs and campaigners set out demands for a major green recovery drive in the UK , while a report by financial analyst McKinsey estimated that mobilising €75-150bn of capital towards low carbon projects could yield €180bn-350bn in benefits and cut carbon emissions by up to 30 per cent by 2030.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 22, 2021

The tech titan has invested in protecting forests for some time , but last week it launched a new venture in collaboration with Conservation International that is dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, restoring biodiversity and addressing other climate crises while also producing a financial gain for the company.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 22, 2021

The tech titan has invested in protecting forests for some time , but last week it launched a new venture in collaboration with Conservation International that is dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, restoring biodiversity and addressing other climate crises while also producing a financial gain for the company.

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Business Green

APRIL 16, 2020

Leaked documents reveal the EU is likely to delay some parts of its Green Deal work programme, but 2030 climate targets remains a top priority. We need now clear measures in support of zero-carbon, resilient, inclusive and nature-based systems to build the climate neutral world that can protect citizens from dangerous impacts and pollution.".

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Business Green

APRIL 29, 2021

The campaign has also tightened the language it uses when defining residual emissions, sources, and credits in its criteria document in an attempt to provide more specificity about what types of carbon sink projects can legitimately be included in net zero strategies.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The European Biodiversity strategy, which is another core plank of the Green Deal, includes similar goals. In its list of 2030 commitments to support the European Green Deal, CropLife said that it will “invest 10 billion euros into innovation in precision and digital technologies by 2030.”

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Many celebrated with their CSOs on meeting ambitious corporate targets for 2020, while setting audacious new goals for 2025, 2030 and 2050. The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. and globally by 2040.

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Business Green

APRIL 3, 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. We estimate that this change alone could save over one million tons of carbon emissions per year - the equivalent of taking 200,000 cars off the road.

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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. 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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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

With droughts affecting the UK for much of last summer, the project, from Westcountry Rivers Trust and South West Water, will not only contribute to better hydrated wetlands, woodlands and fields, but can help farms manage water demand through dry weather, as well as boost aquatic biodiversity.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Readers also sought glimmers of hope in this year; you were drawn to stories about COVID-19’s positive impact on air pollution and what the sustainability field can do to be more actively anti-racist and pro-diversity. Planes remain among the most polluting means of transport. Clean beauty and fashion are trendy. Media Authorship.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The Drax power plant in North Yorkshire is the UK’s biggest single-point source of carbon dioxide emissions, and is fed by a constant supply of wood pellets shipped to the UK on enormous vessels, mostly form North America. Estonia, and Canada – and the UK–the world’s top importer of wood pellets for biomass energy.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework should drive a step change nature protection natural world - here's why the world's new biodiversity targets matter for businesses. The 10-year plan, with its four broad goals and 23 targets, has a hugely ambitious aim: to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2020

So, if Khan is re-elected next year to deliver on his 2030 target, that figure would need to plummet to near zero in only a decade, which amounts to a huge individual and collective effort across every sector of the capital's economy. Cooper tells BusinessGreen.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

That’s potentially very bad news for the climate: The huge amount of methane that leaks during the production, transport and storage of LNG means that the carbon emissions associated with importing the fuel could be up to ten times higher than for the equivalent amount of Russian pipeline gas, researchers say. It’s fossil fuel madness.”.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

And that means we need to pledge collectively to achieve carbon neutrality - net zero - by the middle of the century. And you can make these cuts in pollution while driving jobs and growth: we have cut our greenhouse gas emissions by 44 per cent in the last 30 years while expanding our GDP by 78 per cent.

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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

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The Commission estimates the plan could help upgrade 35 million buildings across Europe and create up to 160,000 additional green jobs in the construction sector by 2030. Yet the EU Commission's Strategy goes further than current UK plans.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 21, 2020

What Ahoskie got was approximately 50 direct jobs, local tree loss, noise , heavy traffic, air pollution, and combustible dust from wood drying and processing that threatens their health and enjoyment of their homes. South, which is already bearing the brunt of climate change effects. “As

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 26, 2022

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS COSTA RICA 2020 lays out the country’s 2030 Agenda, which provides a model for nations worldwide. The 2030 Agenda is perceived as a tool that guarantees human rights for all, and is a pledge that involes and counts on members of society for its success. Design eco-competitive production systems.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 12, 2021

For instance, roughly 16 percent of recovery spending could bring positive air pollution impacts, but 16.4 percent is likely to increase net air pollution. billion has been spent on low-carbon transport, $28.9 percent of all COVID-induced spending to date had “positive green characteristics.” Meanwhile, $86.1

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

Its conclusions have since been endorsed with apparent sincerity by the UK government, which announced in June that it was committing to ensuring that more of the UK’s largest new infrastructure projects “leave nature and biodiversity in an overall better state than before development”. Putting a price on pollution.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2023

UK's current technology agnostic approach to greening transport is slowing investment, MPs on the Transport Committee warn MPs have urged the government to shelve its current "technology neutral" approach to decarbonising transport and start backing specific technology solutions, including sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and rail electrification.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

Many celebrated with their CSOs on meeting ambitious corporate targets for 2020, while setting audacious new goals for 2025, 2030 and 2050. The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. and globally by 2040.

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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. The world's biggest polluters are guilty of arson of our only home. The reality remains that companies need to halve emissions by 2030 if we are to have any chance of limiting global warming.". The facts are undeniable.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Readers also sought glimmers of hope in this year; you were drawn to stories about COVID-19’s positive impact on air pollution and what the sustainability field can do to be more actively anti-racist and pro-diversity. Planes remain among the most polluting means of transport. Clean beauty and fashion are trendy.

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

A sweeping strategy to boost reuse, repair, and recycling across a multitude of consumer products has been unveiled by the European Commission this week, with stricter rules planned for food, plastics, textiles, construction, and electronics in a bid to cut down on waste and pollution.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 9, 2023

The business emits 5kg of air pollution, 1kg of water pollution, and 10kg of waste. The burning of fossil fuels to power vehicles releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and sulfur dioxide. Global impacts : Carbon dioxide contributes to human-induced climate change, and the effects are global.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

It is nothing short of a crisis, and the blame can be placed on the changes in land and sea use, direct exploitation of organisms, pollution, invasive alien species, and climate change that is caused by human activity. All of these corporate efforts, on paper at least, promise to both conserve nature and capture millions of tonnes of CO2.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2020

Microsoft hit headlines at the start of year with a hugely ambitious plan to be 'carbon negative' by 2030 , backed by a pledge to - by mid-century - retroactively remove all carbon dioxide the company has ever emitted since it was founded in 1975, in an announcement that sent shockwaves across the corporate world.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 12, 2022

A powerful US biomass lobby group is pushing for a raft of changes that would weaken European renewable energy rules geared to better protect biodiversity and tackle climate change, DeSmog can reveal. The company also manufactures pellets – it produced over three million last year and aims to double sales by 2030.

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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

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. Alexandra (Aly) Criscuolo. every month.

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