GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

COVID-19 illuminated problems with complex supply chains, and Santona said she expects a rise in demand for transparency particularly around human rights, labor conditions and corruption, as well as biodiversity loss and water risks. We were able to act fast because we have a plan for our resilience and engagement within our communities.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Instead, communities hosting wood pellet facilities are not only further burdened by pollution and other local dangers, they are also entangled in yet another climate damaging trend — the destruction of biodiverse hardwood forests and the rise of monoculture tree plantations to produce energy that appears to pose climate threats similar to coal. .

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2020

These continuous changes result in increases in waste, emissions, resource depletion and high energy consumption. The problem we face today, is really the problems associated with population growth, consumption, waste and disposal. Terms such as climate change, climate crisis, carbon neutral, negative emissions, etc.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

They take us a step further to achieving the 51 percent emissions cut by 2030 enshrined in legislation, but leave much to be desired. The economic growth in the dairy sector, Burke added, “is happening at the expense of the environment as witnessed by the trends in water quality, emissions and biodiversity all going in the wrong direction.”.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Regenerative Agriculture Often accompanied with: carbon storage, no till, crop rotation With host country the UAE spearheading a new “Regenerative Landscapes” project in close partnership with the likes of Pepsico, Nestlé and fertilizer giant Yara, the term “ regenerative agriculture ” is likely to be a hot topic at COP28.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The launch of the draft version of London's 2030 Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy was launched as the city's mayor yesterday visited the London Electric Vehicle Company factory in Coventry which produces 'zero emission capable' black cabs for the capital.

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Business Green

JUNE 17, 2020

That is according to a report out today from Forum for the Future and the Textile Exchange, which sets out how the man-made cellulosic fibres (MMCF) sector could revolutionise the wasteful textile and apparel sectors. MCCF waste fibres can be turned into new fibres without the quality loss typically associated with recycling natural fibres.

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Business Green

MARCH 5, 2021

UN argues 'rapid deployment' of CCUS needed to meet carbon neutrality goals. The report acknowledges that CCYUS technologies alone will not be sufficient to deliver carbon neutrality in line with the goals ofthe Paris Agreement. ENGIE hails 'world first' gas from waste breakthrough.

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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. 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.

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Business Green

JUNE 17, 2020

That is according to a report out today from Forum for the Future and the Textile Exchange, which sets out how the man-made cellulosic fibres (MMCF) sector could revolutionise the wasteful textile and apparel sectors. MCCF waste fibres can be turned into new fibres without the quality loss typically associated with recycling natural fibres.

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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. 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. Again, the research doesn’t account for the cost of inaction.

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2020

In numbers, the firm has reduced its absolute operational carbon emissions by 78 per cent since 2005, speeding past its 2020 target of 60 per cent, while achieving carbon neutrality at several dozen sites and reducing its water consumption by more than half. It's much bigger, in terms of scope.".

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Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2020

Just days after the tech giant unveiled a sweeping new plan to become 'carbon negative' coffee giant Starbucks has followed suit, today unveiling a plan to become 'resource positive'. The preliminary targets could see Starbucks' halve water withdrawal, waste-to-landfill, and carbon emissions within the next decade, Johnson said.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The hottest trend of the year was the electrification of transportation, which is on the precipice of a major upswing: Less than 1 percent of fleet vehicles were electric at the beginning of the year, but that number is expected to grow to 12 percent by 2030. . But solutions exist, and we wrote about them. That includes two new technologies.

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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

MAY 24, 2021

Fresh analysis warns plans for UK's largest BECCS facility in North Yorkshire could prove more expensive for billpayers than Hinkley Point C, but developer Drax rejects calculations and insists carbon capture technology is likely to prove a crucial component of the net zero transition.

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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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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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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Greentown Labs is already working closely with the City of Houston to support the goals outlined in its first-ever Climate Action Plan , which includes a commitment of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. Microsoft’s VP Energy Industry Darryl Willis will join Greentown Houston’s Founding Advisory Board.

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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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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

” The paper identifies five core green policy areas that policymakers should focus on — green energy, low-carbon transport, natural capital, green building upgrades and green research and development (R&D) — and highlights successful green spending programs to date. billion has been spent on low-carbon transport, $28.9

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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. Indonesia submits updated 2030 climate plan. COP15 biodiveristy summit braced for third Covid-19 delay.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Instead, communities hosting wood pellet facilities are not only further burdened by pollution and other local dangers, they are also entangled in yet another climate damaging trend — the destruction of biodiverse hardwood forests and the rise of monoculture tree plantations to produce energy that appears to pose climate threats similar to coal.

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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. Problems and solutions.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 8, 2021

.” Consider compliance COVID-19 illuminated problems with complex supply chains, and Santona said she expects a rise in demand for transparency particularly around human rights, labor conditions and corruption, as well as biodiversity loss and water risks.

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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. 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.

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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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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Schools give us a glimpse into what carbon neutrality looks like. The campus community diverted nearly 70 percent of all waste this past school year (up from 56 percent the previous year), thanks to student-driven recycling audits. The Golden Bears are also retrofitting an art museum into Berkeley’s first zero-carbon building.

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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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Business Green

JUNE 5, 2020

Hungary has become the latest country to pass net zero legislation, after the national parliament this week approved a law that establishes a 2050 climate neutrality goal for the central European state. The US government has confirmed plans for new tax breaks to encourage the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS).

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The hottest trend of the year was the electrification of transportation, which is on the precipice of a major upswing: Less than 1 percent of fleet vehicles were electric at the beginning of the year, but that number is expected to grow to 12 percent by 2030. But solutions exist, and we wrote about them. That includes two new technologies.

Sustainability 28

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 9, 2023

E.g. raw material and energy use, atmospheric emissions, water emissions, and waste. Hence MFA is often applied to identify process waste and system inefficiencies. emissions, waste) associated with the production and consumption of goods and services. It involves identifying the environmental inputs (e.g.

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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. Credible transition plans toward a net-zero future must include increasing and tracked adaptation measures if they are to be truly effective, alongside robust, science-based 2030 targets. The facts are undeniable.

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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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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

As is their wont, many companies used the occasion to proclaim updated commitments — the buzzword du la semaine was "net-zero" with Walmart declaring a zero-emissions target by 2040 along with a big clean fleet promise and a pledge to "protect, manage or restore" at least 50 million acres of land and 1 million square miles of ocean by 2030.

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