Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

However, Beyond energy: monetising biomethane’s whole system benefits 1 shows that ‘in 2030, the whole system benefits of biomethane production in the EU27 + UK could range from €38-78 billion per year, rising to €133-283 billion by 2050.’ HRS DCS (Digestate Concentration System) for improved management and handling of digestate.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2023

Yesterday, the Department confirmed the ban for the remainder of peat-containing products would now be brought in in 2030 - six years after the initial ban. We expect a ban on the use of peat in the professional sector by 2030." But it deferred a decision on when the ban would come into effect on for the professional gardening sector.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

We have only until 2030 to get things on track for a net-zero and nature-positive economy — this should sharpen our minds for action. The key for 2021 will be to supersize the good examples of these kinds of efforts and bring them together to help shape a decade of unprecedented partnership and action to 2030.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

which aims to halve global food waste by 2030. A gigantic 931 million tonnes of food were binned in 2019 by households, retailers, restaurants, and other food services, according to new UN research designed to evaluate the sluggish progress towards meeting the UN sustainability goal of halving food waste by 2030.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

CEOs of leading food retailers commit to halving the impact of UK shopping baskets by 2030, in line with WWF goals. Five major supermarkets have pledged to halve the environmental impact of UK shopping baskets by 2030 and step up efforts to halt biodiversity loss after signing up to WWF's Retailers' Commitment for Nature.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Motorsport governing body FIA unveils plans for F1 cars to use greener fuel in next five years, as it sets sights on becoming net zero carbon by 2030. We are delighted by the momentum on sustainable fuels which perfectly aligns with our plan to be net zero carbon as a sport by 2030," he said. by the end of the century.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

These new expectations go beyond the goal-setting and reporting process – it also is now expected that companies will have multifaceted sustainability goals and programs that encompass carbon but also water, waste and biodiversity and also are creating new tools and services to enable others to build on their work. .

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Bill establishes a new “independent watchdog”, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP), to fulfil this role, and it will seemingly hold the government to account on long-term, legally-binding targets in relation to biodiversity, air quality, water and waste management as well as its commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

VIBES is a partnership between the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), The Scottish Government, Energy Saving Trust, Highland & Islands Enterprise, Scottish Enterprise, South of Scotland Enterprise, Scottish Water, Zero Waste Scotland and NatureScot. It has also reused waste materials to landscape and create community spaces.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

He continues: “Of course, researchers will continue to work on what can be done after 2030, but today’s EU energy legislation should have a clear focus on what must be done before 2030.”. This will bring additional benefits by discouraging the burning of whole trees, as recommended in the EU Biodiversity strategy.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The company intends to transition the products across its cleaning brands - which include Persil, Sunlight, Domestos and Cif - away from chemicals made from fossil fuel feedstocks and replace them with renewable or recycled sources of carbon, such as carbon captured using carbon capture utilisation technology or recovered from waste materials.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 5, 2021

Q1 2021: Food waste; the secret of fat; keep it local Jim Giles Fri, 03/05/2021 – 01:00 Want more great analysis of sustainable food systems? Because the company is reusing what was previously seen as waste, Sophie’s is also a great example of tech that can help food systems transition from extractive to circular.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Business leaders and environmental campaigners hail the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework as a major - if flawed - breakthrough for nature protection efforts. BusinessGreen rounds up the initial reaction to the historic new accord.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Owner of Waitrose and John Lewis announces plans to support innovative projects that challenge wasteful 'take, make, dispose' model. This is why we're particularly looking for projects that are regenerative and can eliminate waste or pollution from the design stage and ultimately protect nature." ?.

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Business Green

JUNE 3, 2021

Conservation group the Wildlife Trusts argues there has to date been a "failure to recognise the vital role that nature plays in our society and economy" by central government, noting that public spending on biodiversity has shrunk by 33 per cent over the last five years, despite increasing promises to protect nature from the government.

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2020

Such investment must be underpinned by the highest quality outcomes including efficiency, net zero emissions, waste avoidance, social value and biodiversity net gain. Yet on the basis of current Building Regulations and planning standards, none of these outcomes would be guaranteed.".

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2022

But long-term targets on water quality, air pollution, biodiversity, and waste prompt calls for greater ambition from environmental and business groups. Annual progress reports from the government and the new Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) watchdog would also have to be produced under the proposed legislation.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Russia eyes fossil fuel growth as it unveils 2030 climate goal. The decree formally orders the Russian government to work towards a cut in emissions of up to 70 per cent against 1990 levels by 2030, according to Reuters. We believe this to apply not only to Europe, but globally too.".

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2022

Ministers must press ahead with bold biodiversity targets that can unlock much-needed public and private investment for efforts to enhance nature and tackle air, water and waste pollution, argues The Wildlife Trusts' Eliot Chapman-Jones. Water is the bedrock of our biodiversity. The bottom line is: we need nature to survive.

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Business Green

JANUARY 10, 2023

The global decline of nature and biodiversity could pose material threats to the global economy that cost as much as $3tr every year from 2030. Biodiversity loss is fast emerging as a disaster that needs to be addressed now," said Mark Fulton, project director at IPR.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2022

More than 90% of what we take from the Earth to fulfil our needs and wants goes to waste, with just 8.6% C a further 19-23 billion tonnes of annual emissions must be cut by 2030, Climate Action Tracker calculates.[1]. billion tonnes in 2016 but passed 100 billion in 2019 and is estimated at 101.4 billion last year. of materials cycled.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2023

Tesco said six of the eight "promising" fertiliser alternatives being used in the trial on field veg such as carrots and potatoes would be manufactured from low carbon or waste-based materials such as food waste, chicken litter, fire extinguisher waste, and algae.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2023

The maker of Jim Beam and Maker's Mark is to pilot a cocktail of best practices designed to enhance carbon capture and water, waste, and energy efficiency in the agave fields near its Casa Sauza operations as part of a year-long pilot with environmental professional services firm Red BioTerra.

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Fairsnape

JUNE 8, 2019

At the time of writing some 370 UK architect practices have signed up to Architects Declare, a declaration that acknowledges we are in a Climate and Biodiversity Emergency. Establish climate and biodiversity mitigation principles as the key measure of our industry’s success: demonstrated through awards, prizes and listings.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Government belatedly confirms suite of 13 legally binding targets to reverse species loss, boost water and air quality, cut waste, and increase tree cover over the next 20 years.

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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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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Waste charity WRAP yesterday announced it has set up a working group to develop the framework under the auspices of the 2030 Courtauld Commitment, the food and drink industry's voluntary set of collective environmental, climate, and food waste goals. The aim is for the new framework to be published later this year.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2022

Unveiling its updated environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy yesterday, Carlsberg set out plans to achieve a of flurry of new green targets over the next two decades, including a target to achieve a zero carbon footprint across its business worldwide - including all of its breweries - by 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 1, 2021

From 2030 onwards, the IEA sees technologies that don’t yet work at scale doing much of the heavy lifting. Converting land to biofuel production can have a disastrous impact on both the climate and biodiversity. C, in line with the Paris Agreement: no investment in new fossil fuel projects, and an end to petrol and diesel cars by 2035.

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Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2022

Network Rail said the latest deal was a key component of its push to ensure it is sourcing 100 per cent of non-traction energy from renewable sources by 2030 as part of its 30-year Environmental Sustainability Strategy. EDF added that it will also be incorporating "significant biodiversity improvements on site" including a community orchard.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Architects of Paris Agreement urge world leaders to deliver equally ambitious treaty for nature at upcoming COP15 Biodiversity Summit. The science has been very clear: human activities are driving accelerating biodiversity loss which in turn is undermining our ability to limit global warming to 1.5C," he said.

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Business Green

APRIL 12, 2021

no reduction in meat or dairy); 'Eating differently' in which farmers, retailers and individuals take steps to reduce food waste and choose lower-carbon foods - this includes people eating 20 per cent less red meat and dairy; and.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2022

It concluded that all of the popular schemes were failing to adequately address environmental harms, such as rising waste levels, 'fast fashion' resource use, and use the industry's reliance on fossil fuels. The total emissions impact of the fashion sector is estimated to eclipse that of international aviation and shipping combined.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2021

The transition to a circular model will be essential to halt the twin trends of biodiversity loss and climate change. The Aldersgate Group's recent report 'Closing the Loop' sets out how critical circular economy measures will be critical to delivering the UK's net zero and biodiversity goals, levelling up agenda, and economic recovery.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The way the world produces and consumes food causes huge environmental impacts, and yet 3 billion people worldwide are unable to afford a healthy diet, and up to a third of the food we produce is wasted. degrees Celsius, scientists posit carbon emissions must drop rapidly to 25 gigatons by 2030, or 7.6 In 2019, 690 million people or 8.9

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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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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2022

The UK must rally the international community behind the to drive to protect nature at the upcoming UN Biodiversity Summit, argues Henry Smith MP. Our once green and pleasant land is increasingly devoid of biodiversity. We have also made an ambitious commitment to protect 30 per cent of UK land and seas for nature by 2030.

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