Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

New design reduces carbon footprint of classic Dr.BEST toothbrush by 50 per cent, with remaining emissions are set to be offset through a community project in Madagascar. Whilst this product achieves carbon neutral status by offsetting, we are working to develop future solutions that do not require offsetting," he added.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2020

Korean technology giant's solar panel manufacturing arm pledges to become carbon neutral by 2030. LG Solar has set its sights on becoming carbon neutral across all its operational activities by 2030, as part of a package of environmental measures announced by the solar panel manufacturer today.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

Air cargo operator pledges to invest in sustainable fuels, carbon capture research, and fleet electrification in bid to meet new climate goals. By 2025, half of all FedEx Express global PUD vehicle purchases would be electric, rising to 100 per cent by 2030, it said. Knobloch, Jr. Dean of the Yale School of the Environment.

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GreenBiz

JULY 29, 2020

BMW, Ford, other automakers rev up carbon commitments. The world's biggest automakers are ramping up their carbon commitments even as they struggle to build back in the wake of the pandemic. . This week, Germany's BMW took the plunge and set a goal to reduce its carbon emissions per car by at least one-third by 2030.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Lighting giant Signify has today announced a series of sustainability milestones, claiming it has achieved 'carbon neutral' status for its global operations, which it said are now also powered by 100 per cent renewable electricity.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

GE Renewable Energy announced a plan Tuesday to produce zero waste wind turbine blades by 2030. The plan will be carried out by LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy subsidiary, which will aim to deliver no excess manufacturing materials and packaging to landfills and incineration without energy recovery. Follow @EngelsAngle.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Business leaders from more than 150 companies have today called on the EU to commit to stricter climate targets, urging policymakers to adopt a 2030 goal to cut emissions by 55 per cent against 1990 levels in an open letter to the European Commission.

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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

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Drinks giant Diageo has unveiled a suite of environmental goals as part of its new 10-year sustainability plan today, including targets to achieve net zero carbon emissions across its business and cut its water use by almost a third over the next decade.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2021

EU economic and energy modelling could be overestimating the cost of achieving the Europe's 2030 climate goals, which risks undermining the scale and pace of green investment and decarbonisation required, fresh research by the European Corporate Leaders Group today warns.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The university outlined a staggered approach to divestment through to 2030, and said it will invest instead in renewable energy. The University of Cambridge has committed to divest from all direct and indirect investments in fossil fuels by 2030, as the institution works towards its goal of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2038.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In March, Samsonite announced "Our Responsible Journey," a new global sustainability strategy that outlines its commitments across four priority areas: Product Innovation; Carbon Action; Thriving Supply Chain; and Our People, including engagement, development, diversity and inclusion. Mon, 11/16/2020 - 01:00.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Thanks to converging forces — including supportive policies, dropping battery costs and aggressive climate goals — transportation leaders at large and small organizations are increasingly turning to new zero-emission and low-carbon options that decarbonize fleets and in some cases save money. The definition of fleet is evolving. Media Source.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

These materials are often used to package fruit and vegetables but are also very common in industrial applications. As Europe remains the world’s second-largest plastic producer, the findings are timely and essential for achieving recycling targets and reducing the carbon footprint. industrial activities (e.g.,

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Stimulus packages aimed at supporting the recovery of G20 countries' energy industries are heavily weighted in favour of fossil fuels, marking a significant "missed opportunity" to accelerate the transition to renewable power in the wake of Covid-19, research today has found.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

For the vast majority of countries, recovery spending has been relatively low and not particularly green, according to the report, with any benefits from the greener elements contained in stimulus packages often undermined by concurrent fossil fuel and consumer-focused spending program. billion has been spent on low-carbon transport, $28.9

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

CLG Europe brings together influential European businesses which share the aim of delivering climate neutrality through "progressive public policy". However, in joining the group Microsoft said it will step up its efforts to support the EU's goal "to become the world's first climate-neutral continent".

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

It has increased carbon capture and storage, biodiversity, and green jobs through work at its two estates – Bunloit and Beldorney. It is also now targeting becoming a net carbon neutral business. It also aims to become Net Zero by 2030. improvement on energy storage, leading to significant carbon savings.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2020

As MEPs enter talks over EU Council's €1.8tr recovery package and budget deal, many key green questions remain. Indeed, the European Green Deal programme aimed at transitioning Europe to become the world's first climate neutral continent by 2050 has been a major driving force behind the pandemic recovery and budget agreement.

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Business Green

AUGUST 31, 2022

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, we were behind schedule to meet commitments to end world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. In the food industry, there are increasingly close ties being built between food manufacturers, packaging companies, start-ups and academia. Now, that challenge is heightened.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2020

G20 leaders must develop clear policy and regulatory frameworks to enable the business community to help accelerate the transition to a carbon neutral world, according to a new set of recommendations published yesterday by some of the world's top business leaders.

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Business Green

MARCH 6, 2020

Both Evian and Volvic also set to become 'carbon neutral' in the UK in 2020, claims the French food and drinks giant. Hugh Jones, managing director for advisory at the Carbon Trust, said Danone's efforts demonstrated "real commitment to achieving significant carbon reductions".

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

2030 sustainability vision launched today by the beauty giant includes pledges to use only recycled or biobased packaging by the end of the decade and achieve carbon neutrality across its sites by 2025.

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Energy Innovation

JUNE 16, 2022

This modeling showed the state is off track for its 2030 and 2045 climate goals, and must triple its historic emissions reduction pace. This year’s Draft Scoping Plan proposes a pathway to achieve the state’s target of 40 percent emissions below 1990 levels and economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2045. .

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Google has added new tools to its features designed to give users more control over the carbon emissions generated when using Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The Unattended Project Recommender joins the Region Picker application in a collection of services called Carbon Sense.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 10, 2022

As part of the Fit for 55 package, European parliamentarians have supported revision of CO2 emission performance standards for new vehicles. The new standards to cover passenger and light commercial vehicles propose emission reduction targets of 55% for passenger cars and 50% for vans for 2030 and 100% for 2035.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 22, 2020

"We have committed to enable and inspire responsible consumption through innovation on our product and packaging," she said. They have also criticised the firm for failing to include value chain emissions in its carbon reduction targets, despite the fact indirect emissions make up the large majority of per the firm's carbon output.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The electrolyzers, equivalent to 20 percent of Spain’s 2030 green hydrogen target, will be used to create green hydrogen for ammonia production at Fertiberia’s Puertollano and Palos de la Frontera chemical plants. billion) of new public funding and featured a target of 5 GW of low-carbon hydrogen capacity by 2030.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

British supermarket giant Sainsbury's has stepped up its climate ambitions with a series of science-based commitments that will see it pledge to reduce its indirect Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent by 2030 and slash its direct Scope 1 and 2 emissions to net zero by 2040.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Despite the City’s stated ambition to be the UK’s first carbon neutral city it was recently ranked at number 18 in a list of the UK’s green cities following an assessment taking into account measures including emission, transport, waste and nature.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

The proposed stimulus package calls for a "renovation wave" of buildings and infrastructure in support of the Green Deal, as well as investments in circular economy efforts, renewable energy projects, clean hydrogen infrastructure, green transport networks, and an enhanced Just Transition Fund for workers.

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Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The BAU Scenario shows economy-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions peaking around 2030. Policymakers and other stakeholders can use the EPS to identify additional policies to achieve early peaking and reach carbon neutrality by 2060. Direct, indirect, and induced changes to jobs in an example policy package.

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Business Green

JULY 3, 2020

It would therefore appear to be the first UK government support package to come with green conditions attached, following months of appeals from green groups for climate-conditional bailouts to help steer high-carbon industries towards a greener, net zero future.

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EDF + Business

JULY 16, 2019

By Aileen Nowlan With the click of a button, our groceries, clothes, personal care products, household items – just about anything – could arrive on our doorsteps in a neatly packaged cardboard box. What happens behind-the-scenes to get a package delivered to your door is taking a toll on our planet and our health. But at what cost?

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2021

At Dow, as a leading materials company, we know we have a responsibility to take this challenge seriously and take urgent action - to become carbon neutral and stop plastic going to waste. To achieve our carbon reduction targets, incremental improvements are no longer enough. A radical redesign.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2020

Darroch will discuss both Sky's pledge to reach net zero emissions by 2030 and the wider role broadcasters and media companies have to play in driving climate action. By 2030 we're going to be net carbon zero and eventually, hopefully, we're going to be carbon positive," he will say.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 22, 2021

On July 14, the European Union (EU) announced a sweeping package of climate proposals that will help the continent cut greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent by 2030, from a 1990 baseline. But only 36 percent of them supported the interim 55 percent emissions reduction target for 2030. More than half favored weaker targets.

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