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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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 6, 2020

Both Evian and Volvic also set to become 'carbon neutral' in the UK in 2020, claims the French food and drinks giant. The move would push up the recycled plastic content across the entire UK Evian range to 70 per cent, the firm said. The need for ambitious corporate climate action has never been more urgent," he added.

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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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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2021

Today we celebrate Global Recycling Day, March 18th. But it is also a significant moment for us at Dow, as a plastics manufacturer, to reflect on what recycling means for us and our future. To achieve our carbon reduction targets, incremental improvements are no longer enough. A radical redesign. Minimising resources.

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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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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

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

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

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The pouch is recyclable in most European markets, the firm said, apart from in Belgium, Ireland, and Switzerland. We have committed to enable and inspire responsible consumption through innovation on our product and packaging," she said. It's no longer about if or what we can do, but how quickly we can do it.

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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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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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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 15, 2020

This move will also decrease packaging, “further reducing carbon emissions and avoiding the mining and use of precious materials, which enables smaller and lighter packaging, and allows for 70 percent more boxes to be shipped on a pallet,” Apple said in an announcement. Apple Via The Verge Image via Andreas Haslinger.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 8, 2023

Emissions from farm to table to landfill Emissions are generated at every stage of the food system, from the production of food on farms to transport and refrigeration to processing and packaging to consumer dietary choices and, ultimately, to food waste. Seventy percent of total food system emissions come from land-use change.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

Carbon offset. Does the carbon offset provider use sound science and accounting practices to back up the claims it makes about its carbon offsets? The FTC said in December that it expects comments on 'carbon offsets' in particular for the next Green Guides. Recyclable. Certified by / Seal of approval by.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The report, which was produced by UNEP which was written in collaboration with GRID-Arendal , warned that the climate crisis and changes to land use are set to lead to a 14 per cent increase in extreme wildfires by 2030, rising to a 30 per cent increase by 2050. Tetra Pak announces global recycling capacity push.

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Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2021

Achieving this would allow green hydrogen to start to reach fossil parity, representing one of the most significant achievement for zero-emission solutions and a carbon neutral planet.". The International Olympic Committee (IOC) pledged this week to slash its direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per cent by 2030.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

As a company, Google claims to be carbon neutral since 2007 and has set a goal to be carbon-free by 2030. Carpet made from recycled materials and energy-efficient lighting illuminate the focus on eco-friendly interior design. Green Building Council.

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Business Green

JULY 16, 2020

You can reserve your place at the Awards and secure access to accompanying marketing and promotional packages at the BusinessGreen Leaders Awards 2020 website. Delphis Eco - Recycled Plastic Rating. Little Freddie - Food pouch recycling scheme. GFG Alliance's Carbon Neutral 2030 (CN30) Initiative.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2020

Tobacco giant promises to beef up existing environmental targets and make all plastic packaging recyclable. It is against this backdrop that British American Tobacco, yesterday unveiled a revamped sustainability strategy including a headline pledge to deliver 'carbon neutrality' by 2030.

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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.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

With Our Responsible Journey, Samsonite strives to lead the lifestyle bag and travel luggage industry across key sustainability indicators, including the use of recycled materials in its products and packaging and achieving carbon neutrality across its owned and operated facilities.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

. “We have received many letters from children about the environment asking us to remove single-use plastic packaging,” Niels B. ” The Danish toymaker announced Tuesday that it will replace the plastic bags inside boxed LEGO sets with recyclable paper bags. Christiansen, LEGO Group CEO, said in a statement.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2022

We all know that giving waste a second life is more carbon-efficient than incinerating it, but reaching a definition on what makes an item 'recyclable' is one of the most complex challenges policymakers currently face. The proposal states that packaging (all materials) entering the EU market must meet design for recyclability criteria.

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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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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 the industries need to push beyond recycling. Media Source.

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EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

It produces over two million tons of low carbon cement annually and is responsible for around 10-15% of the cement supply in the markets in which it operates. Figure 2: Group carbon footprint by ton of product Steel industry decarbonization The steel sector’s direct and indirect emissions represent 7% of CO2 emissions globally.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Zambia hopes to triple its current output by 2030, which would require 3m tons of copper production per year. Copper's use in climate tech, accounted for 4% of consumption in 2020, and is projected to quadruple to 17% by 2030. Mineral ambitions. Why is this important now?   Demand is on the rise.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Apple's big-ticket sustainability goals released this year for 2030 include becoming carbon-neutral and achieving a net-zero impact in all operations. It’s been two years since Apple planted the seeds to grow a circular economy by committing to make all of its devices from recycled or renewable materials eventually.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2021

Tech giant pledges to deliver carbon neutral operations by 2025 and a net zero emission value chain by 2040. These new goals reflect our continued efforts to drive toward net-zero carbon emissions - not just within our own operations, but across our entire value chain.

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Elemental Excelerator

AUGUST 12, 2022

Not to mention President Biden also signed the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 , putting about $67 billion toward zero-carbon industries and climate research. This is the largest climate funding package Congress has ever passed. While this gets us close, it doesn’t get us all the way to our target of 50% emissions reduction by 2030.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MARCH 16, 2021

The City has set some of the most aspirational climate goals in the country, including carbon neutrality by 2050 and achieving 100% renewable electricity in 2030. Environmental Services is comprised of three program areas: Air Quality, Climate Action (which includes Municipal Sustainability), and Waste Reduction and Recycling.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

that focus on some of the more visible, day-to-day sustainability and environmental problems like waste, pollution and carbon emissions. Energy Use and Carbon Emissions. has pledged to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and is expected to release an Energy White Paper by the end of 2021. Similarly, the U.S.

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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 31, 2020

million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent into the atmosphere each year. Tearfund, which analysed the companies' activities in China, India, the Philippines, Brazil, Mexico, and Nigeria, is now calling on the multinationals to urgently switch from single-use plastic packaging and sachets to sustainable refillable and reusable alternatives.

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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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