Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Swiss firm bolsters its science-based targets with plans to become carbon neutral, and then carbon positive by 2030. But yesterday the firm announced plans to go further, by offsetting its residual direct business emissions to achieve carbon neutrality by 2025, before becoming 'carbon positive' 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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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.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Polestar's ambitions of producing a "truly climate-neutral car" by 2030 that boasts net zero emissions right across the supply chain have taken another step forward, with the addition of 12 new partners to the Swedish electric vehicle (EV) brand's Polestar Zero project.

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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 18, 2021

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. 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.

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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

JUNE 28, 2020

The metal and plastic recycler unveiled a raft of new sustainability targets last week, centred around a pledge to achieve net zero emissions across its entire value chain within 20 years. Imagine being able to say that we create these sustainable materials with a net-zero carbon footprint?

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

But CEO Mark Schneider took pains to position this investment as one that will be "earnings-neutral.". During the briefing, Schneider and several other executives underscored the weight of consumers’ increasing expectation that brands work to reduce the carbon footprint of their products. It’s at 90 percent currently.).

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Global apparel and footwear consumption is expected to grow by 81 percent by 2030, according to Global Fashion Agenda and the Boston Consulting Group. Under its current carbon emissions reduction trajectory, the fashion industry is projected to miss the 1.5 Attendee avatars can be seen. Screenshot courtesy of Lilian Liu. Absolutely. .

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Business Green

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Beauty arm of US consumer goods giant estimates that new refillable product line will eliminate need for roughly 300 million virgin plastic shampoo bottles. But this week, the company received plaudits from WWF's head of plastic waste Tom Szaky, who commended the multinational for its new product line.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Swedish EV brand is working with host or pioneering metals, electronics and other suppliers to shrink carbon footprint of its cars to zero by end of the decade. per cent worldwide off the back of 6.75 million global sales last year.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2022

L'Oreal brand says new innovation will help firm meet its 2030 goal to cut water consumption by a quarter. The launch of the new Ultimate Blends range is part of the group's 'L'Oréal For The Future' sustainability programme, which aims to reduce water consumption related to its products by 25 per cent by 2030.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In the absence of dedicated recycling channels, this type of fuel is mostly made up of waste wood, paper, cardboard and plastic resulting from economic activities. ENGIE’s demonstrator has apparently validated the integrated operation of the entire chain of technologies under industrial conditions.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The Pasadena site produces DOTP, which is a general-purpose plasticizer that is used in detergents, coatings, and adhesives. At the Freeport site, products such as printing, cosmetics and synthetic chemicals are manufactured, as well as chemicals for the construction industry, healthcare, agriculture and nutrition.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

We only have between six and 11 years of global carbon budget left, if emissions remain at current rates, else we breach 1.5C Whilst that process is not the focus of this article, the hard yards of reducing carbon in your operations and value chain must be the focus of your sustainability strategy. of warming.

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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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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The bonds build on Compass' Climate Net Zero by 2050 strategy, which includes validated Science Based Targets and a commitment to be carbon neutral worldwide across its own operations by 2030.

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Business Green

APRIL 2, 2020

Sweden's Electrolux has today revealed that it has reduced absolute carbon dioxide emissions from its operations by 75 per cent since 2005, speeding past its previous target to halve its emissions by 2020.

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Charged

MAY 7, 2020

“For the BIW, the CO 2 emissions associated with an automotive part made of AHSS are less than half of those of an equivalent aluminum part, and less than a third of a part made from carbon fiber reinforced plastic. In addition, steel is 100 percent recyclable. The steel industry is now looking to build on this advantage.

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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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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 14, 2021

In a bold move last January, Adidas acknowledged its contribution to plastic waste, noting the waste’s negative impacts on the world’s oceans. The company describes PRIMEGREEN as a “performance fabric” containing absolutely no virgin plastic. Adidas Images via Adidas.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 26, 2024

In May 2021, The Hague District Court in the Netherlands accepted the NGO’s arguments that Dutch law required Shell to align its business with the Paris Agreement objectives under the law’s “duty of care” obligation, and ordered the global oil giant to slash its CO2 emissions 45 percent by 2030. Credit: Sabrina Bedford.

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Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2021

Tesla profits, green Olympics, Canadian plastic, and all the green business news from around the world this week. 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.".

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 9, 2021

million recycled plastic bottles. Related: New line of men’s swimwear is made from recycled ocean plastic “As members of the apparel industry, we feel a growing responsibility to reduce our impact on the planet,” said Avery Gold , Aerie swimwear designer. “We

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Business Green

APRIL 24, 2022

As part of our mission at Google to operate on 24/7 carbon-free energy (CFE) by 2030, we continue to prioritise internal development in sustainable operations and initiatives. One way of doing this is by having access to information about where carbon free energy is available.

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2020

As L'Oréal embarks on the next phase of its sustainability programme, BusinessGreen speaks to UK operations director Nathalie Bleach about plastic, environmental labelling, its growing delivery business and the firm's 2050 net zero mission. L'Oréal is very proud of its first ever sustainability strategy.

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Rinexii

MAY 21, 2021

If you are serious about cutting your carbon footprint, following the steps outlined in the Paris agreement has a lot of benefits. Figure out your carbon footprint. There is plenty of free carbon footprint calculators out there that can give you an idea of how big your carbon footprint is. Reducing your carbon footprint.

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Business Green

JULY 16, 2020

Breaking the Plastic Habit - Canary Wharf Group. Delphis Eco - Recycled Plastic Rating. GFG Alliance's Carbon Neutral 2030 (CN30) Initiative. Net Zero Carbon 10 - P1 Investment Management. Capgemini - ConnectWell Campaign. Green Park Reading - Well-being and sustainability programmes. Li-Cycle Corp.

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2023

Penny Fowler, ShareAction's head of corporate climate campaigns, warned that with a globally significant carbon footprint the chemical industry's "huge" reliance on fossil fuels is often overlooked as a major contributor to global warming. "It Citing research by Carbon Brief, the investors warned that any hope of staying within 1.5C

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Corporate carbon footprint tracking collects $27M, and forestry and battery interests intersect to invest $18M toward bio-graphite for lithium-ion cells. Governors from 25 states in the US announced incentives to install 20M heat pumps by 2030. In deals this week, sustainable agriculture reaps $250M. Thanks for reading!

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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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Green Tech Challenge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Sweden’s Pledge to be Carbon-Neutral Despite uncertainties in global leadership, Sweden promised to honour the Paris Agreement made by the United Nations and cut all its greenhouse gas emissions by 2045. Around 70% of these should already be gone by the year 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. Green Building Council. Google has made headlines multiple times for its efforts to lean into environmentally-friendly practices.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Velux Group's sustainability team had been plotting a 'lifetime carbon neutral' decarbonsiation concept for more than a year when, some 5,000 miles away, Microsoft garnered headlines around the world last January by dropping a similar plan to compensate for all its historic emissions. million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2041.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

GreenBiz readers got excited about climate change solutions that ranged from the new, from the emerging potential of hydrogen as an energy source to changes in plastics manufacturing, to the ancient, such as planting trees. Some of the biggest contributors to the plastic crisis are the cosmetics and fashion industries. . Courtesy of.

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