GreenTechMedia

JULY 21, 2020

Apple committed on Tuesday to becoming carbon-neutral by 2030, pushing its ambitions far beyond its own corporate walls — already 100 percent powered by renewables — to include its vast supply chain and the lifecycle of all its products. Apple will increasingly rely on carbon-removal programs. technology giants.

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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

DECEMBER 6, 2022

UK sustainable packaging firm also among second tranche of winners of Prince of Wales' high profile Earthshot Prize. An Oman-based carbon mineralisation company working to trap carbon dioxide at scale in rocks is among the five winners to be awarded £1m from this year's Earthshot Prize.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

.” “In the last three years of reporting, the UK Plastics Pact has doubled the recycled content in packaging, and driven the significant elimination of unnecessary (84%) and hard to recycle (90%) components in packaging. In practice, not all plastic packaging will be recycled through local authority collections by 2025.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 11, 2020

European Council President Charles Michel confirms marathon talks reached an agreement to strengthen medium term carbon target and release green recovery package. We decided to cut our greenhouse gas emissions of at least 55 per cent by 2030". We decided to cut our greenhouse gas emissions of at least 55% by 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 21, 2020

The European Union is planning a 15-gigawatt renewable energy tender and auctions for green hydrogen projects as part of a trillion-dollar Green Deal package, according to draft proposals leaked this week. If the carbon price moves above that strike price, they would pay back the difference.

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2021

Finance Minister Olaf Scholz confirmed the government would now aim to cut emissions by 65 per cent by 2030 against 1990 levels, up from a previous target of 55 per cent. The bill includes high profile measures to block future airport expansions, prohibit open-air terrace heaters, and reduce packaging waste.

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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

APRIL 7, 2022

A day after the government's Energy Security Strategy sparked a tidal wave of criticism over the failure to prioritise measures that can reduce energy imports in the short term and the absence of new funding, Minister will today announce a wide-ranging £375m package to support the development of innovative new energy technologies.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2021

A wide-ranging package of legislative measures designed to curb emissions from the gas industry unveiled by the European Commission has come under fire from campaigners and energy analysts, who have warned they could 'lock in' fossil gas infrastructure across Europe for the years to come.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

US trading platform Etsy has pledged to reach net zero carbon emissions across its operations by 2030. per cent reduction in value chain Scope 3 emissions by 2030, the US company said. per cent reduction in value chain Scope 3 emissions by 2030, the US company said.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Crisp brand to drive down virgin plastic use with clutch of packaging design innovations. Walkers is to invest £14m in packaging designs it claims will cut 250 tonnes of virgin plastic from its supply chain each year, the crisp brand announced last week.

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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

MARCH 22, 2021

Since the world was introduced to the first meal kit over a decade ago, the industry has matured in size and familiarity, but it also has endured notable criticism surrounding packaging and its perceived impact on the environment. For meal kits, packaging waste was one of those unintended consequences.

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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

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Industry Voice: Dow's Angels Domenech explains how innovative plastic packaging and recycling processes can drive down food waste, plastic waste and emissions. Dow products and technologies support the food packaging industry, including meat and cheese, fruit and vegetables, snacks and cereals, coffee and confectionery, and even pet food.

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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

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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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 4, 2020

BP will cut its oil and gas output by 40 percent by 2030 and increase its low-carbon investment tenfold by then, the company announced Tuesday as it begins to detail its 2050 net-zero strategy. BP is now targeting 50 gigawatts of renewables capacity by 2030, an ambition that puts it on a level with French utility giant EDF.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire tells French Parliament €7bn support package would require ailing airline to set goal of becoming world's most environmentally-friendly carrier. The government announced late last week that it would offer a €7bn package of state loans and bank loans guaranteed by the state to the ailing airline.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 4, 2021

We often look at sustainability in tech through the lens of hardware, focusing on how to make hardware more carbon-efficient," said Asim Hussain, green cloud advocacy lead at Microsoft and executive director of the Green Software Foundation, in an email. Carbon-aware applications that change behavior to minimize carbon emissions.

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Business Green

APRIL 15, 2021

Brewing giant pledges to deliver carbon neutral production by 2030 and full value chain by 2040. The company said the targets would make Heineken the "first global brewer to aim for carbon neutrality in its full value chain". "In We aim to be carbon neutral in our production sites by 2030 in order to meet the 1.5C

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The leader of Cold Lake First Nations has revealed the initiator of a major carbon capture project in Northern Alberta has not consulted with local Indigenous communities. They’re ramming it down our throats,” said Chief Jacko during a media scrum outside a Carbon Capture Canada conference held on Tuesday.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 6, 2021

BT has set out fresh targets to help its customers reduce their own carbon emissions by 60 million tonnes by 2030, in addition to building towards becoming a circular business by the same date, as the firm accelerates its net zero agenda over the coming decade.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 23, 2024

Commentators expressed disappointment at the Scottish government’s 19 April decision to abandon its target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 75 percent by 2030. McAllan expressed acceptance that the 2030 goal was “out of reach”. “We

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 16, 2021

Etsy takes aim at shipping and packaging in setting 2030 net-zero goal Deonna Anderson Tue, 03/16/2021 – 05:00 Scope 3 emissions are the hardest emissions for companies to address when setting goals. In recent years, Etsy has been working on addressing the carbon impact of its marketplace, which is made up of nearly 4.5

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A new 5-gigawatt “low-carbon” hydrogen target for 2030 has been revealed, along with an ambition to heat an entire town with hydrogen by the end of the decade. Up until this point the government talked about two clusters, one by 2025 and one by 2030. GW of blue hydrogen capacity by 2030. A £1.3

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Business Green

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The implications that flow from the upgrading of the UK's 2030 carbon target are hard to underestimate - the economy is about to change for the better. The change in timing may have been modest - the full report on the CCC's recommendations for the sixth carbon budget is expected next week - but it was still significant.

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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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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Summary - China considers going carbon neutral. China is willing to contribute more and we are now considering and studying a mid-century long-term vision for climate change, including such issues as the peaking of carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutrality,” foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a press conference on Tuesday.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The UK and India have today agreed new plans to accelerate investment in low carbon infrastructure on the subcontinent, announcing the launch of a new Climate Finance Leadership Initiative (CFLI) India and unveiling plans to mobilise $1.2bn of green public and private sector investment in the coming years.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Reusable packaging can reduce companies’ reliance on risky supply chains and fluctuating commodity prices, writes Corplex’s Lucas van der Shalk. With commodity and energy prices in flux, businesses are asking suppliers to guarantee prices of products as far ahead as 2030. The more times packaging is reused, the lower carbon it gets.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

How Tetra Pak plans to reach net zero by 2030 If you’ve ever drank juice from a carton package, it may have been supplied by Tetra Pak, a multinational food processing and packaging company. Our packages offer a lower carbon footprint when compared to other alternatives.” And it seems to be moving toward that goal.

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Business Green

APRIL 5, 2022

Even toy cars are joining the electric vehicle (EV) revolution , with Mattel this week unveiling the first mass market toy line to be certified as 'carbon neutral' featuring zero emission toy cars and EV charging stations. Launch of Mega Bloks Green Town range aims to encourage sustainable behaviours in children from an early age.

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Business Green

MAY 7, 2021

Household appliance manufacturer Whirlpool Corporation has vowed to achieve net zero emissions across its plants and operations by 2030, arguing that tackling climate change is core to its brand mission to "improve life at home". Kitchen and laundry appliance company announces it will curb emissions generated by products for first time.

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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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