GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The EU will increase its 2030 emission reduction target to “at least 55 percent” up from 40 percent, Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission confirmed Wednesday. Reuters reported that an additional €350 billion of energy investment would be required from 2021-2030.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

More than half of consumers told researchers that recyclable packaging is among the most important factors when deciding to buy a bathroom product. Razor giant Gillette has sharpened its approach to sustainability with the launch of new product packaging that uses fully recyclable packaging. million water bottles.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 11, 2019

New European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled Europe's Green Deal on Wednesday, a package of 50 far-reaching policy ideas that are still missing many key details, calling it a "man on the moon moment" for Europe. This is Europe’s ‘man on the moon moment.’

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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. The draft Green Deal Recovery package also mentions efforts to reduce electrolyzer costs.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Firm behind brands such as Lucozade and Orangina aims to eradicate virgin plastic from its products by 2030, shifting instead to recycled or plant-based alternatives.

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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. gigawatt package of deals last year spanning the U.S., Europe and Latin America.

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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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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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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The EPP is vociferously opposing two major pieces of legislation from the EU’s Green Deal, a historic package by the bloc to reduce its emissions in line with global climate targets. It includes key reforms that are currently making their passage through Europe’s lawmaking bodies. Bogovič said NGOs don’t approach him. million (£3.7

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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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altenergymag

AUGUST 19, 2021

By launching the “Fit for 55” legislation package, the European Commission has made the decision to move away from internal combustion engines. According to the European Commission plan, yearly emissions of new vehicles must be 55 percent lower starting in 2030 than in 2021. Now car manufacturers are required to do the same.

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2021

Coca Cola European Partners (CCEP) has said it will electrify all 8,000 cars and vans in its fleet by 2030, touting the move as an important milestone in its drive to achive net zero emissions by 2040. Head of EV100 Sandra Roling predicted CCEP's transition to electric cars and vans would help drive acceptance of battery cars across Europe.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The European Commission has adopted two final pillars under its Fit for 55 legislative package, setting in place legally binding climate targets across sectors and prioritising the shift away from polluting vehicles as soon as possible. It is also agreed that Europe will aim to reach 45% of renewables in the EU energy mix by 2030.

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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. River freight routes in Europe drying up during the drought this summer is a stark visual reminder of the fragility of our supply chains and the need to build resilience.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

The report finds that some countries have open and accessible markets, but the majority still need significant improvement to meet the obligations set out in the Clean Energy Package. Local flexibility can help the UK reduce peak energy demand by 23% – study Energy communities in Europe – opportunity to increase system efficiency.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Ukrainian firm S.Lab picked up the 2023 Green Alley Award for a sustainable alternative to expandeed polystyrene packaging (image credit: Green Alley Awards). By Jan Patrick Schulz, CEO of Landbell and initiator of Europe’s largest Circular Economy Prize, the Green Alley Award. Trillion by 2030.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2021

UK leads the way as Europe's onshore and offshore wind sector sees investment grow 70 per cent, despite Covid-19 disruption. Europe wants more wind energy to deliver its climate and energy goals," he said. The revision of the EU Renewables Directive in the 'Fit for 55' package needs to tackle this. The technology is available.

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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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Charged

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The partnership offers a discounted package to Uber drivers that includes a Wallbox Pulsar Plus charger, along with installation and financing options. The EV charging package will be rolled out in four geographical groups, and is scheduled to reach nationwide coverage (excluding Alaska) by the end of April.

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GreenBiz

JULY 29, 2020

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. Three macrotrends: Regulators in Europe and China are tightening emissions rules and driving automakers that sell into those markets to launch zero- and low-emissions vehicles. What do you think?

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 3, 2020

Far from depressing the market, the response to the COVID-19 outbreak looks set to accelerate the take-up of electric vehicles across Europe. Murray says there are currently 2 million EVs on Europe’s roads at present but this figure is forecast to balloon to 40 million by 2030. charging infrastructure from now to 2030.

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Business Green

JULY 23, 2021

Mercedez-Benz has announced plans to go "all electric" by 2030, as it unveiled plans for eight new 'gigafactories' to make electric batteries for its zero emission fleet as part of a €40bn investment programme.

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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. And most importantly, this is the right deal for Europe, right now.". We did it," hailed European Council President Charles Michel at the conclusion of five days of talks in Brussels. This is a strong deal.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The new rules are part of the Fit for 55 in 2030 package, the EU’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. Parliament also wants an EU access point to be set up by 2027 to provide information on the availability, waiting times and prices at stations across Europe. “At

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Let's have Britain with the cheapest energy in Europe… The most successful economies in the world are the ones that have cheap energy prices." In addition, Shapps hinted strongly that the target to deliver 50GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030 could be upgraded further. That's what I'm going to be all about.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Fleets are often the workhorses that toil behind the scenes: the garbage trucks that pick up your trash before dawn; the long-haul semi-trucks that move goods from the port; the bucket trucks that utilities use to fix power lines and keep your lights on; the delivery vans that drop off your packages and help you stay safe inside your homes.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Coca-Cola's sustainability director for Europe Therese Noordlander talks to BusinessGreen about the drinks giant's mission to drive down emissions and ramp up its recycling efforts. As the world's largest drinks producer, the Coca-Cola Company's decarbonisation and sustainability efforts have to be supersized.

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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. It has set a commitment to be carbon neutral by 2030. Non-household end-use plastic waste is generated by ‘end-users’ from commercial activities (e.g., wholesales, retail stores, restaurants, coffee shops, cafés, etc.),

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2023

A leaked draft of the Act, which has been widely reported by various media outlets this morning, indicates the Commission is pushing for the new Act to include a domestic content target that would require 40 per cent of the bloc's clean technologies to be made within the EU by 2030.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 28, 2023

MWS is an effective method for ensuring that energy-intensive materials are not lost to landfill and energy recovery but can instead be recycled, said the study, which was carried out by Eunomia Research and Consulting and published by Reloop and Zero Waste Europe. MWS could save between 10.2

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

EU set to push for more stretching 2030 climate target. The European Commission is expected to push for a more ambitious 2030 climate target next Wednesday, raising the bar to cut emissions by "at least 55 per cent" from 1990 levels by the end of the decade, according to a draft document seen by the Financial Times.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2022

A dozen of the world's largest consumer goods companies, including Mars, PepsiCo, Unilever, and Danone, have joined forces to signal that there is significant and growing demand for chemically recycled plastic from corporates across Europe.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 16, 2024

With that energy efficiency would deliver almost half of the emissions savings needed by 2030, up to one-third in savings on energy bills in many countries and 4.5 Brian Motherway did an exclusive interview at Enlit Europe highlighting the key takeaways of the Energy Efficiency Report from the IEA.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 19, 2022

“When Europe acts together, it has more clout.” ” So said European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in a press briefing today about the urgent need to end Europe’s dependence on Russian gas while simultaneously ensuring energy security. — Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) May 18, 2022.

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Charged

JANUARY 14, 2022

The Volvo FH Electric kept an average speed of 80 km/h over the whole route, which was on par with the Volvo FH equipped with a diesel engine and the fuel efficiency package I-Save. Sales are ongoing in Europe, and production will start in the second half of 2022. There are no vibrations whatsoever.”. Source: Volvo Trucks.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 29, 2020

With 2030 climate targets up for renewal, a new set of European commissioners in place, and the post-Brexit relationship to negotiate, this year was always going to be a big one for Europe’s energy transition. By the end of 2020, all of Europe’s oil majors had made long-term climate commitments. billion ($1.71

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