Business Green

AUGUST 2, 2022

Tokyo-based cosmetics and consumer goods company joins The Climate Pledge, pledging to achieve net zero emissions by 2040. The announcement builds on previous targets from the company, which saw it commit to reducing carbon emissions to net zero by 2040 and become a carbon negative company by 2050.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The first has to do with the carbon budget — the amount of carbon that can be emitted before the planet warms more than 1.5 The paper uses a carbon budget of 580 billion metric tons, an amount that is estimated to give only a 50 percent chance of stabilizing the global climate at 1.5 degrees C above preindustrial temperatures.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

An Ikarus C42 aircraft piloted by Group Captain Peter "Willy" Hackett completed a 20-minute flight on the morning of 2 November using Zero Petroleum's ZERO SynAvGas 100 per cent synthetic aviation gasoline, as part of a joint mission to defossilise the RAF's fuel intake ahead of its 2040 net zero target.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Amazon's corporate climate initiative secures backing from another 13 major companies, as overall membership committed to net zero by 2040 swells to 31. Tech company Rubicon, UK property firm Canary Wharf Group, Canadian airline Harbour Air, and UK sustainability consultancy ERM are also among the latest batch of inductees.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

Most people seem to believe some form of carbon capture and storage (CCS) will be necessary, although many are stil sceptical of an arguably “unproven” and ambitious technology. The same report said the number of facilities must “increase 100-fold by 2040, and scaling efforts are just not happening fast enough.”.

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

Biomethane supplier CNG Fuels has cut the ribbon on its latest refuelling station in Nottinghamshire, enabling up to 500 low carbon trucks and heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) to fill up every day, it announced yesterday. per cent of the UK's CO2 emissions, by 2040, and the UK is expected to recognise biomethane as a carbon negative fuel in 2022.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

“They are donating all of this electricity they paid highly for in subsidies to other countries, often with negative prices,” said Jussi Heikkinen, director of growth and development for the Americas at Wärtsilä, a Finnish company that manufactures battery storage and flexible gas power plants.

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2021

Advocates of BECCS argue that by sourcing sustainable biomass feedstocks for power plants and then capturing the resulting emissions, the technology can deliver both reliable renewable power and negative emissions.

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Business Green

JULY 21, 2021

Rothesay is aiming to be carbon neutral, or negative, across its direct operations by 2023, and net-zero carbon emissions across its investment portfolio by 2050, both compared to a 2020 baseline date. tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per full-time employee. Railpen to slash emissions 25-30 per cent by 2025.

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Business Green

JULY 21, 2020

Apple has become the latest US tech behemoth to step up its net zero ambitions, today pledging to be 'carbon neutral' throughout its entire business, manufacturing supply chain and product life cycle by the end of the decade. With our commitment to carbon neutrality, we hope to be a ripple in the pond that creates a much larger change.".

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Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Insect protein developer has created a patented process for cultivating mealworm to produce low carbon feed for fish, pet and livestock. In addition, the firm said the new facility in France would be carbon negative, and use a circular economy model than generates zero waste.

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2020

A new Greenpeace report notes that Microsoft, Amazon and Google are undermining their public carbon commitments through by providing services that allow oil and gas firms extract fossil fuels from the earth. Amazon, which has pledged to be carbon neutral by 2040, had not replied to a request for comment ahead of this article's publication.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The ability to retrofit buildings is crucial, as about two-thirds of buildings today will still exist in 2040. Cable says that with climate-conscious deployment, the MettleWood material can be net-negative in terms of emissions due to its highly sequestrated carbon content and outstanding stability.

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 28, 2020

Given the Paris Accord’s aspirations, the climate challenge facing humanity can be expressed in simple terms: halve annual carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions by 2030, halve them again by 2040, and again by 2050. Here we focus on some aspects of land-use and negative emission technologies (NET) dependent on the land.

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Business Green

AUGUST 4, 2022

UK supermarket launches line of 'carbon neutral' eggs produced by insect-fed hens as part of its drive to be supplied by 'zero emission' British farms by 2030. UK supermarket Morrisons has launched a line of 'carbon neutral' eggs, which are produced from hens that have been fed a soya-free diet of insects.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Tech-enabled credits continue to constitute a big chunk of an anticipated $1T voluntary carbon market , and Oxy is on a development frenzy. Just this year, Oxy: Acquired DAC company Carbon Engineering for $1.1B Just this year, Oxy: Acquired DAC company Carbon Engineering for $1.1B

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Business Green

AUGUST 25, 2020

The outlook for carbon capture and storage, both with gas and bioenergy, also appears to have improved significantly over the past four years. Under the low scenario offshore wind's LCOE could fall to a once inconceivable £36/MWh in 2040. In contrast, the projected LCOE for gas power, including carbon costs, has barely moved.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Google announced that it has now invested in enough high-quality carbon offsets to essentially erase its carbon footprint , compensating for all the carbon the company ever emitted. Google first became carbon-neutral in 2007. Google’s fellow tech giants have also announced plans to reduce or eliminate their carbon use.

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EDF + Business

JUNE 8, 2023

. “Chicken and Egg” Dilemma The decarbonization of the sector rests largely on the commercialization of zero-carbon fuels and technologies for ships. C-aligned 1 interim targets for 2030 and 2040 to motivate investment in low- and zero-carbon fuels. Ensuring the adoption of 1.5°C-aligned

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

But differing and overlapping terminology and meanings - including 'net zero', 'carbon neutral', 'climate positive', and 'zero carbon' - has led to confusion among investors and consumers, leaving the net zero movement "open to sleight of hand and greenwashing", the BNEF report warns. Credit: BNEF. or 2C boundaries.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The utility also has standing plans to phase coal out of its portfolio, add 6 gigawatts of solar through 2030 and cut carbon emissions 90 percent by 2040. That doesn’t negate the outsize impact of the settlement in Michigan, though, with Consumers agreeing to nearly 600 megawatts in coming years.

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Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 17, 2020

On September 19 Amazon announced that they would be participating in The Climate Pledge and promising to zero out carbon emissions by 2040. Consistent with the pledge Amazon has launched a new website that reports on its carbon footprint and other sustainability metrics. Any remaining emissions will be offset.

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Business Green

JULY 28, 2020

Microsoft has successfully used hydrogen technology to power a row of its data centre servers for two consecutive days, a test run designed to fast track the software giant's divorce from carbon-intensive fuels as it works to become carbon negative by 2030, it revealed yesterday.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

She promoted Walmart’s goal of achieving 100 percent renewable energy for its operations by 2030, and zero emissions by 2040. Microsoft also positions itself as a climate champion, publicly vowing to reach 100 percent renewable energy for its operations by 2025 and to become a “carbon negative” company by 2030. CC BY 2.0).

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The science is telling us we need to decarbonise rapidly, the sooner the better, to avoid the negative impacts of climate change on our economy, society, and the environment. While estimates vary, this involves an unprecedented decarbonisation rate that halves global emissions by 2030 and continues at this pace to 2040 and 2050.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2020

The Treasury should set in stone a new fiscal rule for an annually-increasing carbon price in the UK, argues SSE chief executive Alistair Phillips-Davies. Ahead of COP26 in Glasgow I think it's imperative the Treasury installs a new fiscal rule: the need for an annually increasing carbon price.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2021

The adverts regularly highlight the companies’ preferred solutions to climate change — from carbon capture and storage, to experimental algae biofuels, and investment in renewable energy sources — without being open about the small percentage of overall investment allocated to these technologies, nor their various limitations.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Circular models made the rounds, starting with the design department, where a lot of negative environmental and social impacts are baked into garments, usually unwittingly. Microsoft , JetBlue and Royal Dutch Shell are among those seeking to offset a portion of their carbon footprint by investing in forest protection and reforestation.

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Elemental Excelerator

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Electric vehicles: 30+ nations and 50+ auto companies, fleet operators, and investors made a nonbinding commitment for all car and van sales to be zero-emissions globally by 2040, and by 2035 in “leading markets.” Carbon Negative Shot is a U.S.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

If we spend 10 percent of that every year, two and a half billion dollars between now and 2040, we could provide universal access to clean cooking in the world. And that’s a complete waste, it just adds carbon to the atmosphere for no benefit and you’re not getting the benefits of a clean energy.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

That is the upbeat conclusion of a major new report today, which argues that while the chemicals industry currently lags behind many other sectors of the economy in terms of climate action, it has the potential to reinvent itself as a critical climate solution and even become carbon negative by 2040.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Oil and gas industry's bets on petrochemicals growth look increasingly dicey as world turns away from plastics, Carbon Tracker warns. BP predicts plastics will make up 95 per cent of growth in the sector through to 2040, while the IEA estimates it will account for 45 per cent of growth.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Carbon Tracker deep-dive into the risks facing oil and gas investments is corroborated by study in Nature that warns overwhelming majority of fossil fuel reserves must stay in the ground to cap global temperatures in line with global goals.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 28, 2020

Amazon announced, “The Climate Pledge calls on signatories to be net-zero carbon across their businesses by 2040 — a decade ahead of the Paris Accord’s goal of 2050.” AECJ wants Amazon to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030 and steer away from contracts with fossil fuel companies.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 30, 2018

The timeframe for this developments varies, with some saying the maximum population will peak at around 2040, others proclaiming it will more likely be 2100. The OECD regions minus the USA will most likely peak in between 2020-2025, with the USA expected to peak at around 2040. Not taking into account the negative externalities.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Oil and gas industry's bets on petrochemicals growth look increasingly dicey as world turns away from plastics, Carbon Tracker warns. BP predicts plastics will make up 95 per cent of growth in the sector through to 2040, while the IEA estimates it will account for 45 per cent of growth.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

There is this hope, I guess you could call it a hope in some way, that that will eventually cause a negative feedback,” said Briam Buma, an ecologist at the University of Colorado in Denver. One question is whether the increase in fire frequency might eventually burn itself out.

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