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McDonald’s Leads Lobbying Offensive Against Laws to Reduce Packaging Waste in Europe

DeSmogBlog

McDonald’s is at the forefront of a campaign against new laws to reduce packaging waste in the EU, in what has been described by some insiders as the largest-scale lobbying effort they have ever witnessed in the European Parliament. The call follows mounting pressure from industry over the past year.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

and globally by 2040. The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. LinkedIn | Personal website. million acres the 4.4

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From China’s stand to Walmart’s wish list: A Climate Week news cheat sheet

GreenBiz

As is their wont, many companies used the occasion to proclaim updated commitments — the buzzword du la semaine was "net-zero" with Walmart declaring a zero-emissions target by 2040 along with a big clean fleet promise and a pledge to "protect, manage or restore" at least 50 million acres of land and 1 million square miles of ocean by 2030.

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InventWood Takes on the Buildings Sector’s Emissions with Superpowered Wood

Greentown Labs

The ability to retrofit buildings is crucial, as about two-thirds of buildings today will still exist in 2040. Another possible application of this insulative technology is to replace polystyrene packaging, Cable says. The third wood material is transparent , and three times more insulating than glass.

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Zero Carbon Humber: Velocys and INEOS join industrial decarbonisation hub

Business Green

Aviation biofuels producer and petrochemicals giant join consortium aiming to deliver 'world's first' net zero industrial cluster by 2040. INEOS Acetyls chief executive David Brooks said joining the industrial decarbonisation consortium reinforced its commitment to "producing essential products while reducing emission to net zero by 2050".

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? Blackrock’s $550M DAC bet #174

Climate Tech VC

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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US House Democrats Lay Out Climate, Clean Energy Priorities in Behemoth Plan

GreenTechMedia

work toward net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in all areas of the nation’s economy by midcentury, reaching net negative emissions beyond that. would reach net-zero emissions from power generation by 2040. ” Under the plan, the U.S. To boost U.S. degrees Celsius of warming.

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