Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Claims that tournament is 'carbon neutral' challenged, as criticism mounts from footballers and athletes over FIFA's questionable carbon accounting and use of offsets. As criticism mounts around shameful human rights violations in Qatar, carbon neutrality claims are being used as a distraction.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

A new report from power market analytics firm Aurora Energy Research suggests that increased deployment of (and continued improvements in) virtualisation technology could reduce potential future European computing emissions 55% by 2040.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 3, 2020

China, the world's biggest carbon emitter, is making a promise to get to zero emissions 40 years from now. Resources: The Guardian : China Pledges to Become Carbon Neutral Before 2060. Axios : Walmart Aims for Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2040. GTM : Google Pledges 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy by 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Yet just as efforts toward that goal are finally scaling up — via the EU’s amplified climate targets, China’s new carbon-neutral target for 2060, and other examples — the coronavirus pandemic has introduced a massive dose of uncertainty. “We need more policy support than is available today.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 2, 2021

An inside look at pricing in the forest carbon market. On June 23, Amazon commenced its $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund to further endeavors to become net-zero by 2040. And on July 21, Apple committed to become 100 percent carbon neutral across its entire business, supply chain and product life cycle by 2030. .

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Thanks to generous feed-in tariffs and other incentives, Germany’s wind and solar installations have soared over the past two decades to the point that renewables could cover half of the country’s electricity demand. Power-to-gas involves using excess renewable power to manufacture carbon-neutral synthetic methane.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 21, 2024

Komatsu is aiming to reduce its global emissions by a whopping 50% by 2030, with a further goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. On the other hand, GM has set a target to achieve full carbon neutrality in both its products and operations by 2040. The mining industry is no exception.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

The pandemic led ICAO to scale back the program, CORSIA (for Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation), to make it easier for airlines to comply. The sooner that the costs of carbon control are included in the costs of doing business, the sooner new technologies will be developed.

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The Environmental Blog

MAY 4, 2022

If you’re like many conscious consumers, you’re probably at least a little bit concerned about the size of your carbon footprint. Every time we buy a new product, drive a car, take a flight or flip on the air conditioner, we contribute to carbon pollution. What Does ‘Carbon-Neutral’ Mean? . reVessel is different.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 1, 2020

SMUD is the first utility in the country to count avoided carbon emissions from the existing building stock as part of its progress on energy efficiency. The switch to "avoided carbon" is part of SMUD’s ambitious effort to accelerate decarbonization of its existing building stock. A holistic vision.

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Business Green

APRIL 9, 2021

Swedish tanker shipping giant sets out roadmap to decarbonise its fleet, as it steps up focus on zero emissions technologies and carbon neutral fuels. And by 2035 at the latest, the firm said it aimed to have an electric, zero carbon ship with a similar design to its recent InfinityMAX zero emissions bulk carrier concept in the water.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Utilization of geothermal heat and power are being considered for the sites to support an ever-increasing demand for hot water and to maintain or increase electricity production. A growing heating and power demand Current energy production areas do not support growth in demand for hot water based on projected population trends.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 29, 2020

Shell is chasing carbon neutrality by 2050 or sooner and the project in the Netherlands offers a glimpse of how it hopes to get there. The NortH2 consortium hopes to eventually develop electrolyzer capacity requiring 3 to 4 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity, perhaps growing to 10 gigawatts by 2040.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

British conglomerate GFG Alliance this week announced it will invest €2bn to modernize its European steel plants, as it steps up efforts to tackle the sector's substantial carbon emissions and achieve the firm's 2030 carbon neutral goal.

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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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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 7, 2021

There are more opportunities to expand impact through developing new projects and providing a more robust renewable generation match for load demand. By 2025, the company will be the first major energy company to achieve carbon neutral energy generation and operations and by 2040, the entire supply chain will be carbon neutral.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 4, 2019

I look forward to tapping into that desire and building on the strong foundation that Bob has built as we meet society’s demand for cleaner, better energy," he added. One obvious way to deliver more energy with less carbon, Looney said, is "more renewables and gas, pushing coal out of power.". Playing catch-up on renewables.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The International Energy Agency was clear in its landmark report earlier this year: phasing out coal power by 2040 is a key milestone on the path to net zero. On top of this, 46 countries signed up to the Global Coal to Clean Power Transition Statement to phase out coal in the 2030s (for rich countries) and 2040s (for developing ones).

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2021

The hydrogen automotive market received a blow late last week, after Honda announced it is to discontinue its flagship fuel cell model following disappointing demand. Japanese car maker confirms it is to discontinue its pioneering fuel cell model, but insists hydrogen models are still part of its future plans.

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Mr. Sustainability

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

This mix would primarily be based upon wind and solar, backed by carbon-neutral synthetic gas during periods of poor wind and solar conditions. Astonishingly, Wartsila states that overbuilding enough renewable capacity to meet winter demand eliminates the need for seasonal storage. What exactly does this mean?

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 26, 2024

Akin to that demand, Milieudefensie now seeks to compel ING to cut its CO2 emissions roughly in half by 2030 and align its policy with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C Milieudefensie said these are “baby steps in the right direction” and called the 2040 fossil fuel deadline “15 years too late.” Credit: Sabrina Bedford.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Rapidly falling clean technology costs alongside mounting investor pressure, consumer demand for change, and tightening government policy is pushing more companies to ramp up their climate targets towards net zero and beyond. Carbon credits will play an essential, but controversial, role in hitting net zero," the report states.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2022

We will not reach carbon neutrality without increasing our investment and development of new technologies and recycling opportunities," he said. "As As the demand for electric vehicles increases, we will need this facility - and more like it in the UK - to ensure we don't hit a resource crisis in the next decade.". "As

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

The firm today said it had signed a "landmark" memorandum of understanding with the Welsh Government that will see both parties work together towards developing a commercially-viable facility in the Vale of Glamorgan to feed rapidly growing demand for lithium-ion batteries.

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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2023

The Samlesbury Net Zero project will see Protium fund, build, and operate an electrolyser, associated plant, and refuelling station at the plant, providing Budweiser with enough green hydrogen to meet the brewery's thermal demand, heating, and transport needs. Working with the local community will be at the heart of this project," he said.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Within the supply chain alone, steel, aluminium and batteries are particularly carbon intensive - steel alone accounting for 20 per cent of the production emissions of an EV. So, Volvo Cars is aiming to reduce our lifecycle emissions per vehicle by 40 per cent by 2025, on our way to becoming a climate neutral business by 2040.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2021

Could Denmark deliver a carbon neutral farming sector by 2050? Whether you have a stake in Denmark's farming sector or not, the findings of the technical report, entitled A Pathway to Carbon Neutral Agriculture in Denmark , are significant. This carbon sequestration potential would cover the majority of the projected 4.4

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Stockholm Environment Institute scientist Derik Broekhoff presents the case for carbon offset buyers relinquishing their claims to the credits so they are instead counted only towards national climate goals. The voluntary carbon market has been slow to recognise how difficult it will be to meet those criteria on a large scale.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

So, in 2016, we set an ambition to have global climate neutral manufacturing operations by 2025. However, as our CEO, Håkan Samuelsson, said at the time, we believe that this strategy is the right one, not least as consumer demand for electric vehicles will only increase.

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Business Green

JULY 9, 2020

The move shows the efforts that Amazon is willing to go to eke out carbon emissions across its vast network of planes, vehicles and distribution centers that deliver on-demand goods across the globe. Amazon has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, and says it will make sure half of Amazon shipments are net-zero by 2030.

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Business Green

JUNE 3, 2021

Ørsted has significantly raised its renewable energy installation target to 50GW by 2030, in a bid to retain its leading position on the global market amid an expected surge in demand for green energy over the coming decade. That is a big challenge, but we look forward to working on this challenge together with our supply chain.".

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2021

The chief sustainability officer tells BusinessGreen how the Indian business group is steering more than 150 companies behind a 2040 carbon neutrality goal. The Mahindra Group prides itself on giving its subsidiaries space to grow and innovate. But Ghosh claims the task is less complicated than it sounds.

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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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EDF + Business

JULY 22, 2020

Fortunately, a number of leading companies are rising to the challenge and responding stakeholder demands for ESG leadership. In order to stabilize the climate and put the global economy on track to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, in line with what the science demands, the private sector will need to play a leading role.

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Business Green

MARCH 17, 2021

The overarching ambition of the Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy is to slash greenhouse gas emissions from UK industry by two-thirds within 15 years, as part of plans to develop the "world's first" low carbon industrial sector that creates and supports up to 80,000 jobs by 2050. Coking coal?

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AGreenLiving

JULY 8, 2020

The move shows the efforts that Amazon is willing to go to eke out carbon emissions across its vast network of planes, vehicles and distribution centers that deliver on-demand goods across the globe. Amazon has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, and says it will make sure half of Amazon shipments are net-zero by 2030.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 28, 2020

The world’s largest automakers have been relatively slow to build and market electric trucks and buses, citing a lack of demand from customers and technology that isn’t ready for prime time. Mercedes-Benz says it will become net carbon-neutral by 2040. However, those were internal combustion vehicles.

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