Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

German energy giant promises phase out of fossil fuel generation and 'huge investments' in renewables, storage and green gas.

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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

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Thanks to converging forces — including supportive policies, dropping battery costs and aggressive climate goals — transportation leaders at large and small organizations are increasingly turning to new zero-emission and low-carbon options that decarbonize fleets and in some cases save money. that fit fleets' needs. Media Authorship.

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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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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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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

On the plus side, the pact reaffirmed the central importance of 1.5C (our best chance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change), mentions coal and fossil fuels for the first time, and calls for countries to “revisit and strengthen” 2030 climate pledges by the end of 2022 instead of waiting another five years. of warming.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Wärtsilä defines the goal of 100 percent decarbonization as a carbon-neutral power grid with a combination of generation resources — the vast majority of which would be wind and solar — as well as ample amounts of battery storage, demand response and flexible gas power, which will ultimately run on carbon-free renewable fuels.

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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. Both companies confirmed that the final investment decision on the project has already been taken. But Shell and Eneco have gone several steps further.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2022

million to develop a new zero carbon heat network. Following the publication of the Heat and Buildings Strategy , funding awards were announced on 6 January for a suite of low carbon heat network projects, under the Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP) , a scheme partly funded by the UK government.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 4, 2019

One obvious way to deliver more energy with less carbon, Looney said, is "more renewables and gas, pushing coal out of power.". We need to compare gas to zero carbon — how will we decarbonize it?” though its investments in recent years have been relatively small. Playing catch-up on renewables. billion ($1.67

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The influential analyst firm looked at 30 major corporates that have announced net zero goals across the utility, fossil fuel, technology, and materials sectors, but found huge variation in the level and scope of ambition, concluding that "no two net zero targets are the same". Credit: BNEF. or 2C boundaries.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The findings raise concerns over a potential pervasive conflict of interest on the boards at a time when the international insurance sector is under pressure to halt its support for the fossil fuel industry. “When insurers underwrite fossil fuels, they actually are underwriting climate change.”

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2022

Auto giant reiterates plan to invest more than $50bn globally through to 2026 to develop EVs and the batteries that power them. Ford also reiterated its recent investment plans to spend more than $50bn globally from 2022 through to 2026 to develop EVs and the batteries that power them.

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2021

The new schemes will be targeted at low-income households and those living in social housing, and will fund a range of measures, from enhanced insulation, the installation of on-site solar energy, and the replacement of gas boilers with low-carbon alternatives.

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Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2020

Plans to establish the Humber as a world-leading green industrial hub took a step forward today with the formal submission to government of a joint proposal to enable a Humber Cluster Plan that would deliver net zero emissions across the region by 2040. The initial bid is for £1.7m from government to support a £2.6m

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The investment covers 40% of the Texas facility’s $1.3B project cost and is one of the largest DAC investments to date. Tech-enabled credits continue to constitute a big chunk of an anticipated $1T voluntary carbon market , and Oxy is on a development frenzy.

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Business Green

JULY 3, 2020

Shell and BP are writing down assets while a raft of US fracking firms are entering bankruptcy protection – change is coming to the fossil fuel industry faster than anyone expected. The stranded asset hypothesis just got real. For a growing number of investors alarm bells are ringing.

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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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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 14, 2020

We learned we’re (1) changing the earth’s land so much that we threaten our food security and the land’s ability to capture carbon, (2) heading toward devastated oceans that are coral-free, and (3) not cutting emissions even remotely fast enough to avoid these outcomes. Sustainable investing advances. degrees Celsius.

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Business Green

JULY 9, 2020

The companies said the jet fuel will be made from agricultural waste fats and oils (such as used cooking oil and inedible fats from beef processing). 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. A drop in the fuel tank.

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Elemental Excelerator

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

One key results shows we can zero out 5 gigatons if 50% of the miles driven on the world’s roads are electric by 2040, and 95% by 2050. GT, 20% of miles flown use low-carbon fuel by 2025 and 40% of miles flown are carbon-neutral by 2040. Here are a few quick hits: OKR 1.5

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2022

The government must act now to scale power-to-liquid fuels that would allow the aviation industry to reduce their emissions, while long-term solutions are in development, argues Green Alliance's Helena Barrett. One solution for decarbonising this sector in the shorter term is by using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

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Business Green

DECEMBER 11, 2020

UK electric vehicle (EV) developer Arrival has this week announced it is to establish its North American headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, adding around 150 new employees and investing approximately $3m in new offices in the city. Brazil announces 'indicative' goal to deliver carbon neutrality by 2060.

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Business Green

JUNE 3, 2021

In order to deliver on its aspirations, which would mean quadrupling its current installed renewable energy capacity, Ørsted expects to spend around 350bn Danish kroner ($57bn) through to 2027, raising its average annual investments by around 50 per cent.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

There are “net zero” pensions, “net zero” fuels, even “net zero” mobile networks. Thousands of companies have hitched themselves to the carbon-neutral bandwagon, from fossil fuel producers like BP and Shell, to other household names including United Airlines, Dell, Burger King, and Vodafone.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Mingomba could drive further investment in what might eventually become a major copper supplier. NIO Capital, a Shanghai, China-based investment firm, has raised $421m for its fund that invests in the automotive and energy sectors. Mineral ambitions. Why is this important now?  Can’t get enough deals?

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AGreenLiving

JULY 8, 2020

The companies said the jet fuel will be made from agricultural waste fats and oils (such as used cooking oil and inedible fats from beef processing). 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. billion gallons the airline uses annually.

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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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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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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Reversing the decline caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, this will primarily be driven by a strong rebound in demand for fossil fuels in electricity generation. Awareness is high, with around three quarters (75 per cent) of UK respondents to recent consumer research now concerned about the threat of carbon emissions to the planet.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

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. million in Neighborhood Grants.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Decision to quit three US trade bodies stems from differences over carbon pricing policies and methane regulation, as oil giant looks to build on net zero plans. This approach should also be brought to bear on the defining challenge that faces us all - supporting the rapid transition to a low carbon future," said BP CEO Bernard Looney. "BP

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

So says a new report from Deloitte highlighting the known, yet often underappreciated, challenges faced by utilities across the country promising to zero out their carbon impact by midcentury. That’s not news to those who’ve been closely tracking plans to reach net-zero carbon from major U.S.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

AT&T pledged to be carbon-neutral by 2035, a step up from its previous goal to reduce Scope 1 emissions by 20 percent and Scope 2 emissions by 60 percent. Walmart pledged to become carbon-neutral across its global operations by 2040 — without relying on offsets. Morgan Stanley became the first major U.S.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

European energy giant ramps up investment plans for next two years in response to global fossil fuel energy crisis. The moves announced this week also support Iberdrola's targets to achieve carbon neutrality across its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030, before achieving net zero emissions across its entire value chain by 2040.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 13, 2021

Under growing pressure to rein in greenhouse gas emissions, developers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are turning to questionable claims about “carbon neutrality,” “net-zero,” or “green LNG,” in order to pass muster with governments, investors, and society, who are becoming increasingly anxious about the climate crisis. While the U.S.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Italy announces ban on new petrol and diesel cars, EU carbon prices hit record levels, and all the green business news from around the world this week. Saudi Energy Minister confirms plans for $100bn renewables investment push. RUSAL opens new low carbon aluminium smelter.

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