Business Green

JANUARY 27, 2020

Sainsbury's has today become the latest corporate giant to adopt a net zero target, pledging to turn the UK's second largest supermarket chain into a net zero emissions operation by 2040, a full decade ahead of the UK government's national target and the goal set by arch rival Tesco.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2021

Reinsurance giants revs up coal phase-out as it pledges to reduce carbon intensity of equity and corporate bond portfolios by 35 per cent by 2025. Swiss Re has announced it is to phase out thermal coal from its treaty reinsurance by 2040, in a move that has been billed by campaigners as a breakthrough for the global reinsurance industry.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 8, 2020

London's financial district placed itself at the epicentre of efforts to combat global heating yesterday as the City of London Corporation unveiled a radical new Climate Action Strategy designed to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2040, a decade ahead of the UK government goal.

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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. New buildings, new policy battles.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 31, 2021

Most recently the company committed to powering global operations on 100% renewable energy by 2025 as part of The Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040, 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement. How does a company like Amazon with operations worldwide navigate policies in global markets?

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Prospects for carbon capture received a boost in September when the International Energy Agency (IEA) said the emerging technology is “ critical ” to a clean-energy transition. Both technologies could mitigate climate change by removing emissions from existing fossil fuel generation or even pulling carbon out of the atmosphere.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 9, 2023

Regarding Scope 3 emissions, members will work with value chain partners to reduce emissions 10 percent by 2030, 30-40 percent by 2040, and 60-70 percent by 2050, said a statement. ICA estimates that certain industry needs and policy goals must also be met in order to hit the roadmap’s goals. This constitutes around 0.2

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Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2020

Influential think tank argues governments could soon be forced into an abrupt net zero policy shift that would threaten value of oil assets. We do not know when or how an inevitable policy response will come, which makes it hard for companies to plan," explained report author Andrew Grant, senior oil and gas analyst at Carbon Tracker. "We

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Evergy has become the latest utility to pledge to long-term carbon cuts even though the states it serves, Kansas and Missouri, aren’t demanding them. To get to 80 percent, the company plans to retire all coal plants in the 2040-2050 timeframe, except its Iatan 2 plant in Missouri, the newest and cleanest in its fleet.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Nine global corporates back new ambition statement that sees them commit to transitioning their freight vessels to zero carbon fuels by 2040. In the statement, zero carbon fuels are defined as fuels that release no or very little greenhouse gases over their lifecycle, including no emissions at production stage.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

The UK aviation industry is set to face strict mandates for delivering low carbon biofuels, stronger carbon price signals, jet fuel efficiency goals, and a goal for operating zero-emission domestic routes under the government's new plan for achieving net zero emission flights within 20 years.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 22, 2021

The Restore Fund money will go to investing in working forests to transition them to more sustainable management practices that will sequester more carbon from the atmosphere to balance Apple’s carbon footprint in its hardware supply chain, while the timber production will produce financial profits for Apple as an investor.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Industrial carbon dioxide emissions account for around one quarter of greenhouse gasses emitted annually worldwide. Providing energy storage beyond ten hours can enable remote mines, data centers, and other off-grid industrial operations to run on 24-7 carbon-free power.

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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

AUGUST 19, 2021

Highways England removes application process to facilitate the use of low-carbon warm mix asphalts on roads across England. The change in policy will make the switch to WMAs easier, Highways England said. Almost 40 per cent of asphalt production in the USA is WMA, while in England it accounts for only four per cent.

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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

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A new 5-gigawatt “low-carbon” hydrogen target for 2030 has been revealed, along with an ambition to heat an entire town with hydrogen by the end of the decade. The new plan sets an earlier 2030 target for the phase-out of sales of new internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, up from a previous target of 2040. A £1.3

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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2020

One Nation Conservatives group of more than 100 MPs call for 2030 fossil fuel car ban, carbon tax and tree planting funding. He argues the move could "provide a very significant income stream to the Treasury whilst incentivising positive behavioural change".

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Azzurri Group publishes new plan to provide carbon labelling on its menus by 2025. Diners considering the calorific content of their lunch as they peruse the menu could soon be able to simultaneously weigh the carbon impact of their preferred pizza.

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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. Media Authorship. Anheuser-Busch.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Aviva has announced it intends to reach net zero emissions across its operations, supply chain, and investments by 2040, unveiling a number of new exclusion policies that will see the firm distance itself from the most carbon intensive fossil fuel companies. Aviva is taking bold steps to tackle the climate crisis," she said.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 25, 2020

Green hydrogen is considered by many to be a vital component of any credible net-zero carbon plan, and it can be used to decarbonize a number of industrial processes and heavy transport. And Wood Mackenzie's research indicates that the cost of green hydrogen will fall by 64 percent by 2040 as the market scales up.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Kevin Richardson, Chief Executive, CILT(UK), said: “Transport accounts for 28% of UK carbon emissions and, despite the downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic, transport emissions will grow with recovery unless action is taken. Setting carbon budgets for the transport sector. Mandating the use of sustainable fuel.

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2020

Final aim of Hydrogen to Humber Saltend project that proposes to bury captured carbon emissions under the sea is to expand a hydrogen network across the Humber that can drive the industrial region towards net zero. million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

The decade-long goal could result in millions of electric vehicles purchased for ride-hailing operations, encourage greater electric vehicle charging deployments and motivate stronger city, state and federal policies that could make EVs more economical. That percentage is supposed to grow to 58 percent of new sales by 2040. .

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 3, 2020

By 2040, Europe is expected to add another 169 gigawatts of wind and 172 gigawatts of solar. Europe's energy storage capacity across all segments is expected to grow from 3 gigawatts today (excluding pumped hydro) to 26 gigawatts in 2030 — and 89 gigawatts by 2040. The big five European markets — Germany, U.K.,

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Business Green

JULY 8, 2021

Fashion e-commerce giant ASOS has today announced that it delivered a 21 per cent cut in carbon emissions per order over the 2020 financial year, following the succesful completion of its Carbon 2020 strategy which aimed to reduce operational emissions per order every year through to the end of the decade.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 19, 2023

New fuels and technologies will account for between one half and three-quarters of the reduction of carbon emissions in aviation by 2050, according to a new report from sustainable development consultancy Arup and gas distribution network Wales and West Utilities (WWU).

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 25, 2024

French TSO RTE has proposed investments prioritising developments of its network of the order of €100 billion by 2040. However, since then, the state has redefined its energy policy, including a revival of nuclear power, the acceleration of renewables and reindustrialisation through the development of low-carbon industrial zones.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

A second just-released report reveals that to mitigate that growth, the use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies would have to reach gigaton scale in less than 10 years, which might not be possible. Carbon dioxide removal technologies, he added, “are very nascent.”

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Just this month, companies including PayPal, Walmart, Ford and Facebook have increased their level of climate commitment, announcing bold strategies to accelerate the zero-carbon transition. Meanwhile, Amazon is taking action against its bold commitment to be carbon-neutral by 2040. We need to work together.

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2021

Industry group Sustainable Aviation targets 15 per cent cut in emissions by 2030 and 40 per cent cut by 2040 on flight path to net zero. It forms part of the group's overarching plan, first announced in February , to reach net zero emissions by 2050, which it claims can be achieved while simultaneously growing passenger numbers by around 1.4

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Energy Central

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The state recently cemented our clean energy policy leadership by requiring 90% zero-carbon electricity sales by 2035, and 95% by 2040. By Michael Colvin California’s electric grid is amongst the cleanest in the country, and it’s getting even cleaner.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Seasoned observers fear that growing calls for a bolder and more ambitious global policy framework are continuing to founder on the rocks of vested interests and short-term cost concerns. . It is a dynamic that has left environmental campaigners increasingly frustrated. .

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 22, 2021

New study from Brattle Group and Oracle shows utility customer action can be twice as impactful as current clean energy supply policies in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Today, 78% of US consumers are served by a utility with significant carbon emission reduction or elimination goals.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Dalriada Trustees has set out plans to slash carbon emissions to net zero within the portfolios of pension schemes where it acts as sole trustee by 2040. The policy is a "live document", he said, which will continue to evolve with learning and action. It might make the world less complicated but it is meant to be the lowest bar.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Japan to launch review of coal export policy. Japan looks set to beef up a key plank of its climate policy in the face of mounting calls from allies for the country to strengthen its decarbonisation plans ahead of the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow this year. Michigan energy supplier pledges to go net zero by 2040.

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