Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

And yet, opportunities exist through climate-friendly recovery packages to not only stimulate economies, but also reduce emissions while promoting social and environmental co-benefits. Habitat restoration and regenerative agriculture, especially in carbon-rich habitats. Hepburn et al.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

One of the biggest stories of 2020 was the rise of the corporate tree-planting movement, with dozens of multinational businesses from virtually every industry pledging millions of dollars to one of nature’s most effective carbon sequestration solutions. . Map your sourcing. You can’t do anything if you don’t know where to do it.".

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

European Commission unveils sweeping biodiversity strategy, plus all the top green business news from around the world this week. EU Commission unveils strategy to 'fix broken relationship with nature'. Rwanda ramps up Paris Agreement pledge.

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2023

Specialty plastics and packaging is a significant part of Dow's business, from packaging for food and medicine, wire and cable materials, to specialised films and adhesives for industrial applications, we serve much of the world with the materials it needs. No matter what the role, sustainability has been at the core.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

Producers claim their animal feed comes from responsible sources and their livestock use land unsuitable for other uses, all the while supporting biodiversity and capturing carbon from the atmosphere through holistic or other types of “regenerative” grazing.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In either case, this wasn’t on our bingo card… In the news, the British government passed new reforms to speed up interconnection, Colombia launched a $1B biodiversity fund, the US released $6B in funding for climate resiliency, and the US and China made modest progress on methane reduction at APEC.  Or a red herring?

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2021

At Mondi, sustainability is at the heart of what we do, creating packaging and paper that is sustainable by design. One example is the role we play in maintaining healthy forests, which are critical to regulating the carbon balance on our planet. billion tonnes of carbon dioxide is absorbed by the world's forests every year.

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2022

Globally, more than a quarter of the carbon emissions that contribute to climate change come from the growing and processing of food. While most regenerative frameworks have common principles (keep living roots in the soil, reduce soil disturbance, enhance crop diversity, enhance ecosystem biodiversity, etc.),

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2021

A pledge by more than 100 countries - including Brazil - to end deforestation by 2030, a critical first step towards carbon sink and biodiversity preservation. Biodiversity and nature-based solutions. A commitment backed by $130tr in assets for the net zero transition by GFANZ, the Glasgow Finance Alliance for Net Zero.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

alive", it states that "rapid, deep and sustained" reductions in carbon emissions are needed, and crucially it quantifies those reductions, putting on the record that emissions need to fall 45 per cent by 2030 relative to 2010 levels, before then achieving net zero around mid-century, "as well as deep reductions in other greenhouse gases".

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2021

But as wildfires destroy more forests , fossil fuels continue to pump carbon emissions in the air and many companies announce net zero carbon emissions commitments, tree-planting projects are moving away from serving as PR fodder to becoming an integral part of corporate sustainability strategy. There's a real tension. Think long term.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

This is not because food is more expensive in Africa than it is in the United States. degrees Celsius, scientists posit carbon emissions must drop rapidly to 25 gigatons by 2030, or 7.6 It drives most of the food and beverage industry climate impacts, threatens biodiversity and water, as well as habitat for people and animals.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

based insurer to achieve carbon neutrality in 2016. . When he offered her a job leading the company’s global sustainable packaging initiative, she jumped at it. Sustainability questions are being embedded into requests for proposal documents and onboarding materials. These efforts by Adams’ team helped MetLife become the first U.S.-based

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

George Monbiot's latest book, Regenesis , is the latest in a string of studies to warn how essentially extractive agricultural practices are damaging soils and biodiversity to such an extent that food security is being threatened. The outlook is certainly worrying.

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

But the fossil fuel has also quietly seeped into other aspects of our lives: from paint, washing detergents and nail polish to plastic packaging , medical equipment, mattress foams, clothing and coatings for television screens. A hefty chunk of this is for single-use plastics, found in packaging and drinking straws.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2020

It will devastate nature and biodiversity. COP26 can be a moment where the world comes together to ramp up momentum towards a climate-resilient, zero-carbon economy. So, we want all countries to submit more ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions, committing to further cuts in carbon emissions by 2030. Second, nature.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2020

The UK Presidency and all governments should use this time to design resilient recovery and transition plans that consider climate, biodiversity, development and social justice in an integrated way. This includes investing in low-carbon technologies and better preparing for future shocks of all kinds.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Mohamed Adow, director of think tank Power Shift Africa said the achievement came after three decades of appeals for help from climate impacted nations. "To The agreement was hailed by activists and developing countries as a major breakthrough. warming target.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

At the same time ministers and CEOs are stepping up calls to deliver explicitly green economic recovery packages, which can ensure the world learns the lessons from this health crisis and puts itself on track to meet its sustainable development goals. Over the last 13 years, it has grown into Africa's largest payments service.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

On top of that, she will also take control of the UK's net zero and biodiversity agendas as Europe struggles with an energy crisis largely spurred by the Russia's invasion of Ukraine and countries around the world gear up for the crucial COP27 and COP15 UN summits this autumn.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

While the rate of annual deforestation slowed to about 25 million acres between 2015 and 2020, the trendlines in several regions — especially countries in Africa and South America — aren’t moving in the right direction. percent. “Map your sourcing. You can’t do anything if you don’t know where to do it.”

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 26, 2020

This is not because food is more expensive in Africa than it is in the United States. degrees Celsius, scientists posit carbon emissions must drop rapidly to 25 gigatons by 2030, or 7.6 It drives most of the food and beverage industry climate impacts, threatens biodiversity and water, as well as habitat for people and animals.

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