Business Green

APRIL 16, 2020

According to leaked documents seen by Euractiv , work on the climate policies that underpin the Commission's flagship Green Deal programme are to remain a top priority, further fuelling hopes the bloc can deliver on early pledges from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and key member states to deliver a green recovery package.

Sustainability 60

Sustainability Carbon-neutral Resilience Packaging 60

Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

The Strategy was also criticised for failing to provide sufficient detail on how the government planned to tackle emissions from certain sectors, such as farming and land use and aviation.

Climate change 61

Climate change Government Policy Biodiversity 61

Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

Aviation tax reform - the Budget confirms plans, first trailed in the wake of troubles surrounding airline Flybe, to undertake a review of Air Passenger Duty (APD) and consult on aviation tax reform in spring 2020. How the government marries any aviation tax reform with the need to decarbonise remains a critical question.

Government 50

Government Packaging Electric vehicle Waste 50

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In the $500 billion-per-year cosmetics space, small-scale packaging leads to large-scale single-use plastic waste. Carbon renewal technology, or CRT, breaks down waste plastic feedstocks to the molecular level before using them as building blocks to produce a wide range of materials and packaging. Close Authorship. Close Authorship.

Sustainability 540

Sustainability Plastics Agriculture Carbon-negative 540

Business Green

MAY 14, 2021

After all, oft-cited data suggests that the impact of a company's supply chain is as much as 80 per cent of its overall greenhouse gas emissions footprint - and an even higher percentage of its impact on biodiversity and nature. But getting to net zero in a supply chain will take more than nudges and new purchasing contracts.

Innovation 78

Innovation Carbon Biotechnology Recycled materials 78

Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Ahead of the Prime Minister's promised new green recovery package, a new report from the business advocacy group outlines a raft of near-term policy interventions that could put the UK on track to reaching net zero emissions. The gap between the government's net zero rhetoric and its policy agenda remains.

Policy 59

Policy Carbon-negative Government Carbon 59

Business Green

JUNE 10, 2021

Responding to the criticism, Johnson said: "If you attack my arrival by plane, I respectfully point out that the UK is actually in the lead in developing sustainable aviation fuel. One of the points in the 10-point plan of our green industrial revolution is to get to jet zero as well as net zero.".

Building Energy Monitoring 71

Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 71

Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

Emissions cuts must also be comprehensive and include the most difficult sectors to decarbonise, such as heavy industry, aviation and agriculture. Climate action can have multiple additional benefits, for biodiversity, public health, and food security. Most net zero strategies shy away from spelling these out.

Climate change 40

Climate change Government Carbon Politics 40

Business Green

JULY 14, 2021

Brussels launches major package of accelerated decarbonisation measures, including tax reforms, new clean energy targets, and carbon border tariffs. Some environmental campaigners had hoped for more ambitious targets and policy proposals through the new package, but the measures were broadly welcomed by green groups.

Aviation 89

Aviation Carbon-neutral Packaging Europe 89

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

What's in the energy support package, and who is going to pay for it? A sweeping support package has been promised, potentially worth up to £100bn, but what will be in it and why were these proposals such a closely guarded secret throughout the leadership campaign?

Government 67

Government Policy Energy Energy 67

Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

   ⚡ Aether Fuels , a San Francisco, California-based sustainable aviation fuel developer, raised $9M in Seed funding from Doral Energy-Tech Ventures, Foothill Ventures, JetBlue Ventures, Xora Innovation, and TechEnergy Ventures.  

Business Energy Monitoring 72

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 72

Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

The European Commission has confirmed it does not plan to remove aviation from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) even when the new UN-backed CORSIA aviation offsetting scheme launches in 2021. Transport Commissioner Adina Valean told MEPs that "CORSIA will not put the ETS at stake. It will not replace the ETS.

Aviation 97

Aviation Hydrogen Asia Government 97

Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

More than a year after the pandemic began to wreak havoc on the global economy, the majority of recovery policies and packages unveiled by governments have failed to drive sustainable development and enhance protection for nature.

Packaging 96

Packaging Government Agriculture Fossil fuels 96

Business Green

JULY 9, 2020

The trailed £3bn energy efficiency package was hugely welcome, even if questions remain over precisely how it will be administered and what will happen when the single year Budget is exhausted. But then once again the accompanying policy measures singularly failed to match the rhetoric.

Policy 61

Policy Carbon-negative Packaging Government 61

Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

When UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for a ‘quantum leap in ambition' to tackle the ever-worsening climate emergency, we needed a bold and visionary package to meet the scale of the climate emergency we face - yet the Government barely moves an inch.

Government 40

Government Policy Investment Carbon 40

Business Green

APRIL 20, 2021

Crucially, the government also confirmed it would accept the CCC's calls for the target to cover emissions from international shipping and aviation for the first time - a move that should help to trigger increased investment in low carbon aviation and shipping technologies, but will also make the new emissions goals considerably harder to achieve.

Government 54

Government Aviation Policy Carbon 54

Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

Buildings: The report claims the emissions-intensive buildings sector can achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions if policy packages that promote sufficiency, efficiency, and renewable energy measures are effectively implemented and barriers to decarbonisation are removed. Economy-wide' policy packages.

Climate change 36

Climate change Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Policy 36

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In the $500 billion-per-year cosmetics space, small-scale packaging leads to large-scale single-use plastic waste. Carbon renewal technology, or CRT, breaks down waste plastic feedstocks to the molecular level before using them as building blocks to produce a wide range of materials and packaging.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Plastics Climate change Agriculture 28

Business Green

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

When you think of the biggest contributors to climate change, it is sectors such as oil and gas, mining, aviation, and chemicals that tend to come to mind. The material is already being used in packaging, says Borst, but it is trickier to create fibres that can be used in clothing. Not T-shirts and handbags.

Fashion 68

Fashion Innovation Waste Waste 68

Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2022

With good reason: The climate and biodiversity crises, combined with the social and economic equity crises, are providing momentum and incentives for staying the course. The job boom crosses sectors, from finance and private equity to clean energy and biodiversity. Nature and biodiversity awareness sprouted.

Building Energy Monitoring 36

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Biodiversity 36

Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

The Fundamentals of Circular Packaging (Workshop): An increase in consumer awareness, corporate engagement and regulatory action has led more companies to set ambitious goals to reduce and reimagine their use of plastics and packaging. And too often, the food we produce comes with unsustainable impacts on biodiversity and climate.

Building Energy Monitoring 52

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 52

Energy Innovation

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In response, senators and representatives from ethanol-producing states like Iowa have been advocating for biofuel aid in the next coronavirus relief package. Biofuels are also a relatively low-cost alternative to the high-energy density fuels needed in aviation and shipping. refiners’ biofuel bills soar. Source: Nair, Reuters.

Carbon-negative 52

Carbon-negative Fossil fuels Policy Carbon 52

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. The SDGs in general, and SDG17 in particular, are suddenly back in vogue.

Building Energy Monitoring 79

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Sustainability 79

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. This applies to short-distance shipping and aviation too. They consume approximately 14.5%

Building Energy Monitoring 78

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Fossil fuels 78

Mr. Sustainability

JUNE 27, 2020

Aligning economic stimulus and policy packages with climate goals is crucial for a long-term viable and healthy economy. Aviation soon became a business. Aligning economic stimulus and policy packages with climate goals is crucial for a long-term viable and healthy economy.” It is also about electric vehicles and hydrogen.

Energy 78

Energy Energy Fossil fuels Investment 78

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?

Lithium 72

Lithium Batteries Hydrogen Investment 72