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Is the end nigh for questionable climate claims in UK adverts?

Business Green

Today, the ASA said it would carry out a six-month monitoring period after updating its guidance which would be particularly focused on the "carbon neutral" and "net zero" claims abounding in company advertising. But they urged the regulator to now move faster to crack down on misleading environmental marketing across the economy.

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Guarding against 'greenwash': Inside the fight against misleading corporate green claims

Business Green

Businesses that advertise in the UK have had to comply with rules around environmental claims for decades, and it is now more than 13 years since the advertising watchdog ordered Shell to pull an ad that used flowers floating from refinery chimneys to promote a carbon capture and utilisation project. We all need to help each other.

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2nd Annual WCS Talks Exceeds Expectations

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Google prides itself on having been carbon-neutral since 2007, with data centers that use 50% less energy than is typical. Cynthia Christensen of Namasté Solar might agree, though she got into solar almost by accident — after a bet she made as a pre-law student with a boyfriend that they couldn’t handle each other’s classes.

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Finding a Sustainability Career in Business

Green Business Bureau

They develop strategies to reduce a company’s overall ecological footprint and minimize their carbon emissions. Typical strategic initiatives may include a zero waste program or a carbon neutral operation. They work with their clients to reduce their energy consumption, waste and carbon footprint.

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Finding a Sustainability Career in Business

Green Business Bureau

They develop strategies to reduce a company’s overall ecological footprint and minimize their carbon emissions. Typical strategic initiatives may include a zero waste program or a carbon neutral operation. They work with their clients to reduce their energy consumption, waste and carbon footprint.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Badalian received an environmental law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School, which helped shape his policy work, he says. Most recently, Barudin led a tribal task force with the nonprofit group Vote Solar to support New Mexico's new law enabling tribes and pueblos to access community solar programs.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

AGreenLiving

Badalian received an environmental law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School, which helped shape his policy work, he says. Most recently, Barudin led a tribal task force with the nonprofit group Vote Solar to support New Mexico’s new law enabling tribes and pueblos to access community solar programs.