Business Green

MARCH 5, 2023

But she also warned that firms looking to deliver on their climate goals through cheap or low-integrity carbon offset credits should prepare for increasing pressure from stakeholders, noting that the going price for a carbon offset currently is just a slither of the ‘real' cost of carbon. Boards must get ahead of the risk."

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Business Green

JULY 11, 2022

The Centre is expected to focus on both fundamental and applied research, where Hitachi and Imperial collaborate on selected research projects, reports, and white papers exploring the technologies required to reach net zero and the challenges to be overcome, as well as potential scenarios that could arise when the world reaches net zero.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 31, 2022

That is the conclusion of a new white paper published today by US non-profit Emergent, which provides an overview of emerging best practices for setting corporate climate and nature targets, and argues that investing in credible, high quality forest protection efforts and credits should form a crucial additional pillar of net zero strategies.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 31, 2022

As this report highlights, JREDD credits provide a triple win - avoiding further emissions from tropical deforestation, protecting one of the world's most important carbon sinks, and preserving critical biodiversity and other ecosystem services we rely on for the global climate and economy to function.".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In recent months Johnson has similarly signalled his support for an acceleration in offshore wind development, investment in new green hydrogen infrastructure, carbon capture technology clusters, electric vehicle charging networks, new nuclear technologies and expanded tree-planting programmes. carbon capture/storage. offshore wind.

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2021

Action to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss must be pursued with the same focus and urgency as the development and deployment of Covid vaccines, a group of business and academic leaders have told the Prime Minister in an open letter sent today.

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2021

Detailed information on five verifiable benefits of responsible farming - water, soil, equity, biodiversity and air - aims to enable consumers, retailers and food service operators to make value-based purchases. How do you bring them into a more sustainable marketplace? How will you incentivize them to sign up?

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Agriculture Organic Retail Packaging 75

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

So, how can the UK government help accelerate the shift towards more sustainable diets without restricting public choices? The government is expected to unveil more details of its thinking in its upcoming Food Strategy White Paper, which is expected to emerge in the coming months and will cover the entire food chain from farm to fork.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2021

As reported last night, the government has formally accepted the recommendations of the Climate Change Committee (CCC) and confirmed the Sixth Carbon Budget that runs from 2033 to 2037 will require a 78 per cent cut in carbon emissions compared to 1990 levels by 2035.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

On emissions trading, the clock is ticking but still businesses wait in vain for clarity on a UK carbon pricing regime. This means a clear strategy to upgrade the UK's infrastructure and publishing the Energy White Paper.". They're throwing a combined £63bn towards carbon-cutting stimulus measures.

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Business Green

JULY 8, 2022

And the white papers written. Finally, Regrow will ground-truth these claims with field soil carbon samples to calibrate the models. "It Where might we also see systems going in the wrong direction and what does that mean for the outcomes we care about as it relates to climate, water, biodiversity and economics?"

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Just two weeks ago, the Prime Minister told the UN General Assembly that the world could not afford to "dither and delay" on tackling biodiversity loss, yet yesterday marked 200 days since the government's landmark Environment Bill was last seen in parliament. The gap between the government's net zero rhetoric and its policy agenda remains.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 28, 2021

Behind the coming ESG disclosure explosion Jean Haggerty Thu, 01/28/2021 – 01:00 This analysis of ESG and sustainable finance issues originally appeared in GreenFin Weekly, our free email newsletter. A lot of the information that investors want is not included in company financial filings or sustainability reports, which in the U.S.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2021

BusinessGreen rounds up the best of the reaction from the low carbon economy to the government's flagship roadmap for achieving net zero emissions by 2050. To truly transform the UK economy based on sustainable and green growth, we need to push further and faster and make key decisions on how to finance the transition to net zero.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

But responses to a consultation on financing infrastructure published yesterday highlight electric vehicle (EV) charging, energy infrastructure such as carbon capture and storage and small modular nuclear reactors, and digital infrastructure such as fibre optic broadband and data centres, as top priorities for financing in the coming years.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2020

Additional investments in flood resilience and R&D, a new 'nature for climate fund' and two new carbon capture and storage hubs will help to put sustainability at the heart of the UK's economy. The latter needs to be spent effectively to get the Clean Air Zone agenda back on track. Based on this budget, we won't.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

With this in mind, the Green Business Bureau wanted to help you understand your options for sustainability certification, and with that, learn how to become B Corp Certified. With over 500 initiatives to choose from – compared to B Labs 250 – GBB raises the bar in sustainability certification. What is B Corp?

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2020

Will the UK be linked to the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS) in future, or is a domestic carbon tax more likely? Top of the wishlist is the long-awaited Energy White Paper, which ministers have previously said could land before the summer, and the promised net zero transport strategy. What about aviation? And fishing?

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