Business Green

JULY 1, 2020

From the beginning, our collective message to the world has been that we are on the verge of a Planetary Emergency due to the convergence of the climate crisis with extreme biodiversity loss. Recent research on the ecology of diseases suggests that climate change, biodiversity loss and deforestation are key drivers behind pandemics.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2020

Tanya Steele, chief executive at WWF, urged the government to deliver on Ministerial promises - made repeatedly over the past few weeks ­- that the imminent stimulus package will feature a raft of green measures. "We

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The City Fix

JUNE 2, 2020

EU officials have said that 25% of the stimulus package will be set. On May 27, the European Union unveiled a €750 billion ($826 billion) recovery proposal as a centerpiece of its economic response to the coronavirus crisis, while also increasing its existing budget. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2020

Planning time and funding that would have been assigned to climate resilience or mitigation will be eaten up by pandemic responses. Most of all, we need corporates to stand against regulatory rollbacks - such as those seen in the US - and advocate for economic rescue packages to have green strings attached.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Our current food system is dependent on fossil fuels, fertilizers, and pesticides — it’s a very lucrative business model.”. With biodiversity in sharp decline across the world, and numbers of birds and pollinators plummeting in Europe, green groups are deeply concerned at the prospect of any further delays. Their agenda?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

But group of petrostates resist calls to phase down fossil fuels and accelerate decarbonisation efforts. The so-called High Ambition Coalition of nations argued the draft text should include a commitment to phase down all fossil fuels and clearer commitments to accelerate the roll out of renewables.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework should drive a step change nature protection natural world - here's why the world's new biodiversity targets matter for businesses. The 10-year plan, with its four broad goals and 23 targets, has a hugely ambitious aim: to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

As such, the court order presents a major challenge to the next Prime Minister, who will be under immediate pressure to both strengthen the UK's net zero plans and deliver a more ambitious package to help households cope with soaring energy bills this winter. What would happen if we moved it to 2060 or 2070? We're not going to be here.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The use of these chemicals also damages the environment in other ways; much of the fertilizer used in the world today is the product of methane gas, a fossil fuel, while the wide-scale use of pesticides has been linked to the damage of ecosystems and vital populations of pollinators.

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Grist

APRIL 17, 2024

For some 200 years, humans have been burning fossil fuels, spewing planet-warming carbon dioxide into the air. And as coffee growers venture into new regions, they’ll tear down more trees, threatening biodiversity and transforming even more forests from carbon sinks into carbon sources. per pound in 2022.

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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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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?

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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. "The An entire package.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Australia, for example, has already put out a statement this week stressing that its 2030 target is "fixed" and highlighting how it has a near-unique position as an industrialised economy with huge extractive industries and fossil fuel exports. Coal and fossil fuels: An increasingly risky investment bet.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

An 'ambitious' new 2030 emissions reduction target, a 2030 phase out date for fossil fuel vehicles, and a major home energy retrofit programme are all on the Climate Coalition's short list, along with a raft of wider proposals designed to accelerate emissions reductions efforts over the coming decade. A ban on fossil fuel finance.

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Business Green

JULY 14, 2021

Brussels launches major package of accelerated decarbonisation measures, including tax reforms, new clean energy targets, and carbon border tariffs. Europe walks the talk on climate policies through innovation, investment and social compensation.". Europe's transition will be fair, green and competitive.".

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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. The IPCC report was clear - there is no time for hesitation.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Forests absorb up to a third of global carbon emissions generated from burning fossil fuels every year, but they are being lost at an alarming rate, with an area of forest equivalent to around 27 football pitches thought to be destroyed every single minute.

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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. A mixed result of negotiations was that mention of the reduction of fossil fuels was included in the final agreement for the first time since the original 1995 COP.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2020

Today, just weeks after his promotion to the second most powerful job in the country, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled the government's Budget for the coming year and beyond, outlining a multi-billion pound package of spending across the green economy, as well as new tax measures covering the energy sector, plastic packaging, and red diesel fuel.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Resolutions to global challenges such as climate change, poverty, inequality, biodiversity loss, habitat destruction, resource depletion, racism, and exploitation need the backing of our economic system. Utilizing renewable energy sources diversifies your energy supply, reducing risk and dependence on finite fossil fuels.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Dubbed the 'Growth Plan' , the package of around 30 measures builds on Prime Minister Liz Truss's vision for a low tax and low regulation approach in the hope of driving economic growth and staving off warnings of a looming recession. Energy package costs £60bn for just 6m.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

Momentum is building as businesses and governments transform their organizations to be more efficient and resilient. This deep-dive workshop will explore circular packaging best practices alongside trends and innovations, offering attendees a comprehensive look into their circular packing opportunities.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The plan will see €1tr invested through to 2030 on climate, biodiversity, and sustainability-focused projects, while at the same time "all financing activities" from the bank will have to be aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement by the end of this year. "It

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Mr. Sustainability

JUNE 27, 2020

Aligning economic stimulus and policy packages with climate goals is crucial for a long-term viable and healthy economy. With the ‘old’, I refer to the fossil-fuel based, centralized energy industries that are reliant on conservative economic models. A green recovery is essential as we emerge from the Corona crisis.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Providing funding to poorer nations to undertake climate action is not only a moral and legal responsibility for developed countries, but also a strategic investment in a cleaner and more resilient world. This includes ending overseas financing for fossil fuels as part of the administration's commitment to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Like many other banks, HSBC has pledged to step away from its funding of fossil-fuels interests and other high-carbon industrial activities with a pledge to achieving net-zero financed emissions across its customer portfolio by 2050. (It It aims to reach net-zero for its own operations and supply chain by 2030.) LinkedIn | Twitter.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

When he offered her a job leading the company’s global sustainable packaging initiative, she jumped at it. Her clients at PwC include corporations from the energy, transportation and retail sectors, government agencies and nonprofits with goals in biodiversity, circular economy, climate change, social inclusion and human rights.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

4 climate finance priorities for the Biden administration Joe Thwaites Wed, 02/17/2021 – 00:30 Providing funding to poorer nations to undertake climate action is not only a moral and legal responsibility for developed countries, but also a strategic investment in a cleaner and more resilient world.

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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. 

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