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'Pace, energy, vision and agility': Government taskforce calls for regulatory overhaul in support of net zero

Business Green

The UK regulatory landscape needs a rapid overhaul to accelerate the markets for offshore wind, hydrogen, zero carbon transport, clean tech innovation, and greener farming practices now the country has left the European Union, a government-commissioned task force has concluded.

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Climate Performance Potential is the unsung predictor of superior financial returns

Business Green

I was struck by the recent PWC report into Climate Tech , which showed that investment from venture capital and private equity is pouring into climate tech, but the research found that it wasn't going to the technologies that had the greatest emission reduction potential. Bad for the world, bad for business.

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? CTVC’s guide to NYCW #163

Climate Tech VC

⚒️ Controlled Thermal Resources , an Imperial, CA-based direct lithium extraction technology developer, raised $100M from Stellantis. 🌳 NatureMetrics , an Egham, United Kingdom-based DNA-based biodiversity monitoring platform, raised $13M.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The Brazilian company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange one year ago, sells beauty and biodiversity as intertwined. Best known for its butter — and the Native American logo it retired last year — Land O’Lakes is also a 21st-century force in technology. Beth Ford; President & CEO; Land O’Lakes; Arden Hills, Minnesota.

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Transport Decarbonisation Plan: A guide to the government's routemap for net zero transport

Business Green

The plan states that in the future "we will use our cars differently and less often, with new technology helping reduce our carbon footprint", alongside "a cohesive, widely available, net zero public transport network designed for the passenger". So far, 38 per cent of UK rail track has been electrified.

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Queen's Speech: What is - and isn't - on the government's green agenda for the year ahead?

Business Green

Meanwhile, fears are growing that these various pressures will serve to distract from the ongoing climate and biodiversity crises, as the momentum built up around the COP26 Climate Summit contiuning to dissipate.

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Boris Johnson promises to 'build back greener', but can he deliver?

Business Green

Johnson was most convincing, as is so often the case, when he departed from policy detail and provided a hymn to the UK's "world-leading" clean technologies and innovations. Such investment must be underpinned by the highest quality outcomes including efficiency, net zero emissions, waste avoidance, social value and biodiversity net gain.