Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

” “In the last three years of reporting, the UK Plastics Pact has doubled the recycled content in packaging, and driven the significant elimination of unnecessary (84%) and hard to recycle (90%) components in packaging. In practice, not all plastic packaging will be recycled through local authority collections by 2025.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2021

Both tools have a strong foundation in digital mapping, using the increasing availability of open source data to drive innovation in environmental thinking and scheme design. The whole package. A multi-benefit approach. Using these tools to optimise value, nature-based solutions can become much more attractive.

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Packaging Climate change Sustainability Carbon 72

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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Biodiversity Carbon-negative Government Agriculture 39

Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 13, 2020

However over the past decade, we have learned again and again that innovation is really about people, not just technology. Danya and her fellow Directors of Innovation in Hana, Maui. Reforestation + biodiversity for the win. Innovation through regulation. The why behind what people choose to do is the driver of progress.

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Agriculture Innovation Soil Waste 98

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 3, 2020

New benchmark shows that biodiversity is in fashion Liesl Truscott Thu, 12/03/2020 – 01:00 This week, in advance of World Soil Day — Dec. 5 — the Textile Exchange Corporate Fiber and Materials Benchmark (CFMB) Program is launching a new tool to help the fashion and textile industry take urgent action on biodiversity.

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Fashion Biodiversity Soil Health 28

Business Green

JUNE 22, 2022

The outer shell of the bottle, produced by the packaging manufacturer The Paper Bottle Company (Paboco), consists of sustainably-sourced wood fibre and is also bio-based. Earlier this year, Avantium's CEO Tom Van Aken told BusinessGreen that the company's innovative materials could deliver market-wide benefits.

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Packaging Sustainability Plastics Soil 36

Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In addition, more than £1m has been made available to 16 projects that aim to increase and diversify domestic tree production under the Tree Production Innovation Fund, according to the government.

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Packaging Government Logging Biodiversity 93

GreenTech Gazette

AUGUST 21, 2020

But how much of this is investment in green innovation, and how much of it is marketing bluster. But which are the companies putting the effort in, and which are simply making a few strategic changes to their packaging? Image by Geralt via Pixabay. EcoLogic Studio. McDonald’s .

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Business Green

MAY 14, 2021

The declaration tucks into the Exponential Roadmap Initiative , which appeals to "innovators, transformers and disrupters" aligning their business with the Paris Agreement aspiration of limiting global temperature increases to 1.5 VMware has long viewed sustainability as core to its long-term innovation strategy.

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Innovation Carbon Biotechnology Recycled materials 76

The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Techniques, such as organic farming and biodiversity can make all the difference. They can also use packaging and advertising to showcase the sustainability of their products and brand. Fostering green innovation Driving innovation and supporting green entrepreneurs is essential for the transition to a sustainable economy.

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Sustainability Fossil fuels Climate change Government 195

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In the $500 billion-per-year cosmetics space, small-scale packaging leads to large-scale single-use plastic waste. At beauty and hygiene products company Lush, for example, working to implement zero-waste when possible has led to innovation across the board. In fashion, similarly, going the extra mile takes an innovative approach.

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Sustainability Plastics Agriculture Carbon-negative 540

Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The UK government announced this morning that 45 countries had agreed to set out their commitment to transform agriculture and food systems through policy reforms, research, and innovation so as to reduce emissions and protect nature. If we are to keep the 1.5C

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Government Carbon Agriculture Biodiversity 93

Business Green

JUNE 15, 2022

As part of the plan, farmers are provided with training and support as they adopt regenerative farming methods that reduce pesticide use, carbon emissions, and soil erosion, while simultaneously improving organic soil matter and biodiversity.

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Soil Biodiversity Agriculture Resilience 69

Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A new global policy and reporting framework is urgently required to help mobilise the billions of dollars of investment in nature-related projects needed to deliver on global climate and biodiversity goals. But there is a continuing lack of clarity over how best to manage and expand the still nascent nature-based finance sector.

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Biodiversity Government Policy Europe 67

Business Green

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Pressure is mounting on the fashion industry to tackle its outsized environmental footprint, but can a wave of green innovation across the sector really trigger a shift towards sustainable business models? Fashion has become a consumable product rather than a durable one," acknowledges Erik Bang, innovation lead at the H&M Foundation.

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Fashion Innovation Waste Waste 68

Planet Pulse

APRIL 6, 2020

The Copernicus Masters is Europe’s leading innovation competition for Earth observation, and Planet is partnering with it for the third time to sponsor the “See Change, Change the World” challenge. and Green City Watch.

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Biodiversity Startups Agriculture Packaging 69

Business Green

JUNE 21, 2020

Conservationists have urged the government to make nature restoration a key pillar of its forthcoming economic recovery package, claiming it could create thousands of jobs across the country while tackling biodiversity loss and the climate crisis. It remains to be seen what will be included in the government's recovery package.

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Packaging Biodiversity Government Climate change 75

GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Celine Herweijer, Partner, Global Innovation and Sustainability Leader, PwC. In her current position as innovation and sustainability leader for consulting firm PwC, Herweijer has advised some of the world’s largest financial services organizations and asset management companies on climate risk strategy and sustainable finance initiatives.

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Sustainability Plastics Organic Retail 546

Business Green

JUNE 21, 2020

Conservationists have urged the government to make nature restoration a key pillar of its forthcoming economic recovery package, claiming it could create thousands of jobs across the country while tackling biodiversity loss and the climate crisis. It remains to be seen what will be included in the government's recovery package.

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Packaging Biodiversity Government Climate change 72

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The Brazilian company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange one year ago, sells beauty and biodiversity as intertwined. Toward its bid to accelerate regenerative agriculture and aid farmers, one acre and data point at a time, the company recently partnered with Microsoft on a multi-year effort to hasten innovation and boost rural broadband.

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Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 520

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

That is why one of the key discussions at this week's IUCN World Conservation Congress is how we harness an increasingly digital global economy to switch human consumption from being the biggest driver of biodiversity loss, to the biggest driver of conservation and regeneration efforts. This information is not on the packaging.

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Biodiversity Plastics Packaging Recycling 78

Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2020

million hectares of land within the next five years by using algorithms and remote sensor technologies to identify high-quality nature-based solutions that it will then package into investment products for financial institutions. A fintech start-up is aiming to help finance the restoration of at least 3.5

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Investment Biodiversity Agriculture Packaging 98

Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

The proposed stimulus package calls for a "renovation wave" of buildings and infrastructure in support of the Green Deal, as well as investments in circular economy efforts, renewable energy projects, clean hydrogen infrastructure, green transport networks, and an enhanced Just Transition Fund for workers.

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Investment Packaging Carbon-neutral Europe 99

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 28, 2021

Uber is an example of disruptive technology, which is defined as an innovation creating a new market/value network that outcompetes existing operations. decline in GDP per capita due to climate change and is set to lose $83 billion by 2050 from biodiversity loss. Remote Work Software Helps Conserve Biodiversity.

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Technology Climate change Biodiversity Sustainability 147

GreenBiz

JUNE 8, 2021

In general, there is a lot of dynamism and innovation in this sector, and that is a good thing," said Torsten Pohl, head of the Nestlé Product Technology Center in Singen, Germany, via email. Nestlé cites the sustainability benefits of reducing overfishing and protecting ocean biodiversity as motivators of these projects.

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Seafood Startups Meat alternatives Innovation 533

Business Green

JUNE 28, 2021

A new environmental scoring system for food and drinks packaging is set to launch across select retailers and products this autumn, as part of a government-backed drive to help consumers make more environmentally friendly choices.

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Climate change Retail Government Packaging 99

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The Government should work quickly to publish its package of targets, using this extra time to ensure they are as strong as possible. Green groups have demanded that the Government use the targets delay to bring forward a stronger package of targets, capable of restoring the natural environment. Nature cannot wait.”.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The question of how to finance nature goals has dominated the UN biodiversity talks, which are expected to culminate in a new strategic plan, or post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, for how countries can work together to stop the alarming decline of nature around the world. the letter states.

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Biodiversity Asia Africa Government 36

GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

Moreover, Estée Lauder Companies also has declared its intention to make 75 percent to 100 percent of its packaging recyclable, refillable, reusable, recycled or recoverable by 2025 — the strategy will depend on the needs of individual brands. Clancy: Can you share your vision for sustainable packaging?

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Sustainability Packaging Retail Government 291

GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

Moreover, Estée Lauder Companies also has declared its intention to make 75 percent to 100 percent of its packaging recyclable, refillable, reusable or recoverable by 2025 — the strategy will depend on the needs of individual brands. Clancy: Can you share your vision for sustainable packaging?

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Sustainability Packaging Retail Government 263

Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. And yet, opportunities exist through climate-friendly recovery packages to not only stimulate economies, but also reduce emissions while promoting social and environmental co-benefits.

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Policy Packaging Fossil fuels Politics 59

GreenBiz

MAY 29, 2020

Included in that should be strategies addressing biodiversity, land use, freshwater consumption, the phosphorus cycle and the nitrogen cycle, she noted. It also committed $1 billion in funding to new technologies, innovations and climate solutions, with the intent of taking responsibility for past emission. "We Pull Quote.

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Carbon-negative Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Carbon 270

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 14, 2023

To hasten the mitigation process for developers, a £30 million nutrient credit scheme was introduced alongside a package of clear guidelines. The paper announced a series of initiatives to tackle the issue and safeguard the environment.

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Pollution Construction Stormwater Government 130

Business Green

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Alongside climate change, we are also facing a biodiversity crisis. Other facets of your business to consider may include your packaging, shipping, and energy use in facilities such as offices. We are already seeing its impact and without intervention we know that the future we face is even more volatile than the present we inhabit.

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Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Climate change 76

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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Aviation Carbon-neutral Packaging Europe 87

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

First, it's important to look at what the fiscal year 2021 spending package passed by Congress in December did for international climate funding. This provides the baseline from which the Biden administration must build.

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Fossil fuels Climate change Resilience Biodiversity 378

Planet Pulse

JANUARY 4, 2023

A university campus will be offered a package price based on the economic context of their country. To date, the Education and Research Program’s users have demonstrated some of the most innovative use cases for Planet’s satellite data, and the sheer diversity of projects has showcased the value of Planet data for science.

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Education Innovation Biodiversity Agriculture 98