Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Carbon neutral refers to a policy of not increasing carbon emissions and of achieving carbon reduction through offsets. Alternative investments can also be made in initiatives that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as in cattle feed that reduces the methane output of cows.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

In April, daily emissions fell by as much as 17 percent , and total 2020 emissions may be 7-11 percent lower than 2019 (as projected by the Energy Policy Simulator , and a new opinion piece in Nature by Hanna et al., Figure 2 Mean survey results of recovery policy archetypes (2008-2020) aggregated using relativity-adjusted scores.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

A consultation is also planned this year on rules and interventions for supporting the development of "high integrity" voluntary carbon markets, in a bid to funnel more investment into nature-based solutions, the Green Finance Strategy states. The delayed consultation had previously been pencilled in for December last year.

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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

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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Business Green

JULY 7, 2021

The Aldersgate Group's Josie Murdoch assesses the policy action needed from government to accelerate progress on green finance in the UK. Following this, the Aldersgate Group recommends a range of policies to properly green the UK's finance system. 2021 is shaping up to be a big year for green finance.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

It also incorporates commitments made as part of the Montreal-Kunming agreement at CBD COP15 international biodiversity summit, linking domestic and international commitments. Together with the publication of the Environmental Principles policy statement, the building blocks of the UK's new environmental governance regime has been set.

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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. Without sustainable finance we cannot achieve a sustainable future.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

A group of 45 governments will today promise to take urgent action and mobilise increased investment to protect nature and shift to more sustainable ways of farming at the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow. If we are to keep the 1.5C food system that by 2030 feeds nine billion people with nutritious, safe foods;?uses

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This makes it difficult to invest in green practices that may have upfront costs but long-term benefits. But it will require a shift towards eco-friendly practices and policies in various sectors. Through investment, countries can help support renewable energy, reducing our reliance on fossil fuels.

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Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2022

Then there's policy shocks. The Taskforce on Nature Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) is also consulting on a framework for incorporating biodiversity issues and resource-use into financial accounts. For example, large corporates will need to co-invest, share knowledge and propagate innovation.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Ahead of the Prime Minister's promised new green recovery package, a new report from the business advocacy group outlines a raft of near-term policy interventions that could put the UK on track to reaching net zero emissions. The gap between the government's net zero rhetoric and its policy agenda remains.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

MPs are urging the government to use the upcoming Budget to usher in a major transformation of the tax system to align the UK's spending plans with its net zero and biodiversity commitments, warning time is running short to deliver on its promise of a green economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis.

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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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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

We need companies to make commitments that are specific to how they are addressing their supply chains," says Jessye Waxman, shareholder advocate with Green Century Capital Management, which has so far engaged dozens of businesses encouraging them to improve their "no deforestation" policies and practices. Progress takes root.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The global business group today published its new Nature Benchmark , just days ahead of the report being presented at the COP15 Biodiversity Summit in Montreal which kicks off on Wednesday. The urgent first step for companies is to carry out a deep assessment on nature.

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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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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The first analysis from the Green Economy Coalition, which was launched today , studied 32 countries and found that two-thirds have no or minimal green recovery policies in place. We need to prioritise green economic policies across the board and when it comes to low income countries they will need financial support to do that.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

The growing global consensus on the need to build a green recovery from the economic wreckage of the coronavirus crisis has been yet further underlined by a set of green policy demands released today to mark World Environment Day by host of influential institutions, including the OECD and the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The 10 Point Plan provides a clear vision for action, and I welcome the strong response to the plan from the international community with this significant increase in international public finance to protect our planet's biodiversity hotspots.".

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2021

The government has published its official response to Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity, confirming it will now require all national significant infrastructure projects in England to deliver biodiversity 'net gain' as it works to deliver a 'nature positive future' for the UK.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The planned targets were intended to drive progress in areas such as river quality by encouraging stronger government policy and providing certainty for business. The new version will have to show clearly how the government’s policies will deliver on its targets. Nature cannot wait.”. million hectares.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Business leaders and environmental campaigners hail the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework as a major - if flawed - breakthrough for nature protection efforts. In terms of next steps, countries must now embed these commitments in domestic policy and unlock the role of the private sector.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Amazon, Coca-Cola, IKEA, Siemens, Sky, Aviva, and Nestle are among the 116 leading firms to have have signed a new letter, calling on Liz Truss to "prioritise policies that will address this crisis, as part of a robust net zero strategy".

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Business Green

APRIL 15, 2020

The Club of Rome has urged G20 leaders and other heads of state to work together to implement green recovery packages and fiscal stimulus plans during and after the coronavirus pandemic. International cooperation is paramount to delivering effective post-pandemic policy solutions, it said.

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Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2023

The new Environmental Improvement Plan will be accompanied by the release later today of a new Environmental Principles Policy Statement, which sets out how environmental protection and enhancement is to be embedded into the design and development of new policies across government.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2021

The analysis, which looked at more than 3,500 fiscal policies across the world's 50 largest economies, finds that just 2.5 Of the $14.6tr invested by these 50 countries to date, only $1.9tr has been invested in long-term recovery measures intended to spur economic activity, it notes.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Leading finance and investment figures hail EU Commission's latest sustainable finance rules as crucial to net zero and fighting greenwashing. Secondly, meanwhile, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) aims to improve the flow of sustainability information in the corporate world.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

Defra unveils sweeping package of biodiversity and habitat policies, designed to halt species decline and trigger £500m tree planting programme. His comments were echoed by Forestry Commission chair, Sir William Worsley, who said the "climate emergency means we need new trees, woodland and forests more than ever before".

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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. Apple’s program to invest in renewable energy for some suppliers is another illustration of an initiative that could be considered an example of insetting.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Latest figures from UN add to growing library of evidence that global financial system needs a major revamp if biodiversity and climate goals are to be met. The COP15 Biodiversity Summit, kicking off next Wednesday in Montreal, is set to be no different. UN environment summits are increasingly about money.

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GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

People are understanding how much more the relationships between biodiversity, climate, inequality — may I add racial tension to that? They might have the government working against them with policies, which still is the case in many places," Polman said. He noted that citizens, employees and executives alike want better solutions.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2022

But long-term targets on water quality, air pollution, biodiversity, and waste prompt calls for greater ambition from environmental and business groups. Alongside this, very few members of the public are likely to know what these terms mean, or why these sites are worth protecting.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

We've been meticulously tracking climate tech investment, deal by deal, since the term ‘climate tech’ emerged. In 2023, a challenging macro environment marked by higher interest rates and a cautious private investment market raised the hurdles for deployment.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Quite apart from its seemingly frosty reception with global investors, the government’s Growth Plan 2022 policy statement also elicited bafflement from environmental commentators, many of whom seemed dismayed by its apparent “dash for gas”, and volte face on protecting the environment.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2021

The government’s policy commitments on resource efficiency to date have lacked ambition, pace and scope, writes Kate Young from the Aldersgate Group. The transition to a circular model will be essential to halt the twin trends of biodiversity loss and climate change.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Company announces raft of new targets and policies designed to reduce the impact of John Lewis and Waitrose on nature. Ministers' plans to create at least 38 'investment zones' where housing and commercial developments could be given the go-ahead at sites that were previously protected have also been slammed by conservation groups.

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