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Technology Trending: REC transactions and energy consumption matching

Smart Energy International

eFORT project to enhance European grid resilience Now is the time to get serious about Europe’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism The initiative involved collecting data from multiple sources, including solar panels, generators and energy storage systems, to calculate the rate of green energy production into the grid. Have you read?

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'We want to be guiding stars': Inside Polestar's quest to deliver a 'truly climate-neutral' electric car by 2030

Business Green

Swedish EV brand is working with host or pioneering metals, electronics and other suppliers to shrink carbon footprint of its cars to zero by end of the decade. But battery car manufacturers remain reliant on many of the same fossil fuel and resource extractive industries as their petrol and diesel vehicle counterparts.

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The Biggest Sustainability Stories of 2019 (and what to watch for in 2020)

Andrew Winston

We learned we’re (1) changing the earth’s land so much that we threaten our food security and the land’s ability to capture carbon, (2) heading toward devastated oceans that are coral-free, and (3) not cutting emissions even remotely fast enough to avoid these outcomes. The costs are not theoretical any more. degrees Celsius.

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Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni

GreenBiz

After doing some research in Prague on carbon negative building materials, I have relocated to Portland and am currently working as a project manager/sustainability lead on the PDX Airport Terminal Core Redevelopment (TCORE) Project. Sara Bogdan (formerly Lindenfeld) (2016). Manager Sustainability and ESG, JetBlue; New York .

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What is carbon insetting?

Mr. Sustainability

Carbon insetting is offsetting carbon inside the shipping sector, transferring savings from one vessel to another Summary - Reducing carbon emissions in the shipping sector can be hard and expensive. Carbon insetting in the shipping industry is done by GoodShipping. This is a story about carbon insetting.

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Our world is on fire - and business must help put it out

Business Green

While the catastrophic fires in Australia continue to burn, such political inaction is looking increasingly reckless as investors scrutinise climate risks and voters turn their backs on fossil-fuel friendly politicians. Despite political failings, Madrid saw positives from the private sector.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. No doubt those conversations will be at play in Starbucks’ 50th year.