Business Green

MARCH 27, 2023

Outstanding reports cover legislation in areas such as wildlife protection, waste and recycling, fishing, hazardous chemicals, plastic carrier bags, batteries, and energy products. Government should monitor and evaluate how environmental and other relevant laws are working," she said. "It

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 12, 2022

But at their core, they all assess a very similar set of policies and procedures. Depending on the type of business you are and the industry you’re in, you might consider any of the following types of green certifications: Overall Green Business Certifications. Commercial Green Building Certifications. Is it hazardous?

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 31, 2021

How corporations can jump-start industrial electrification in the US Ali Hasanbeigi Wed, 03/31/2021 – 01:00 From cardboard boxes delivered to our doors to home appliances, nearly everything comes from industrial processes. Those processes use a lot of energy and largely come from fossil fuels; one-third of U.S.

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Business Green

JUNE 12, 2024

Highly Commended: Carbon Limiting Technologies Highly Commended: Greengage Hospitality Firm of the Year Compass Group UK & Ireland In an all-new category for this year, Compass Group emerged victorious with the judges praising the scale and ambition of its industry-leading transition plan.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

Now looking forward, interest rates are expected to come down, rules around policy incentives and regulation are emerging, and international competition has become a driving force for climate tech. 🚗 Vertical: Transportation and Energy investment declined, but remained on top. Removing Industry, the average was 34% down. 

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

It's not necessarily that the game of musical chairs has intensified in the C-suite, but you'll note major executive moves at big apparel, food, energy, finance and technology corporations, some of which have enlisted a chief sustainability officer (CSO) or equivalent for the first time. Advocating.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

The nursery and greenhouse industry is by no means a main contributor to environmental issues but it is beneficial for all businesses to adopt environmentally sound practices. When it comes to waste, plastic was found to have the highest relative environmental impact in the nursery system (about 80% of the value of the total footprint).

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 5, 2021

LED lights are by far the most efficient type of lighting on the market, using 75% less energy and lasting 25 times longer than incandescent bulbs. While your office is likely recycling its paper and plastics, you can take recycling to the next level by expanding your program to include glass and metals. Consider Renewable Energy.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

A fifth of supplier selection criteria will depend on commitments to carbon reduction and circular economy principles alongside diversity, inclusion and health & safety policies, the firm said. It will ask suppliers whether they publicly report their carbon emissions to CDP, formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project.

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Grist

OCTOBER 1, 2022

When dealing with the life cycle of plastic, hundreds of solutions await, from alternative bioplastics that might be able to degrade themselves through the magic of fungus, to complex chemical recycling that can break plastics down to become other petroleum products or to be rebuilt good as new.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

The assessment, published last week, reveals that the volume of waste produced in England remained largely the same in the five years since the government introduced its 2013 Waste Prevention Programme policy, with overall waste in England at the close of 2017 "at similar levels" to those five years earlier. per cent and 13.4

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 12, 2021

Step 6: Implement the plan, establish and communicate new policies and practices. A sustainability program launch event is the perfect time to establish and communicate new sustainability policies and practices. May include meetings with press and industry analysts. Monitor and Manage Initiatives.

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Front And Centered

MAY 17, 2019

Good environmental policy starts with equitable decision-making process. The proposed Office of Equity ** , would have facilitated and track outcomes for state policy and systems change to promote equity in policy, practice, and outcomes and require agencies to use equity assessment tools.

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EDF + Business

MAY 2, 2023

Advanced Manufacturing Inflation Reduction Act Activation Guide Download Guide Produced by EDF in collaboration with Any company that owns or sources from industrial facilities may benefit from IRA incentives. Eligibility Requirements Organization Types and Usage: Domestic manufacturers of eligible components.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

The nursery and greenhouse industry is by no means a main contributor to environmental issues but it is beneficial for all businesses to adopt environmentally sound practices. When it comes to waste, plastic was found to have the highest relative environmental impact in the nursery system (about 80% of the value of the total footprint).

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Green Tech Challenge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Under this ambitious initiative, a dedicated climate policy council is assessing government policies to determine whether they coincide with the country’s climate goals. UK to Reduce Plastic Waste Plastic waste is a burning issue in the UK, as its recycling industry is largely affected by China’s new ban on foreign waste.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Drought conditions are causing saltwater to creep into the drinking water of communities along the Mississippi River, and the DOE puts $325M toward long-duration energy storage projects. Sunak also disbanded the home Energy Efficiency Taskforce , created earlier this year, which was designed to hasten home insulation and boiler upgrades.

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Mr. Sustainability

AUGUST 20, 2020

With Direct Air Capture, atmospheric CO2 can also be used as a feedstock to create low-carbon products like plastics and concrete. With DAC, atmospheric CO2 can also be used as a feedstock to create low-carbon products like plastics and concrete. This article is taken from Carbon Engineering. For the original, click here.

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Business Green

MAY 15, 2022

The 100-year old Saltend Chemicals Park is gearing up to become a test ground for hydrogen and carbon capture industrial decarbonisation technologies - BusinessGreen visits the UK's ground zero for net zero. We are decarbonising energy and we are decarbonising products. That's quite unique within the UK environment.".

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MARCH 26, 2022

We specialize in voluntary carbon, regulated carbon, renewable energy credits, plastics credits, and regional criteria pollutant trading programs. This position will focus on supporting ClimeCo’s Industrial Gas (Nitrous Oxide) emission reduction project portfolio. 40 CFR Part 60 and Part 75) requirements. Responsibilities.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2023

The strategy also confirms government's plan to move ahead with proposals to ban plastic wet wipes, and restrictions on polyfluoroalkyl substances, sometimes known as "forever chemicals", which are commonly found in firefighting foam, textiles, cleaning products, pains and varnishes.

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Eco-Business

JANUARY 20, 2020

The Plastics Data Challenge is a global innovation challenge that will source, support, and scale innovative technologies, methodologies and working prototypes that help entrepreneurs and others collect, analyse and leverage data to understand and address the leakage of plastic waste into the environment.

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Business Green

JULY 13, 2021

Qatar Airways' may have promised fans it would help them 'fly greener', while VW chose to showcase its new electric vehicles, but as ever carbon intensive and plastic-touting industries were highly visible. The ASA has long pointed out that the power to introduce a blanket ban on product categories lies with the government. "We

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

While commercial mining of the deep seafloor is not yet happening, momentum is building and the world is now seriously entertaining the possibility. To vacuum up these treasured chunks requires industrial extraction by massive excavators. In June, Nauru took the first step in launching the industry.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Indeed, by our estimates, human activity is already outside a 'safe operating space for humanity' on at least four out of nine planetary boundaries identified by leading Earth scientists: biodiversity loss, chemical and plastic pollution, nutrient pollution, and greenhouse-gas emissions. Yet fatalism would be misplaced.

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Green Tech Challenge

MAY 3, 2019

Every year, an additional 8 million tonnes of plastic is deposited into the ocean. This calls for consumer behaviour change, impact innovation in the business sector, policy change and law enforcement by governments. Innovators have been coming up with substitutes for plastic products.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

The consequences of penalties and fines outweigh the costs of hiring a sustainability communications firm or simply building in other safeguards to prevent greenwashing, Shelton added. Made with renewable energy. If your factory runs on 40 per cent wind power, say so specifically, the agency advises. What does that even mean?

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

A change in the policy landscape seems imminent, as Envirotec found out. But tiny plastic fragments follow a multitude of pathways into the enviroment. We don’t know enough to inform policy. Useful efforts have begun to measure and regulate the microplastics content of some bioresources, but we have a very incomplete picture.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

For Edna Ibarra, it was the realization that with every breath her 11-year-old son was breathing in a little more of an industrial carcinogen that drove her to get involved in the fight against air pollution in Laredo, Texas. And her son isn’t the only child exposed to this risk.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

MAY 14, 2021

Renewable energy, energy storage and other technologies can help growers not only minimize their electricity bills – a substantial operation expense for the typical indoor farm – but also give them a leg up in the State’s licensing process. I. Environmental Impacts of Cannabis.

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Climate Tech VC

JUNE 30, 2023

With zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) days in the rearview mirror, deployments of real assets suddenly look real expensive again. 🚗 Vertical: Funding to Transport, Energy, and Food—the “Big Three” verticals—each dropped by ~50% compared to the prior year. Mature v s.

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Business Green

JUNE 1, 2020

We are therefore writing to ask that the economic recovery plans you are developing align with the UK's wider goals and deliver a clean, just recovery, that creates quality employment and builds a more sustainable, inclusive and resilient UK economy for the future. Yours, Ron Cowley, CEO, Active Building Centre.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 5, 2021

A circular economy isn’t just about fixing environmental wrongs, though: Evidence shows it can bring big opportunities and positive impacts across industries, sectors and lives. Take the textiles industry. The Action Agenda demonstrates five opportunities associated with the shift to a circular economy: 1.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 20, 2021

Step 6: Implement the plan, establish and communicate new policies and practices. Part 2: Goals and KPIs – This section documents your current baseline in terms of your eco profile which includes your energy usage, water usage, carbon emissions and overall eco score. Do we use plastic bottles for water?

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

A new investigation from Greenpeace's Unearthed arm , found that labels, footwear, and other garment scraps from a range of popular brands are being used as fuel to power kilns in Cambodia which are used to make bricks. This is rank hypocrisy. Parson said that in "most cases" these kilns were burning several tons a waste material a day. "So,

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Biomethane from sewage, renewable power, peatland restoration, and tree planting feature heavily in Water UK's sweeping new decarbonisation roadmap. Launched today by trade association Water UK, the 10-point plan builds on the sector's net zero pledge, which was announced last year.

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2021

Firm announces plans to step up investment in renewable power and heat pumps as part of four year decarbonisation plan. The fresh commitment is part of Mitie's Plan Zero pledge to harness its expertise in facilities and energy management to achieve net zero carbon for its operational emissions by 2025.

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