DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

One document reviewed by DeSmog referenced a course about “population growth, innovation and human flourishing,” to be taught by Marian Tupy and Gale Pooley, co-authors of a book called Superabundance. A definitive body of research has documented the negative effects of rising CO2 on crops.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

Digital Innovation Manager, BASF; Sao Paulo, Brazil. COVID-19 will definitely change the world, and I truly hope that this will bring a new priority for sustainability topics. Despite the crisis, I am pleased to see that we have not wavered on our approach towards sustainable procurement and low-carbon development. .

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2021

The voluntary carbon market can offer the scale, demand, market infrastructure and technologies to deliver for the climate, argues SustainCERT CEO Marion Verles. More than 30 years after the first offset project was initiated by a US electric power company in Guatemala, the voluntary carbon market finds itself at the dawn of a new era.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 10, 2023

We’ve spilled plenty of ink in this newsletter on carbon capture, but less on what happens after —particularly carbon-to-value. In the meantime, Rubi aims to capture the CO2 from industrial processes and use it to make apparel inputs carbon-negative. What to watch Grab a partner.

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Andrew Winston

MAY 4, 2022

Every ton of carbon emitted raises the temperature a tiny bit and reduces air quality, but companies never pay for those costs to society, also known as externalities. Many leading companies internalize the externalities by putting a “shadow price” on carbon inside the business (some collect real money as a self-imposed tax).

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Firstly, every COP is by definition the most important COP ever, up to the point when global emissions are consistently falling at a rapid rate and the world is mobilising trillions of dollars to fully decarbonise the global economy and enhance the climate resilience of our societies.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 15, 2023

  But all this travel comes at a steep carbon cost. Kerosene is a “long-chain hydrocarbon”, which means it is made up of carbon and hydrogen atoms (specifically C 12 H 26 C 15 H 32 ). Other vegetable oils face land use and carbon footprint concerns. In 2022, aviation accounted for 2% of global CO2 emissions.

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

The nuances of all the various adjectives and descriptors that are used to describe climate action - from "science-based" to "net zero" to "carbon negative" - are enough to make heads spin, especially for those who spend their professional lives worrying about how to communicate these concepts. Offsetting versus insetting.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 31, 2020

Carbon marketplace hawks credits in businesses that store CO2 with their products Gloria Oladipo Mon, 08/31/2020 – 05:00 As corporate interest in carbon removal options grows, Puro.earth , a startup from Finland, is offering a twist on carbon marketplaces.

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Business Green

MAY 17, 2022

On one side governments and the aviation industry proselytise the virtues of techno-optimism, sketching out a vision whereby a combination of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs), electrification, hydrogen, efficiency gains, and negative emissions technologies allow the sector to decarbonise even as it expands. But it it invites two critiques.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Sustainable consumption doesn't necessarily mean consuming less, but it definitely means consuming differently. Doing that, and being truly creative about how to engage consumers and change their behaviour, will drive innovation. But it is possible - particularly for a sector that is driven to create the ‘Never Before'.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 4, 2022

billion tons of carbon dioxide annually. Sustainable fashion definition. Below we’ve detailed eight tips on how to reduce the negative environmental and social impact of your fashion brand company. Although a beauty brand, Lush Cosmetic solutions offer innovative ideas which you can easily apply to your fashion brand.

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Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2021

Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets unveils recommendations on how to scale up investment in emission reduction programmes, but environmental campaigners remain unimpressed. And it stresses that global emissions targets are likely to be missed without a fresh approach for driving investment in negative emissions projects.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

This comes as major polluters are increasingly deploying digital tactics to detract from negative headlines about their record profits and decades-long contribution to climate change. In 2022, a Harvard University paper found that a “green innovation” narrative was one of the key social media tactics deployed by fossil fuel companies.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The drive led by the former Bank of England Governor to establish a global carbon offset market lacks emphasis on how offset quality will be defined, argues Eli Mitchell-Larson of the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School. But controversy over offsetting persists. But controversy over offsetting persists. Is it likely to work?

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Business Green

MARCH 6, 2023

There are high hopes the rock could play a major role in the industrial-scale carbon removal scientists have warned is required to slow spiralling global temperatures. But now an industry is growing around the promise of fast-tracking this natural carbon sequestration process to help tackle climate change.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 6, 2020

There were plenty of juicy news tidbits in Microsoft’s recent progress report about its goal to become carbon negative over the next decade. I’ll definitely be asking. Behind Microsoft's bold plan to build social equity into clean energy buying. Heather Clancy. Thu, 08/06/2020 - 00:45. You should do so, too. Subscribe here.

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Business Green

JUNE 17, 2021

It warns that delays to copying EU energy and climate rules into UK law and a slew of "less effective" temporary arrangements are likely to have a negative impact on both UK and EU efforts to meet net zero goals. But environmental campaigners are increasingly fearful that the green Brexit vision is looking decidedly shaky.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

When a business says it has planted thousands of trees to restore habitat and soak up carbon – how do we know if this has been delivered, if the trees will survive, and if it has resulted in a functioning ecosystem that benefits biodiversity and people? And transparency also provides opportunities for others to learn.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The Sixth Carbon Budget report published today encompasses around 1,000 pages which offer the most detailed roadmap ever developed on how to transform a modern economy so that it delivers net zero emissions within the space of just 30 years. The Sixth Carbon Budget also brings with it a clear need to act in the short term.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Non-profit organisation’s report describes actions that would gear the buildings and construction sector towards a net zero future, through elimination of embodied carbon emissions. WorldGBC’s vision to fully decarbonise the sector requires eliminating both operational and embodied carbon emissions.

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Charged

MAY 8, 2023

The idea is that having vehicles with bidirectional capabilities creates an environment where innovators like Nuvve can develop business models. The idea is that having vehicles with bidirectional capabilities creates an environment where innovators like Nuvve can develop business models. That means we can bring the meter negative.

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Energy Innovation

AUGUST 6, 2021

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. One such critical tipping point is the potential transformation of the world’s largest tropical forests from carbon sinks into net sources of carbon emissions. Net annual GHG flux.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2023

Could an innovative partnership between a US clothing firm and the Albanian government provide a new template for corporate conservation efforts? At the COP15 Biodiversity Summit in December, the vast majority of world leaders pledged to "minimise negative and foster positive impacts of climate action on biodiversity".

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 5, 2023

This week’s edition of Smart Energy Finances – the first of 2023 – sees S&P Global downgrade Elia Group and Eurogrid’s outlook from stable to negative while Indian transmission company Adani Group announces BSML – a smart metering subsidiary. Elia Group and Eurogrid’s outlook down to negative. million ($18.5

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Business Green

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Dr Ben Caldecott argues the row currently raging between Treasury and BEIS over whether to introduce a new carbon tax or UK emissions trading scheme presents a false choice. What are the most efficient and effective ways of pricing carbon as we seek to deliver net zero by 2050 and beyond? This is a false choice.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 29, 2020

Jessica Artioli Centurião ( 2018 ) Digital Innovation Manager, BASF; Sao Paulo, Brazil COVID-19 will definitely change the world, and I truly hope that this will bring a new priority for sustainability topics. And, if you want to consult those lists in their entirety, here are the links: 2016 , 2017 , 2018 and 2019.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

A recent Wall Street Journal investigation found that, while the market for carbon offsets is forecast to see rapid growth and reach over $1 billion this year, the “offsets” themselves can vary widely in their quality and effectiveness at actually reducing pollution. degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Celsius (2.7

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

If we apply this definition in a business context, we define a sustainable business as an endlessly operational organization. Squandering finite resources, creating extravagant amounts of waste, and the excessive release of carbon emissions is causing our planet to belch at the seams. Carbon in the atmosphere is 310 ppm.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2020

There were plenty of juicy news tidbits in Microsoft's recent progress report about its goal to become carbon negative over the next decade. I'll definitely be asking. The tech giant is looking to turn the Just Transition concept into a clean energy investment reality. You should do so, too. Subscribe here.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2023

Today's answer from the CCC appears pretty definitive, and should by rights so some way to silencing the doubters once and for all. The CCC's analysis tested the resilience of a zero carbon grid very strenuously indeed. Moreover, for climate and energy security reasons, a net zero power grid is essentially non-negotiable.

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Business Green

MARCH 1, 2021

We have limited time to move from a system where around 80 per cent of our primary energy supply comes from fossil fuels, to one where low-carbon technologies dominate. Reaching the UK's target of net zero emissions by 2050 will require a complete transformation of the energy system.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 1, 2022

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. Meanwhile, at the national level, the Biden administration has set a bold goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. To meet these aggressive timetables, U.S. Moving quickly while being fair.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 14, 2023

Carbon accounting software attracts $50M and cultivated meat collects $35M. Surprise, surprise—virtually none came close to hitting the target last year and all were deep in negative EBITDA (Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) territory. In deals with week, ocean-based CDR sequesters $54M.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 9, 2023

According to Stanford Social Innovation Review, 90% of CEOs know sustainability is vital for their company’s success in today’s changing business landscape. Phase one – Goal and scope definition : Define the goal to be achieved under the stated limitations (scope). LCA is covered under ISO 14040 and 14044.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Questioning the negative repercussions of shareholder primacy is now commonplace. But expanding the definition of risk still plays to the existing mindset of maximising risk-adjusted financial return. This is the basis of the five-yearly summits with a ' ratchet mechanism ' of more ambitious commitments made possible by innovation.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Hold unconscious bias training to help employees understand how such biases work and how they can negatively affect team members and team interactions. For instance, the Carbon Trust announced that the leather manufacturer – Scottish Leather Group – saved £900,000 annually on energy costs, despite increased production volumes.

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