Microsoft’s quest to go ‘carbon negative’ inspires $1B fund
GreenBiz
JANUARY 16, 2020
Bold new commitment will see the tech giant charge an internal carbon fee not just on emissions from its direct operations, but on those of its supply chain.
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GreenBiz
JANUARY 16, 2020
Bold new commitment will see the tech giant charge an internal carbon fee not just on emissions from its direct operations, but on those of its supply chain.
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 24, 2020
A company making ‘carbon negative’ insulation is the latest one to receive a share of £8m funding for circular economy businesses administered by Zero Waste Scotland. The Borders firm claims that its products can reduce the average new Scottish home’s carbon footprint by 4.4
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GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Nestlé and Microsoft on financing circular innovations. If we're going to make sure that we're using more recycled content, if we're going to ensure that we're going to reduce carbon emissions, then we need to be tracking that. Its broader sustainability targets include getting to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. .
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 3, 2023
Salmon might seem like a good alternative to meat, in a world that needs to shift away from carbon-intensive cattle — at least the fish farming industry would have you see it that way. In 2023, DeSmog will be looking more into the aquaculture industry, its impacts, and where it seeks to influence policy. Carbon Capture and Storage.
Elemental Excelerator
JANUARY 23, 2024
And while Canada’s coast faces countless climate threats, Elemental Policy Lab Fellow Na’im Merchant said it also could become important for climate resiliency as an unparalleled resource for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) methods. That is, if policymakers and innovators act quickly and equitably. Why Canada?
Green Business Bureau
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION? In the world of business, sustainability innovation can be defined as the process of evolving old business models and creating new ventures that realize economic value and generate positive environmental and social impacts simultaneously. HOW IS SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION DRIVING THE GREEN ECONOMY?
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Previous work established the carbon negative position of the business and this paper now sets out the additional greenhouse gas savings that could arise from future activities. Malaby Biogas is looking at innovations to showcase and deliver ‘gas switching’.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
The potential for carbon-capture tech is captivating. This week, oil giant ExxonMobil pledged $3 billion to the development of a carbon capture and storage business over the next five years — in a bid to manage its business risks associated with climate change. The need for cost-effective carbon removal solutions is urgent.
Business Green
JANUARY 18, 2021
Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and Global Witness have all raised concerns about the creeping reliance on unproven carbon removal methods in companies' decarbonisation strategies, but some scientists maintain carbon capture is essential if net zero goals are to be met.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
Deploying a seemingly innovative technology configuration and design, the group behind it, LIPOR, suggests it is set to revolutionize the waste-to-energy industry while simultaneously decarbonizing the aviation sector. One of the first synthetic eFuel production units in Europe could be implemented at an Energy Recovery Plant near Porto.
Renewable Energy World
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
As understanding of the climate crisis increases and the harm to ourselves, the environment, business, industry, and the economy that will follow, so a desire to not only reduce carbon but to be seen reducing carbon increases. In both cases, carbon offsetting removes CO 2 from the environment.
Elemental Excelerator
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Elemental’s Policy Lab team unpacked the major national, subnational, and private sector commitments that emerged from COP 26 for climate technology innovation in the United States and beyond. Coalitions launched that will drive climate tech innovation. Carbon Negative Shot is a U.S. What needs to happen next.
Business Green
MARCH 11, 2020
Facilitating technological and business model innovation will be central to achieving net zero, argues Nick Molho of the Aldersgate Group. The first is that the UK will need to accelerate action in areas where technology solutions to cut emissions are well known, but policy efforts to support investment to date have been wholly inadequate.
Energy Innovation
JUNE 16, 2022
This week, Energy Innovation released new rese arch evaluating California’s climate progress and identifying a policy pathway that would reaffirm California as a climate leader. includes important new metrics to track the economic, environmental, and public health impacts of hundreds of climate policies.
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
Negative emissions technologies are critical for the earth’s climate and hitting net zero in the UK, argues Drax CEO Will Gardiner. In the first months of the crisis alone, China reported a 25 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. Going net negative. This year has been unlike any in recent memory.
AGreenLiving
JANUARY 16, 2020
Bold new commitment will see the tech giant charge an internal carbon fee not just on emissions from its direct operations, but on those of its supply chain. Read more: Microsoft’s quest to go ‘carbon negative’ inspires $1B fund.
Business Green
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Professor Peter Taylor and Alice Garvey from the University of Leeds set out the challenges and policy requirements for decarbonising heavy industry which they included in a recent report commissioned by the CCC. Here, lead authors of the report Professor Peter Taylor and Alice Garvey set out the main findings.
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 28, 2020
Circular models made the rounds, starting with the design department, where a lot of negative environmental and social impacts are baked into garments, usually unwittingly. In the wings: startups touting a new generation of textiles, production methods and business models, suggesting there are a lot more innovations in store.
GreenBiz
JULY 19, 2021
For the future, there are emerging innovations and resilience lifelines that can transcend the limits of politics and short-term thinking to create better choices over a span of the next several decades. Innovation marches forward. A large and globally impactful number of innovations are coming into play just in the nick of time.
GreenBiz
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.
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 20, 2020
Seasoned observers fear that growing calls for a bolder and more ambitious global policy framework are continuing to founder on the rocks of vested interests and short-term cost concerns. . It is a dynamic that has left environmental campaigners increasingly frustrated. .
Business Green
MAY 26, 2020
Microsoft hit headlines at the start of year with a hugely ambitious plan to be 'carbon negative' by 2030 , backed by a pledge to - by mid-century - retroactively remove all carbon dioxide the company has ever emitted since it was founded in 1975, in an announcement that sent shockwaves across the corporate world.
Greentown Labs
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
North America’s largest climatetech incubator will expand to Houston’s Innovation District to accelerate the clean energy transition and reveals Microsoft, Rice Management Company, Saint-Gobain, Direct Energy, Naturgy, and FCC Environmental Services as additional partners. mixed-use space that anchors the Innovation District.
Low Carbon Prosperity
DECEMBER 19, 2023
The Future of Carbon Policy Forum Is where you want to be on January 4th at Amazon’s Seattle Campus Can we sequester carbon under our wheels? Our innovative process uses gas to produce hydrogen and sequesters solid carbon at the same time. Natural gas is 80% hydrogen atoms. The event is currently SOLD OUT.
Business Green
AUGUST 30, 2022
Yet while many have started to rapidly address their direct emissions, it's become clear that many targets will be missed unless more is done to tackle indirect supply chains emissions - where commonly 80 per cent of a firm's carbon footprint resides. Then there's policy shocks. All these impacts will affect large firms first.
GreenBiz
APRIL 20, 2021
The push to quickly transition carbon-intensive activities away from fossil fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs has put electricity producers and consumers squarely in the forefront of the emerging clean economy. Manufacturing is going electric, too, as companies ratchet up their net-zero-carbon goals.
Clean Energy Canada
AUGUST 19, 2021
government’s recently released hydrogen strategy—a thoughtful plan to create and use clean hydrogen—contains an implicit acknowledgement: the world is moving away from fossil fuels and toward low-carbon alternatives. is already a global leader in the direct air capture of CO2 through companies such as Squamish-based Carbon Engineering.
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 22, 2019
A coherent policy response that catalyses action to deliver emissions reductions across all sectors is required. To achieve this it will require an annual reduction in carbon intensity of 9.7%, according to the latest “Low Carbon Economy Index (LCEI)” produced by professional services firm PwC.
Greentown Labs
AUGUST 17, 2022
The food and agriculture industry, responsible for 19 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, is ripe for climatetech innovations that reduce waste and emissions and restore healthy ecosystems. Clearly, there’s a tremendous opportunity to rethink and improve our entire food system to address both its negative climate and social impacts.
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. Adani launches smart metering arm.
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Research body argues government must fix 'uneven' decarbonisation policies that continue to drive customers towards high carbon activities. Stable and enduring policies that cover all key emitting economic sectors and reward investment and innovation in reducing emissions will be needed," he said.
Business Green
JUNE 29, 2021
Current levels of investment in negative emissions technology fall far short of levels required to cap temperature rise in line with Paris goals, new coalition warns. We need action to help increase investment in proven technologies to get the scale, time and support needed for further innovation," she said.
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.
Energy Innovation
MARCH 29, 2024
policy interventions and subsidies are poised to address upfront vehicle costs. In addition, 52 percent of those surveyed reported a negative effect on their quality of life. The good news is that in the U.S., Klein et al.’s s (2023) findings of the impacts of car loss and car gain on low-income households. Source: Klein et al.,
Business Green
MAY 25, 2022
A new organisation has been formed to connect and mobilise companies engaged in the nascent direct air capture (DAC) sector and build public support for technologies that directly remove carbon dioxide from the air. There is increasing innovation and growing support for DAC but no single org[anisation] focused on accelerating deployment.
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 11, 2023
Concrete production accounts for 8% of global annual carbon emissions – if it were a country, it would rank somewhere between the US and India in terms of its carbon footprint. Looking towards 2030 and beyond, carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) through CO 2 mineralisation is an emerging solution.
Hydrogen Fuel News
JANUARY 19, 2024
Through the lens of environmental stewardship and innovation, this journey will dissect the layers of organic materials that form the backbone of biomass energy, venturing beyond the surface to examine the environmental, economic, and social narratives that intertwine with the fabric of this energy form.
Business Green
APRIL 11, 2021
Deploying carbon capture technologies at Drax's biomass power plant in North Yorkshire could save the UK energy system more than £4.5bn in decarbonisation costs over the coming decade, a new report commissioned by the energy firm today claims.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
That’s why we need to look beyond just carbon and to consider human-made pollution in all its forms. There is emerging evidence that tyre wear particles and other particulate matter may contribute to a range of negative health impacts including heart, lung, developmental, reproductive, and cancer outcomes.
E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
It’s critical that North Carolina’s policymakers at both the state and federal level understand this ongoing economic success story, especially as they consider energy and innovation policy moving ahead.
Business Green
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) today unveiled a wide-ranging report on the government's green recovery agenda which argues major reforms to UK taxation and the swift release of long-awaited policy strategies will be central to laying the foundations of a greener, job-rich economy that protects nature.
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 10, 2021
A new study and Well-to-Tank (WTT) model by low carbon technology consultancy Element Energy, commissioned by Zemo Partnership (formerly LowCVP), appears to identify a range of optimal pathways for the production, distribution and dispensing of low carbon hydrogen to transport end-users.
The Environmental Blog
AUGUST 25, 2020
Or will it always be seen as the bad boy for carbon emissions? Within the transport sector, other modes such as road vehicles have already made significant strides towards carbon neutrality. As things stand, aviation and shipping currently account for 5% of global carbon dioxide emissions. Switching to low carbon fuels.
GreenTechMedia
JANUARY 7, 2021
The QUEST project was awarded £8 million by Ofgem’s Network Innovation Competition. energy white paper , the first step in the development of overarching new energy policy, claimed that the country’s power sector would be “overwhelmingly decarbonized” by the 2030s. The recent U.K.
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