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Revealed: Fossil Fuel Giants Are Using British Influencers to go Viral

DeSmogBlog

percent of their annual capital expenditures in low carbon technologies between 2010 and 2018. In 2021, Shell also sponsored GadgetsBoy – a consumer tech channel with 73,000 YouTube subscribers – to test the firm’s new e-scooter. The claim of ‘carbon neutral’ engine oil is ludicrous,” said Professor Trencher.

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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.

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Guarding against 'greenwash': Inside the fight against misleading corporate green claims

Business Green

Businesses that advertise in the UK have had to comply with rules around environmental claims for decades, and it is now more than 13 years since the advertising watchdog ordered Shell to pull an ad that used flowers floating from refinery chimneys to promote a carbon capture and utilisation project. Lockwood asks.

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Free school meals, immigration… net zero? How English football could score on climate

Business Green

Meanwhile, the English and Welsh teams were among a handful of 2022 Qatar World Cup competitors forced to withdraw plans to wear armbands in support of the LGBTQ+ community in protest of the host nation's discriminatory laws. There have also been a smattering of environmentally-focused corporate tie-ups between top teams and companies.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

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.