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Amazon hands Mercedes-Benz its biggest electric vehicle order to date

GreenBiz

German auto giant Mercedes-Benz announced its largest order of electric vehicles to date Friday: 1,800 electric delivery vans for retail giant Amazon to use across Europe. Mercedes-Benz says it will become net carbon-neutral by 2040. . Its vehicle and battery production also will be carbon-neutral, using clean energy.

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EU Digital Product Passports aim to track items through the product life-cycle

Envirotec Magazine

The unprecedented quantity of Extended Producer Responsibility legislation that has been greenlighted so far this year – across Europe – no doubt signals a new level of environmental awareness on a governmental, rather than merely social level. Green Deal legislation has proven most adaptable to the times.

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Energy saving innovations dominate Scottish Environment Business Awards

Envirotec Magazine

It has increased carbon capture and storage, biodiversity, and green jobs through work at its two estates – Bunloit and Beldorney. It is also now targeting becoming a net carbon neutral business. improvement on energy storage, leading to significant carbon savings. Its primary project, PRISMA, provides a 20.5%

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Aviation is plotting a sustainable course

GreenBiz

The pandemic led ICAO to scale back the program, CORSIA (for Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation), to make it easier for airlines to comply. The sooner that the costs of carbon control are included in the costs of doing business, the sooner new technologies will be developed.

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'Absolute necessity': Ford expands EV line-up in race to meet 600,000 sales goal by 2026

Business Green

US carmaker aiming to end fossil fuel van sales and achieve 'carbon neutrality' across entire European operations and supply chain by 2035. Stuart Rowley, chair of Ford's European business, said yesterday's announcements "signal what is nothing less than the total transformation of our brand in Europe".

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Coronavirus Derailed COP26 Talks, But Not Europe’s Appetite for Climate Action

GreenTechMedia

But like the talks themselves, Europe's aggressive push to reduce its carbon emissions has been merely postponed , not canceled. Organizers of the COP26 Glasgow summit have stressed that the decision to postpone is a logistical one. Europe digs in for the Green Deal. trillion) European Green Deal.

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Havas CEO Yannick Bolloré Staked His Brand on Caring About the Climate. So Why Is His Company Working for Shell?

DeSmogBlog

Nor is it the only link between the fossil fuel industry and the Bolloré family’s global business interests, which encompass multi-billion-dollar logistics operations servicing major oil companies, including Shell. Bolloré Logistics has done substantial work for Shell. billion euros ($21.7 billon) in revenues.

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