Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Analysis claims UK continues to plough billions of pounds into fossil fuel sector despite government's ambitions of being a world leader on climate action. Yet beyond the targets and policy announcements, its own agencies have continued to plough public funds into fossil fuels.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The University of Cambridge has committed to divest from all direct and indirect investments in fossil fuels by 2030, as the institution works towards its goal of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2038.

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Business Green

JULY 23, 2020

Clean energy generated more electricity than fossil fuels in the EU over the first six months of 2020, largely due to a raft of new solar and wind installations dominating an electricity market pinched by Covid-19, new findings have shown.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MAY 2, 2024

Green Giraffe Advisory acted as the sole financial advisor to the Borrower to structure the debt financing package. “This project will provide low-carbon heating to thousands of households and businesses. “This project will provide low-carbon heating to thousands of households and businesses.

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Solar Power World

MAY 25, 2021

Photovoltaic solar is a green business, but the equipment and facilities needed for each step of the installation process aren’t carbon-neutral by default.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MAY 2, 2024

Green Giraffe Advisory acted as the sole financial advisor to the Borrower to structure the debt financing package. “This project will provide low-carbon heating to thousands of households and businesses. “This project will provide low-carbon heating to thousands of households and businesses.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The UK could reach a 60 per cent renewable power system by 2025 were it to shift Covid-19 energy sector recovery funds from fossil fuels to green power, report concludes. The current road could lock-in unnecessary fossil fuels, create 60 per cent fewer jobs and miss the UK's net-zero target," he explained.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Thanks to converging forces — including supportive policies, dropping battery costs and aggressive climate goals — transportation leaders at large and small organizations are increasingly turning to new zero-emission and low-carbon options that decarbonize fleets and in some cases save money. The definition of fleet is evolving.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

In addition, from 2035 a ban on the sale of new carbon-emitting vehicles will come into effect, but in a move that has angered environmental campaigners the rules will allow for the sale of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles that make use of so-called e-fuels, which advocates maintain can be produced in a way that results in zero emissions.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

For the vast majority of countries, recovery spending has been relatively low and not particularly green, according to the report, with any benefits from the greener elements contained in stimulus packages often undermined by concurrent fossil fuel and consumer-focused spending program. billion focused on renewables and $18.5

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2020

As MEPs enter talks over EU Council's €1.8tr recovery package and budget deal, many key green questions remain. Indeed, the European Green Deal programme aimed at transitioning Europe to become the world's first climate neutral continent by 2050 has been a major driving force behind the pandemic recovery and budget agreement.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The plan will be carried out by LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy subsidiary, which will aim to deliver no excess manufacturing materials and packaging to landfills and incineration without energy recovery. Nearly a third of LM Wind Power's carbon footprint comes from waste disposal.

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

2030 sustainability vision launched today by the beauty giant includes pledges to use only recycled or biobased packaging by the end of the decade and achieve carbon neutrality across its sites by 2025.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 22, 2021

On July 14, the European Union (EU) announced a sweeping package of climate proposals that will help the continent cut greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent by 2030, from a 1990 baseline. Our current fossil fuel economy has reached its limit,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at a press conference. “We

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Business Green

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The government reiterated that the support package would cap the average household bill at around £2,500 a year, while non-domestic customers will see prices frozen at current levels for at least six months, meaning they will be paying less than half of predicted wholesale costs this winter.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

For comparison, in the fossil fuel sectors women make up around 21 per cent of the workforce. Yet IRENA cautioned that the encouraging trends for clean energy jobs worldwide would have to be sustained in order to spur a worldwide shift away from fossil fuels towards renewables in line with international climate change targets.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2020

The UK should direct policy and investment towards synthetic, low carbon jet fuels as part of its green recovery package, argues author and energy expert Chris Goodall. To maintain a safe climate for human habitation, scientists say the world must abandon the use of fossil fuels by 2050 or before.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

Raft of energy efficiency, green transport, and hydrogen programmes put at heart of €130bn stimulus package, as Bank of England confirms financial support for airlines. The German government has unveiled plans for a massive €130bn stimulus package that features at least €40bn climate-related spending.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2021

The announcement of the policy package is part of a new Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy that will be published later today, the government revealed. In the North East, the Zero Carbon Humber coalition has been granted £21m and the Humber Zero project £12m to develop hydrogen and CCUS infrastructure.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

They have legislated a carbon neutrality goal for 2050, adopted a long-term strategy and advanced the phase-out of coal by 2025 among other key indicators. The major priorities for Hungary’s climate and energy policies relate to energy security, reducing fossil fuel use and keeping energy prices affordable.

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Energy Innovation

JUNE 16, 2022

This year’s Draft Scoping Plan proposes a pathway to achieve the state’s target of 40 percent emissions below 1990 levels and economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2045. . This scenario relies on already mature technologies to achieve near-term emissions reductions, as opposed to nascent technologies such as carbon removal.

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Business Green

JUNE 8, 2021

Pressure is mounting on the government to launch an ambitious policy package to support the decarbonisation of UK's housing stock, particularly in the wake of its much-criticised decision to axe the Green Homes Grant scheme earlier this year. Very few do.".

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2021

At Dow, as a leading materials company, we know we have a responsibility to take this challenge seriously and take urgent action - to become carbon neutral and stop plastic going to waste. To achieve our carbon reduction targets, incremental improvements are no longer enough. A radical redesign.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

The proposed stimulus package calls for a "renovation wave" of buildings and infrastructure in support of the Green Deal, as well as investments in circular economy efforts, renewable energy projects, clean hydrogen infrastructure, green transport networks, and an enhanced Just Transition Fund for workers.

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Business Green

JUNE 8, 2021

Pressure is mounting on the government to launch an ambitious policy package to support the decarbonisation of UK's housing stock, particularly in the wake of its much-criticised decision to axe the Green Homes Grant scheme earlier this year. Very few do.".

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In news this week, COP28 wraps up with a landmark agreement on transitioning away from fossil fuels, DOE announces a new office focused on AI, and over 2M Teslas were recalled.  100B of deals went down in the Permian basin and Shell abandoned a $100M per year carbon credit pipeline.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2021

The announcement of the policy package is part of a new Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy that will be published later today, the government revealed. In the North East, the Zero Carbon Humber coalition has been granted £21m and the Humber Zero project £12m to develop hydrogen and CCUS infrastructure.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2020

By 2030 we're going to be net carbon zero and eventually, hopefully, we're going to be carbon positive," he will say. The firm is also building a new studio complex which will eschew any fossil fuels in its day-to-day operations and have the capacity to meet 20 per cent of its energy needs via on-site solar power.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Conventional food production of the modern day, along with packaging and distribution, has been tied to environmental, societal and financial burdens in different parts of the world. Food miles, the distance food is transported, and eco-friendly food packaging materials are also important variables of the sustainable food equation.

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2022

to install low carbon heating in various notable institutions, including Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, the University of Salford, the National Football Museum and Manchester University. Here in Greater Manchester we know we need to be taking bold and meaningful steps at every level to become carbon neutral by 2038," he said.

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Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2021

Achieving this would allow green hydrogen to start to reach fossil parity, representing one of the most significant achievement for zero-emission solutions and a carbon neutral planet.". kg from low cost renewable power, already within 2025. Canadian firms sign up to new Plastics Pact.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Conventional food production of the modern day, along with packaging and distribution, has been tied to environmental, societal and financial burdens in different parts of the world. Food miles, the distance food is transported, and eco-friendly food packaging materials are also important variables of the sustainable food equation.

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Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2020

The Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), membership organisation CATCH, and a coalition of eight businesses submitted the joint proposal to Innovate UK as part of the government's Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge Fund scheme, which forms part of the £350m 'green recovery' package announced last month by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The government is reportedly poised to publish the long-awaited Heat and Buildings Strategy next week, with the crucial document expected to feature plans to ban the installation of gas boilers from 2035 and accelerate the roll out of heat pumps through a package of grants and energy bill reforms.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Tech-enabled credits continue to constitute a big chunk of an anticipated $1T voluntary carbon market , and Oxy is on a development frenzy. Just this year, Oxy: Acquired DAC company Carbon Engineering for $1.1B Just this year, Oxy: Acquired DAC company Carbon Engineering for $1.1B

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Today, the ASA said it would carry out a six-month monitoring period after updating its guidance which would be particularly focused on the "carbon neutral" and "net zero" claims abounding in company advertising. The ASA is not the only body looking to eject misleading green claims from advertising, packaging, and marketing.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

"No economy in the world, much less the soon-to-be fourth largest, has put forth such a comprehensive roadmap to reach carbon neutrality. California is drastically cutting our dependence on fossil fuels and cleaning our air - this plan is a comprehensive roadmap to achieve a pollution-free future," said Newsom.

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