GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In March, Samsonite announced "Our Responsible Journey," a new global sustainability strategy that outlines its commitments across four priority areas: Product Innovation; Carbon Action; Thriving Supply Chain; and Our People, including engagement, development, diversity and inclusion. Mon, 11/16/2020 - 01:00.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2021

Today we celebrate Global Recycling Day, March 18th. But it is also a significant moment for us at Dow, as a plastics manufacturer, to reflect on what recycling means for us and our future. To achieve our carbon reduction targets, incremental improvements are no longer enough. A radical redesign. Minimising resources.

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The Environmental Blog

MAY 7, 2020

Use recyclable materials when possible. Using recyclable materials is an obvious starting point, admittedly, but one that needs highlighting. As the world continually shifts towards protecting the environment, more opportunities are present for the use of recyclable materials. This can be done in a number of ways.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

To be classed as net zero, a company must achieve a balance between the carbon it emits into the atmosphere and the carbon it removes. The Rochdale based vinyl doors manufacturer are ready to reach their ambitious target by investing in clean technology and better energy efficiency. Coffee and TV.

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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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Business Green

MARCH 20, 2022

A seltzer brand part-owned by Ellie Goulding has announced it will roll out carbon footprint labelling across its range from next month. The company revealed it was using climate impact assessment platform CarbonCloud to analyse the carbon footprint of its drinks entire value chain.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 6, 2021

This article includes several eco-friendly office products and supplies that will lower your carbon footprint. And to keep all your hard working employees comfortable while they conquer the day’s to-do’s, you can invest in an Energy Star certified smart thermostat. gluten-free) and carbon neutral shipping on all deliveries.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

  In deals, major funding for transportation including $144M for Indian EVs, $33M for rare earth-free magnets, and $15M for battery recycling.  The investment covers 40% of the Texas facility’s $1.3B project cost and is one of the largest DAC investments to date.   Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?

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Business Green

JULY 21, 2020

The Prime Minister has marked his first year in office by unveiling a £350m green funding package today to support efforts to drive down carbon emissions from heavy industry, construction, space and transport, touting the move as a bid to "fuel a green, sustainable recovery" from the Covid-19 crisis.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Tetra Pak announces global recycling capacity push. Packaging giant Tetra Pak this week announced that it has co-invested over €11.5m with recyclers and industry players in recent months, to help set up four completely new recycling solutions for carton packages in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, and Australia.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The automaker’s sustainability goals include sourcing energy only from renewable sources and getting at least half the materials in its vehicles from recycled, bio-based or renewable origins — by 2030 in the U.S. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. and globally by 2040.

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Business Green

JULY 16, 2020

You can reserve your place at the Awards and secure access to accompanying marketing and promotional packages at the BusinessGreen Leaders Awards 2020 website. Cubico Sustainable Investments. Investing for a Smarter Future campaign - Foresight Group. Triple Point Heat Networks Investment Management. Anthesis Group.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 8, 2023

Emissions from farm to table to landfill Emissions are generated at every stage of the food system, from the production of food on farms to transport and refrigeration to processing and packaging to consumer dietary choices and, ultimately, to food waste. Seventy percent of total food system emissions come from land-use change.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Iceland Foods has announced it will offset its plastic footprint as it works towards becoming plastic-free across its own label packaging. Where possible, the supermarket plans to recycle the recovered plastics, it said.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

🔑 Climate tech startups hit key milestones - including but not limited to - Fervo’s FOAK enhanced geothermal project operational in Nevada, Brimstone’s third-party approval of its carbon-negative cement, and Heirloom’s first commercial DAC plant.  Key market supply and demand indicators ended the year down.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

Carbon offset. Does the carbon offset provider use sound science and accounting practices to back up the claims it makes about its carbon offsets? The FTC said in December that it expects comments on 'carbon offsets' in particular for the next Green Guides. Recyclable. Certified by / Seal of approval by.

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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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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

There’s a new kid on the block of sustainability claims being made by businesses: “plastic neutrality.” And, much like the market for carbon offsets, it’s messy. The new term “plastic neutrality” is being used to convey that a company has offset its “plastic footprint.”

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

It’s been a carbon-neutral company since 2017, and both the corporate headquarters and distribution center went zero-waste the same year. With a high value on clean ingredients, Sparitual caters to the self-care consumer interested in investing in the ‘slow life’. The products were mentioned 34,622 times on Instagram.

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Green Technology

JUNE 21, 2023

Green Technology’s Leadership Awards aim to recognize and honor individuals, organizations, and institutions that have made significant contributions to advancing sustainability efforts and reducing carbon footprints in various sectors. The award was accepted by Joel Griffith, DGS and the O Street team.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 7, 2022

Terra Thread understands the process of making any goods results in some carbon emissions, so the company is committed to investing in carbon offsets in order to remain carbon neutral overall. The package arrived quickly. The packaging was minimalistic and plastic-free. Just the way I like it.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Mingomba could drive further investment in what might eventually become a major copper supplier. ♻️ Greyparrot , a London, UK-based waste and recycling intelligence platform, raised $13m in funding from Bollegraaf.  Mineral ambitions. Why is this important now? 

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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. Downstream emissions result from the transportation and packaging involved in distribution, product usage itself (e.g., spinning, weaving, and knitting). incineration or landfills).

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2022

We all know that giving waste a second life is more carbon-efficient than incinerating it, but reaching a definition on what makes an item 'recyclable' is one of the most complex challenges policymakers currently face. The proposal states that packaging (all materials) entering the EU market must meet design for recyclability criteria.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

With Our Responsible Journey, Samsonite strives to lead the lifestyle bag and travel luggage industry across key sustainability indicators, including the use of recycled materials in its products and packaging and achieving carbon neutrality across its owned and operated facilities.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 16, 2020

Unilever has announced it will invest €1 billion (about $1.12 The consumer goods giant unveiled its new Climate and Nature Fund on Monday as it set out a raft of fresh sustainability goals, which include plans to end deforestation in its supply chain and communicate the carbon footprint of every product it sells. Carbon Removal.

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Business Green

JANUARY 27, 2020

CEO insists climate crisis demands more ambitious targets, as he earmarks £1bn of investment to help the supermarket help hit net zero 10 years ahead of the government target. Sainsbury's is responsible for around one million tonnes of carbon emissions every year.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In this Low Carbon Prosperity Institute (LCPI) analysis, we explore scenarios of carbon reduction investment performance based on the revenue allocation described in Initiative 1631. The initial carbon pollution fee of $15 per (tCO2e) in 2020 increases annually by $2/tCO2e plus urban-area inflation.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 4, 2022

From carbon emissions via the shipping, manufacturing, and order fulfillment processes, to excess packaging on the consumer end. When it comes to eCommerce waste generation, plastic packaging is one of the industry’s most glaring issues. For emissions that can’t be reduced, look to purchase carbon offsets.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

But the industries need to push beyond recycling. In the $500 billion-per-year cosmetics space, small-scale packaging leads to large-scale single-use plastic waste. A new technology of this sort, chemical garment-to-garment recycling, was one of your favorite stories of the year. . Clean beauty and fashion are trendy.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2021

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.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2022

Football fans are being offered airmiles in return for disposing their used plastic bottles at newly-installed recycling pods at Manchester City FC's Etihad Stadium. Etihad Guest Miles can then be used to book flights, package holidays or gifts via the airline and its partners, or be donated to charity. Is this a joke?"

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Apple's big-ticket sustainability goals released this year for 2030 include becoming carbon-neutral and achieving a net-zero impact in all operations. Apple's $100 million toward REJI is nine to 10 times the investment committed by Amazon, Google and Facebook each toward racial justice causes. Making the human factor material.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 11, 2023

In this article, we explain the net-zero meaning, what it takes to be a net-zero business, low/zero emissions business practices that you should know, and skepticism around carbon offsetting. The GHG Protocol developed three carbon emission scopes to help organizations map out their direct and indirect emissions.

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Elemental Excelerator

AUGUST 12, 2022

Not to mention President Biden also signed the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 , putting about $67 billion toward zero-carbon industries and climate research. This is the largest climate funding package Congress has ever passed. The #1 thing keeping infrastructure investment dollars on the sidelines is uncertainty. CarbonCure ).

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

"We remain fully committed to the historic Glasgow Climate Pact agreed at COP26 including a 68 per cent reduction in our emissions by 2030," he said, adding that "cheap, low carbon, reliable energy must sit at the heart of any modern economy". Today was more about raising money than spending it.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2021

Tech giant pledges to deliver carbon neutral operations by 2025 and a net zero emission value chain by 2040. These new goals reflect our continued efforts to drive toward net-zero carbon emissions - not just within our own operations, but across our entire value chain.

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