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.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The UK's first carbon neutral potatoes will be sold in supermarkets across the UK from next week, Welsh food producer Puffin Produce announced yesterday. We have to act now - so we're on a mission to become carbon neutral and farm in a way that protects and regenerates our land, plants and wildlife. This isn't easy.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

New design reduces carbon footprint of classic Dr.BEST toothbrush by 50 per cent, with remaining emissions are set to be offset through a community project in Madagascar. Whilst this product achieves carbon neutral status by offsetting, we are working to develop future solutions that do not require offsetting," he added.

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Business Green

MARCH 13, 2020

Luggage maker promises to cut carbon emissions, source 100 per cent renewable energy, and boost durability and recyclability of its products.

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Business Green

JUNE 28, 2020

Waste and metal recycler CEO Chris Sheppard said that decarbonisation is "key" to driving the green recovery of the global economy after the damage wrought by the coronavirus. Imagine being able to say that we create these sustainable materials with a net-zero carbon footprint?

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

VIBES is a partnership between the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), The Scottish Government, Energy Saving Trust, Highland & Islands Enterprise, Scottish Enterprise, South of Scotland Enterprise, Scottish Water, Zero Waste Scotland and NatureScot. It is also now targeting becoming a net carbon neutral business.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

All these proposals fall under the purview of the European Green Deal, first approved in 2020, whose goal is to achieve incremental sustainable growth so that Europe becomes the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. Green Deal legislation has proven most adaptable to the times.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Lighting giant Signify has today announced a series of sustainability milestones, claiming it has achieved 'carbon neutral' status for its global operations, which it said are now also powered by 100 per cent renewable electricity.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Not only does reclaimed lumber give that rustic, farmhouse look and possess some unique history within its grain, but it also helps preserve our carbon-sequestering forests and rejects monoculture tree farms that do not support biodiversity or ecological health. RECYCLED STEEL. RECYCLED PLASTIC. RECLAIMED LUMBER.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In the absence of dedicated recycling channels, this type of fuel is mostly made up of waste wood, paper, cardboard and plastic resulting from economic activities. The tests carried out using SRF show that we now know how to produce renewable gas from this type of waste.”.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The supermarket’s managing director calls for other supermarkets to slash their plastic footprints following UN report. Iceland Foods has announced it will offset its plastic footprint as it works towards becoming plastic-free across its own label packaging.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 2, 2020

The data centers that they use have a multitude of eco-credentials – their electricity is backed by Renewable Energy Guarantees Origin Certificates, they provide carbon neutral cloud services through carbon offsetting, and they have won numerous awards for energy efficiency. Sustainability Journey. Using GBB as a Guide.

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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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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The Wild West of plastic credits and offsets Lauren Phipps Mon, 02/08/2021 – 01:30 This essay first appeared in Circularity Weekly , our free email newsletter. There’s a new kid on the block of sustainability claims being made by businesses: “plastic neutrality.”

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Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2021

New uniform made from recycled plastic bottles aims to help airline curb its supply chain impacts. EasyJet has this week debuted new uniforms for its cabin crew and pilots made from recycled plastic bottles, as the airline giant steps up efforts to reduce the environmental impact of its supply chain.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 9, 2024

That’s why Greentown and Saint-Gobain partnered to launch Go Build 2023, which specifically sought innovations to extend product life cycles, find alternative raw materials, and enable technologies for waste revalorization. manufactures and distributes biobased building materials, including a low-embodied-carbon insulation.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 6, 2021

But all of this stuff is made from resources of some kind, uses up energy and eventually winds up as waste. This article includes several eco-friendly office products and supplies that will lower your carbon footprint. 100% of HP’s original ink cartridges contain 5% – 45% post-consumer or post-industrial recycled plastic.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Swiss firm bolsters its science-based targets with plans to become carbon neutral, and then carbon positive by 2030. But yesterday the firm announced plans to go further, by offsetting its residual direct business emissions to achieve carbon neutrality by 2025, before becoming 'carbon positive' by 2030.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Sports brand On says it is the first company in the footwear industry to use captured carbon emissions as a raw material. Swiss sports brand On has announced that it has created a shoe using carbon emissions as a raw material, making it the first company in the footwear industry to achieve the milestone.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Beauty arm of US consumer goods giant estimates that new refillable product line will eliminate need for roughly 300 million virgin plastic shampoo bottles. The pouch is recyclable in most European markets, the firm said, apart from in Belgium, Ireland, and Switzerland.

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The Environmental Blog

MAY 4, 2022

If you’re like many conscious consumers, you’re probably at least a little bit concerned about the size of your carbon footprint. Every time we buy a new product, drive a car, take a flight or flip on the air conditioner, we contribute to carbon pollution. What Does ‘Carbon-Neutral’ Mean? . reVessel is different.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Under its current carbon emissions reduction trajectory, the fashion industry is projected to miss the 1.5 Digital technologies are opening up new ways for us to consume fashion without the waste or carbon footprint… . To achieve real progress from circular solutions, we need to think beyond neutral and aim for positive impact.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 7, 2021

One of the biggest names in fashion, Adidas , has committed to ending plastic waste. There are a lot of bright colors — particularly green — that will play nicely with bold or neutral outfits. The soles are made with recycled rubber, and the uppers are made with Primegreen technology, which uses recycled materials.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 14, 2021

In a bold move last January, Adidas acknowledged its contribution to plastic waste, noting the waste’s negative impacts on the world’s oceans. Adidas accomplishes this by using recycled materials and PRIMEGREEN technology. But if the fabric contains no virgin plastic, what exactly is it made of?

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

. “We have received many letters from children about the environment asking us to remove single-use plastic packaging,” Niels B. ” The Danish toymaker announced Tuesday that it will replace the plastic bags inside boxed LEGO sets with recyclable paper bags. .” and Canada. and Canada.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The UK's infrastructure and construction sector has the potential to cut its carbon emissions in half, reducing costs in the process, by adopting net zero emission-aligned circular economy approaches that would drive the wider use of low carbon materials, according to research by multinational engineering firm AECOM.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Such a massive industry has the potential to have an extensive environmental impact, from production, to the waste cycle. Smartphone manufacturers are showing signs of accountability through efforts to incorporate recycled materials into product design and work towards carbon neutrality.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 13, 2022

Businesses and individuals need to do their part to neutralize mankind’s negative impact on our planet’s health. Become more efficient, reduce energy costs, and minimize waste. The CSGA Green Business Program will enable companies to verifiably demonstrate their sustainability and stand out among their peers.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 15, 2021

Businesses and individuals need to do their part to neutralize mankind’s negative impact on our planet’s health. Reducing the carbon footprint of their data centers was a top priority for the WHC team, so the company powers all its servers and systems using renewable energy from their Canadian hydroelectric grid.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Sainsbury's said that as part of its new Scope 3 target it will work with selected suppliers to set their own Scope 1 and 2 carbon reduction targets, encouraging them to sign up to industry disclosure initiatives such as CDP and the Higg Index.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2020

Evian's vice-president of brand Shweta Harit talks to BusinessGreen about the French water company's sustainability ambitions, in particular a pledge to use 100 per cent recycled bottles by 2025. As such, Harit says she expects Evian to reach its 100 per cent recycled bottle goals sooner than expected.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Climate change, biodiversity loss and waste crises have come to represent a significant set of business risks. We only have between six and 11 years of global carbon budget left, if emissions remain at current rates, else we breach 1.5C Fundamentally, the promise made by a carbon credit is highly unlikely to be fulfilled.

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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. Nearly a century ago, Ecolab sold dishwasher soap with a dispenser described as its first effort to reduce waste.

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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. Food loss and food waste are often considered in tandem, but they are distinct issues.

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Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2021

Tesla profits, green Olympics, Canadian plastic, and all the green business news from around the world this week. 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.".

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 15, 2022

Recycled Steel. Steel is one of the most common, and easiest materials to recycle in the world. While it is energy intensive to make, it is far less energy intensive to recycle. Composite is a combination of wood waste and recycled plastic, giving it the appearance of wood but with some of the properties of plastic.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 15, 2022

Recycled Steel. Steel is one of the most common, and easiest materials to recycle in the world. While it is energy intensive to make, it is far less energy intensive to recycle. Composite is a combination of wood waste and recycled plastic, giving it the appearance of wood but with some of the properties of plastic.

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