We must examine the connection between packaging and climate change
GreenBiz
APRIL 30, 2024
Companies should think more holistically about the link between packaging and carbon.
Walgreens Boots Alliance exec talks plastic, packaging and COVID-19
GreenBiz
MARCH 1, 2021
Walgreens Boots Alliance exec talks plastic, packaging and COVID-19. During our conversation, we also discussed Ellis’ long-term CSR priorities, the company’s packaging goals and its partnership with Loop. One of those is reducing plastics in Boots-owned brand packaging, in line with the UK Plastics Pact 2025. Deonna Anderson.
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How to Decrease Your Carbon Footprint with Your Business’s Packaging?
U.S. Green Technology
AUGUST 15, 2022
As climate change starts to impact our planet more and more every year, businesses need to be good environmental stewards and take steps to reduce their impact on the planet. What many don’t know is that reducing your carbon footprint can also make good business sense. It can save you money on energy costs and.
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What’s the Role for New Nuclear Power in the Fight Against Climate Change?
GreenTechMedia
MARCH 8, 2021
Small modular reactors (SMRs) — nuclear reactors using novel technologies to fit into much smaller and mass-producible packages than the behemoth nuclear power plants of today — are presented as a way of rapidly decarbonizing the grid in the face of an ever more pressing need to meet climate targets. don’t think so.
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Reasons Why More Brands Are Moving Towards Sustainable Packaging
The Environmental Blog
JANUARY 7, 2021
We’re all increasingly aware of the dramatic consequences of climate change and how humanity’s actions are directly having a visible, tangible effect on the health of our world. It won’t solve the problem on its own, but choosing less wasteful packaging is a good step to take if you want your brand to play its part.
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Fighting Climate Change: How One Big Retailer Stacks Up
Sustainability Consulting
JANUARY 6, 2021
As we enjoy our new gifts, it’s sobering to think of packaging waste such as plastic mailers and bubble wrap adding to landfill or ending up in oceans. Our concerns about plastic and packaging usually point to online retailers, especially one of the world’s biggest: Amazon. and Canada are sending 11.5 and Canada are sending 11.5
The Dirty Five: The Worst Companies Contributing to Environmental Degradation and Climate Change
U.S. Green Technology
MAY 17, 2023
The post The Dirty Five: The Worst Companies Contributing to Environmental Degradation and Climate Change appeared first on U.S. These companies have. Green Technology.
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BMW, Ford, other automakers rev up carbon commitments
GreenBiz
JULY 29, 2020
BMW, Ford, other automakers rev up carbon commitments. The world's biggest automakers are ramping up their carbon commitments even as they struggle to build back in the wake of the pandemic. . This week, Germany's BMW took the plunge and set a goal to reduce its carbon emissions per car by at least one-third by 2030.
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Europe Goes Big on Green Recovery Package While America Pushes the Status Quo
GreenTechMedia
JUNE 11, 2020
Europe is crafting a €750 billion recovery package in response to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. It will devote more than €200 billion directly to low-carbon infrastructure projects. our recent stimulus package sent billions of dollars to debt-laden oil producers. Meanwhile, here in the U.S.,
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AI solutions to sustainability challenges share £1 million as Manchester Prize names finalists
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 2, 2024
Finalists included Greyparrot Insights, which tracks waste in recycling plants to build a digital map of the packaging value chain. It aims to create a complete digital map of the world’s waste flows to track what happens when waste is discarded and support the value chain to improve packaging design, policymaking and recycling rates.
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Mayor of London unveils £3.1m urban tree planting funding package
Business Green
JULY 27, 2022
to support tree planting across the capital, in bid to boost vital canopy cover and sun shade for citizens, support urban wildlife and biodiversity, reduce flood risk, and help combat climate change by absorbing and storing carbon. The Mayor of London has pledged a further £3.1m
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Replate: Using Tech to Combat Food Waste, Food Insecurity and Climate Change
Green Business Bureau
JULY 20, 2021
Food left rotting in landfills generates planet-warming greenhouse gases like methane and carbon dioxide, accounting for the third-largest source of human-related methane emissions in the U.S. Being able to divert food from landfills has enabled Replate to save 819 million gallons of water and avoid 6 million pounds of harmful carbon dioxide.
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Green lessons: Government unveils plans to 'put climate change at heart of education'
Business Green
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi to tell COP26 plans for 'world-leading climate change education will equip young people with the skills and knowledge to build a sustainable future'. The government indicated that it the trials prove successful it will look to roll out the technology across other public sector buildings.
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Aker Carbon Capture AS - Aker Carbon Capture awarded Process Design Package for Uniper's Grain power station in the UK, to potentially capture over 2 million tonnes of CO2 per year
Global Renewable News
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Uniper has awarded Aker Carbon Capture a Process Design Package (PDP) to deliver design studies for a proposed post combustion carbon capture plant at their Grain power station in the Southeast of Eng.
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Does plastic have a future in packaging?
Business Green
AUGUST 3, 2021
The idea of only using sustainable packaging – eliminating waste, low carbon footprint, recyclable or compostable - seems easy enough, yet the reality for many businesses is more complex and dependent on the industry they work in. Yet plastic packaging is ubiquitous because it is useful, not to say crucial in many applications.
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Meet the startup producing oil to fight climate change
Grist
MAY 18, 2021
The company would take those almond shells and other types of biomass, convert them into a carbon-rich oil, and inject the oil deep underground. Strange as it may sound, demand for this service — a form of what’s called “ carbon removal ” — was just beginning to grow. That’s where carbon removal comes in.
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Tetra Pak's Mustan Lalani on the company's low-carbon circular economy ambitions
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
They talk about the need to discuss addressing climate change and expanding circular economy together, instead of in isolation. Mustan Lalani, Global Director, Public Affairs - Environment Policy at Tetra Pak, joins GreenBiz Sidebar cohosts Heather Clancy and Sarah Golden.
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Low carbon packages: FedEx pledges to deliver 'carbon neutrality' across its operations by 2040 with $2bn investment drive
Business Green
MARCH 4, 2021
Air cargo operator pledges to invest in sustainable fuels, carbon capture research, and fleet electrification in bid to meet new climate goals. Addressing climate change is a complex challenge that demands urgent action, and natural carbon capture strategies will be one key part of that action," said Dr. Indy Burke, the Carl W.
'Bonkers savings': NatWest and Octopus Energy debut discounted EV charging package
Business Green
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Announced today, the new package offers customers access to discounted EV charge points and installations, in addition to any associated home solar panels and battery storage.
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What’s the difference between net-zero and carbon-neutral policies?
Renewable Energy World
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
As understanding of the climate crisis increases and the harm to ourselves, the environment, business, industry, and the economy that will follow, so a desire to not only reduce carbon but to be seen reducing carbon increases. In both cases, carbon offsetting removes CO 2 from the environment.
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'Real urgency required': Business leaders urge G20 to act now on climate change
Business Green
OCTOBER 5, 2020
G20 leaders must develop clear policy and regulatory frameworks to enable the business community to help accelerate the transition to a carbon neutral world, according to a new set of recommendations published yesterday by some of the world's top business leaders.
WRAP updates voluntary agreements, outlining circularity vision for food, plastic and textiles
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 5, 2022
” “In the last three years of reporting, the UK Plastics Pact has doubled the recycled content in packaging, and driven the significant elimination of unnecessary (84%) and hard to recycle (90%) components in packaging. In practice, not all plastic packaging will be recycled through local authority collections by 2025.
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Root Zero: First 'carbon neutral' potatoes to be sold in UK supermarkets
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.
Emerging trends in climate change legal disputes
Business Green
JUNE 20, 2021
Businesses of all types have potential exposure to litigation for climate change-related harm - it is critical they understand this rapidly evolving landscape, argue White & Case's Mark Clarke and Gwen Wackwitz. In recent years, the number and scope of climate change-related actions has increased dramatically.
Is It Possible To Prevent Global Warming?
The Environmental Blog
MAY 19, 2021
In the atmosphere, there have been significant increases in the amount of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gases that reduce the concentration of ozone (O3) and greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O). 150 g – 380 g of carbon dioxide will be saved for every kilometer where no gasoline car is used.
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MPs table fresh legislation to 'close gaps' in UK Climate Change Act
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Proposed Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill would see international aviation, shipping, and consumption fall within the UK's 2050 net zero target, while putting climate assemblies on a formal standing. Based on the Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to 1.5C Based on the Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to 1.5C
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UN: Investment in battling climate change at risk of decline
Business Green
OCTOBER 30, 2022
UN Conference on Trade and Development fears that slowdown in foreign investment could impact flows of climate-related finance. Investment in projects that tackle climate change is expected to decline in 2022 as global foreign direct investment flows drop, according to a report published by the UN Conference on Trade and Development.
China considers going ‘Carbon Neutral’, peaking Emissions
Mr. Sustainability
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
Summary - China considers going carbon neutral. China is willing to contribute more and we are now considering and studying a mid-century long-term vision for climate change, including such issues as the peaking of carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutrality,” foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a press conference on Tuesday.
Don’t despair about climate change, instead put your capital where it counts
Renewable Energy World
MARCH 4, 2021
Every major economy has an industrial zone like the Port of Rotterdam, a place where smokestacks, pipes, and tanks tell one story of climate change. C when places reminiscent of Mordor continuously pump carbon into the atmosphere. Those that can create artificial sinks with technological carbon capture, utilization, and storage.
Murky World of Carbon Offsets Faces Greater Scrutiny
DeSmogBlog
JULY 28, 2022
Proposals to boost transparency in the carbon offset market could shine a light on brokers who buy credits cheaply from Indigenous communities before selling them to companies at inflated prices. . When a buyer in the carbon market purchases a credit, the actual project developer may be getting five dollars a tonne. Carbon Credit Rush.
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Alok Sharma: 'We must also follow the best scientific advice on climate change'
Business Green
APRIL 22, 2020
The move also came on the same day as a global poll revealed an overwhelming majority of people believe climate change is as serious a crisis as Covid-19 and support the delivery of green economic recovery plans. The world needs to see more ambition to tackle the climate crisis," he said. "It degrees," Sharma and Costa added.
Heineken toasts new 'carbon neutral' target
Business Green
APRIL 15, 2021
Brewing giant pledges to deliver carbon neutral production by 2030 and full value chain by 2040. The company said the targets would make Heineken the "first global brewer to aim for carbon neutrality in its full value chain". "In We aim to be carbon neutral in our production sites by 2030 in order to meet the 1.5C
Extended Producer Responsibility cannot be delayed, says ADEPT
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 12, 2022
Baled plastic bottles: introducing EPR will encourage producers to reduce their packaging through meeting the full net costs of packaging management, which will in turn encourage better packaging design and make it easier to recycle. There is no requirement for these costs to be passed to the consumer.
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'Europe is the leader': EU agrees deal to strengthen carbon target to 55 per cent cut by 2030
Business Green
DECEMBER 11, 2020
European Council President Charles Michel confirms marathon talks reached an agreement to strengthen medium term carbon target and release green recovery package. Europe is the leader in the fight against climate change. We decided to cut our greenhouse gas emissions of at least 55 per cent by 2030".
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Regret over target climbdown
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 23, 2024
As it stands, the Government’s updated policy package is weak on supporting the green transition and loses opportunities for positive economic outcomes.” This will be essential to ensuring carbon emissions are reduced at the rate required across every sector and to maintain investor confidence in Scotland’s renewable energy industry.
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UK Boosts Hydrogen, EVs and Carbon Capture With New Net-Zero Plan
GreenTechMedia
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
A new 5-gigawatt “low-carbon” hydrogen target for 2030 has been revealed, along with an ambition to heat an entire town with hydrogen by the end of the decade. Carbon capture target to capture 10 megatons of carbon dioxide by 2030. ” Lord Deben, Chairman of the Climate Change Committee, the U.K.’s
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Global Briefing: India preps $2.2bn green hydrogen incentive package
Business Green
JANUARY 6, 2023
India is preparing up to launch a $2bn incentive programme geared towards boosting its green hydrogen industry, as the country looks to transform into a major global exporter of the low carbon fuel, according to reports this week. World Bank seeks to re-align its focus to climate change.
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On the road to carbon neutrality
Business Green
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
From forest fires in Australia, to flooding in Germany, the effects of climate change are surfacing with ever greater frequency across the world. We began our sustainability journey over 25 years ago, and since then have made good progress, particularly in cutting carbon emissions. And by 2050, Dow intends to be carbon neutral.
Net Zero: Food and drink industry joins calls for green recovery package
Business Green
JUNE 10, 2020
The food and drink industry has become the latest sector to step up calls for the government to deliver a green recovery package, warning fresh action is required to decarbonise food and drink supply chains.
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COP26: Governments vow to strengthen nature protection and expand carbon sinks
Business Green
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
With negotiations continuing through the weekend, Saturday has been designated 'Nature and Land-Use Day' and a raft of announcements are expected on how governments and businesses can ramp up efforts to expand natural carbon sinks, encourage greener farming practices, and bolster climate resilience across the agricultural supply chains.
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Contact to produce food-grade CO2 from Ohaaki geothermal plant, NZ
ThinkGeoEnergy
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Contact Energy (Contact) has developed a way to capture the small amount of naturally occurring carbon dioxide released during geothermal power generation at the Ohaaki geothermal site near Taupo, New Zealand. This is a really exciting opportunity,” says Contact CEO Mike Fuge. “We Food grade CO 2 is just the beginning,” adds Mike.
Government reveals plans to accelerate low carbon heating rollout
Business Green
APRIL 28, 2020
The government has today unveiled a wide ranging package of proposals aimed at accelerating the much-needed decarbonisation of the UK's heating systems, setting out plans to replace the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme for homes and businesses over the coming years.
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'The world is moving on': Coca-Cola's Therese Noorlander on plastic, packaging, and youth activism
Business Green
OCTOBER 21, 2020
Having been crowned the most polluting brand in the world for two years running by the Break Free from Plastic campaign in its global audit of plastic waste, the firm also last year revealed it produces three million tonnes of plastic packaging a year, or the equivalent of 200,000 bottles a minute.
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AT&T dials up 2035 carbon neutral target
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 20, 2020
Telco giant unveils new package of ambitious emissions reduction targets, as company acknowledges it is already being impacted by worsening extreme weather. The world's biggest telecommunications company, AT&T, has committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2035 as part of a new package of climate targets.
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