Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

The voluntary carbon offset market is rocketing, with the Ecosystem Marketplace reporting an annual market value of ~$1 billion in 2021, which was an all-time high. This can make things difficult for business leaders like you, looking to reduce their carbon footprint through purchasing offsets. The rules of carbon offsetting.

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Business Green

JANUARY 16, 2023

COP28 President hints at UAE's priorities for Summit in maiden speech, as core principles for controversial plan to use voluntary carbon markets to bankroll energy transition are unveiled. We are determined to make COP28 a COP for all, and a COP of action.". Let's keep our focus on holding back emissions, not progress.".

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2021

Campaigners are hopeful next week's summit could further expand the coalition of nations that are working to deliver an ambitious new international accord in Kunming that would see all governments commit to giving 30 per cent of land and oceans protected status by 2030 and bolster natural carbon sinks in support of the world's climate goals.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

VCM Global Dialogue publishes its conclusions on how to shape the voluntary carbon market from the perspective of developing countries. Today's report stresses that voluntary carbon markets must complement, rather than replace, corporate and governmental efforts to slash absolute emissions.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 5, 2022

Trends in corporate sustainability have been mostly consistent — an expanding climate crisis, lightning-speed growth in clean tech, rising pressure from many stakeholders, and more. I’ve left out some large stories, because it’s unclear if they’re blips or part of a larger more permanent shift toward sustainability.

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Increasingly climate-minded consumers are also seeking more sustainable food options, and the spotlight is on meat and dairy because of livestock’s outsized methane footprint. Nitrous oxide is another potent greenhouse gas presenting opportunities for impact for the food & agriculture sector.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

Following a lead set by firms in industries like food and fashion, Polestar has produced a product sustainability declaration. The Polestar 0 project will aim to cut carbon emissions by changing the way that cars are made, says the firm, rather than using traditional processes and then planting trees to offset CO2e.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The COP26 Climate Summit has been awarded an ISO20121 certificate for sustainability, after organisers successfully proved it minimised all potential negative impacts on the environment, communities, and local economy. This will make good on our priority to reduce and avoid emissions at the highest level.".

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2021

The Swedish EV innovator revealed the goal in its first annual review, at which it also revealed plans to publish the full carbon footprint of its latest Polestar 2 vehicle. It plans to publish the first sustainability declaration for its Polestar 2 model, the firm confirmed in its annual review today.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Regenerative Agriculture Often accompanied with: carbon storage, no till, crop rotation With host country the UAE spearheading a new “Regenerative Landscapes” project in close partnership with the likes of Pepsico, Nestlé and fertilizer giant Yara, the term “ regenerative agriculture ” is likely to be a hot topic at COP28.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 22, 2024

These considerations will shape the growing clean energy sector as countries seek solutions that reduce carbon emissions, increase energy security, and ensure environmental sustainability and economic opportunity for their citizens. Have you read?

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

“Rich countries are forcing an agreement full of escape hatches: carbon markets, nature-based solutions and ‘net zero by the middle of the century’ are all ways for them to get out of making the real emissions cuts we need to prevent climate catastrophe.”. Carbon trading. Carbon capture. What can be done with the captured CO2?

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Pointing to the need for an Earthscape approach to decision making, the paper identifies key ways in which the ocean both mitigates climate change by absorbing excess heat and carbon from the atmosphere and aggravates it, failure in ocean systems exacerbating extreme weather, shifting ocean currents and reducing its ability to absorb carbon.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2023

The EA report includes details of a number of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) being rolled out across the country. ” In early December governments from around the world were assembling for COP 15 to agree on how to halt and reverse nature loss. What is it? The project will disconnect nearly 4.3

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The authors are calling for the creation of far stronger national policies on low-carbon fuels. Based at the Tyndall Centre at The University of Manchester, the authors identify growth in low-carbon hydrogen and sustainable bioenergy as essential to meet the Paris Climate Agreement’s goals.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2021

If we continue to lose biodiversity, the world’s most vulnerable people will not be able to adapt to climate change nor sustainably produce food, according to a report released on 7 October by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). million tons of carbon dioxide. “If

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Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Machine learning, AI, automation and other solutions can slash firms' carbon emissions and energy usage while boosting their productivity, writes IBM's Ana Paula Assis. Rania Al Mashat, Egypt's minister for international cooperation, recently said : "For us, what we want this COP[27] to be about is moving from pledges to implementation.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2022

The document sets out G7 countries' ambition to deliver near-zero carbon electricity grids by 2035, citing the need to respond to climate scientists' calls for a drastic reduction in fossil fuel demand so as to stabilise global temperatures.

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2020

Film producer and co-founder of Comic Relief, Richard Curtis, has launched a campaign to help make the UK's £3tr of pension assets more sustainable and ensure it is invested in building a better world after the coronavirus pandemic. Our pensions are powerful, and we must use that power to build a better world'.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Building on the foundations of past conferences, especially Paris, to create a zero-carbon economy which will benefit our children and grandchildren. ??. In my first fortnight as COP President, I have been listening to those who have done this before. ?? In Glasgow, the world must ramp up momentum towards a zero-carbon economy.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Heading into fall, this batch of career updates from the worlds of sustainability and business is somewhat top-heavy. Amid myriad social, health and political crises, business sustainability is alive and well and living the Paris Agreement. Mattel appointed Pamela Gill-Alabaster as head of global sustainability. Who's news.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The first few days of COP have ushered in a wave of major announcements and funding pledges. In deals, major funding includes $116M for hydrogen-powered aviation, $44M for sustainability software, and $75M in project finance investment for SAFs. sustainable infra fund.  Happy Monday!  Execution questions marks.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Why choose a company which works so closely with the oil industry to work at COP? The dmg events energy events brochure says that “We are committed to creating a sustainable future for our planet and our communities”. This year’s COP summit has already been marred by controversy.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The number of delegates representing big agribusiness has more than doubled at the UN climate talks since last year, leading to concerns from campaigners at access enjoyed by high-carbon companies attending the Egypt summit. led AIM for Climate coalition, which has publicised industry-friendly “climate-smart” innovations at COP27.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

COP27's treatment of carbon markets was messy, and greenwashing crept back into the negotiations on Article 6 compliance markets. Labour's plan for a national energy company may allow public ownership to help commercialise and scale for needed grid infrastructure, green hydrogen, and carbon capture and storage around industrial hubs.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 6, 2022

World leaders, CEOs, climate advocates, scientists and sustainable development specialists from around the world converged on New York City last week, for the annual, concurrent rituals of the United Nations General Assembly and ClimateWeek. Here are my four key takeaways: U.S. Domestic Climate Policy Gets Real. degrees Celsius.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The Fund has been set up to help food and drink companies work with universities and other research bodies to help them address sustainability challenges. By 2050, under its Energy Strategy 2050 , the UAE aims to increase clean energy to 50% of its total energy mix, and reduce the carbon footprint of power generation by 70%.

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Business Green

JULY 23, 2020

He would have been joining us to reflect on our longstanding partnership and on Ghana's approach to combatting illegal logging, and promoting trade and sustainable forest land use. We can stick with the status quo; bailing out high-carbon, environmentally damaging industries and locking in decades of emissions.

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Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Putting the planet on a sustainable course will require significant changes to almost every sector of the global economy, including energy, transport, industry, agriculture, cities, finance, and land-use. We need just such a guidance system for the Earth itself, to safely navigate the sustainability transition. All Rights Reserved.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

What is carbon accounting? Carbon accounting – also known as a carbon or greenhouse gas inventory – is the process of measuring the amount of carbon dioxide, or other greenhouse gases (GHG), an organization emits. Carbon accounting is a must for any becoming business today.

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2023

Al Jaber has served as the UAE's Special Envoy for Climate Change since 2010, and has participated at 10 previous UN COP Summits. In doing so, we will bring a pragmatic, realistic and solutions-oriented approach that delivers transformative progress for climate and for low carbon economic growth," he added. "We

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Business Green

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The curbing of emissions to reduce the concentration of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane in the environment. Following years of delays, at COP21 last year countries agreed on rules for the implementation of international carbon market mechanisms. Black carbon. Carbon market (including carbon offsets).

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 24, 2022

As a part of the national statement delivered at the 26 Conference of the Parties (COP 26) in Glasgow in November 2021, the Prime Minister announced the landmark commitment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2070. As a large developing economy with over 1.3

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Polestar has once again published the full lifecycle carbon emissions associated with the production of its electric vehicles (EVs), estimating that its latest models have generated between 24 to 25 tonnes of CO2 by the time they are sold to customers. Credit: Polestar. Car makers need to take full responsibility," he said.

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Low Impact

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The IPCC recently conducted a study into the combined effects of all the agreed targets of the countries taking part in the ongoing COP talks. Has there been any progress in reducing global carbon emissions since Paris in 2015? And it’s not all about carbon emissions. Also, most countries will miss their targets.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2021

The energy arm of the Co-op said it was set to save customers 1,000 tonnes of carbon emissions a day as part of ambitious plans to deliver 30 per cent growth this year. This is a hugely significant year and the world will be watching as the UK government hosts the largest climate change conference ever [COP-26]. The company -?which

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Meanwhile, Michigan approves a bundle of clean energy bills, the UN irons out details for the "loss and damages" fund ahead of COP, and Flexport launches a book and claim model for SAFs.  Tech-enabled credits continue to constitute a big chunk of an anticipated $1T voluntary carbon market , and Oxy is on a development frenzy.

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