Business Green

JUNE 14, 2021

In a white paper published this morning, E.ON If you ask people whether they want a cleaner, more sustainable future, the answer will invariably be yes," he added. "In We must not forget this is a marathon, a 30-year ambition," he said. "We We don't have to do it all immediately, but we do have to get moving now.". "If

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Moreover, the NIC report notes that a wave of new strategy and policy documents are due to be published in the coming months, including the Heat and Buildings Strategy, the Hydrogen Strategy, a transport decarbonisation plan, the Integrated Rail Plan, and the English Devolution and Local Recovery white paper.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Carbon capture, hydrogen, nuclear, EVs, and renewables all set to benefit from £12bn government stimulus plan, but critics warn funding falls well short of the level required to trigger a green recovery. But the Prime Minister this evening insisted that the plan would be at the heart of his ambitious economic recovery plans for the country.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Launching a white paper on the planning reforms for consultation in August, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said the changes would "cut red tape, but not standards". Instead, the government should look to ensure protection for nature and biodiverse land in its reform package, the charity said.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 27, 2022

This could include highlighting opportunities for career development or offering competitive compensation packages. Sustainability Projects for Interns. Note: It’s important to recruit interns with prior education and experience in sustainability. packaging) with costs to be added to the procurement policy.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2020

Reports from CBI, EnergyUK, ECIU, and ScottishPower all hammer home calls for ambitious green recovery package. The government has been inundated with calls from green trade bodies, campaigners and academics for it to deliver a green stimulus package in recent weeks. The consensus keeps building.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In recent months Johnson has similarly signalled his support for an acceleration in offshore wind development, investment in new green hydrogen infrastructure, carbon capture technology clusters, electric vehicle charging networks, new nuclear technologies and expanded tree-planting programmes. carbon capture/storage. offshore wind.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

As such, the Roadmap urges the government to publish the long-awaited Energy White Paper, so as to explain how a net zero energy system can be delivered, and release the promised National Infrastructure Strategy, which has now been delayed several times.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2021

The government harbours hopes that, as well as delivering low carbon power to the grid to serve UK homes, HTGRs may also be able to help provide electricity for green hydrogen that could then potentially be used to help decarbonise a raft of other processes across transport and home heating. and exciting advanced? and exciting advanced?nuclear

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2022

We exemplify the type of ESG goals your company should set based on the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Companies that adopt ESG principles will define a vision, mission, strategy, tactics, and values that consider, measure and report on a business’s sustainability performance. Sustainalytics.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2021

At the end of last year, the Energy White Paper was released. While the REA, of course, welcomed the lofty ambitions of the government, we made it clear that net zero could not be achieved by aspiration alone - you had to have the detailed policy with robust and wide-ranging support packages too. million kg of CO2 every year.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

With more companies taking the leap into sustainability these days, recycling in the office has become one of the top green initiatives for corporate sustainability programs. Supports Sustainability Certification. The fact is: All companies, even those with remote workforces, generate some form of waste.

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2021

Past topics range from agrobiodiversity and packaging to aquatic foods. In contrast to most other regenerative ag programs, Regen1 doesn't include carbon as a metric due to "the unsettled science on the permanent sequestration of carbon and the present volatility of carbon markets.".

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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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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

On emissions trading, the clock is ticking but still businesses wait in vain for clarity on a UK carbon pricing regime. This means a clear strategy to upgrade the UK's infrastructure and publishing the Energy White Paper.". But ambition must be matched by action on the ground. These two crises were virtually ignored. "As

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

It was launched in September as part of the government's coronavirus recovery package, with Ministers claiming the £3bn funding pot would help reduce carbon emissions, slash energy bills, and create tens of thousands of jobs. This will give the reassurance needed to the building industry to invest in the scheme," he said.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

"This was inspired by when we arrived (at) COP 25 in Madrid three years ago and understood that this is where the world is going," said Lee Recht, VP of sustainability at Aleph Farms, at the VERGE Net Zero virtual event early in December. A diagram representing Aleph Farms' sustainability approach.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2020

It comes as the Treasury prepares a crucial package of recovery measures which are expected to be announced in Parliament next month, as the government attempts to combat the worst economic crisis in decades. Chris Stark setting out the CCC's latest advice to government.

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

He was on hand, alongside CCC chairman Lord Deben, to launch the advisory body's latest assessment on the UK's decarbonisation progress over the past 12 months, and - crucially - provide advice to the government on how best to embark on a sustainable recovery from the coronavirus crisis. But it still has a huge to-do list ahead.

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Business Green

AUGUST 6, 2020

The white paper reiterates the government's support for its imminent Future Homes Standard, which is meant to ensure all new homes are 'zero emission ready' - i.e. gas boiler- and cooker-free - from 2025. The white paper offers some answers, but not nearly enough.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Ahead of the Prime Minister's promised new green recovery package, a new report from the business advocacy group outlines a raft of near-term policy interventions that could put the UK on track to reaching net zero emissions. The gap between the government's net zero rhetoric and its policy agenda remains.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2021

As reported last night, the government has formally accepted the recommendations of the Climate Change Committee (CCC) and confirmed the Sixth Carbon Budget that runs from 2033 to 2037 will require a 78 per cent cut in carbon emissions compared to 1990 levels by 2035.

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Business Green

JULY 8, 2020

We hope that the forthcoming Budget, White Paper and National Infrastructure Plan will provide further momentum'. We hope that the forthcoming Budget, White Paper and National Infrastructure Plan will provide further momentum so we can go further and faster in decarbonising our economy.".

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2020

Today, just weeks after his promotion to the second most powerful job in the country, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled the government's Budget for the coming year and beyond, outlining a multi-billion pound package of spending across the green economy, as well as new tax measures covering the energy sector, plastic packaging, and red diesel fuel.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In at least 18 of the world's biggest economies, support for industries and projects with considerable negative environmental impacts have dominated recovery packages, the analysis suggests. per cent - around £1.1bn - of China's recovery package has been designated for green projects.

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Business Green

AUGUST 25, 2021

There is going to be significant material growth in the sector, and its going to be economically sustainable as well as environmentally sustainable.". We need a technology-neutral package," he insists. Something that focuses on all zero carbon technologies. I think you can over-focus on decarbonisation of heat."

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

But responses to a consultation on financing infrastructure published yesterday highlight electric vehicle (EV) charging, energy infrastructure such as carbon capture and storage and small modular nuclear reactors, and digital infrastructure such as fibre optic broadband and data centres, as top priorities for financing in the coming years.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The Climate Change Committee urged the government late last year to "get our house in order" by delivering an ambitious programme in 2020 to decarbonise the economy, noting once again that the country was badly off track to meet its medium term carbon targets, let alone its more ambitious net zero goal.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2020

Meanwhile, public polling suggests bailing out high carbon companies without attaching carbon reduction targets would be an unpopular move. Encouragingly, word from the EU Commission suggests it remains steadfast in its 2050 net zero ambitions and that combatting climate change should feature strongly in economic recovery packages.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

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