GreenBiz

APRIL 22, 2022

Not only are governments, global consortia, and regulatory agencies pushing for the industrial sector to achieve net zero operations to slow climate change, but consumers are also demanding greater sustainability from the companies from which they purchase. Three out of four Fortune 100 companies have made commitments to reduce emissions.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Google on Monday pledged that by 2030 it will run its entire business on carbon-free energy — every hour of every day of the year. West driven by increased heat and dry conditions linked to global warming from human carbon emissions. Europe and Chile. Google's supply, demand and policy approach.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

A new white paper published by the Mine Energy Taskforce and Local Energy Hub network has called for greater support for mine energy as a key low carbon heat source in the UK that can contribute to government’s ambition to reach net zero by 2050. Dawdon mine water treatment scheme (image credit: Copyright Coal Authority.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 9, 2022

If you’re wondering what to get your favorite coworkers while keeping your carbon footprint low, then here’s a must-have guide on sustainable office gifts! You can use patterned wrapping paper and old cereal boxes to create a nifty file/magazine holder or a desk organizer. Sustainable fitness gear is growing in popularity.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 4, 2022

An industry-leading sustainable web hosting solution. Established in 2000, Doteasy is a Canadian web hosting company specializing in domain name registration and sustainable web hosting solutions. Data centers are notorious for their high carbon footprint. Building sustainability into the organization’s core and culture.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 13, 2022

T 3 transformation, which encompasses digital transformation, energy transformation and net-zero carbon transformation, is a new model for propelling today’s campuses into the future through systematic reformation and innovation. The world is consuming increasingly more energy, which causes higher carbon emissions.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 20, 2022

B Corps and Sustainability. Corporate sustainability has become one of the most popular management paradigms for businesses. Corporate sustainability is often associated with protecting the planet and Earth’s scarce resources. But corporate sustainability goes well beyond just protecting the environment.

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Planet Pulse

JANUARY 23, 2024

Authors: Seamus Lombardo and Amy Rosenthal As a Public Benefit Corporation, we think a lot about sustainability and the solutions our customers, partners, and the world need. Planet data and imagery can aid in all stages of sustainability reporting. Figure 1: Planet data can help with all stages of sustainability reporting.

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Business Green

MAY 9, 2022

Supermarket and conservation group also warn UK regulation is hindering sustainable innovation in the food sector. Tesco Group CEO Ken Murphy said rapid innovation was needed to build a more affordable, sustainable, secure and healthy UK food supply chain. The winners are set to be announced later this week.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Members of the commission, which was assembled by the Zero Carbon Campaign, have been drawn from political, scientific, academic and climate policy backgrounds. The policy recommendations will be delivered to the government in a white paper due for publication in April 2020, the Zero Carbon Campaign said.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Titled Financing zero carbon heat: turning up the dial on investment , the report provides an update on the GFI's work with CEEB, which it established in 2019 alongside think tank E3G, bringing together over 200 individuals and organisations working to improve building energy efficiency.

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Sustainability Consulting

AUGUST 17, 2022

We found this recent white paper to be an important read as companies are working to create a circular economy and changing the way supply chains are operating. Take a read and see what you can apply to your business!

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 11, 2023

At Enlit Europe 2023 in Paris, ABB Electrification launched two industry reports sharing insights on the key digitalisation and sustainability trends that are shaping the energy transition. About ABB Electrification ABB is a technology leader in electrification and automation, enabling a more sustainable and resource-efficient future.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 30, 2021

A memorandum of understanding was signed on 30 March between The University of Manchester and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), intended to kick start a major collaboration for the research and development of sustainable energy produced by fusion. Sustainable low-carbon energy is needed and fusion can help meet this demand.

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2021

Using heat pumps, the heat can be extracted and used to heat fresh water, providing low carbon heating in homes and commercial buildings. Heat from water in underground mines is "abundant and widely distributed" according to the report, and could be "constantly available at a self-sustaining and consistent temperature".

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The government's new Net Zero Strategy may have had notably little to say about the need to curb agricultural emissions and calls for a shift towards a lower carbon diet, but that has not stopped the private sector's efforts to lead the way in encouraging more people to embrace a more plant-based diet.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

After several delays spanning at least a year, the government has finally unveiled vision for a future net zero energy system - here are the eight things you need to know about the long-awaited Energy White Paper. Here BusinessGreen explores the eight key lessons from the the 170-page White Paper.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Businesses of all sizes are prioritising carbon reduction and environmental responsibility, driven both by government targets and by demand from customers for more sustainable products and services. Growing demand for carbon-free energy. The new corporate PPAs add to the carbon-free energy options available to businesses.

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Business Green

JUNE 13, 2022

Investors argue Food Strategy could deliver better outcomes for the planet if Ministers make sustainability reporting mandatory at larger companies. These efforts could be initially targeted at large companies across retail, manufacturing, out of home, food to go and online delivery businesses, it said.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Today, on the first day of Enlit Europe 2023 in Paris, ABB launches two industry reports, sharing insights on the key digitalization and sustainability trends that are shaping the energy transition. When done right, this can lead not only to cost and energy efficiencies, but also set business on an accelerated path to decarbonization.”

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Business Green

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Green Alliance warns that major decarbonisation policy gaps must be filled next year if government is to achieve its bold 2030 carbon reduction target. The UK has set some great targets during 2020 about its intention to tackle climate change," she said.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 1, 2021

Through its ChargeForward program, Langton’s team at BMW has shown that charging can be aligned to off-peak hours — reducing strain on the grid — and even times when renewable energy is most abundant — reducing the carbon footprint of charging. You can shift a lot of the electric vehicle charging to line up with those times," Langton said.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Ahead of tomorrow's Net Zero Festival, Toby Hill explores how carbon offset standards are evolving in a bid to assure clients and campaigners that promised carbon savings can be delivered. To find out more about the role of carbon offsets in the net zero transition, sign up now for a free pass to tomorrow's Net Zero Festival.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2022

million low carbon jobs by 2050. Low-carbon jobs are mostly related to clean electricity generation and low carbon heat, and include manufacturing wind turbines, installing heat pumps, maintaining infrastructure or installing lighting and control systems. These enterprises are in the early stages of their low carbon journey.

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2022

It's a strategy similar to the policy of setting internal carbon pricing to account for the "cost" of carbon emissions as part of a product or service. Water pricing, however, is a practice that is much less common among corporations than carbon pricing. But carbon is easy from an accounting perspective.

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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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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 14, 2022

New York green business certification to support sustainable city design. Voted the third most sustainable city in the world, New York is a place that supports the sustainable business by backing New York green business certification providers. The New York market boasts 8.6

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 15, 2021

Commissioned by recycling equipment manufacturer TOMRA, and carried out by London-based consultancy for sustainability Eunomia, the report says that a reduction of 2.76 They maximize captures of high quality, high carbon-intensity material while reducing litter. Click on the above flow chart to enlarge.

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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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Business Green

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

These investments, says the White Paper, are inspired by MIT-Greater Boston and Stanford-Silicon Valley models. Indeed, with many of the jobs located in the areas of deprivation, they are the cornerstone of employment for much of the industrial heartlands - and the very places the government's White Paper seeks to target.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2021

Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng reflects on green progress made since the Energy White Paper was published by the government six months ago. And the British public is becoming more aware of the impact of its carbon footprint by making small but simple changes in their everyday lives.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Titled Making the UK a digital clean tech leader , the report outlines the ways in which smart energy, smart mobility, and smart buildings can slash energy use and carbon emissions across their respective sectors. The report also stresses that established digital technologies could deliver massive emissions savings if deployed at scale.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2022

The Government's recent Food Strategy white paper represents a missed opportunity and does not go far enough to realise the potential that plant-based foods offer. Doing so would support this people-powered transition to a more sustainable, healthier food system, while simultaneously attracting more innovation and investment in the UK.

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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

JULY 2, 2020

The energy giant yesterday set out its top priorities for delivering net zero emissions by 2050, offering the stark assessment that the UK is "not on course to meet our fourth carbon budget commitments to decarbonise homes and transport emissions".

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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

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The row over Sizewell led the headlines, but there is so much more to the Energy White Paper and its promise to deliver a decisive shift away from fossil fuels. Whisper it, but I'm not sure the inevitable reignition of the row over the UK's nuclear plans is the most important part of the long-awaited Energy White Paper.

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