DeSmogBlog

MARCH 6, 2024

Last week at the New York State Capitol, more than 300 advocates joined lawmakers for a rally to urge the passage of a landmark waste reduction bill that proponents say is the best piece of legislation in the country aimed at lessening plastic trash. Thankfully they have not succeeded so far.”

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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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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

Single-use plastics are helping keep people safe during the Covid-19 pandemic, but creating new challenges for governments in dealing with the waste problem. Some of the world's largest corporations promised to quickly slash their use of virgin plastic packaging. It seems an impossible situation. Headwinds and tailwinds.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2021

As economies emerge from Covid-19, it is crucial governments set their sights on rapid action to curb plastic pollution worldwide, a new UNEP and WRI report implores. By July 2018, at least 127 countries had adopted some form of legislation regulating plastics, it adds.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2022

The flow of plastic into the environment must be stopped before it’s too late, and a legally-binding global UN treaty backed by business is key to making this happen, writes Unilever's Richard Slater. Consumer goods companies - including Unilever - are big users of plastic. The problem is actually getting worse.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2021

The world’s biggest banks are indiscriminately funding firms responsible for devastating marine ecosystems and fuelling climate change via their plastics production, a new report from Portfolio Earth concludes. The plastics crisis is one of the most serious environmental crises facing the world.

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Business Green

AUGUST 28, 2020

With the launch of the US branch of the Plastics Pact the case for corporates to step up their plastic waste reduction efforts are becoming clearer than ever. Its landmark report, "The New Plastics Economy," sounded the alarm in 2016 that if "business as usual" continues, by 2025 the ocean may hold more plastic than fish by weight.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2020

Group of academics, campaigners and politicians warn against delaying plastic pollution crackdowns in US and UK. At the same time, the use of plastic bags for food deliveries has once again become widespread, as supermarkets have sought to speed up delivery processes in response to soaring demand. It is estimated around 4.7

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In order to invest in the solutions that can solve the plastics crisis, investors need to get to grips with the regulatory and societal pressures shaping the crisis, argues George Harding-Rolls from the Changing Markets Foundation. Responses to the plastic crisis.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The leader in water, hygiene and energy services sells to a diverse collection of institutions such as hospitals, food and beverage providers, as well as heavy industry including power plants and plastic manufacturers. Ridesharing demand crashed with COVID-19, and Lyft became part of the frontline delivery and medical access infrastructure.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 14, 2020

What Biden could do about plastics Lauren Phipps Mon, 12/14/2020 – 01:00 Most environmentally oriented eyes on the Biden administration are focused — appropriately — on mitigating climate change, creating jobs and transitioning to a clean energy future. s outsized plastics footprint. Count me among them.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

Retailer launches its first ever sustainability report, citing growing demand from shoppers for sustainable goods and business practices. Asda said that extensive polling of customers has found that delivering ‘greener' choices, reducing single-use plastic, and cutting food waste were shoppers' top priorities.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2020

As MEPs enter talks over EU Council's €1.8tr recovery package and budget deal, many key green questions remain. Of the overall €1.8tr package encompassing the recovery funding and the 2021-27 budget, EU leaders agreed that 30 per cent should be earmarked for the bloc's climate objectives and transition to net zero.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 9, 2023

pounds (1 kilogram) of waste per night, and about 30% of that waste is made up of plastic. The international hotel industry uses 150 million tons of single-use plastic every year with less than 10% of plastics recycled correctly. Plastic toiletry bottles are a huge contributor to hotel solid waste.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Over the past year, many professional services organizations that previously had little to say publicly about their climate change strategy — from law firms to management consultants to ad agencies — found themselves under closer scrutiny not just for their own footprint but for supporting some of the biggest climate deniers around.

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Business Green

APRIL 21, 2020

United Nations Secretary-General António Gutteres will today release a six-point plan for world leaders designing Covid-19 stimulus packages, which demands that bold climate action be entrenched into all aspects of recovery. The entire industry has been a last-in-class performer for most of the past decade.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The European Commission is facing calls to introduce more ambitious measures to drive up recycling rates for drinks packaging, including glass, metal, and plastic bottles, or risk seeing decarbonisation and resource security efforts derailed. New report warns EU faces higher emissions if it fais to deliver on recycling targets.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

The programme, launched in 2013, was designed to drive a more circular economy and encourage reuse and repair across a number of priority areas, including food, textiles, plastics, electricals, chemicals, healthcare, and the built environment.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 6, 2021

For example, despite nearly every survey showing that a sizable majority of consumers want to reduce their own plastic waste, the pandemic has necessarily increased the use of single-serve and disposable products and packaging. But political action starts with public demand (at least in theory), so it’s an encouraging sign.

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Business Green

MAY 7, 2021

The company's first clean power deal - which will see it purchase power from a Texas wind project that broke ground this January - will cover half of its US power demand, it said. Whirlpool has also pledged to enhance its environmental footprint by curbing plastic pollution and extending the life of its products.

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

Moreover, Estée Lauder Companies also has declared its intention to make 75 percent to 100 percent of its packaging recyclable, refillable, reusable, recycled or recoverable by 2025 — the strategy will depend on the needs of individual brands. Clancy: Can you share your vision for sustainable packaging? OK, there's tax incentives.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

The programme, launched in 2013, was designed to drive a more circular economy and encourage reuse and repair across a number of priority areas, including food, textiles, plastics, electricals, chemicals, healthcare, and the built environment.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Consumers need new options for less wasteful and less pollutive products, packaging, transportation, and energy. State mandates and consumer choice have sparked a demand for clean and green energy. Eco Friendly Distribution, Shipping and Packaging. Clean Energy. Sustainable Agriculture.

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

Moreover, Estée Lauder Companies also has declared its intention to make 75 percent to 100 percent of its packaging recyclable, refillable, reusable or recoverable by 2025 — the strategy will depend on the needs of individual brands. Clancy: Can you share your vision for sustainable packaging? What does government bring to the table?

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Business Green

APRIL 8, 2022

Germany's clean energy blitz, Abu Dhabi's plastic bag ban, EU proposals for a coal embargo on Russia, and all the big green business news from around the world this week. The four packages of sanctions have hit hard and limited the Kremlin's political and economic options. Historical': Sweden to set target for consumption emissions.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2022

Plastics, packaging and other forms of waste are also on the docket, as are companies' ESG marketing claims. Law and disorder. In the United States, the lack of clear, overarching climate laws has contributed to some cases. Tarantino, a partner in the San Francisco-based law firm Morrison Foerster, explained.

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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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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

There’s been a 38-fold increase in sustainability-related laws and regulations since 1972. Sustainability-led initiatives help mitigate the risk of non-compliance as these laws and regulations continue to develop. Do we use plastic bottles for water? Is our packaging also safe for people and the planet? Risk Management.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 5, 2022

A few months later, corporate giants also spoke out against state laws meant to restrict voting. Companies are demanding more information, setting higher standards, and pushing suppliers to, for example, place climate and human rights demands on their suppliers. But what’s happened since is unclear.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

For example, a few key specs from the datasheet for a modern Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFET in a standard TO-247 package will illustrate the point: Maximum junction temperature: T J[max] – 175° C Maximum continuous drain current (with case @ 25° C): I d – 115 A Drain-source on-resistance: R DS[on] – 16 m?

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2022

In addition, Glencore said it was looking to respond to soaring global demand or copper, which is a key component of grid infrastructure and clean technologies. Last year, as part of its landmark Climate Law the French government proposed to abolish flights between cities that are less than two and half hours apart by train.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The new law will remove zombie projects unlikely to be developed, or stalled out due to its current “first come , first serve” policy and make room for viable projects to interconnect much quicker. The German government is coming to the rescue with a €15B ($16B) package to support green projects. 

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Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2022

And there were new climate laws in the United States and Europe, which breathed new life to climate action in those countries. With demand for talent outstripping supply, companies are increasingly tapping the large consultancies to find their next sustainability and ESG hires. It's not just on-road vehicles.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 6, 2021

For example, despite nearly every survey showing that a sizable majority of consumers want to reduce their own plastic waste, the pandemic has necessarily increased the use of single-serve and disposable products and packaging. But political action starts with public demand (at least in theory), so it’s an encouraging sign.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

The leader in water, hygiene and energy services sells to a diverse collection of institutions such as hospitals, food and beverage providers, as well as heavy industry including power plants and plastic manufacturers. Ridesharing demand crashed with COVID-19, and Lyft became part of the frontline delivery and medical access infrastructure.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2020

The German government has reached a deal with regional leaders for a €40bn compensation package that should allow it to finalise plans to phase out coal-fired power stations across the country by 2038. Under the plan, Austria has pledged to source all its energy from renewables by 2030 and step up investment in public transport.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 27, 2020

Moreover, Estée Lauder Companies also has declared its intention to make 75 percent to 100 percent of its packaging recyclable, refillable, reusable, recycled or recoverable by 2025 — the strategy will depend on the needs of individual brands. Clancy: Can you share your vision for sustainable packaging? What does business bring?

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