Business Green

MARCH 23, 2023

Speaking exclusively to BusinessGreen , the Conservative MP and author of the government-commissioned Net Zero Review, warned there was a "wall of capital" that would be invested outside of the UK if the revamped green policy programme that is expected to be announced by Ministers next week falls short of investors' hopes.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

The regulation, which will come into force in 20 days' time, strengthens the interim 2030 emissions reduction target automakers in the EU have to meet, as well as enshrines the 2035 phase-out date into law. Give businesses the clarity and certainty they need to invest in the switch to electric vehicles." Our asks are simple.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

The first Fit for 55 deal has been signed between the European Council and the European Parliament on a 100% CO2 emission reduction target for all EU vehicles by 2035, signalling a strong market forecast for electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid vehicles as internal combustion engines (ICEs) come off the road. The agreement.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The European Commission has adopted two final pillars under its Fit for 55 legislative package, setting in place legally binding climate targets across sectors and prioritising the shift away from polluting vehicles as soon as possible. The final legislative package is expected to reduce EU net greenhouse gas emissions by 57% by 2030.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2022

We need a General Election now so people can vote for the policies they want to see that will turn this mess around.". The change in leadership leaves the UK's net zero agenda, environmental policy plans, and COP27 Presidency facing another chaotic period with huge uncertainty over the future direction of a host of crucial policies.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

A 2035 ban on sales of new fossil fuel cars and vans in Europe now looks inevitable, after long talks led to EU Council agreement on a host of crucial green policies. It's been a big week for European climate policy, and the implications are likely to ripple far beyond the EU itself.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 26, 2019

From the falling cost of renewables and storage driving utilities' resource planning, to the realignment of utility performance incentives with evolving policy goals, it was a busy year. Aligning utility performance with policy goals. Utilities planning for electric transportation.

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Front And Centered

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The support for polluting corporations is mirrored by support for access to clean transportation incentives and infrastructure that still disproportionately benefits wealthier people: $100 million toward the creation of tax rebates for residents buying electric vehicles for households that make up to $500K per couple or $250K for an individual.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

JANUARY 5, 2021

On January 4th, as the legislative session came to a close, both houses of the Massachusetts legislature passed “ An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy.” The 2050 goal itself had already been adopted by the secretary of energy and environmental affairs under preexisting law.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

Ruling on a case brought by Friends of the Earth, ClientEarth, and the Good Law Project, Mr Justice Holgate agreed the strategy lacked sufficient explanation or quantification as to how the decarbonisation plans set out in the Net Zero Strategy published last autumn would achieve emissions targets for the 2030s and beyond.

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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. Reports vary on the percentage of those companies that re-started donations to insurrectionists (some say only 23% have kept the policy ). Auto industry goes all-in on electric vehicles. There’s more like this to come.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

  Early-Stage 🚗 Project 3 Mobility , a Zagreb, Croatia-based autonomous electric vehicle developer, raised   $107m in Series A funding from TASARU, Kia, and Rimac Group. The law that would mandate more supply chain monitoring and emissions tracking.  

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Business Green

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Experts have warned that any watering down the ZEV mandate could undermine the UK's 2030 phase out date for the sale of new fossil fuel vehicles and the 2035 phase out date for new hybrid vehicles, because it will result in less investment in the EV charging network and result in a smaller second-hand electric car market.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

Elsewhere, the IPPR Commission's report also calls for a revamp of governance across Whitehall by carrying out an audit to ensure all government activities, policies, rules, and decision-making conform to the UK's net zero and Paris Agreement obligations. It will also help us tackle the next crisis that we know for sure is coming our way.".

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 25, 2024

Hello and Happy New Year from the Climate Policy Leadership Team! While the report paints a stark picture, there is reason to hope , and policy will play a large role in addressing that risk and cutting emissions. 2024 is shaping up to be a busy year, with climate at the forefront. Check out EDF’s blog for more on 30C.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Companies need to be informed as new policies are enacted across the globe and ensure their practices abide by these changes. s exit from the European Union, the coronavirus pandemic and social and economic hardship – all of which have led to or are pushing for new policies. Competition Law and Sustainability Agreements.

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Business Green

JUNE 1, 2020

In addition, investments in industries and projects such as building renovation, offshore wind, electric vehicles, environmental improvements and low carbon industrial clusters have the potential to bring investment and job creation across multiple regions of the UK. Philip Law, Director General, British Plastics Federation.

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Business Green

JUNE 5, 2020

Hungary approves net zero law and issues green bond. Hungary has become the latest country to pass net zero legislation, after the national parliament this week approved a law that establishes a 2050 climate neutrality goal for the central European state. VW launches €2bn Chinese electric vehicle push.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

BlocPower's " Civilian Climate Corps " program launched in September, after the New York City Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) awarded the company a $37m contract, paid for with funding from the $2.2bn federal COVID stimulus package, known as the CARES Act. Robert Clark falls into this latter category.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2022

Thanks to Brexit, we are no longer constrained by EU law. Dr Doug Parr, policy director at Greenpeace UK, said the Spring Statement represented a major missed opportunity. As energy costs rise, we know that energy efficiency will make a big difference to bills," he said. They will pay zero.

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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. more use of bicycles or electric vehicles. Economists, for example. conserving forests and land.

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Elemental Excelerator

AUGUST 12, 2022

This is the largest climate funding package Congress has ever passed. Analysis firm Rhodium Group estimates that it will reduce CO2 emissions by 31–44% below 2005 levels in 2030, as compared to 24–35% under current policy. State and local ambition on policy and private sector action will remain crucial to reach our goals.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 26, 2021

As Elon Musk becomes more and more of a household name, electric vehicle sales continue to rise home and solar panels are lining more roofs. There’s no shortage of sustainable outcome gaps that need bridging, and market solutions are preferable to state and policy mandates in many of these cases. Consulting and Advisory.

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Charged

AUGUST 13, 2022

There’s broad agreement that the changes will help to speed EV adoption, but there’s also concern that some provisions of the law could be counter-productive, at least in the short term. Every government policy or program creates winners and losers, and every one has unintended consequences. Buy American, or else!

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Business Green

JANUARY 23, 2023

There were plenty of missteps and missed opportunities along the way, but over the past 12 years the UK took coal from around 40 per cent of the power mix to less than two per cent, built a genuinely world leading offshore wind industry, embraced electric vehicles, and built an ecosystem of cutting-edge clean tech and green finance firms.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 9, 2023

Making it a business travel policy to stay at green certified hotels will have a lasting positive effect on our environment. Many green certified hotels are now tackling this problem with stricter regulations and policies. In some regions, where there is water scarcity, mismanaged water consumption exacerbates the issue.

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Business Green

JULY 13, 2020

It forms part of a £705m package designed to put a Brexit customs border in place by the end of the year backed by new IT systems and additional Border Force staff. Just one of the 16 members - Caroline Drummond of Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF) - represents a dedicated environmental group.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

The third in a trilogy of reports published over the last eight months by the IPCC as part of its sixth assessment review, the document offers policymakers around the world a peer-reviewed roadmap for the policies, investments, and technologies scientists believe are required to avoid climate catastrophe. Economy-wide' policy packages.

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Business Green

AUGUST 2, 2021

The COP26 delivery team was moved to the Cabinet Office in a bid to bolster its reach and is said to be working flat out, while several key departments such as BEIS and the Department for Transport have sought to use the focus on COP26 to drive forward ambitious climate policies.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JULY 6, 2021

EBCE’s charter is to provide its customers with low carbon, cost-effective electricity that integrates innovative energy products and maximizes local benefits through the development of local solutions, ranging from increasing access to rooftop solar to supporting the adoption of electric vehicles. . POSITION SUMMARY .

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

This year, perhaps more so than ever before, the independent climate advisory body's verdict on the government's policy efforts so far is damning. Gaps in the policy landscape must be filled with urgency. Top level strategies are essential, but without plans and policies, emissions will simply not fall.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2023

Highly Commended: Elbow Beach Capital Small Business of the Year Frugalpac In one of the most competitive categories, Frugalpac won over the judges with its ambitious plans to decarbonise food and drink packaging, its impressive range of recyclable, low carbon, paper-based cups and bottles, and its fast-expanding client base.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

billion package of funding and loans to enhance the EV value chain, primarily focused on retooling existing factories. The package includes $2 billion in grants and up to $10 billion in loans, as well as a Notice of Intent (NOI) to make available $3.5 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a $15.5

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2022

Segro's customers span a variety of industries, ranging from packaging and retail giants such as DHL and Amazon, through to on-demand food delivery firms and third-party logistics companies that work for a range of smaller businesses. "And customers want renewable energy to meet their commitments.

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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

JUNE 23, 2021

This year, perhaps more so than ever before, the independent climate advisory body's verdict on the government's policy efforts is damning. Gaps in the policy landscape must be filled with urgency. Top level strategies are essential, but without plans and policies, emissions will simply not fall.

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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. more use of bicycles or electric vehicles. Economists, for example. conserving forests and land.

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