The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Sales fell 5% over 14 countries for which data exists, according to the European Heat Pump Association Europe’s heat pump market has hit a slump, industry data shows, holding up the continent’s efforts to heat its homes without polluting the planet.

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The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 10, 2024

Increase of 2% last year driven by plant expansion in China and slowdown in US and Europe closures The world’s coal power capacity grew for the first time since 2019 last year, despite warnings that coal plants need to close at a rate of at least 6% each year to avoid a climate emergency. Continue reading.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The UK and Europe's solar trade associations have announced plans to develop a comprehensive corporate sustainability standard aimed at boosting the sustainability, transparency, and accountability of the industry's rapidly-growing supply chain. The sector must grow, and it must grow responsibly," he said.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

Apart from industry-led changes, external factors such as consumer demand for ethically sourced products and government regulations promoting sustainable farming practices also push the sector toward being more eco-friendly. Techniques like rainwater harvesting and water recycling systems have been introduced.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2022

University of Bedfordshire, University of the Arts London and Wrexham Glyndwr University become latest institutions to adopt 'Ethical Careers Policy'. In related news, trade body SolarPower Europe this week launched its new #SolarWorks Platform, the first online recruitment tool dedicated to solar.

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Fossil fuels Ethics Europe Education 68

Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Highlands Rewilding's plan is to turn the two estates into biodiverse carbon sinks through "ethically profitable land management", with the close involvement of the local communities, with hopes of then expanding the model to further lands across the region. So that's my aspiration."

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The Environmental Blog

MAY 14, 2020

Jack Wolfskin has been a top outdoor brand in Europe for 39 years now and has recently become available in the United States. The wool is ethically sourced, and they prioritize animal safety and environmental stability in their resource gathering. Jack Wolfskin. Source: GearJunkie.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2024

This amounts to 155,000 tonnes sent to non-OECD countries, 15,000 of which was to European Union (EU) Member States Bulgaria and Romania, and the remaining sent to a combination of countries in non-EU Europe, Asia and Egypt. As such, this material exported for recycling would likely have otherwise gone to landfill or incineration.

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The Environmental Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

And thanks in part to social media, they are able to connect directly with more ethically minded consumers. All of their puzzles are made in Europe, where working conditions are among the best in the world. However, a new wave of cool young brands with a different, more philanthropic outlook are now offering an alternative.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

Campaigners have called on the EU to urgently reform its rules around lobbying transparency after DeSmog revealed that a US oil-linked advocacy group has been lobbying against major green reforms in Europe, without declaring its activities. Corporate Europe Observatory is now calling on the EU to make its lobbying register legally binding.

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Europe Politics Carbon-neutral Ethics 76

Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 22, 2021

For Europe, 2020 represented a historic year for renewable energy sources. Plans for the coming years show that the energy ambitions of Eastern Europe are still untapped. “Spectacular investments in Eastern Europe are the reason to be proud of us”, says Miros?aw (Sponsored Content). By Electrum. An engine for change.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The announcement comes shortly after Siemens and Swinburne announced collaboration on the AI for Net Zero project that will develop comprehensive guidelines for responsible AI adoption and foster ethical practices within the energy industry, whilst helping accelerate the adoption of renewable energy for achieving net zero targets.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Desired qualifications University diploma or master’s degree in drilling engineering or training deemed equivalent Certification from Well Control (IADC, IWCF or similar) is desired Proven experience in the field of drilling Sense of responsibility and ethics of public service, ease of communication and ability to manage crisis situations, team (..)

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Energy Monitor Ethics Soil Climate change 111

Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2021

per cent of people said they were "very likely" to consider switching to a more ethical bank once presented with the facts about the two banks' leading role in financing the fossil fuel industry. That is according to a new poll of HSBC and Barclays customers published this week by environmental NGO Market Forces, which revealed 12.5

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Fossil fuels Ethics Investment Europe 79

Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

BusinessGreen rounds up the most widely read stories on the site this week 'Stop calling it vegan': Report sets out ingredients for alternative meat breakthrough Ditching 'vegan' labels, embracing sensory language, and specifying protein sources hailed as recipe for expanding the alternative meat market. - by Michael Holder ( @michaelholder ) . -

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Unsustainable

MAY 27, 2022

The Lithium Fever: What Is the Price of Europe Going Green?

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2021

Currently Mootral claims its supplements are used by a number of commercial dairy across Europe - including Brades farm in Lancaster, which supplies barista milk to coffee shops such as Gail's bakery chain - but the firm said it also plans to begin piloting the use of its products in the beef rearing market across the US and Europe later this year.

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Jakob Andersen , Denys Bennett and David Rees respond to an editorial on how poor countries are affected by environmental decisions taken by richer nations Your editorial on “green hydrogen” ( 27 August ) correctly asserts that low-carbon emissions in Europe should not come at the cost of environmental destruction abroad.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2022

Gavin Graveson, senior executive vice-president of northern Europe at Veolia, said it was critical for the UK to build an ethical and sustainable supply chain for batteries as the EV transition gathered pace. "We

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Related: Backwards Sky Ranch House offers gorgeous valley views Walls and the roof slab were fabricated by Messapia Style, an ethical construction company and champion of hemp and lime construction in Italy.

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Sustainability Recycled materials Construction Ethics 36

Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2023

The collapse of Britishvolt has left the UK with few advanced plans for major battery manufacturing facilities, fuelling fears the domestic automotive industry could struggle to compete with rivals across Europe that are rapidly developing battery manufacturing capacity to serve new EV production lines.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Others that have been active in pushing for the EU to continue to allow the use of certain controversial chemicals, include CropLife Europe and The Glyphosate Renewal Group. The documents leaked in the Corporate Europe Observatory investigation were “part of lobbying work that is done in all stakeholder groups.

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Unsustainable

AUGUST 25, 2021

Climate change doesn’t get more in face than wild fires ravaging Europe, heatwave baking the USA& Canada, droughts in California. The world is officially heating up. What’s next? The Arctic melting? Oh wait, that’s happening too.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 21, 2022

And this, like most things in life, suddenly becomes an ethical dilemma. With the prices skyrocketing and people struggling to pay their electricity bills, it makes sense for governments to turn to the “easy” solution, which is coal. Who in her right mind would argue against this? Apart from the future generations that is.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

We now have thousands of five-star reviews and new products and market launches across Europe, USA and China [but] we have achieved only a fraction of our potential," he said. With the demand of shares in B Corps and ethical high-growth businesses with ESG at its core, investor appetite in our business has never been higher.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The UK is the second-largest furniture market in Europe after Germany disposing of roughly 1.6 An ethical and sustainable alternative is the secondary market which offers an effective strategy to keep excess inventory and returned items out of landfills, while minimising financial loss and maintaining brand integrity.

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Business Green

JANUARY 27, 2021

Overall trust in the food system has improved in Europe in the wake of the pandemic, yet the overwhelming majority of consumers continue to have low levels of trust that food is produced in a sustainable way.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

ESG ETFs saw the highest inflows among all the smart-beta strategies in the US and Europe last year, Bloomberg Intelligence said, noting that the performance suggested ESG investments tend to be "sticky, non-cyclical and can be viewed as long-term holdings" given the backdrop provided by the coronavirus crisis.

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Ethics 64

Business Green

JANUARY 16, 2023

Europe needs to be leading the charge to a more sustainable world, but it is being held back by short-termism and poor policymaking, argues Systemiq's Janez Potočnik. For 54 scarce and economically important raw materials, Europe imports 90 per cent of them fully. Three critical blind spots in policymaking.

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Carbon-negative Europe Climate change Resilience 36

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Eco-Friendly, Ethically-Sourced Building Materials. Cascade Steel also commits to ethical sourcing and conflict-free metals , fully disclosing that their products are derived solely from recycled or scrap sources. Coldharbour Tiles , based out of Europe, creates luxury decorative wall tiles made from recycled fishing nets.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 26, 2024

“We’re confident that we take impactful action to fight climate change,” said Arnaud Cohen Stuart, head of business ethics at ING. “We Last October, its CEO called on governments in Europe and Australia to offer greater policy support for greening grids as it seeks to reduce the residential sector emissions from its mortgages.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 17, 2022

As Europe wrangles over its strategy for stopping fossil fuel imports from Russia to starve Putin’s war effort, supermarkets including Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Morrisons, and Asda have all made public statements of support for Ukraine.

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Retail Fossil fuels Ethics Government 82

Business Green

APRIL 21, 2022

The Deforestation Dozen were assessed against criteria under the following major themes: setting and strengthening goals; reporting progress; collaborating for change; increasing transparency and implementing ethical supply chains. Shockingly, only one out of the 12 traders scored above 50 per cent - and half scored below 10 per cent.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The AI for Decarbonisation Programme is anticipated to increase market growth in the UK , reduce the cost of energy for a more competitive UK industry, leverage private investment in AI , and increase the consideration of ethics, bias and equity in AI technologies with decarbonisation applications.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 14, 2022

And as Russian vodka disappears from Canadian shelves, those who are enthusiastic to push the narrative of Canada’s “ethical oil” ignore the now widely reported use of Russian steel to build Canadian pipelines. ” The argument goes that Alberta, as a rights-respecting democracy, can be a force for global stability.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

billion in targeted private sector financing to support sustainable business investment and dedicated credit lines in Europe and around the world. The company illustrates how sustainability and green ethics can play an even larger role than simply another box to tick on the ESG checklist. .” EIB €15.1 billion in green financing.

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Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 59

Business Green

MARCH 31, 2022

In doing so, the company said it would create thousands of new jobs and build a sustainable and ethical supply chain from "some of the most advanced and efficient auto factories in the world". Ford executive chair Bill Ford said the company would be judged by whether it "leaves the world a better place for the next generation".

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