Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

The assessment, published last week, reveals that the volume of waste produced in England remained largely the same in the five years since the government introduced its 2013 Waste Prevention Programme policy, with overall waste in England at the close of 2017 "at similar levels" to those five years earlier.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 27, 2021

This will in turn increase the supply of recycled plastic enabling industry to become more ‘circular’ and meet the forthcoming UK plastic packaging tax obligations. Flexible plastic represented 22% of all UK consumer plastic packaging in 2019 but only 6% was recycled3. Several other major retailers are set to follow suit.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

billion) in clean energy investment to upgrade energy networks, enhance energy efficiency and increase renewable energy sources across Europe. The package forms part of a €10.9 Other notable investments from the larger package include: Proposals for an electric bus line and river shuttles in Bordeaux as part of €3.4 billion ($3.5

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

While many are hearing the need to align immediate spending packages with longer-term goals, the idea of a green recovery is being met with political opposition from many quarters. Investing in clean industrial innovation can help to renew Europe's industrial base and secure its future competitiveness.

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EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

At the same time a recent official scientific report shows that there is still a lot of hard work and policy setting to do to reach it. While reaching the target will be a major challenge requiring speed, investment, coordination, innovation and careful planning, it should also be seen as an opportunity for business. billion in 2023.

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GreenBiz

MAY 29, 2020

Should stimulus packages focus on finding the way back to growth by kicking business as usual into overdrive, or could they accelerate the shift that has already started towards a more resilient, low-carbon circular economy? billion tonnes CO2e , corresponding to a 49 percent reduction in the projected 2050 total food system emissions.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Thanks to converging forces — including supportive policies, dropping battery costs and aggressive climate goals — transportation leaders at large and small organizations are increasingly turning to new zero-emission and low-carbon options that decarbonize fleets and in some cases save money. The top 25 most sustainable fleets.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The Chancellor’s Autumn statement seemed to bring focus and clarity to efforts to advance the UK’s energy efficiency – a policy area whose vagueness to date has puzzled many sustainability observers. And there seemed to be a commitment to enabling innovation in sectors like digital, life sciences and green industries. About time?

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The package of new, targeted financing approved by the EIB’s board of directors is expected to mobilise up to €115 billion ($114.6 The existing exemption under the EIB Group’s PATH framework for projects with high innovative content will be extended to include all renewable energy projects and EV charging infrastructure inside the EU.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

billion ($807 billion) coronavirus recovery package that contains the EU Green Deal, including the condition that 37 percent of the funds will be used to meet green objectives. “I think 55 percent is a very positive step for Europe and honestly, it would have been unbelievable just a year ago,” she told GTM in an interview.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2022

That's part of the vision for the base-case and upside-case scenarios laid out in a recent report on textile recycling in Europe from the consulting giant McKinsey. That's why the innovations with textile recycling feel necessary. And that's just for the industry in Europe. Here are four takeaways from the 75-page report: 1.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The forthcoming Plastics Recycling Show Europe includes a free-to-attend conference taking place at the RAI Amsterdam on 25 and 26 March 2020. Immo Sander, Head of Packaging Development, Werner & Mertz. Sylvie Thomas, Head of EMEA Sustainability Policies at Lexmark.

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2020

Europe is gripped by coronavirus. For several years, the energy industry has unwaveringly explored, innovated and invested in technologies and services to bring about a new industrial revolution - sustainable, electrified and digital. This ecosystem is an essential facet of Europe's future economy.

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Business Green

JULY 24, 2020

MEPs have warned that the landmark €1.8tr EU recovery package and budget deal brokered by the European Council this week risks undermining the bloc's long-term priorities, including its Green Deal ambition to become the world's first net zero emissions continent by 2050.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The goal is a marked acceleration of targets previously announced by the firm, reflecting technological innovations and market development in the use of recycled plastics. We will also look to go further and faster in other European markets where the conditions allow," said PepsiCo Europe CEO Silviu Popovici.

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Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2023

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has unveiled plans for a new Green Deal Industrial Plan designed to "make Europe the home of clean tech and industrial innovation on the road to net zero". We need to improve the refining, processing and recycling of raw materials here in Europe," she argued.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Only such a package of immediate measures and deep reforms will restore some certainty and enable our manufacturers re-start investing in a better, more resilient future. Brigitte Amoruso is senior energy and climate change policy specialist at Make UK.

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Business Green

MAY 14, 2020

Prime Minister says commitment to net zero transition is 'undiminished' and tells MPs the aviation sector should look to curb CO2 emissions once flights resume, as pressure mounts on EU for green stimulus package. To date, more than 1.2

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Business Green

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In part two of a series looking at Icelandic clean energy innovation, BusinessGreen explores mooted plans to turn emissions produced by plants across Europe into Iceland's bedrock. It's like an Amazon pick-up package service," explains Carbfix's head of research and innovation Kari Helgason.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 18, 2021

By Kevin Ross, Editor-in-Chief of Enlit Europe and Power Engineering International. It comes at a time when there is high scrutiny of the country’s climate policies in the countdown to COP26 in Glasgow in November. Read more: Massive 50-GW wind, solar, hydrogen power plant with unique ownership model announced in Australia.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In February 2021, German agribusiness giant BASF hosted a virtual wine tasting, a seemingly cozy affair swirling glasses of Portugal’s finest in front of a webcam debating the future of EU agricultural policies. Invited to the event was a small group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

A sweeping €1.85tr stimulus strategy to rebuild Europe's economy from the wreckage of the coronavirus crisis has been unveiled by the European Commission today, promising a green infrastructure spending blitz to help put the continent on a path towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This is Europe's moment," she said.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 29, 2024

” This sentiment was echoed by Miklos Antics, President of the European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC), describing the country as the “future geothermal energy capital” of Europe. With the national strategy now put to paper, the work starts for the government and various industry players to turn these pronouncements into reality.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 28, 2022

The member-based organisations, Eurelectric, E.DSO for Smart Grids, European Heat Pump Association, Wind Europe and Solar Power Europe, in a joint declaration address the issues of data access, privacy and data protection, cybersecurity and technological sovereignty. Have you read?

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The goal is a marked acceleration of targets previously announced by the firm, reflecting technological innovations and market development in the use of recycled plastics. We will also look to go further and faster in other European markets where the conditions allow," said PepsiCo Europe CEO Silviu Popovici.

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Business Green

JULY 18, 2022

Across the UK and Europe, government strategies for heating and energy supply aim to drive decarbonisation. The policies needed to drive 'greener' heating across Europe. It is also a key element of policy at a time when many consumers are struggling with impact of the rising cost of energy.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

New analysis from Association for Financial Markets in Europe and EY explores how more finance can be channelled towards nature-related projects. Our members have been key drivers of innovation in developing the products and financing solutions to help address the biodiversity financing gap and harness investor demand.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

Raft of energy efficiency, green transport, and hydrogen programmes put at heart of €130bn stimulus package, as Bank of England confirms financial support for airlines. The German government has unveiled plans for a massive €130bn stimulus package that features at least €40bn climate-related spending.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 19, 2021

Innovations in energy shaped our progress, from animal force in agriculture, to steam and the fossil fuels that built our modern world. Innovation in renewable energy is obviously important but not only to fight climate change. Innovation in renewable energy is obviously important but not only to fight climate change.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 19, 2021

More compact design and packaging : Green manufacturers are designing smaller cameras with modular components that make them easier to assemble and disassemble for repair and recycling. Does the brand score well for its conflict minerals policy? Does the brand score well for its toxics policy? Hasselblad.

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Business Green

APRIL 5, 2022

The critical window for action to transform the plastics system across Europe in order to meet both circular economy and climate goals is narrowing, with a major ramp up in innovation, policy ambition, investment, and corporate cooperation urgently needed over the next five years.

Fossil fuels 39

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The goal is a marked acceleration of targets previously announced by the firm, reflecting technological innovations and market development in the use of recycled plastics. We will also look to go further and faster in other European markets where the conditions allow," said PepsiCo Europe CEO Silviu Popovici.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Recycled materials 39

Business Green

MARCH 8, 2023

The draft document notes that the EU presently remains a net importer of clean energy technologies, with a third of EVs and almost all solar panel modules sourced from outside Europe, while the EU's home-grown heat pump and wind turbine industries are also facing growing competition from Asian imports, according to The Guardian.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

Once collected by Tesco, as much of the material as possible is recycled into new products and packaging. This innovative collaboration is one of the ways that soft plastic returned to stores by our customers will be recycled into new food-grade packaging," said Sarah Bradbury, Tesco's group quality director.

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Packaging 39

Smart Energy International

JULY 19, 2022

Sanjay Neogi, Head of UK and Europe at Enzen: “It’s only right that digitalisation, market reform and whole system thinking are at the heart of today’s Future Energy Scenarios report from National Grid ESO. for energy network innovation The EU Clean Energy Package and the smart grid.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Major new report urges policy-makers to embrace demand- and supply-side incentives to drive EV innovation and manufacturing in the UK, or risk trade frictions driving economic and environmental opportunities overseas. And it nods towards possible lithium mining opportunities in Cornwall.

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Automotive Innovation Demand Batteries 69

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Executive vice-president for the European Green Deal, Frans Timmermans, said: “The agreement sends a strong signal to industry and consumers: Europe is embracing the shift to zero-emission mobility. The speed at which this change has happened over the past few years is remarkable. The agreement.

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