Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Coca-Cola's sustainability director for Europe Therese Noordlander talks to BusinessGreen about the drinks giant's mission to drive down emissions and ramp up its recycling efforts. As the world's largest drinks producer, the Coca-Cola Company's decarbonisation and sustainability efforts have to be supersized.

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The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Just about every package that’s delivered will at some stage travel along roads on the back of a van. In September, London’s fleet of electric buses became the largest in Europe. Modern businesses invest millions into energy-saving measures, ranging from paperless printing policies to LED-powered light bulbs. Electric Vans.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Canopy's Nicole Rycroft and Vedra Partners' James Hughes set out the case for investing in sustainable materials New rules preventing companies from buying commodities linked with deforestation and forest degradation will soon to come into force in the European Union. So, if alternatives exist, why aren't they already in widespread use?

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The change will be introduced as an amendment to the EU's climate law. 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. Europe deployed 3.6GW of offshore wind in 2019.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The growth-at-all-costs mini-budget was unveiled by the Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng on 23 September, headlined by energy support packages described shortly afterwards as “generous” by Ramboll MD Philippa Spence. The government will also “imminently open applications for up to £2.1

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2020

The European Union has signalled it will not lose sight of its green ambitions as it deals with the immediate priority of fighting the coronavirus pandemic, and that decarbonising the Europe's economy should form a core part of the continent's economic recovery.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2023

McDonald’s is at the forefront of a campaign against new laws to reduce packaging waste in the EU, in what has been described by some insiders as the largest-scale lobbying effort they have ever witnessed in the European Parliament. The call follows mounting pressure from industry over the past year.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2023

The authors highlight how the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has previously recognised the important role climate litigation can play in influencing climate governance, and as such anticipate that litigation may play a "major role" in helping ensure Europe ramps up efforts to meet its emissions goals in the coming years.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 10, 2022

As part of the Fit for 55 package, European parliamentarians have supported revision of CO2 emission performance standards for new vehicles. In other words, by 2035 all new passenger vehicles and vans in Europe would be required to be zero emission, i.e. electric or hydrogen powered. Have you read?

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Leading finance and investment figures hail EU Commission's latest sustainable finance rules as crucial to net zero and fighting greenwashing. Secondly, meanwhile, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) aims to improve the flow of sustainability information in the corporate world.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2020

President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said a strong industrial strategy was "more important than ever as Europe embarks on its ambitious green and digital transitions in a more unsettled and unpredictable world". Europe's industry has everything it takes to lead the way and we will do everything we can to support it," she said.

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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. The global ramifications of Europe's decision is hugely significant. And for continental Europe's closest neighbour, the news is likely to have a major impact.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 9, 2022

million ($8 million) from the EU through the Western Balkans Investment Framework. Serbia leading in cybersecurity development and application – report Initiate Talks: Interview with Denisa Kasa, Energy Investment Management. Phase one of Serbia’s smart metering implementation has been awarded €7.8 Have you read?

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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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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

For example, a collaboration between industry and government on reducing food and packaging waste through the Courtauld 2025 Agreement had prevented 2.7 The new policy, unveiled in late July as part of the EU's pandemic recovery package, will see a levy of €800/tonne per kilogram of plastic waste introduced on all new products.

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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. Steve Waygood, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Aviva Investors.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Due to the environmental harms associated with the use of these agrochemicals, the EU has made limiting their use a key plank among the measures included in its “Green Deal” — a historic package by the bloc to reduce its emissions in line with global climate targets. COPA-COGECA, has however, criticized the EU’s July study.

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

Eco-bonus' Italian recovery package promises solar panel rebate. The decree has come into immediate effect, although the Italian parliament will have 60 days after the initial publication of the measures to introduce amendments to the law. French auto rescue package promises EV surge. Kazakhstan steps up green energy drive.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2022

During her brief time in office Truss sparked a fierce row with conservation NGOs by announcing plans to water down EU-derived environmental protections, introduce new investment zones that would dilute planning and environmental rules, and review sweeping plans to reform farming subsidies to encourage more sustainable behaviour.

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Business Green

MAY 1, 2020

He said investments and taxpayers' money used to help reboot economies should focus on supporting and scaling up green jobs and businesses to "accelerate the decarbonisation of all aspects of our economy", and avoid "bailing out outdated polluting, carbon-intensive industries". Aker Solutions given green light for CO2 capture in Norway.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Earlier this year, professors at Harvard Law School found that none of the 20 companies whose CEOs sit on the BRT board had changed their governance guidelines to advance stakeholder welfare. The value of investments and the income from them may go down as well as up and investors may not get back the amount originally invested.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2022

As scrutiny of 'greenwashing' ramps up across Europe, the UK advertising watchdog has pledged to crackdown on misleading 'green' marketing and climate claims. The ASA is not the only body looking to eject misleading green claims from advertising, packaging, and marketing.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

For example, a collaboration between industry and government on reducing food and packaging waste through the Courtauld 2025 Agreement had prevented 2.7 The new policy, unveiled in late July as part of the EU's pandemic recovery package, will see a levy of €800/tonne per kilogram of plastic waste introduced on all new products.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 16, 2023

Activists fighting deforestation in Indonesia have spoken out against calls from the packaging and fast food industry for paper-based packaging to be recognised as sustainable in EU law. Most paper used in Europe is currently sourced from within the EU. But paper packaging is not a sustainable alternative.” “If

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 28, 2023

The move towards easier-to-recycle packaging formats seems well underway, but the issue of funding for waste and recycling is still up in the air, without the investment the EPR policy was intended to provide. The UK’s is currently 8th in Europe, in one league table for recycling rates, according to Eurostat. The good news?

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The move - which would form part of the EU's proposed new climate law to deliver net zero emissions by 2050 across the continent - marks a significant jump from the existing 2030 goal to reduce greenhouse gases by 40 per cent, and would need approval by a majority of the 27 EU Member States as well as the European Parliament to come into force.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 26, 2021

Mura says it will form the blueprint for a rapid global rollout that will see one million tonnes of capacity in development worldwide by 2025 – equivalent to nearly half the plastic packaging waste produced in the UK each year.[i] tonnes of plastic packaging – the second highest per capita in the world. iii] The UK alone produces 2.4m

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Spending the past year as Ecolab’s president and COO, he joined as an executive vice president in 2008 after capping off 15 years as Nestlé’s head of corporate sales in Europe. It’s also investing in professional mentorship for minorities and backing communities through $6.5 Rosalind 'Roz' Brewer, COO and Group President, Starbucks.

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2023

The multi-billion pound support package provided a lifeline for many businesses, effectively freezing energy costs through a winter that saw wholesale gas and power prices hit record highs. Larger savings still are on offer for those businesses able to invest in the latest clean technologies and green building upgrades.

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2022

Last year, real estate giant CBRE predicted that some 300 million square feet of extra logistics space will be required across Europe by 2025 to keep up with the rapid growth of e-commerce. The company is now reaping rich rewards from a decision taken roughly a decade ago to invest heavily in industrial and commercial property.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

On top of that, she will also take control of the UK's net zero and biodiversity agendas as Europe struggles with an energy crisis largely spurred by the Russia's invasion of Ukraine and countries around the world gear up for the crucial COP27 and COP15 UN summits this autumn. But it is not on track to deliver, and we are running out of time.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 19, 2022

EU agrees sweeping reform package for its emissions trading scheme fuelling hopes it could help accelerate decarbonisation efforts globally. The European Parliament and European Council finalised an agreement on the proposed package early on Sunday morning, paving the way for new targets and rules to be passed into law in the coming weeks.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law also supports work to advance EGS with $84m in funding to support four pilot EGS demonstration projects that aimto provide information about EGS in different geographies and geologies. As Europe is rocked by the gas crisis, solar energy brings some much-needed relief.

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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. Vestas produces wind power turbines for the international market, but finds many of its customers right at home in Central/Northern Europe, where demand for clean energy production is high. Clean Energy.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2021

While it identifies more than 260 banks that provided loans and underwriting for the plastics industry, 80 per cent of the near $2tr total comes from just 20 banks, the report finds - mostly from the US and Europe. Nor is there any sign that the plastics tide is being turned back - rather, it continues to grow at a startling pace.

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Business Green

JANUARY 23, 2023

However, with the government languishing in the polls, the economy once again teetering on the brink of recession, and Ministers having singularly failed to deliver the 'Rooseveltian' post-Covid green recovery package that Boris Johnson once promised, the UK's recent green economic performance is being subjected to a damning reappraisal.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Other investments in animal welfare – including farming animals in less tightly packed conditions, giving them more access to outdoor space, and vaccinating them against disease – can reduce the need for antibiotic use while significantly improving animals’ quality of life, according to scientists and the WHO. percent from 2021 to 2022.

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