Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2020

A group of moderate Conservative MPs has served up a raft of policy recommendations designed to help deliver on the Prime Minister's pledge to "build back greener" from the Covid-19 recession, including proposals to bring forward the petrol and diesel car sale ban to 2030, plant tens of thousands of trees, and create a domestic carbon tax.

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Business Green

APRIL 15, 2020

Think tank urges world leaders to build a low-carbon, circular economy in the wake of the health crisis. The Club of Rome has urged G20 leaders and other heads of state to work together to implement green recovery packages and fiscal stimulus plans during and after the coronavirus pandemic.

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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. Countries around the world are facing painful economic decisions as they design their recovery from the damage caused by coronavirus. per cent, with an expected 8.7

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Business Green

JUNE 3, 2020

Campaign group delivers detailed proposals for how government could ensure recovery delivers 'a fairer, greener and more resilient global economy'. By prioritising investments, policies, training and reskilling in clean transport, green energy, homes, and nature restoration we could create hundreds of thousands of new, secure jobs.".

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

The growing global consensus on the need to build a green recovery from the economic wreckage of the coronavirus crisis has been yet further underlined by a set of green policy demands released today to mark World Environment Day by host of influential institutions, including the OECD and the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

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Energy Innovation

JULY 28, 2020

Despite clean energy’s economic and job opportunities, and scientific warnings that net zero emissions are needed by 2050 to prevent the worst impacts of climate change , Trump’s federal government has worked to implement policies that increase pollution. It is also designed, at its core, to generate economic and health benefits.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

With negotiations continuing through the weekend, Saturday has been designated 'Nature and Land-Use Day' and a raft of announcements are expected on how governments and businesses can ramp up efforts to expand natural carbon sinks, encourage greener farming practices, and bolster climate resilience across the agricultural supply chains.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Every effort must be expended on reducing risks and unknowns, whether from changes in weather, crop disease, and livestock health, or fluctuating commodity and market prices, not to mention consumer tastes and regulatory requirements. Cultivating more resilient crops. We should have spent the money, and so should our water companies.".

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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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AGreenLiving

MAY 29, 2020

The COVID-19 recovery requires a resilient circular economy Jocelyn Bleriot Fri, 05/29/2020 – 01:00 The COVID-19 crisis has disastrous human and economic consequences, revealing our system’s exposure to a variety of risks. Read the original: The COVID-19 recovery requires a resilient circular economy.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Many businesses and governments put profits and short-term gains over the long-term health of our planet. But it will require a shift towards eco-friendly practices and policies in various sectors. Through reform, we can create a more resilient and environmentally friendly food system.

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Business Green

JUNE 1, 2020

As with all UK businesses, we are committed to ensuring that all possible efforts are made to save lives and tackle the current health crisis and resulting economic downturn. Dear Prime Minister, Please accept our support during these unprecedented times.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

Published to coincide with the government's 'Green Day' package of energy security and net zero policy announcements, the Green Finance Strategy aims to drumming up some of the £50bn to £60bn of annual capital investment the government estimates will be required over the next decade to put the UK on a pathway towards net zero emissions.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The government has been urged draw up a robust 'National Heat Risk Strategy' to tackle the growing threat hot weather is posing to the UK's buildings, infrastructure, and public health, following estimates that at least several hundred people have been killed by high temperatures this summer.

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Health Resilience Government Climate change 58

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. Today, the private sector and the public sector made a clear statement in support of a European Green Deal," he said.

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Business Green

APRIL 27, 2020

Spending and policy decisions made now must address both issues, ensuring we "bounce forward", to use EU Commission President von der Leyen's phrase, with plans that deliver the jobs needed for a successful transition to the net-zero economy, a significant reduction in emissions and increased resilience. Stimulus spending.

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Front And Centered

JANUARY 14, 2022

Harris-Talley (37th LD), is the way we move toward a just and regenerative energy system that puts the health and well-being of current and future generations first at every stage of the energy process, from generating power to lighting and heating our homes. We cannot go back to disconnections and debt. Front and Centered Consideration.

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

That's going to change fundamentally the context for climate policy, and everything else I suspect. Hopes will also be high that ministers and civil servants on Whitehall are now digesting the report's many recommendations ahead of the Treasury's hotly-anticipated economic stimulus package, which is expected to emerge early next month.

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Fossil fuels Policy Government Climate change 97

Business Green

APRIL 20, 2020

In its most comprehensive assessment of the global energy transition to date, the International Renewable Energy Association (IRENA) today set out a compelling case for ensuring post-Covid-19 economic stimulus packages align with long-term climate and sustainable development objectives.

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Energy Energy Fossil fuels Packaging 95

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

"We need companies to make commitments that are specific to how they are addressing their supply chains," says Jessye Waxman, shareholder advocate with Green Century Capital Management, which has so far engaged dozens of businesses encouraging them to improve their "no deforestation" policies and practices. Progress takes root.

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EDF + Business

JUNE 7, 2023

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s 2023 Agricultural Symposium, “The Changing Geography of Agricultural Production,” explored the factors driving changes in where and how agricultural commodities are produced, disruptions that are leading to further geographical differences, and the role of investments and farm policy in the years ahead.

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Agriculture Climate change Resilience Organic 52

Business Green

JUNE 23, 2020

Reports from CBI, EnergyUK, ECIU, and ScottishPower all hammer home calls for ambitious green recovery package. The government has been inundated with calls from green trade bodies, campaigners and academics for it to deliver a green stimulus package in recent weeks. The consensus keeps building.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

The proposed stimulus package calls for a "renovation wave" of buildings and infrastructure in support of the Green Deal, as well as investments in circular economy efforts, renewable energy projects, clean hydrogen infrastructure, green transport networks, and an enhanced Just Transition Fund for workers.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

"The opening of this fund complements the significant work already underway through Countryside Stewardship and the Sustainable Farming Incentive to support regenerative agriculture and promote soil health and financial resilience for farms," he added.

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Biodiversity Agriculture Resilience Government 68

Business Green

JUNE 1, 2020

Once life returns to relative normality, our economy must be far more robust and resilient than it is at present, argues WRAP director Peter Maddox. Back in 2015, those of us involved in that report knew things had to change if we were to have a resilient economy in the UK - but we also knew the wider public remained to be persuaded.

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Business Green

MAY 23, 2021

Sustainability-linked sovereign bonds can help promote economic resilience and a much-needed sustainable recovery to Covid-19, according to the World Bank's Fiona Stewart and Samantha Power. In this context, policy makers, the private sector, and investors are asking whether the solutions to these challenges can be linked.

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Sustainability Government Resilience Policy 87

Business Green

JULY 7, 2020

The government may have secured plaudits this morning for its new £3bn energy efficiency package , but calls are continuing to build for the Chancellor to deliver a wider green recovery package when he delivers his economic update to Parliament tomorrow.

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Packaging Government Investment Policy 87

Business Green

MAY 14, 2020

She will now be tasked with adapting the coalition's strategy in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis and will play a key role in calling on governments to deliver zero-carbon economic stimulus packages in the run up to the COP26 Summit next year. Spending and policy decisions made now must address both issues, ensuring we build back better.

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Business Green

MAY 3, 2020

Given the terms of the Paris Agreement, contracting parties should be aware that many countries may impose or increase taxes on greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon taxes or taxes levied on plastic packaging.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2020

City Hall has developed and refined green policies we know can be scaled up to aid London's recovery, argues Shirley Rodrigues, Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy. A green recovery would enable us to enact the policies and make the investments that will create the jobs and prosperity our country needs. They go hand in hand.

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Business Green

MAY 14, 2020

Fair and efficient carbon pricing that encourages a shift from fossil fuels to green investment can help deliver a more resilient Covid-19 recovery, as well as raising up to £15bn a year in crucial revenues for the Treasury over the next decade, an LSE research paper claims.

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Fossil fuels Carbon Climate change Pollution 90

Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The Cures for Carbon: Elemental is committed to advancing emerging technologies in deep decarbonization that leverages Earth’s natural resources of air, oceans and soil to achieve necessary carbon removal levels by 2030 and beyond while fostering resilience and sustainability for communities on the frontlines.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

Thousands of green projects are raring to go across Europe to help build resilient Covid-19 recovery, study suggests. Setting out its draft recovery plan back in May, the EU Commission promised to place its Green Deal programme and 2050 net zero ambition at the heart of its €750bn investment package to get the economy moving again.

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Europe Resilience Packaging Investment 90

Business Green

APRIL 15, 2020

If the bins are not collected one health problem would be quickly compounded with a second. If glass is not collected and reprocessed, a major supply of new glass for packaging in food, drink and medical sectors would need to be found - and very quickly. One sector that most would quickly recognise as critical is waste management.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2021

The government’s policy commitments on resource efficiency to date have lacked ambition, pace and scope, writes Kate Young from the Aldersgate Group. Our demands on nature far exceed its capacity to supply them and this poses significant risk to the health and wellbeing of economies and societies.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 26, 2020

These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health Oliver Camp Mon, 10/26/2020 – 01:30 On the recent World Food Day, the clarion call was clearer than ever: We must fix our food systems to improve human health, drive economic growth and save the planet from environmental collapse. 1 killer in the country.

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Health Organic Sustainability Agriculture 28

Business Green

JUNE 29, 2020

By making nature part of its decisions, and setting ambitious targets for biodiversity, the financial sector can reduce its risks and help to build a more resilient economy.". A recent investigation by ShareAction found that none of the world's 75 largest asset managers has a dedicated policy on biodiversity.

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