Business Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) today unveiled a wide-ranging report on the government's green recovery agenda which argues major reforms to UK taxation and the swift release of long-awaited policy strategies will be central to laying the foundations of a greener, job-rich economy that protects nature. Green investment.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

But it will require a shift towards eco-friendly practices and policies in various sectors. They can also use packaging and advertising to showcase the sustainability of their products and brand. In fact, there are still businesses who are yet to understand the impact of their actions, as well as the need to go green.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 23, 2021

Over the past several decades, public health and environmental concerns have made controlling smog a top national policy goal in China and enforcement an increasingly critical issue for companies to navigate. More than a decade ago, national policies laid the groundwork for reducing air emissions in China. Policy & Politics.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

The EU's new 'Fit for 55' decarbonisation package is far from perfect, but it is still an historic step forward for global climate action. First up, the UK's Transport Decarbonisation Plan sketched out how the global transport industry could be fully decarbonised. This is a big deal. It also has international significance.

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Business Green

AUGUST 14, 2022

Deliberative democracy is a valuable tool that can help the next PM craft climate policies that are effective and popular, writes Lancaster University's Jacob Ainscough. The real source of debate over climate policy now lies firmly within questions of how, not if, net zero should be achieved. But that assumption is simply wrong.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The Commission is likely to have found a target that is achievable and politically palatable to all member states. 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. The EU will then distribute that finance.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Far from cutting back on public investment in net zero projects, channelling public investment into the transition is the most responsible and cost-saving policy available to the government, it argues.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 13, 2020

Tesla's Model 3 was the top-selling car in California in the first quarter of 2020, but electrified transport is not just about cars anymore. Part of the challenge in electrifying transportation is simply getting enough good models on the market to attract customers and foster competition. national policy. While the U.S.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The government’s action plan for guiding the UK through the worsening energy crisis lacks energy efficiency and demand policies, report warns. New incentives should be backed by a universal carbon allowance for every individual in the UK and a package of energy efficiency measures to help better insulate low income homes, it said.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2021

Individuals taking part will be offered the chance to use a new online tool developed by Demos and WWF dubbed the 'Climate Calculator', which enables users to choose their preferred package of solutions for tackling climate change, according to Demos.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) and hydrogen : The Act sets a clear economic licensing framework for CCUS and hydrogen transportation and storage, providing financial support through industrial carbon capture (ICC) and hydrogen business models.

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2020

Conservationists have urged the government to make nature restoration a key pillar of its forthcoming economic recovery package, claiming it could create thousands of jobs across the country while tackling biodiversity loss and the climate crisis. It remains to be seen what will be included in the government's recovery package.

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2020

Conservationists have urged the government to make nature restoration a key pillar of its forthcoming economic recovery package, claiming it could create thousands of jobs across the country while tackling biodiversity loss and the climate crisis. It remains to be seen what will be included in the government's recovery package.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2020

MPs from across the political divide have called on the government to harness its Covid-19 recovery plans to accelerate the transition to net zero, today setting out a 10-point programme of policy recommendations "the government needs to urgently adopt to get the UK on track".

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Promoting walking, cycling and public transport with £5 billion ($6.6 Plan welcomed, but stakeholders want more policy details soon. The direction of travel in the ten-point plan has been broadly welcomed but for many, policy details are now required. ” The level of policy detail is still fairly light.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 1, 2019

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 1, 2019

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2020

MPs from across the political spectrum will today take part in over 100 digital meetings with constituents to discuss plans for a green recovery, as part of the world's biggest virtual lobby. It comes on the same day as a major new report from Greenpeace estimated that an ambitious green stimulus package could create 1.8

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Front And Centered

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

We require a Just Transition because the physics of climate are unforgiving, because it’s the right thing to do, and because it’s the only politically possible path toward what we really need. Outside of the budget, there are driven policies being offered by legislators this year that put the responsibility where it belongs.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2020

The UK continues to plot significant new investment in high carbon infrastructure, despite data showing current public annual public investment in green transport, buildings, nature and industry remains more than £14bn short of what is needed to deliver a net zero economy by 2050, green groups have warned.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2020

With supportive investment and policy signals H2-powered flight could emerge as a major player for short-medium journeys within 10-15 years, study estimates. The report also comes as governments across Europe weigh up the extent to which green aviation R&D should feature in their coronavirus stimulus packages.

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Business Green

APRIL 26, 2021

Libby Peake, head of resource policy at Green Alliance, said the results should provide further evidence to the government that there is public appetite for green tax reforms. Any tax reforms are likely to prove highly contentious.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Iceland's position as one of the world's leading clean tech hubs has been driven by a combination of political choices, supportive policies, and the geological accident that has blessed it with some of the world's most accessible geothermal resources.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JULY 6, 2021

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Business Green

APRIL 19, 2021

Political and business leaders have certainly talked a good game in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. The faster than predicted shift to renewable energy is disguising a lack of progress in other sectors of the economy, such as transport, agriculture and land use, and buildings.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2020

As well as investing directly in shovel-ready green projects, policies mooted in the report include raising taxes on fossil fuels, phasing out new petrol and diesel car sales by 2032, and adding 'green strings' such as green product development goals and climate risk assessment requirements to any company bailouts.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2021

The announcement of the policy package is part of a new Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy that will be published later today, the government revealed. In the North East, the Zero Carbon Humber coalition has been granted £21m and the Humber Zero project £12m to develop hydrogen and CCUS infrastructure.

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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. Yet it's still how most governments run their economies. That has to change.

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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

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

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A new analysis highlights the increasing availability of low cost capital for net zero technology and infrastructure, but calls for a clearer policy framework to attract it. As a result, it urges the government to development a framework to make them more attractive to such sources of low cost capital.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2021

The announcement of the policy package is part of a new Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy that will be published later today, the government revealed. In the North East, the Zero Carbon Humber coalition has been granted £21m and the Humber Zero project £12m to develop hydrogen and CCUS infrastructure.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2023

That is the hypothesis advanced in a new report published today by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The authors anticipate the upcoming Fit for 55 package in particular is set to trigger several new cases.

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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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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

It is deeply concerning that Germany is leading efforts to postpone the EU's agreed 2035 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and seek concessions for e-fuels," said Sandra Roling, director of transport at the Climate Group, which orchestrated the letter. Now is the time for strong, decisive and progressive policy and leadership."

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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 29, 2020

The announcement came after political leaders and European Commission officials voiced intentions to adopt clean stimulus measures in line with the EU’s Green Deal climate plan. This would include investments in clean energy, sustainable transportation systems, green buildings, and hydrogen technology. Other countries.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2021

The opposition is set to step up its critique of the government's green plans today, as Labour unveils a sweeping package of new measures designed to turbocharge the development of the UK's nascent electric vehicle (EV) sector.

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