Business Green

MAY 6, 2020

Backed by high and low carbon businesses alike, the Energy Transitions Commission has outlined seven key priorities for delivering credible, net zero-focused recovery packages. The support for green recovery packages has been vocal, wide-ranging, and not a little surprising.

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Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2022

In our work deploying first-of-their-kind projects with climate tech entrepreneurs, we hear again and again that policy barriers present constant challenges, regardless of the industry in which they operate. It’s clear that we need to accelerate climate policy innovation with the same urgency and equity lens that we devote to tech innovation.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 8, 2020

Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, As the Government of Canada develops and deploys its response to the unprecedented impact COVID-19 is having on our health and economy, we offer your government our support, assistance and advice to ensure that stimulus and recovery efforts help build a better, more resilient Canada. growth per year.

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Business Green

JULY 18, 2022

Rising fossil fuel costs have focused attention on energy security and energy resilience like never before, leading to greater awareness and understanding about fuel and energy sources. The policies needed to drive 'greener' heating across Europe. The policies that could drive UK heat pump uptake.

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2020

The report, published today by the sustainable business body, joins a growing library of studies that have argued the government should place climate action at the heart of its promised coronavirus economic stimulus packages.

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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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Planning policy amendments designed to drive development away from areas at risk of flooding and coastal erosion, according to Welsh Government. The same tests are set to apply to developments deemed "less vulnerable" in areas at high risk of flooding.

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Business Green

JUNE 27, 2022

Policies aiming to address both the cost of living crisis and the climate crisis promise better long-term economic and societal outcomes for the UK than either a business-as-usual strategy or alternative plans for tackling soaring inflation, a fresh analysis published today has concluded.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

There needs to be better, more strategic, thinking when agreeing these nature-friendly packages.” Alice Groom, RSPB Senior Policy Officer said: “This research has landed as Governments from the four UK countries develop new agricultural policies to replace the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy.

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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 14, 2020

In an open letter published today and addressed to "CEOs everywhere", the Business for Nature campaign has called on corporates to encourage political leaders to embrace economic policies and packages that prioritise nature restoration. Healthy societies, resilient economies and thriving businesses rely on nature.".

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2021

The Aldersgate Group's Josie Murdoch assesses the policy action needed from government to accelerate progress on green finance in the UK. Following this, the Aldersgate Group recommends a range of policies to properly green the UK's finance system. 2021 is shaping up to be a big year for green finance.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Together with the publication of the Environmental Principles policy statement, the building blocks of the UK's new environmental governance regime has been set. Delivering policy and environmental schemes will be key to drive business and public investment in nature and maximise economic benefits and job creation in environmental sectors.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 12, 2020

So failure to address one issue is just going to exacerbate the risk of another," said Kristen Lang, senior director of the Ceres Company Network and lead author of the nonprofit’s latest set of suggested strategic, operational and policy change actions necessary for the corporate world to meet the warming-mitigation goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It is not a specific practice in itself, but an umbrella term that generally implies sustainable approaches to farming that conserve and rehabilitate soils, nature, and watercourses, while increasing biodiversity and climate resilience. Cultivating more resilient crops.

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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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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2020

G20 leaders must develop clear policy and regulatory frameworks to enable the business community to help accelerate the transition to a carbon neutral world, according to a new set of recommendations published yesterday by some of the world's top business leaders.

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Business Green

APRIL 15, 2020

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. International cooperation is paramount to delivering effective post-pandemic policy solutions, it said.

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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

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

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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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 City Fix

APRIL 1, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is already affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans, and it’s poised to get worse before it gets better. Our primary concern is for the health and welfare of all those affected. The COVID-19 outbreak’s. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 4, 2022

Fiedler and colleagues emphasize this will not simply be solved by open access to data or by climate service providers re-packaging information. link] The post Climate Science And Financial risk: Forging A Path To More Climate-Resilient Businesses appeared first on Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology. Featured resources.

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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

JUNE 1, 2020

We are therefore writing to ask that the economic recovery plans you are developing align with the UK's wider goals and deliver a clean, just recovery, that creates quality employment and builds a more sustainable, inclusive and resilient UK economy for the future. Steve Sharratt, Group CEO, IBMS Group Limited.

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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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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 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

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

MAY 18, 2020

Some of the biggest names in the corporate world have come together to urge global leaders to pursue an economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis that advances a net zero economy, adding significant clout to recent calls for green stimulus packages to be fast-tracked. above pre-industrial levels and enhance resilience to future shocks.

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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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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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Business Green

JULY 14, 2020

The government must overhaul public procurement, fiscal and monetary policies to ensure a durable economic recovery that is aligned with the UK's climate goals, according to a comprehensive report published by the Aldersgate Group today.

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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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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

At a moment when all but a handful of states lacked any storage policy whatsoever, that target promised to transform the state into a leading East Coast outpost for a rapidly growing, high-tech industry. Another opportunity to craft storage policy came and went when New Jersey issued a straw proposal on how to tackle peak demand reduction.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

What we urgently need to see next is an ambitious implementation of the recovery package focussed on achieving a green and digital transition, with the European Green Deal at its core and an elevated short-term emissions reduction target in its sights," states the letter, which has been signed by 157 corporate leaders and 21 business networks.

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