Business Green

JULY 2, 2020

As such it called for a raft of new green policy interventions that could help accelerate decarbonisation efforts and boost the economy as it seeks to recover from the coronavirus crisis. We must drive momentum into the low carbon heating market to deliver cost savings and provide job opportunities," the firm's policy briefing states. "We

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Here, BusinessGreen rounds up all the policies, commitments, and investment pledges in the 10-point plan: 1. However, investors will also be hoping that the imminent Energy White Paper accelerates the timetable for the clean power contract auctions that will determine the pace of new development. Catalysing the hydrogen economy.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The Prime Minister will use his Conservative Party conference speech tomorrow to trail a hotly-anticipated 10-point plan for a "green industrial revolution" - full details of which are set to be unveiled later this year - as well as announcing a major package of support for offshore wind.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2021

Electricity supplier has urged government to establish stricter decarbonisation policies that can put UK on track to meeting climate goals. In a white paper published this morning, E.ON We must not forget this is a marathon, a 30-year ambition," he said.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Boris Johnson has unveiled his much-vaunted 10-point green recovery plan, promising a multi-billion pound package of investment across the green economy designed to create an estimated 250,000 new jobs in the carbon capture, electric vehicle, nuclear, hydrogen and renewables sectors. This is just the tonic as we look to 2021," he added.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Here, BusinessGreen rounds up all the policies, commitments, and investment pledges in the 10-point plan: 1. However, investors will also be hoping that the imminent Energy White Paper accelerates the timetable for the clean power contract auctions that will determine the pace of new development. Catalysing the hydrogen economy.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Modelled on the UK's so-called greenbelt policy for contolling urban growth and protecting countryside land, the proposal for a nationwide 'wildbelt' would create a nature recovery network of protected green spaces in towns, cities and rural communities, according to the charity.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has urged the government to get on with fast-tracking the UK's push towards net zero emissions, amid rising frustration from business over the absence of detailed decarbonisation plans and ongoing delays to key green policy measures.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

However, the firm said it would still "keep the lines of communication open with government" regarding future options at both sites, raising the prospect that the plans could be revived if the government's long awaited Energy White Paper helps address the financing challenges that continue to dog proposals for new nuclear projects in the UK.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2021

As the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat incentive comes to an end, there is no comparable scheme to replace it, leaving a huge gap in heat decarbonisation policy gap, explains REA chief executive Dr Nina Skorupska. At the end of last year, the Energy White Paper was released.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The government has been accused of coming up short with its much-vaunted green recovery plan, as further details on its £12bn low carbon investment package were released yesterday that suggested the new measures would only deliver around half of the CO2 cuts required to hit UK climate targets over the coming decade.

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2021

Last week, the fast-casual restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill announced a new policy that ties executive compensation in part to environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics. Chipotle is the latest company to spice up its executive pay packages to include social and environmental goals. In practice - well, it's hard to tell.

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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

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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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Additionally, companies must establish clear expectations ahead of time regarding hours worked, pay rates, safety regulations and other policies so that interns feel supported throughout their time with the organization. This could include highlighting opportunities for career development or offering competitive compensation packages.

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2020

The speech was inevitably overshadowed by the news Leicester has already been forced back into lockdown and undermined by the realisation the trailed £5bn package amounted to little more than a compendium of previously announced programmes that are an order of magnitude smaller than the template supposedly provided by FDR's New Deal.

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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

JUNE 30, 2020

Prime Minister to reaffirm tree-planting plans as part of £5bn 'New Deal' style recovery package, but green campaigners fear 'false start' as key funding announcements still yet to be confirmed. Meanwhile, business groups are also stepping up calls for Chancellor to deliver a wide-ranging green stimulus package.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2020

The nuclear sector has become the latest industry to wade into the debate about the government's imminent green recovery package, arguing that it has a critical role to play in delivering on the UK's net zero emission target. The intervention comes at a critical time for the UK's nuclear industry.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 1, 2019

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 1, 2019

We seek an experienced and passionate advocate, strategic thinker, and coalition builder to join our Energy team in waging a bold and progressive campaign, through policy, legal and grassroots campaign efforts, to phase out fossil fuel transportation in California. Excellent policy and legal research and writing skills.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The investments, policies, and priorities that should flow from that target will reshape the UK economy for the better. And such emissions pledges will send clear policy and investment signals that businesses around the world are already responding to. A 68 per cent cut in carbon emissions by 2030 is a genuinely world-leading target.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 9, 2021

Joel Makower Tue, 03/09/2021 – 02:11 Last week, the fast-casual restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill announced a new policy that ties executive compensation in part to environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics. Chipotle is the latest company to spice up its executive pay packages to include social and environmental goals.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Series of reports and policy documents published by the Department for Transport this week seek to advance 'future of transport' programme and spur new wave of low carbon transport innovation.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 8, 2020

It is not the first time the government has faced calls to set out a clearer policy path for decarbonising the UK gas grid, which is widely seen as one of the country's toughest net zero challenges. For its part, the government has announced some major green building policies this summer, despite the disruption caused by Covid-19.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

It is not every day that you find that the UK's biggest business group, most influential trade union bosses, seasoned policy experts, and protestors blocking motorway junctions are in broad agreement. It made for damning reading.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has today sought to beef up its net zero transition plans in the face of the escalating coronavirus crisis, unveiling a raft of new green spending plans and policy moves designed to deliver on the government's promise "to be the first in history to leave our natural environment in a better state than we found it".

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Business Green

JULY 8, 2020

We hope that the forthcoming Budget, White Paper and National Infrastructure Plan will provide further momentum'. We hope that the forthcoming Budget, White Paper and National Infrastructure Plan will provide further momentum so we can go further and faster in decarbonising our economy.".

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The long-awaited Energy White Paper setting out the government's road map to net zero power and heating is also thought to be imminent. Ambition is important but it's useless without a proper plan and package of proposals to deliver it," he said. "To

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2022

SDG 3 – good health and well-being : Provide a health benefits package to employees that exceed the national cross-industry benchmark. The Case For Green Certification White Paper. As you can see, guiding principles are provided which go hand-in-hand with boosting a company’s sustainability performance.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Sunak's speech received a decidedly lukewarm welcome from green business groups, who argued the package did little to build on the 10 Point Plan announced last week and fell well short of the "green recovery" rhetoric embraced by the government over the summer.

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Business Green

AUGUST 25, 2021

Roughly 160MW of solar is expected to be installed on public sector buildings alone in 2021 through the government's Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, and the industry is now keenly anticipating details of other grants and incentives designed to catalyse the decarbonisation of the UK's homes expected in new policy documents this autumn.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

In a white paper justifying Microsoft’s purchases , the company identified Charm as one of only two proposals that proved they could reliably store carbon removed from the atmosphere for more than a thousand years. Rigorous scientific reviews and white papers are not exactly standard practice.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

It is expected to include a raft of new funding and policy proposals designed to accelerate progress in a host of areas, such as clean energy deployment, energy efficiency upgrades, hydrogen production, carbon capture and storage development, and the switch to electric vehicles.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Companies need to be informed as new policies are enacted across the globe and ensure their practices abide by these changes. s exit from the European Union, the coronavirus pandemic and social and economic hardship – all of which have led to or are pushing for new policies. Waste management policy and regulation in the U.S.

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Business Green

JULY 9, 2020

The government's commitment to a green recovery is a big step forward, but impatience is growing as green businesses continue to wait for key policies and spending decisions that have been in the pipeline for months. But then once again the accompanying policy measures singularly failed to match the rhetoric.

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