GreenBiz

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The pandemic is deepening preexisting inequalities, exposing vulnerabilities in social, political and economic systems, which in turn ultimately are going to amplify the impact of the pandemic," said Coca-Cola Chairman and CEO James Quincey during an interview with Ceres CEO Mindy Lubber. Is your CEO personally committed?

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Through reform, we can create a more resilient and environmentally friendly food system. They can also use packaging and advertising to showcase the sustainability of their products and brand. By adopting green practices, they can help address these issues both now and in the future.

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2020

Their statement calls on leaders of the world's biggest economies to draw up recovery packages which invest in safeguarding public health and providing jobs, and highlights how sustainable agriculture, green energy, and clean transport are key to a healthy recovery.

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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

JANUARY 14, 2021

But it warned that adaptation projects and financing levels were already well below the level required, even before the economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis which appears to have pushed climate resilience further down the political agenda.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

The slowdown in spending on key clean energy technologies also risks undermining the much-needed transition to more resilient and sustainable energy systems.” While renewable energy investments have generally been resilient, the IEA picked out rooftop solar as one hard-hit market because of curbs on consumer 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 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 3, 2020

The political instability and greater uncertainty associated with these events may also impede or reduce investment and economic growth. As such, climate-change-related events may adversely impact contracting parties' ability to fulfill their contractual obligations.

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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 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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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2020

Moreover, speaking over the weekend Home Secretary Priti Patel hinted plans for a further increase in road-building investment were being actively considered as part of the government's imminent economic stimulus package. And what of the economic stimulus @BorisJohnson & @RishiSunak are set to announce?

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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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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

This has moved these issues up the political priority list and bolstered a massive effort to diversify India’s economy away from coal and other polluting technologies and practices. The rise of renewables is forcing utilities and other energy stakeholders to make the grid smarter, more resilient and efficient.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2020

It comes as the Treasury prepares a crucial package of recovery measures which are expected to be announced in Parliament next month, as the government attempts to combat the worst economic crisis in decades. Chris Stark setting out the CCC's latest advice to government.

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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 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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Business Green

JULY 2, 2020

The shock to our economies will be substantial, and it is not a moment too soon for us to begin rebuilding a more resilient, and brighter future for all. It is not enough to prepare large investment packages to save our European ventures. Yet, while we have much to do to win the war today, we must be as fervent in protecting tomorrow.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 5, 2021

The recovery packages stipulated in the course of overcoming the impacts of the corona crisis can be an opportunity to channel needed investments into sustainable, green sectors and build back better. The voices calling for a swift recovery and build back better from COVID are vast and from across the political spectrum.

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Business Green

APRIL 26, 2020

Discussions are expected to be more political in nature than before, inevitably focusing on how best to facilitate sweeping economic recovery programmes along green lines, and how to maintain momentum and even accelerate climate action despite the postponement of COP 26, which has been pushed from November 2020 into next year. "The

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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.

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2022

As a student of the classics Boris Johnson may one day manage a wry smile at the way the acme of his premiership came in the same week as he sowed the seeds that would ultimately lead to today's political nadir. It is, by any measure, a staggering political demise. It was on the evening of November 2nd, that hubris met nemesis.

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Business Green

APRIL 26, 2020

This means not only creating new jobs but also advancing climate action in ways that make the entire world more resilient. The world must work together, as it has to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, to support a green and resilient recovery, which leaves no one behind."

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Green Market Oracle

MAY 6, 2020

In response to the economic collapse we are also seeing increasing interest in a targeted stimulus package that would promote a green recovery. Instead of bailing out carbon heavy industries it could build back better investing in a green new deal so that Britain emerges from this crisis a more resilient and just society."

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The businesses argue that an urgent strengthening of near term emission reduction measures should form part of broader policy package which sets out how the new government intends to meet the UK's long term net zero targets and nature goals.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 29, 2022

Additionally, an AI-powered inspection platform bolsters electric asset health maintenance, Elia Group illustrates expedited energy transition investments and a politically charged interconnector reaches financial closure. Joe Manchin stated that he had reached a deal with Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on a budget reconciliation package.

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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. Sustainability-linked sovereign bonds could help some governments overcome short-term political incentives to degrade natural capital.

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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 29, 2020

From the executive director of the International Energy Agency, who called it a “historic opportunity,” to the head of the International Monetary Fund, who said if we are to come out of COVID with more resilience, “we must do everything in our power to make it a green recovery.”. Around the world, governments are listening. Other countries.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2020

COP26 President steps up calls for 'clean, inclusive and resilient recovery' that delivers on the goals of the Paris Agreement, as polling reveals huge support for accelerate climate action. More ambition on adaptation and resilience, more ambition on mitigation, and more ambition on support to vulnerable countries.

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Business Green

JUNE 3, 2020

The Times reported today that offshore wind, carbon capture, and green skills programmes are all set to be at the heart of a multi-billion pound stimulus package that is set to be unveiled next month. They improve energy security, reduce air pollution, and boost climate resilience.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The Act seeks to strike a balance in the so-called energy trilemma: transitioning the energy sector to net zero in an affordable way for households and businesses while securing resilient supply of energy. This brief analysis is an introduction to some of the changes brought by the Act, with more targeted insights to follow.

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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.". This report shows that banks, investors and insurers have a crucial part to play too.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Agreeing a package that delivers the Paris Agreement and powers the UN climate process forward.?? First, adaptation and resilience, helping people, economies and the environment adapt and prepare for the impacts of climate change. The next step is to translate these political commitments into on the ground action. ??.

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2022

Next, incentivising investment far beyond political cycles is the best way of creating truly sustainable growth.". Ultimately, the way to boost the UK's economic resilience lies in securing and diversifying our energy supply while reducing domestic demand for energy," she said. "We

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

He also reiterated the government's plans to make climate action a key plank in its recovery packages. The steps we take to rebuild our economies will have a profound impact on our societies' future sustainability, resilience and wellbeing and COP26 can be a moment where the world unites behind a clean resilient recovery," he said.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2020

Planning time and funding that would have been assigned to climate resilience or mitigation will be eaten up by pandemic responses. So, if companies can't expect clear political direction, will the upsurge in climate activism keep corporate minds focused? There is, after all, a limit to what you can achieve on Zoom.

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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.

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