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Sustainable Business Went Mainstream in 2021

Andrew Winston

This is my year-end article from Harvard Business Review that I mentioned in my last post (which has many more stories and links). The discussion around what most now call “ESG” (environmental, social, and governance) has become far more common than I’ve ever seen in my 20 years in the field. The Big Stories of 2021.

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Dozens of Ad & PR Industry Directors Have Ties to Heavily Polluting Industries

DeSmogBlog

All six companies in DeSmog’s analysis have made public commitments to slash the carbon emissions from their operations, creating an appearance of climate awareness. Over the past two years, they have collectively held at least 163 contracts with fossil fuel clients, according to research by DeSmog and campaign group Clean Creatives.

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'There is no other option': Five key takeaways from the CCC's green recovery advice

Business Green

"This time last year we were congratulating the government for setting its new net zero target and telling them to go away and deliver it," he continued. "12 Net zero policy progress has been sluggish. That's going to change fundamentally the context for climate policy, and everything else I suspect.

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Revealed: Media Blitz Against Heat Pumps Funded by Gas Lobby Group

DeSmogBlog

Powered by electricity, heat pumps are currently set to play a key role in decarbonising heating and replacing gas boilers, which heat around 85 percent of Britain’s homes and account for 15 percent of greenhouse gas emissions nationwide. WPR’s campaign also explicitly promotes hydrogen as a viable fuel for domestic heating.

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Is the world finally at a clean energy tipping point?

Business Green

Despite the marked increase in government ambitions, CO2 emissions have increased in every year since the Paris COP in 2015 (bar 2020)," it continues. "The The longer the delay in taking decisive action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on a sustained basis, the greater are the likely resulting economic and social costs."

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How to build a green hydrogen refinery for the maritime industry in Rotterdam

Mr. Sustainability

Summary - Over 20% of all Dutch emissions are coming from the Port of Rotterdam, of which the production of grey hydrogen from fossil feedstock is one of the main culprits. About 400,000 metric tons of grey hydrogen is used for refining purposes each year in Rotterdam. This is only hydrogen used for refining purposes.

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Hydrogen Cars. Smart or DuMb?

Mr. Sustainability

An elusive primal element - the most abundant matter in the universe but not on Earth - and arguably one of the most energetic compounds available to us. It has been heralded as ‘that thing that will power our future’, despite the fact we are already using copious amounts of hydrogen gas. Except for cars. Maybe not. … Their argument?