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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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 22, 2024

In November 2022, the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) under the World Bank published a detailed report on the benefits, examples, enabling environments, and project development process of geothermal direct use (GDU) projects.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 25, 2021

Sustainable Development Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy. SDGs are driving governments, individuals, universities, and businesses to adjust their practices to achieve benchmarks and secure a sustainable future by 2030. What is SDG 7? Global Power Insecurity. Basic Tenets of SDG 7: Improving global access to energy.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

at launch, and only 25 percent of companies have set goals that are "sufficiently bold enough" to achieve the 2030 ambitions, said Claire Kells, senior management of corporate engagement with the UN Global Compact, during an SDG-themed tutorial two weeks ago at GreenBiz 20. During the World Economic Forum in January, the U.N.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 25, 2021

Sustainable Development Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy. SDGs are driving governments, individuals, universities, and businesses to adjust their practices to achieve benchmarks and secure a sustainable future by 2030. What is SDG 7? Global Power Insecurity. Basic Tenets of SDG 7: Improving global access to energy.

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Energy Energy Fossil fuels Climate change 78

Business Green

MARCH 5, 2021

A new analysis has today sought to quantify the scale of the jobs impact from the transition to a net zero emission economy, as the government comes under fresh criticism for its failure to come forward with a comprehensive plan for meeting its climate goals.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 5, 2024

If you find those seasoned green companies that do pay dividends, you could get a decent return. Who wouldn’t enjoy a little extra money, right? Here’s the interesting part – our focus is on green companies, those committed to environmental stewardship and conservation. Hey there, eco-minded investors! Pretty cool, huh?

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

Corporate investment in carbon offsets is helping to fund a project in West Africa that is delivering on multiple Sustainable Development Goals through its protection of precious forest habitats and its services for local communities. But like so many rainforest around the world it remains under threat on multiple fronts.

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Carbon Biodiversity Africa Agriculture 78

Business Green

MARCH 3, 2021

Chancellor Rishi Sunak today closed his Budget address to Parliament by hymning the potential of clean technologies to create "decent well-paid green jobs" and drive the recovery from "one of the largest, most comprehensive and sustained economic shocks this country has ever faced".

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2022

BusinessGreen speaks to the government staticians tasked with charting the growth of the UK's low carbon economy. The government claims the re-shaping of the British economy to meet climate goals will create two million "green" jobs by 2030. But here's the rub.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

Would Rishi Sunak deliver the sweeping net zero financial plan and green stimulus measures that businesses, campaigners, economists, and scientists broadly agree are urgently needed to meet statutory climate goals? We need a real commitment to green growth.". Tech development is top of the net zero agenda.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

With this in mind, the Green Business Bureau wanted to help you understand your options for sustainability certification, and with that, learn how to become B Corp Certified. With over 500 initiatives to choose from – compared to B Labs 250 – GBB raises the bar in sustainability certification. What is B Corp?

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Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 78

Green Business Bureau

JUNE 2, 2021

Sustainable Development Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure. SDGs are driving governments, individuals, universities, and businesses to adjust their practices to achieve benchmarks and secure a sustainable future by 2030. Human society has always been focused on constant innovation and development.

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Innovation Sustainability Resilience Investment 78

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 28, 2021

The World Needs a More Sustainable Fashion Industry. Sustainable fashion is our only option. The future of our planet, maintaining adequate resources, and protecting human rights all depend on our toxic fashion industry evolving to a more sustainable and circular fashion industry. Demand for Sustainable Fashion.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2020

The seafood giant explains how partnerships are at the heart of its Sustainable Development Goal strategy. Although it's not explicitly included, it's crucial to the Goals," she adds. SDG17 is a recognition that no matter which aspect of the Goals you are looking at, we can't do it in siloes.".

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Seafood Sustainability Incubators Incubators 53

Mr. Sustainability

MAY 5, 2020

My ideas on redefining “work” must sound slightly too pie-in-the-sky for most people, especially those who struggle daily to get food on the table for their family. You can imagine that she did not have time to work with four kids and a baby. Somehow she made it work, though it was very hard. I understand these struggles.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Lana Del Rey - Blue Bannisters "The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones." A personal essay on how the climate crisis is reshaping everything and why COP28 matters much more than you think We've passed the point of no return. Too late to save the environment. None of my friends are okay.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Paul Polman is ruminating on whether, after a long and distinguished career in business, venture capital, and sustainability campaigning, he would ever consider moving into politics. If maximum impact is Polman's goal, it stands to reason he might rather stick to his current path.

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