GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Thanks to the rise in plastics pledges, an emerging and undefined market for plastic offsets is just beginning to take shape. And, much like the market for carbon offsets, it’s messy. . Here are five things to know about the emerging market for plastics credits: . Consider carbon markets again.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 2, 2021

An inside look at pricing in the forest carbon market. And on July 21, Apple committed to become 100 percent carbon neutral across its entire business, supply chain and product life cycle by 2030. . Instead, carbon project developers that act as the intermediaries between the two making everything happen. . Wilder Person.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In this 15th annual edition of the State of Green Business, GreenBiz Group’s award-winning report, we dig into a wide range of issues, including an exclusive look at key job trends, courtesy of LinkedIn, and key indicators from S&P Global on such things as corporate carbon pricing, physical risk exposure and companies’ TCFD support.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 29, 2020

market; removal joins the. carbon agenda. Climate’s urgent need. is restored forests! those one trillion trees. Carbontech is on the VERGE. Carbontech hits the. New Year’s Resolutions. Watch GreenFin grow, help. Big Oil shrink and build racial. justice for all. Corporate Strategy. Climate Change. Sustainability.

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GreenBiz

JULY 8, 2020

The move shows the efforts that Amazon is willing to go to eke out carbon emissions across its vast network of planes, vehicles and distribution centers that deliver on-demand goods across the globe. Amazon has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, and says it will make sure half of Amazon shipments are net-zero by 2030.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2020

First, alternatives have a tiny market share because animal meat is cheap and, for now, tastes better. dairy brand that committed to going carbon-negative by 2025 ? But do regenerative methods sequester as much carbon as advocates claim? If so, should we be building an offsets market around soil credits? Featured Column.

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GreenBiz

MAY 29, 2020

Can companies rely on regenerative agriculture's carbon removal impact? FedEx wants to offset its carbon footprint, and Indigo knows farmers who can help. These methods will store carbon in soils, earning FedEx carbon offsets. If enough do, we could store hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide in farmland soils.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 22, 2021

The Restore Fund money will go to investing in working forests to transition them to more sustainable management practices that will sequester more carbon from the atmosphere to balance Apple’s carbon footprint in its hardware supply chain, while the timber production will produce financial profits for Apple as an investor.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Over the past few years, as companies have come under steadily increasing pressure to tackle climate change, nature-based solutions have emerged as a particularly exciting method for shrinking corporate carbon footprints. Investing in forests can be a win-win that both sequesters carbon and regenerates nature. Let’s start with costs.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 1, 2021

Cargill’s new sustainability program, SeaFuther , expands its carbon reduction commitments from the terrestrial to the oceanic. As sustainable and environmentally friendly diets increase in popularity, the seafood market is projected to reach almost $200 billion by 2027. In many cases, it simply makes economic sense. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2020

Using waste carbon feedstocks to produce chemicals. Moreover, using waste carbon to make chemicals also can reduce manufacturers’ reliance on fossil fuels such as crude petroleum and natural gas, an important factor, particularly for the European Union and China, given the volatility in sourcing and pricing of fossil fuels.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Over the past few years, as companies have come under steadily increasing pressure to tackle climate change, nature-based solutions have emerged as a particularly exciting method for shrinking corporate carbon footprints. Investing in forests can be a win-win that both sequesters carbon and regenerates nature. Let’s start with costs.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 10, 2020

Because diesel-powered trucks and buses are responsible for a disproportionate amount of transportation-related carbon emissions and are also a source of air pollution, much of it in disadvantaged communities, who live closer to industrial areas or freeways. It's a pretty standard chicken-and-egg scenario that happens in a nascent market.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Digging into the debate over soil carbon credits (36:45). The carbon-reduction promises related to regenerative agriculture loom large, and the debate over the value of offsets related to this sequestration is just getting started. Carbon Removal. Carbon Removal. Stay connected. E-mail us at 350@greenbiz.com.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 28, 2020

In particular, the market for electric last-mile delivery vehicles is starting to grow quickly as logistics companies such as FedEx and Amazon, as well as retailers such as IKEA, set and strive to hit climate goals. . Mercedes-Benz says it will become net carbon-neutral by 2040. . However, those were internal combustion vehicles.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

Carbon marketplace hawks credits in businesses that store CO2 with their products. As corporate interest in carbon removal options grows, Puro.earth , a startup from Finland, is offering a twist on carbon marketplaces. Gloria Oladipo. Mon, 08/31/2020 - 05:00.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Why wholesale markets matter to big power buyers. To speed progress, REBA and its membership of 200-plus energy buyers and sellers have launched a set of guiding principles to standardize wholesale electricity markets across the U.S. . Wholesale power markets already serve most U.S. Adam Aston. Thu, 11/05/2020 - 01:30.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 27, 2021

And right now, there isn’t enough demand for decarbonized steel for manufacturers to justify investing several millions of dollars into lower-carbon steel facilities. Most of the carbon footprint for steel companies comes from Scope 3 emissions, emissions from suppliers downstream, as is the case with many businesses.

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GreenBiz

JULY 29, 2020

BMW, Ford, other automakers rev up carbon commitments. The world's biggest automakers are ramping up their carbon commitments even as they struggle to build back in the wake of the pandemic. . This week, Germany's BMW took the plunge and set a goal to reduce its carbon emissions per car by at least one-third by 2030. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

While the pledge provides limited detail on the measures it will take to slash the carbon emissions of its portfolio or operations, the bank said it would establish "clear, measurable pathways" to net-zero using the Paris Agreement's Capital Transition Assessment Tool (PACTA). Pull Quote. Finance & Investing. Corporate Strategy.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 27, 2023

The ranking from Cornwall Insight’s Hydrogen Index 1 shows a marked improvement from 2022, with the UK surpassing both Spain and Japan in its efforts to establish an economy where low carbon hydrogen produced from sources other than fossil fuels, plays a critical role.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

On a more proactive note , the CFA Institute, a trade group that measures and certifies financial analysts, recently released " Climate Change Analysis in the Investment Process ," a report that aims to improve the industry’s understanding on how climate risk can be applied to financial analysis. Follow the money, indeed. Corporate Strategy.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

A new series of workshops on how to calculate circular and carbon metrics for lighting products has been announced by circular lighting expert Recolight. Delegates will learn: • How TM66 and TM65 combine to validate the circular and embodied carbon content of products already designed. • Jago Wickers of LUMINO.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2021

This week, as the full fleet of GreenBiz weekly newsletters focuses on the topic of net zero, I thought it might be helpful to start off with some simple questions that seem to encircle that goal. Is net zero the same as carbon neutral? And even that goal sometimes gets knocked as being too little, too late. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

JULY 21, 2020

Apple embeds racial justice into new supply-chain carbon neutrality pledge. With its latest set of combined sustainability commitments, Apple is pushing for carbon neutrality across its entire business by the end of this decade, including its supply chain and the life cycle for its products. Heather Clancy. Tue, 07/21/2020 - 04:13.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future. Beyond 2030, BCG aspires to be "climate positive" — by removing more carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere on an ongoing basis than it actually emits through its own activities. Heather Clancy. Tue, 09/01/2020 - 00:02. Corporate Strategy.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 24, 2022

The UK has been ranked 5th out of 15 countries in its deployment of low-carbon hydrogen as a fuel source, according to a new analysis of countries that have branded themselves as potential leaders in the new hydrogen economy. The low-carbon hydrogen index explores countries with a strong potential for production or consumption of the fuel.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Some heavy-duty truck fleets are opting for swapping in alternative fuels today, while the electric semi-truck market matures (check out this webcast I'm hosting Oct. Walmart is just at the beginning of its zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) journey, but the strategy with its announcement is to "send a signal" to the market. "We Clean Fleets.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Traditionally, offset markets have been focused on credits for atmospheric carbon sequestration or restoration projects. Similar to carbon credits, these reef credits are sold by farmers or project developers to organizations and companies looking to offset their environmental footprints. Jesse Klein. Mon, 12/07/2020 - 01:45.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

Textiles and the fashion industry account for about 20 percent of global wastewater pollution, 10 percent of global carbon emissions and 17 million tons of municipal solid waste. Made of Air’s carbon-negative materials are drop-in ready, and they are already working with companies such as H&M and Audi. Tammy Hsu and Michelle Zhu.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 7, 2022

As the construction sector is reviewing all its processes to see how best to meet ambitious decarbonisation targets, this material use and its associated carbon emissions is coming under the spotlight, says Steve Richmond, Head of Marketing and Technical at REHAU Building Solutions.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 18, 2021

Latin America’s largest e-commerce marketplace — Mercado Libre, a company with roughly twice the market capitalization of eBay at $78 billion — is putting part of the proceeds from its $400 million sustainability bond toward two forest restoration projects in the remnants of the Atlantic Forest, which once covered 15 percent of Brazil.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is helping to bring transparency to climate risk throughout capital markets, with the aim of making markets more efficient and economies more stable and resilient. . Portfolio manager: Screening a portfolio for carbon earnings at risk using scenario analysis.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

secondhand clothing market is projected to more than triple in value in the next 10 years — from $28 billion in 2019 to $80 billion in 2029 — in a U.S. market currently worth $379 billion. The secondhand clothing market is composed of two major categories, thrift stores and resale platforms. According to a new report, the U.S.

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GreenBiz

JULY 23, 2021

I spent my days snorkeling in the crystal clear waters of the Mediterranean, strolling through quaint markets and eating lots of seafood. . Compared to alternative meat and dairy markets, plant-based seafood remains a small segment. As a kid, our annual family vacation to Croatia was my favorite time of the year. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

million metric tons in "live weight," representing a market value of almost $264 billion, according to a 2020 report by U.N. While its initial capacity is limited to about 10,000 metric tons of fish, the company aspires to supply 12 percent of the market by 2026. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 4, 2020

In the quest for carbon offsets, (almost) anything goes. Recycled plastic: There’s market demand, but where’s the supply? What Joe Biden could do to cultivate carbon removal innovation (16:35) . Carbon Removal. Carbon Policy. Heather Clancy. Fri, 12/04/2020 - 02:00. Week in Review. E-mail us at 350@greenbiz.com.

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