GreenBiz

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Such an approach focuses on maximizing positive and minimizing negative aspects of nature-based adaptation strategies and options. Global Compact member since 2008. They’ve been committed to sustainability for decades and a U.N. Krelyne Andrew, head of sustainability at Sappi Verve, explains why. Collaborative leadership: Fashion Pact.

Biodiversity 409

Biodiversity Fashion Soil Climate change 409

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Between 2008 and 2017, fossil-fuel industry trade associations in the U.S. As with the financial divestment movement, there is a valid debate about whether engagement with high-carbon firms that are working to reduce their emissions is more effective than simply severing ties. It is a big business. spent almost $1.4 Pull Quote.

Fossil fuels 418

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Sustainability Organic 418

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Members of a trade association set up to encourage carpet recycling in the UK – which goes by the name ‘Carpet Recycling UK’ – are causing 128,480 tonnes of carpet to be incinerated every year – emitting dangerous toxic chemicals and significant carbon emissions, costing UK society around £16.5

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Recycling Recycling Waste Waste 246

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The Bill would require the inclusion of emissions from the UK's share of international aviation and shipping in the country's existing 2050 net zero greenhouse gas target, as well as emissions linked to UK supply chains and consumption, none of which currently fall under the 2008 Climate Change Act.

Climate change 101

Climate change Aviation Carbon-negative Government 101

Business Green

APRIL 29, 2020

Global carbon emissions are set to drop a record eight per cent this year, with lockdowns on public and economic life introduced to tackle the coronavirus pandemic delivering an unprecedented blow to fossil fuel demand, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). A recent analysis by Carbon Brief noted that emissions have to fall 7.6

Carbon 100

Carbon Carbon-negative Natural gas Demand 100

Business Green

OCTOBER 23, 2020

per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, and in 2018 IMO member states agreed the sector's first ever climate targets - including an overatching ambition to cut its 2008 emissions in half by 2050 - and promising to draw up a detailed action plan before 2023 to achieve these goals. International shipping accounts for around 2.5

Carbon-negative 94

Carbon-negative Transportation Carbon Government 94

Business Green

JULY 18, 2022

Aviation giant has partnered with US low-carbon fuel company Alder Fuels and will test its SAF in its planes. Aerospace giant Boeing has announced it is to team up with US low-carbon fuel specialist Alder Fuels in a new partnership with a view to expanding production of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) around the world.

Aviation 75

Aviation Carbon-negative Carbon Sustainability 75

Business Green

APRIL 20, 2020

There is a growing urgency in Europe and globally to identify solutions that address the negative consequences companies and institutions face due to climate change," said Reid Steadman, global head of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) indices at S&P Dow Jones Indices.

Real Estate 88

Real Estate Europe Carbon-negative Climate change 88

Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Cumbria councillors initially granted permission for West Cumbria Mining's plan last October , arguing coal was still needed for steelmaking in the UK, and that it could still go ahead within the UK's carbon budgets while also creating jobs in the region.

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Climate change Government Carbon-negative Law 101

Business Green

MARCH 17, 2020

Stock markets around the world had some of their worst performance in decades this past week, well surpassing that of the global financial crisis in 2008. There is a strong link between economic activity and global carbon dioxide emissions, due to the dominance of fossil fuel sources of energy. Glen Peters/CICERO.

Climate change 67

Climate change Carbon-negative Carbon Fossil fuels 67

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Ahead of tomorrow's Net Zero Festival, Toby Hill explores how carbon offset standards are evolving in a bid to assure clients and campaigners that promised carbon savings can be delivered. To find out more about the role of carbon offsets in the net zero transition, sign up now for a free pass to tomorrow's Net Zero Festival.

Carbon 81

Carbon Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Fossil fuels 81

Andrew Winston

JANUARY 5, 2022

Virtually all of the world’s largest companies now issue a sustainability report and set goals; more than 2,000 companies have set a science-based carbon target; and about one-third of Europe’s largest public companies have pledged to reach net zero by 2050. Maersk even advocated for a $150 per ton carbon tax on shipping fuel.

Sustainability 120

Sustainability Plastics Carbon-negative Fossil fuels 120

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

A tarnished brand reputation and negative consumer perspectives. A hypothetical example would be saying that a diesel car causes zero carbon dioxide emissions. To exemplify the sin of fibbing we’ll use Shell’s Tar Sands project initiated back in 2008. Legal conviction by The Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Business Energy Monitoring 148

Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Plastics Building Energy Monitoring 148

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The campaign resulted in a flurry of negative Telegraph opinion pieces on the subject – many falsely conflating the result with a condemnation of the UK’s net zero targets. The GWPF has also expressed the view that carbon dioxide has been mis-characterised as pollution, when in fact it is a “benefit to the planet”.

Climate change 140

Climate change Policy Global warming Carbon-negative 140

Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

LSE's Josh Burke sets out the risks of prematurely incorporating carbon removal technologies into carbon markets. Carbon removals are needed because net zero targets - as implied by their name - are based on net emissions levels, which are important to distinguish from gross emissions. New net zero standards.

Carbon 41

Carbon Carbon-negative Energy Monitor Technology 41

Business Green

MAY 12, 2020

Meanwhile, public polling suggests bailing out high carbon companies without attaching carbon reduction targets would be an unpopular move. With so many planes grounded, airlines are perhaps the most high profile example of struggling high carbon firms seeking state support to survive. "I

Carbon-negative 78

Carbon-negative Politics Climate change Government 78

Green Market Oracle

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The virus has caused a 17 percent reduction in atmospheric carbon during parts of this year and may decrease CO2 emissions by 4.2-7.5 Negative values can be seen in 1982, 1992 and 1996. The negative index values in 1982 reflect the demise of the Soviet Union. percent in 2020 compared to 2019. There was a 2.6 ppm less than that.

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Carbon-negative Energy Monitor Fossil fuels Carbon 40

Unsustainable

APRIL 22, 2020

These issues should be analysed, in consideration of the COVID-19 pandemic and the financial crisis of 2008, and it should be considered whether our past development has addressed real needs. For example, humans and trees benefit each other by supplying oxygen and carbon dioxide. Similarly, water and trees complement each other.

Agriculture 89

Agriculture Global warming Climate change Sustainability 89

Business Green

MAY 21, 2020

That is the highest concentration of carbon dioxide in 800,000 years. This Fund should help EU countries to recover from the disastrous economic consequences of the pandemic, and favour actions that promise to reduce their negative ecological footprint. And, jsut as in 2008, conditionality should be attached to bailouts.

Aviation 45

Aviation Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Europe 45

Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2020

IMO member states will be meeting virtually for three days from Monday for critical talks to discuss how the carbon-intensive shipping industry can be regulated to meet its 2030 climate target of reducing its carbon emissions intensity by 40 per cent compared to 2008 levels.

Carbon-negative 56

Carbon-negative Transportation Carbon Fossil fuels 56

Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Between 2008 and 2017, fossil fuel industry trade associations in the US spent almost $1.4tr on public relations, advertising, and communications, according to Clean Creatives. It is a big business. This is where advertising is a great driver of competition and innovation.".

Fossil fuels 74

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Sustainability Politics 74

AGreenLiving

AUGUST 13, 2020

Consider this: In April, Royal Dutch Shell, one of the largest companies in the world, announced its intent to become a net-zero carbon company by 2050. No doubt Shell is counting on some miracle like carbon capture to preserve its adherence to a century-old business model of selling oil. In 2008, Exxon made a record $40.6

Fossil fuels 36

Fossil fuels Natural gas Carbon-negative Organic 36

GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

After doing some research in Prague on carbon negative building materials, I have relocated to Portland and am currently working as a project manager/sustainability lead on the PDX Airport Terminal Core Redevelopment (TCORE) Project. Boredom turned into negative thoughts, and negative thoughts turned into depressing thoughts.

Sustainability 458

Sustainability Health Carbon-negative Climate change 458

Business Green

MAY 31, 2022

Slow UK growth in output and real wages over the past lost decade-and-a-half has meant these metrics are barely any better than they were prior to the 2008 financial crisis. Yet if real wages had grown at the same rate as they did before 2008, we would be on average almost £200 per week better off.

Policy 36

Policy Government Fossil fuels Aviation 36

Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In this Low Carbon Prosperity Institute (LCPI) analysis, we explore scenarios of carbon reduction investment performance based on the revenue allocation described in Initiative 1631. The measure is intended, but not required, to reduce carbon emissions in 2035 to 25% below 1990 levels, consistent with the state’s legislated target.

Pollution 45

Pollution Carbon Business Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 45

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Dolphins and sharks are just two other marine species that could be negatively affected by seismic surveys through behavioral changes to get away from the noise. The case was originally filed in 2008 and two of the plaintiffs died in the 13 years it took for the verdict to be issues. In 2009 the company paid out $15.5

Africa 63

Africa Fossil fuels Government Carbon-negative 63

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

A tarnished brand reputation and negative consumer perspectives. A hypothetical example would be saying that a diesel car causes zero carbon dioxide emissions. To exemplify the sin of fibbing we’ll use Shell’s Tar Sands project initiated back in 2008. Legal conviction by The Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Business Energy Monitoring 78

Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Plastics Building Energy Monitoring 78

Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

I wanted to see how much it knew and how well it could contextualise the broad and complex range of technologies under the climate tech umbrella - everything from clean energy to water treatment to e-bikes to carbon capture - and what it understood about corporate sustainability in general. Makower: How about the circular economy?

Sustainability 36

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Carbon-negative 36

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 20, 2020

IMO member states are meeting this week for critical talks to discuss how the carbon-intensive shipping industry can be regulated to meet its 2030 climate target of reducing its carbon emissions intensity by 40 percent compared to 2008 levels. It is a dynamic that has left environmental campaigners increasingly frustrated.

Carbon-negative 36

Carbon-negative Transportation Carbon Government 36

Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Between 2008 and 2019, the average amount of meat eaten each day per person in the UK fell from just under 104g to a little more than 86g, according to the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey. Broad awareness of the issues at stake is not limited to a small minority, but neither has it yet reached an overwhelming majority.

Business Energy Monitoring 41

Business Energy Monitoring Government Sustainability Health 41

AGreenLiving

JUNE 29, 2020

They’ve expanded their markets and slashed carbon footprints along the way, cementing reputations as innovators. Buying 100 percent-recycled nylon from Aquafil has helped Interface reduce the carbon footprint of its carpet tile by 69 percent. ” Ten years earlier, Bonazzi was on the other side.

Recycling 28

Recycling Recycling Carbon-negative Waste 28

Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

According to Livestock’s Long Shadow , a United Nations report, world meat consumption has the highest negative impact on the climate. From a historical perspective however, warning about the negative effects of our food consumption are commonplace. About Food What is food? This is called photosynthesis. Absolutely. Lab-Grown Meat.

Organic 78

Organic Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 78

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Such an approach focuses on maximizing positive and minimizing negative aspects of nature-based adaptation strategies and options. Global Compact member since 2008. They’ve been committed to sustainability for decades and a U.N. Krelyne Andrew, head of sustainability at Sappi Verve, explains why.

Fashion 28

Fashion Biodiversity Soil Health 28

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. No doubt those conversations will be at play in Starbucks’ 50th year.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 28

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Between 2008 and 2017, fossil-fuel industry trade associations in the U.S. As with the financial divestment movement, there is a valid debate about whether engagement with high-carbon firms that are working to reduce their emissions is more effective than simply severing ties. It is a big business. spent almost $1.4

Fossil fuels 28

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Sustainability Organic 28

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The negative impacts of hydraulic fracturing on public health, the environment, and the climate are “intractable and not fixable,” according to a newly published report. In addition, vast quantities of carbon and methane pollution are released into the atmosphere. This article was originally published by Gas Outlook.

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Methane Health Carbon-negative Pollution 95

Greentown Labs

APRIL 22, 2021

Today is a major milestone in Houston’s broader efforts to build a more efficient and more sustainable low-carbon future. MHI combines cutting-edge technology with deep experience to deliver innovative, integrated solutions that help to realize a carbon-neutral world, improve the quality of life, and ensure a safer world.

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