GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Target's Sustainable Product Standard came on the scene in 2013. ChemFORWARD is building clearinghouses for electronics and food packaging, but one of its earliest repositories coalesces data in beauty and personal care, with hundreds of safer alternatives. Nike has its own Chemistry Playbook. for an answer.". More than skin deep.

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Plastics Innovation Organic Sustainability 484

Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

The assessment, published last week, reveals that the volume of waste produced in England remained largely the same in the five years since the government introduced its 2013 Waste Prevention Programme policy, with overall waste in England at the close of 2017 "at similar levels" to those five years earlier.

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Waste Waste Policy Building Energy Monitoring 85

Green Business Bureau

JULY 4, 2022

The Rana Plaza 2013 disaster is a prime example, showing the importance of working with suppliers that share your values. Tip #5: Switch to sustainable shipping and packaging. To ensure all aspects of your brand is sustainable, switch to biodegradable packagings like paper, cellulose, hemp, and other plant materials.

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Fashion Sustainability Biodegradable Packaging 148

Business Green

JANUARY 23, 2022

The analysis argues that cuts to home energy efficiency support since 2013 have prevented millions of inefficient homes from being upgraded to an EPC rating of C, with lower rated EPC D households spending hundreds of pounds extra on heating compared to EPC C rated homes. million installations seen in 2012.

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Energy Energy Government Politics 90

Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Officially adopted as an international awareness day in 2013, World Soil Day strives to protect soil biodiversity and condemns unsustainable agricultural practices that deplete soil of nutrients, structure and its microbial inhabitants. Beware plastic packaging when buying gifts.

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2020

The findings come in a new report released today by the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), a joint government and industry backed research and development venture which was set up in 2013 to help accelerate the shift to net zero road transport.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 8, 2020

On Tuesday, Ofgem revealed a total investment package of at least £40 billion ($53.3 The new investment package is part of Ofgem's second Revenue = Incentives + Innovation + Outputs framework (RIIO-2), set to be implemented in April 2021, which will guide transmission network investments from 2021-2026.

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EDF + Business

MAY 30, 2023

BPA, a chemical used in some food packaging, is harmful at lower levels than previously thought The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is the European Union’s agency providing impartial scientific information and advice on food safety matters. EDF’s Safer Packaging Tool can help identify where to start.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

With Michael Braungart, 2013. And I am seeing really good regulation in China over the quality of packaging based on our biological and technical nutrient conversations with them. It had shutters and skylights operated by children so they could let the sun in, keep the sun out, put them to bed at night, that kind of thing.

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Carbon-negative Carbon Sustainability Recycling 505

Grist

JUNE 12, 2024

Recycling experts ask people to do a “ little bit of homework ” to figure out what their local recycling system can handle, but since households have hundreds of items with different packaging to keep track of, that’s asking a lot. A PET bottle can’t be recycled with the clear PET packaging that encases berries.

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Business Green

AUGUST 28, 2020

A BBC Newsnight investigation in January found the agency had financed £6bn of fossil fuel projects around the world since 2010, and separate statistics published by Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee show that between 2013 and 2018 96 per cent of UKEF's support of global energy projects went to fossil fuel ventures.

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Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Power 92

Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

The assessment, published last week, reveals that the volume of waste produced in England remained largely the same in the five years since the government introduced its 2013 Waste Prevention Programme policy, with overall waste in England at the close of 2017 "at similar levels" to those five years earlier.

Waste 54

Waste Waste Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 54

Grist

OCTOBER 1, 2022

But as promising as chemical recycling and next-generation plastics may sound, experts also say some of the most realistic solutions to plastic pollution involve eliminating it from packaging as much as possible. Should packaging all be the same color of plastic to avoid dye-based contamination in recycling processes? Englund asks.

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Recycled materials 107

Business Green

APRIL 14, 2021

The government claims the new rules will ensure that all new homes will produce 31 per cent less carbon emissions from this year, compared to 2013 levels, under a set of interim building regulations aimed at preparing the industry for meeting the tougher requirements of the Future Homes Standard in four years' time.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2022

From their formulations and packaging to their go-to-market strategy, MASAMI is making efforts to instill sustainability throughout their operations. In 2009, Garden Montessori School became the nation’s first Gold Seal Level II Certified green preschool by a national environmental audit program and achieved Level III certification by 2013.

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Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Carbon-neutral 158

EDF + Business

JANUARY 7, 2020

Recent research from NYU and IRI® finds that sustainability-marketed products are responsible for more than half of the growth in consumer packaged goods (CPGs) from 2013-2018, while representing 16.6% of the CPG market in dollar sales in 2018. Ame Igharo, Project Manager, EDF+Business.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The internet-connected machines mix flavorings into water on-demand, making them the perfect replacement for a fridge stocked with seltzer and bottled water—which saves not only packaging but the fuel needed to deliver beverages. Bevi makes maintenance easy by monitoring the machines’ supply levels and service needs.

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Incubators Incubators North America Plastics 74

Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The government said all 46 projects support priorities set out in the government's 10 Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, the sweeping package of transport, energy, and industrial decarbonisation pledges announced by the Prime Minister last autumn.

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Investment Government Fossil fuels Agriculture 58

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The roadside support specialist said that following a successful pilot project with chargepoint services outfit SWARCO E.Connect UK over the summer, it is now planning to roll out a dedicated EV Support package for several other operators in the domestic, workplace, and public charging sectors.

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Electric vehicle Electricity Technology Packaging 84

Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2022

But since launching CanopyStyle in 2013, the non-profit said it has managed to shift almost 50 per cent of viscose production towards production at low risk of originating from ancient and endangered forests. Other new signatories to the CanopyStyle initiative include John Lewis and Partners and Wax London.

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Fashion Retail Logging Ethics 73

Greentown Labs

MARCH 18, 2021

2013 2013. Unilever becomes Greentown’s first major consumer packaged goods (CPG) partner. Late in 2011, Wolf Greenfield becomes a partner and provides members with pro bono legal services. 2012 2012 Foley Hoag becomes a Greentown partner, offering pro bono legal services to members.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 16, 2024

A day after approving a wide-reaching financing package, including financing for upgrading the German distribution grid, the EIB announced a loan for power grid upgrades in the German federal state of Thuringia, a co-financed project totalling €600 million ($637.7 The financing forms part of a larger, €4.3 billion ($4.6

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Investment Packaging Power grid Transportation 52

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2024

In 2013, the bank loaned Country Bird Holdings $25 million to expand existing operations in South Africa, Botswana, and Zambia. Suppliers tend to be large, vertically integrated operations, often complete with facilities for manufacturing chicken feed and processing and packaging chicken meat.

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Africa Agriculture Health Investment 123

Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

More good news from the UK this month as the Government announced a new package of £265m to support green energy projects. The CfD scheme was rolled out as part of the ambitious Energy Act back in 2013 and supports the development of most renewable technologies (although notably, biomass has been excluded from the latest round).

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Investment Technology Government Electricity 83

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 27, 2020

And in further research published in August, AMDA members reported receiving just $40 million of public and private grants and $10 million in concessional debt since 2013. ” Another option is to switch minigrid funding packages to a results-based financing model. “The vast majority need far less.”

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Africa Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor 130

Greenability Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

It first started as a program with Kansas City Community Gardens (KCCG) in 2013, and has since grown nationwide – supporting a network of Giving Grove orchard programs in 11 cities. Brent Cox, Boulevard’s barrel aging and packaging brewer, volunteered at a Giving Grove orchard planting in Kansas City’s east side.

Packaging 90

Packaging Health Organic Sustainability 90

Business Green

APRIL 8, 2021

The fact that 50 per cent of growth in consumer-packaged goods between 2013 and 2018 came from sustainable products, pioneered by household names like Burt's Bees, IKEA and P&G, strengthen the business case. Many organisations struggle to put this into practice.

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Charged

JULY 19, 2022

Chevy knows volume SUVs, though, so its first mass-market electric utility will likely have features and options carefully packaged to reflect what its gasoline SUV buyers choose. Maximum EPA-rated range is expected to be up to 320 miles for at least one model (likely a 2WD version), and Chevy will offer no fewer than three battery sizes.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 16, 2020

It follows a revamp of the BusinessGreen website and mission in 2018 , which saw the launch of a new subscriber package that includes the more in-depth content and the Overnight Briefing newsletter, which rounds up key events from across the green economy each day and offers crucial analysis of the latest environmental and sustainability news.

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Innovation Packaging Sustainability 48

EDF + Business

JANUARY 7, 2020

Recent research from NYU and IRI® finds that sustainability-marketed products are responsible for more than half of the growth in consumer packaged goods (CPGs) from 2013-2018, while representing 16.6% So is the demand for sustainability. of the CPG market in dollar sales in 2018.

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Sustainability Meat alternatives Demand Agriculture 40

Business Green

APRIL 8, 2022

The scheme, introduced in 2013, provides relief to firms in certain energy-intensive sectors, including mining, paper, steel, cement, chemicals, and electronics and battery production, that can prove their electricity costs amount to more than 20 per cent of Gross Value Added over a reference period. "To

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

A 2013 study found there were 25 MWIs able to produce energy operating in the UK. The NLWA argues that without the rebuild, the half a million tonnes of rubbish it processes each year will go to landfill – something the UK government began taxing in the late 1990s under EU regulations. Subsequently, the number of MWIs in the UK mushroomed.

Waste 88

Waste Waste Plastics Recycling 88

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

This is the first such strategy to appear since 2013, and the repeated delays presaging its appearance possibly owe something to the topic’s sensitive nature. Other support packages include the £150 million Home Upgrade Grant, which is intended to assist emissions reductions with households not currently on the gas grid.

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Hydrogen Carbon Fossil fuels Government 130

AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 18, 2018

Dr. Mark Post is the co-founder and chief scientific officer of Mosa Meat , the Dutch startup that produced the first ever lab-grown beef burger in 2013. And the third phase is organizing those cells into packages of 1.5 Photo: Mark Post presenting the first cultured burger in 2013. The costly challenge. Credit: David Parry/PA.

Startups 52

Startups Organic Sustainability Demand 52

AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 18, 2018

Dr. Mark Post is the co-founder and chief scientific officer of Mosa Meat , the Dutch startup that produced the first ever lab-grown beef burger in 2013. And the third phase is organizing those cells into packages of 1.5 Photo: Mark Post presenting the first cultured burger in 2013. The costly challenge. Credit: David Parry/PA.

Startups 52

Startups Organic Sustainability Demand 52

AGreenLiving

AUGUST 14, 2020

When National Geographic filmmaker Shannon Wild moved to Africa in 2013 to make wildlife documentaries, she found herself in the hospital after a near-death experience in Masai Mara. The packaging is eco-friendly and recyclable , and materials are sustainably sourced. Wild in Africa Images via Wild in Africa.

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Africa Packaging Recycling Recycling 28

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

The challenge that the world of consumer goods really faces is decoupling growth from resource consumption - in other words, disrupting traditional business models to create new products and ways of getting them to market that consume less energy, water and packaging. Take IKEA for example, famous for Swedish meatballs.

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