Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Indeed, the ingredients for negativity are all too abundant: a persistent, shapeshifting virus; political stalemates that thwart climate action; growing social and economic inequality; terrifying ecological indicators; pushback by the anti-science crowd and their media enablers. Demand for sustainability professionals outstripped supply.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

And, perhaps, to set us on a more bullish course for 2021. Ultimately, how fast these markets rev up depends on demand from fleet buyers. One reason for all this: Batteries continue their journey down the price-experience curve, where increased demand lowers prices, further pumping up demand. And that remains a problem.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

Thu, 06/03/2021 - 01:15. The startups you will hear from apply a multitude of ideas to mitigate climate risk, respond to shifting customer demands and unlock new business opportunities across the value chain. Made of Air’s carbon-negative materials are drop-in ready, and they are already working with companies such as H&M and Audi.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 26, 2024

But discussions of natural gas’ negative aspects — namely excessive, typically underreported methane emissions that are considerably worse for the climate than carbon emissions — did not take place. Renewable carbon gases is a euphemism for biomass and hydrogen, among others.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Fri, 02/19/2021 - 00:40. Sourcing algae from sustainable seaweed farmers that capture carbon as they grow their crop, Loliware is working to manufacture a variety of bio-based polymers. Lessons from 3 emerging bio-based material technologies. Turning pineapple leaves into textiles that benefit 'people and planet' . Producing just 2.69

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GreenBiz

APRIL 20, 2021

Tue, 04/20/2021 - 02:11. The push to quickly transition carbon-intensive activities away from fossil fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs has put electricity producers and consumers squarely in the forefront of the emerging clean economy. Electrification gets down to the wire. Joel Makower. Subscribe here.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Mon, 02/08/2021 - 01:30. And, much like the market for carbon offsets, it’s messy. . In the same way that a company’s carbon credit may offset its U.S. Consider carbon markets again. The Wild West of plastic credits and offsets. Lauren Phipps. This essay first appeared in Circularity Weekly , our free email newsletter.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Thu, 02/04/2021 - 02:11. His 2021 letter to CEOs mentions "accelerate" eight times. For investors, the acceleration question is: What are the companies in your portfolio doing in 2021 to cut pollution by 10 to 15 percent this year? First, asking for company ESG data is entry-level stuff in 2021. Graham Sinclair.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

However, it is crucial that as we move from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles, we do not not risk disturbing our planet’s largest carbon sinks by giving the destructive deep-sea mining industry the green light and opening up a new frontier of industrial extraction, writes campaign organisation the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 7, 2021

At the same time, advanced voltage control systems, such as ENW’s CLASS project , are working to provide demand response and fast frequency response functions. And you're at the same time trying to contract flexibility services from consumers and aggregators to manage the load demand on the distribution network," he said.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2020

Green gas specialist CNG Fuels has opened two further refuelling stations for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in the UK this week, in anticipation of surging demand for renewable biomethane over the next year and beyond. per cent of UK carbon emissions, with road transport as a whole now the UK's highest emitting sector of the economy.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

A group of exciting start-ups are exploring whether the world's trash mountains could become a valuable source of low carbon hydrogen fuels. Still, there is potential for clean - low- or zero-carbon - hydrogen to take off, energy experts believe. locations in 2021. The plan is to build more plants in California and other U.S.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Mon, 03/08/2021 - 00:15. We see customers demanding action on carbon emissions, investment firms structuring new green products and governments developing regulations to support the transition to a sustainable future. Nature takes root on the balance sheet. Richard Mattison.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2021

Oxfam warns many net zero goals rely too heavily on forestation to offset carbon emissions, providing a potential threat to agricultural land. Too many companies and governments are hiding behind the smokescreen of net zero to continue dirty business-as-usual activities," he said. "Too

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

Independent research published on 20 May by the charitable group greenspace scotland appears to reveal how the rivers flowing through the country’s towns and cities and the greenspaces between buildings can act as vital low carbon heat sources to help it achieve its climate targets. That is the carbon saving equivalent of taking 1.7

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Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2021

The UK is committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and this year's edition of National Grid ESO's 'Future Energy Scenarios' shows that a 2035 clean power sector driven by a massive expansion of renewables is now the benchmark for the UK if it is to reach this goal. Future Energy Scenarios 2021. Credit: Ember.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Families and businesses are already feeling the squeeze of the energy crisis, and as 2021 draws to a close, the UK energy policy framework and associated regulations are coming in for intense scrutiny. This is now the main obstacle holding back the UK's green industrial revolution.".

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

Global demand for electricity is also growing faster than renewables capacity post-pandemic, opening the door to more fossil fuel energy in many parts of the world. Only around 10.6 Only around 10.6

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

The voluntary carbon offset market is rocketing, with the Ecosystem Marketplace reporting an annual market value of ~$1 billion in 2021, which was an all-time high. This can make things difficult for business leaders like you, looking to reduce their carbon footprint through purchasing offsets. The rules of carbon offsetting.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 30, 2022

This could be by reducing an organization’s carbon footprint while also establishing a healthy work-life balance for employees. There’s heightened market demand for sustainable practices with robust and transparent disclosure. This is having negative knock-on effects impacting environmental and social systems.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The first has to do with the carbon budget — the amount of carbon that can be emitted before the planet warms more than 1.5 The paper uses a carbon budget of 580 billion metric tons, an amount that is estimated to give only a 50 percent chance of stabilizing the global climate at 1.5 degrees C above preindustrial temperatures.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

.” Have you read: ABB releases blueprint for carbon negative microgrids Safeguarding the stability of the grid Decarbonising heat: The hot topic we can’t ignore. Strong demand. According to the heat pump producer, demand for the green technology is large and growing.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

From 2047 onwards, the energy system could then become net negative, absorbing more emissions than it produces through a mix of carbon capture technologies and solutions, which operate on both a standalone basis and while attached to power stations. Systems thinking is critical to delivering a low-carbon economy.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2021

VIDEO: Dr Steve Smith from Oxford University's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment chats to James Murray about the challenges and potential of negative emissions technologies. As such, it is now increasingly recognised that negative emissions technologies will play a vital role in helping the world reach net zero.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Mon, 03/08/2021 - 01:00. The process of handling disrupted supply chains, shifts in demands and business models and modes of communication; governance and decision-making changes during leadership under lockdown. The risky business of climate risk: 'Stop predicting the future'. Elsa Wenzel. You're not alone. Consider disclosure.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

AUGUST 1, 2021

Our summer 2021 Decarbon8-US investment process is in full swing, with our panel of experts hearing pitches from companies in areas such as light duty EV charging and adoption, infrastructure, rail, and electric recreational boats, among others. Year-on-year revenue for 2021 is tracking towards >3x growth. Having just completed a $1.6M

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

in 2021, more than double the decline seen in the gas market in 2020. The strong growth in demand in 2021 was driven by the economic recovery that followed 2020’s lockdowns and a succession of extreme weather events. This was evident in the slow-down in demand growth in the second half of 2021.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 30, 2023

While there are positive trends, such as the 50% increase in the roll-out rate of wind and solar in the EU in 2022 compared to 2021, from raw materials to key intermediate components and final clean energy technologies, the region is becoming more dependent on imports from third countries, the report finds.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2022

That is the conclusion of the latest report from Carbon Tracker, which again warns that leading oil and gas firms are investing billions of dollars in projects that will become stranded assets if global climate goals are met, and in the process are "tipping the world towards climate catastrophe". above pre-industrial levels. of warming.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 29, 2020

A spokesperson told GTM that a final investment decision would be made ahead of construction work beginning in spring 2021. The next CFD auction, planned for 2021, may reopen the door for onshore wind and solar to secure long-term revenue guarantees. Despite a reputation for gray skies, the U.K. has a net-zero target enshrined in law.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 15, 2020

Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand? Still, there is potential for clean — low- or zero-carbon — hydrogen to take off, energy experts believe. The annual demand could reach 19,120,458,891 tons by then, representing a tenfold increase from 2015 to 2050. locations in 2021.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Replacing physical in-person meetings and events like advisory boards, training sessions, and sales and marketing conferences with virtual events can reduce a company’s carbon footprint and help protect the planet. In general, the larger the number of participants and the longer the event, the larger the negative impact on the environment.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Zero Petroleum and the RAF launched Project MARTIN in June 2021, developing ZERO SynAvGas over five months with negative carbon technology company IGTL Technology. As such, green groups have continued to warn that in order to curb emissions from aviation measures are also likely to be required to curb demand for flights.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

AUGUST 1, 2021

Our summer 2021 Decarbon8-US investment process is in full swing, with our panel of experts hearing pitches from companies in areas such as light duty EV charging and adoption, infrastructure, rail, and electric recreational boats, among others. Year-on-year revenue for 2021 is tracking towards >3x growth. Having just completed a $1.6M

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

billion in 2021, a value that’s expected to rise to $44.4 This growth is tied with heightened demand for companies to operate sustainably, with businesses facing pressure from key stakeholders – consumers, employees, investors, governments and NGOs. billion by 2028.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2020

ExxonMobil has unveiled several short term targets to tackle its carbon intensity, methane emissions, and flaring activity in a new climate plan it claims is "projected to be consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement", despite the oil and gas giant's continuing refusal to set a long-term net zero emissions goal.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2022

Carbon Accounting, Carbon Offsets and Carbon Credits. What is carbon offsetting ? What is the difference between a carbon offset and a carbon credit ? Can carbon offsetting effectively mitigate climate change, or are we banking on a fruitless quick-fix solution ? What Is Carbon Offsetting?

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