GreenTechMedia

MARCH 3, 2020

Despite a 29 percent drop in the average global capex per megawatt — a measure of the investment per megawatt generated — we forecast more than $200 billion in capex will be deployed in offshore wind between 2020 and 2025, in a new report. Project sizes and clusters of projects will increase by 63 percent by 2025.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2024

Sustainable packaging provider DS Smith has introduced a service for businesses to evaluate the recyclability levels of their packaging (“the first integrated paper, packaging, and recycling company to do so.”). Notes [1] DS Smith ‘Now & Next’ target of replacing one billion pieces of plastic by 2025.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Shooting for 2025, its main goals are: Make sure all plastic packaging is 100 percent reusable, recyclable or compostable . Take action to ensure that 50 percent of plastic packaging is recycled or composted. Have the average recycled content or responsibly sourced bio-based content in plastic packaging be 30 percent.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire tells French Parliament €7bn support package would require ailing airline to set goal of becoming world's most environmentally-friendly carrier. The government announced late last week that it would offer a €7bn package of state loans and bank loans guaranteed by the state to the ailing airline.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2024

Whilst discussions take place around a ban on export to non-OECD countries, these figures show the market’s resilience and flexibility at a time when recycled plastic demand was at a low across Europe, not least in part due to low virgin oil prices and high virgin plastic production, particularly outside of Europe.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Many celebrated with their CSOs on meeting ambitious corporate targets for 2020, while setting audacious new goals for 2025, 2030 and 2050. Now, in its eventual internal-combustion phaseout, GM can’t seem to make EVs fast enough, and 30 new models are lined up for the market for 2025. million in Neighborhood Grants.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 29, 2025

The issue is only growing as demand for high-definition and 4K streaming riseshigher resolutions mean more data, which means more energy consumption. On the packaging front, businesses must phase out single-use plastics. As more and more businesses shift their operations online, the demand for cloud services is skyrocketing.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 6, 2023

Technology and recycling equipment firm TOMRA has signed a majority ownership agreement with Plastretur, the Norwegian Producer Responsibility Organisation for recycling plastic packaging. The companies will pair up to create a plastic packaging sorting plant located in Norway. Amland, SVP TOMRA Feedstock. “We

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Kraft Heinz also updated its commitments with new targets pegged to 2025. Here are some of the latest commitments, along with perspective on progress so far: Procure most electricity from renewable sources by 2025 and decrease energy usage by 15 percent. Make 100 percent recyclable, reusable or compostable packaging by 2025.

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Business Green

JANUARY 25, 2021

Waitrose is expanding its experiment with packaging-free shopping by integrating unpacked items such as rice, pasta, cereals, and dried fruit into its regular aisles at a trailblazing store in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, the British supermarket giant announced yesterday. It marks the second year in a row that Waitrose has topped the table. "We

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2021

A raft of corporate green packaging goals are looming - how can they be met? Despite that sobering statistic, momentum is building towards 2025 sustainable packaging goals. Here are some key takeaways from three breakout sessions about sustainable packaging goals at Circularity 2021. Most come from brands and retailers.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 26, 2021

Plans for one million tonnes of capacity in development worldwide by 2025. Mura says it will form the blueprint for a rapid global rollout that will see one million tonnes of capacity in development worldwide by 2025 – equivalent to nearly half the plastic packaging waste produced in the UK each year.[i]

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 3, 2020

Norway’s planned phase-out for internal combustion engines by 2025 is the most aggressive in Europe, but other countries are setting targets of their own. More expensive cars are eligible for a smaller package. “The carmakers now want to get people back into the showrooms and create strong demand.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 16, 2025

This initiative, one of the largest of its kind globally, underscores the rising demand for sustainable ammonia production driven by the needs of agriculture, transportation, energy storage, and industrial applications. This operational success highlights the companys ability to meet rising global demand for clean hydrogen.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2021

The idea of only using sustainable packaging – eliminating waste, low carbon footprint, recyclable or compostable - seems easy enough, yet the reality for many businesses is more complex and dependent on the industry they work in. Yet plastic packaging is ubiquitous because it is useful, not to say crucial in many applications.

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2020

The shift to electric passenger cars could deliver a £24bn boost to the UK economy over the next five years, but the automotive industry and its supply chains must ramp up capacity 10-fold in order to meet growing demand, a joint government and industry backed report today estimates.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

Its landmark report, "The New Plastics Economy," sounded the alarm in 2016 that if "business as usual" continues, by 2025 the ocean may hold more plastic than fish by weight. Digital networks and online platforms scaled to meet spiking demand during social distancing. Her remark came moments before the launch of the U.S.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Agreement will see recycling firm Viridor supply consumer goods giant with recycled plastic for use in its packaging. Proctor & Gamble has signed a five-year plastic supply contract with UK recycling firm Viridor as part of the consumer goods giant's drive to increase the proportion of recycled plastic in its packaging.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Offering brand owners and converters top quality recycled material, suitable for use in highly demanding applications is Borealis’ latest contribution to a more circular economy of plastics. Life demands progress, and through collaboration we re-invent for more sustainable living.”. Early tests of the material look very promising!”.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2021

Given the ever more exacting compliance and efficiency pressures being felt by water firms, the 2020-2025 investment cycle could be a time for offsite manufacturing to demonstrate all the benefits it can bring. He argues for a more “enterprise thinking” approach to capital delivery. Risk reduction. When is it suitable?

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Telecommunications giant intends to slash its absolute emissions by 25 per cent by 2025. To meet its 2025 zero waste goal, Virgin Media said it would ensure 95 per cent of all operational waste and all returned customer equipment and mobile handsets is recycled and reused.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Industry-backed report calls on EU and UK to introduce a mandate for sustainable aviation fuel from 2025 that ratchets up over time in order to spur demand for greener fuels. per cent of global jet fuel demand, are likely to be "indispensable" to delivering a carbon neutral aviation sector in line with global climate goals.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 20, 2023

Packaging innovation could pave the way to making reuse the everyday choice of consumers in UK supermarkets, according to a report released on 16 June. However, the new research – carried out by plastic pollution campaign group City to Sea – appeared to reveal that: Consumer demand is high.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Jeremy Hunt also unveiled a £6 billion extra package of support for initiatives like retrofitting to insulate homes and upgrade heating systems, from 2025 – although it wasn’t clear if this was new money or not. We can’t wait until 2025,” said the local authority network. This is supposedly on top of £6.6

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Charged

MAY 16, 2022

FreeWire will use the new capital to support ambitious growth plans as it accelerates commercial deployments of its battery-integrated EV charging technology and increases manufacturing capacity to meet growing demand in markets such as the UK, Canada, Japan, and Australia/New Zealand. FreeWire is also evolving its software platform.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Businesses will have to comply with the same collection methods, but by an earlier date – 31 March 2025 (there being no requirement for them to collect garden waste or plastic film). We now need to quicken the pace of UK recycling rates by ensuring that packaging is designed to be reused, repaired or recycled.”

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2020

Tearfund, which analysed the companies' activities in China, India, the Philippines, Brazil, Mexico, and Nigeria, is now calling on the multinationals to urgently switch from single-use plastic packaging and sachets to sustainable refillable and reusable alternatives. million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent into the atmosphere annually.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 27, 2021

This will in turn increase the supply of recycled plastic enabling industry to become more ‘circular’ and meet the forthcoming UK plastic packaging tax obligations. Flexible plastic represented 22% of all UK consumer plastic packaging in 2019 but only 6% was recycled3. Several other major retailers are set to follow suit.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2022

3M has promised to stop making and using harmful 'forever chemicals' across its product portfolio by the end of 2025, with the manufacturing giant admitting growing regulatory, consumer, and investor concerns over the use of such substances have "increasingly weighed on our business results in recent years".

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 4, 2022

This supports a circular economic model whereby fewer resources are demanded reducing water demand. 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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Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Businesses and governments that have pledged to only use reusable, recyclable, or compostable plastic packaging by 2025 are unlikely to deliver on their ambitious targets, according to a sobering new report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The report does stress that encouraging progress is being made on a number of fronts.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In other news, JPSCo has been awarded a US$100 million financing package from IDB Invest for its 2024-2025 investment programme for the ongoing modernisation of its grid, including the smart meter deployment and transmission and distribution upgrades, and the expansion of access to new customers. Have you read?

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

Moreover, Estée Lauder Companies also has declared its intention to make 75 percent to 100 percent of its packaging recyclable, refillable, reusable, recycled or recoverable by 2025 — the strategy will depend on the needs of individual brands. Clancy: Can you share your vision for sustainable packaging?

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 25, 2021

Earlier this month, McDonald’s became the latest major food company to announce a commitment to remove all added fluorinated chemicals from its food packaging that is served to customers. Consumers are hyper-aware of exposure to unsafe chemicals, especially when it comes to their food, and are demanding companies take action.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

Retailer launches its first ever sustainability report, citing growing demand from shoppers for sustainable goods and business practices. The firm has also pledged to ensure its top 20 commodities, including cocoa, coffee and tea, soy, beef, timber, are sustainably sourced by 2025.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 27, 2023

Those who are making progress with energy efficiency received some good news with the announcement that Climate Change Agreements will be extended by two more years from 1 April 2025. In a 2022 book, climate technology specialist Wake Smith estimated that there is demand for about 1% of the CO2 that is anthropogenically produced.

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Charged

JANUARY 13, 2021

The EP1 is designed to streamline the process of delivering packages from a vehicle to a customer. Trials conducted with partner FedEx Express found that the EP1 enabled drivers to handle 25 percent more packages per day, to say nothing of reducing strain on human backs.

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