Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

New design reduces carbon footprint of classic Dr.BEST toothbrush by 50 per cent, with remaining emissions are set to be offset through a community project in Madagascar. Whilst this product achieves carbon neutral status by offsetting, we are working to develop future solutions that do not require offsetting," he added.

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Business Green

APRIL 5, 2022

Even toy cars are joining the electric vehicle (EV) revolution , with Mattel this week unveiling the first mass market toy line to be certified as 'carbon neutral' featuring zero emission toy cars and EV charging stations. Launch of Mega Bloks Green Town range aims to encourage sustainable behaviours in children from an early age.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2020

Korean technology giant's solar panel manufacturing arm pledges to become carbon neutral by 2030. LG Solar has set its sights on becoming carbon neutral across all its operational activities by 2030, as part of a package of environmental measures announced by the solar panel manufacturer today.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

Air cargo operator pledges to invest in sustainable fuels, carbon capture research, and fleet electrification in bid to meet new climate goals. By 2025, half of all FedEx Express global PUD vehicle purchases would be electric, rising to 100 per cent by 2030, it said. Knobloch, Jr. Dean of the Yale School of the Environment.

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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.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Lighting giant Signify has today announced a series of sustainability milestones, claiming it has achieved 'carbon neutral' status for its global operations, which it said are now also powered by 100 per cent renewable electricity.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Business leaders from more than 150 companies have today called on the EU to commit to stricter climate targets, urging policymakers to adopt a 2030 goal to cut emissions by 55 per cent against 1990 levels in an open letter to the European Commission.

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Business Green

MAY 14, 2020

Intel has today unveiled a raft of new sustainability goals, declaring that "carbon neutral computing" is possible within the next 10 years if the right advances are made in sustainable design and energy efficiency are made. We can solve them, but only by working together.".

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

GE Renewable Energy announced a plan Tuesday to produce zero waste wind turbine blades by 2030. The plan will be carried out by LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy subsidiary, which will aim to deliver no excess manufacturing materials and packaging to landfills and incineration without energy recovery. Follow @EngelsAngle.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Drinks giant Diageo has unveiled a suite of environmental goals as part of its new 10-year sustainability plan today, including targets to achieve net zero carbon emissions across its business and cut its water use by almost a third over the next decade.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2021

EU economic and energy modelling could be overestimating the cost of achieving the Europe's 2030 climate goals, which risks undermining the scale and pace of green investment and decarbonisation required, fresh research by the European Corporate Leaders Group today warns.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

This seemed to echo a widely held position, and Carbon Brief noted that the so-far 14-year freeze on this element of taxation has carried a £100bn price tag for the exchequer, and added as much as 7% to CO2 emissions. Housing-and-carbon discord Housing was one of the headline-grabbing topics, with £5bn of funding earmarked to build 1.5

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Business Green

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The university outlined a staggered approach to divestment through to 2030, and said it will invest instead in renewable energy. The University of Cambridge has committed to divest from all direct and indirect investments in fossil fuels by 2030, as the institution works towards its goal of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2038.

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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. The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. and globally by 2040.

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2021

It said it would aim to reduce carbon emissions across its operations and value chain by at least 55 per cent by 2025 and at least 65 per cent by 2030, against a 2019 baseline, backed by targets to secure 100 per cent renewable power by 2022, and shift to a 100 per cent battery-car fleet by 2024. by the end of the century.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen touts 55 per cent emissions reduction goal for 2030 and expanded the EU Emissions Trading Scheme in inaugural State of the Union address. Carbon must have its price, because nature cannot pay this price anymore," she said. It's about building a stronger world to live in.".

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Carbon-neutral Transportation Carbon Europe 90

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In March, Samsonite announced "Our Responsible Journey," a new global sustainability strategy that outlines its commitments across four priority areas: Product Innovation; Carbon Action; Thriving Supply Chain; and Our People, including engagement, development, diversity and inclusion. Mon, 11/16/2020 - 01:00.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Thanks to converging forces — including supportive policies, dropping battery costs and aggressive climate goals — transportation leaders at large and small organizations are increasingly turning to new zero-emission and low-carbon options that decarbonize fleets and in some cases save money. The definition of fleet is evolving. Media Source.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Partner Insight: The EU's Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is a watershed moment for the packaging industry, writes Dow's Carolina Gregorio In June, a new cohort of MEPs emerged from the European Parliament election. This includes the ones that fall under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Stimulus packages aimed at supporting the recovery of G20 countries' energy industries are heavily weighted in favour of fossil fuels, marking a significant "missed opportunity" to accelerate the transition to renewable power in the wake of Covid-19, research today has found.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

CLG Europe brings together influential European businesses which share the aim of delivering climate neutrality through "progressive public policy". However, in joining the group Microsoft said it will step up its efforts to support the EU's goal "to become the world's first climate-neutral continent".

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

These materials are often used to package fruit and vegetables but are also very common in industrial applications. As Europe remains the world’s second-largest plastic producer, the findings are timely and essential for achieving recycling targets and reducing the carbon footprint. industrial activities (e.g.,

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Plastics Waste Waste Recycling 147

GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

For the vast majority of countries, recovery spending has been relatively low and not particularly green, according to the report, with any benefits from the greener elements contained in stimulus packages often undermined by concurrent fossil fuel and consumer-focused spending program. billion has been spent on low-carbon transport, $28.9

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The hottest trend of the year was the electrification of transportation, which is on the precipice of a major upswing: Less than 1 percent of fleet vehicles were electric at the beginning of the year, but that number is expected to grow to 12 percent by 2030. . Close Authorship. But solutions exist, and we wrote about them. Media Source.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2020

As MEPs enter talks over EU Council's €1.8tr recovery package and budget deal, many key green questions remain. Indeed, the European Green Deal programme aimed at transitioning Europe to become the world's first climate neutral continent by 2050 has been a major driving force behind the pandemic recovery and budget agreement.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

It has increased carbon capture and storage, biodiversity, and green jobs through work at its two estates – Bunloit and Beldorney. It is also now targeting becoming a net carbon neutral business. It also aims to become Net Zero by 2030. improvement on energy storage, leading to significant carbon savings.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2020

G20 leaders must develop clear policy and regulatory frameworks to enable the business community to help accelerate the transition to a carbon neutral world, according to a new set of recommendations published yesterday by some of the world's top business leaders.

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Business Green

MARCH 6, 2020

Both Evian and Volvic also set to become 'carbon neutral' in the UK in 2020, claims the French food and drinks giant. Hugh Jones, managing director for advisory at the Carbon Trust, said Danone's efforts demonstrated "real commitment to achieving significant carbon reductions".

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Business Green

AUGUST 31, 2022

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, we were behind schedule to meet commitments to end world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. In the food industry, there are increasingly close ties being built between food manufacturers, packaging companies, start-ups and academia. Now, that challenge is heightened.

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

2030 sustainability vision launched today by the beauty giant includes pledges to use only recycled or biobased packaging by the end of the decade and achieve carbon neutrality across its sites by 2025.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 19, 2022

EU agrees sweeping reform package for its emissions trading scheme fuelling hopes it could help accelerate decarbonisation efforts globally. The European Parliament and European Council finalised an agreement on the proposed package early on Sunday morning, paving the way for new targets and rules to be passed into law in the coming weeks.

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Energy Innovation

JUNE 16, 2022

This modeling showed the state is off track for its 2030 and 2045 climate goals, and must triple its historic emissions reduction pace. This year’s Draft Scoping Plan proposes a pathway to achieve the state’s target of 40 percent emissions below 1990 levels and economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2045. .

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Business Green

JULY 14, 2021

Brussels launches major package of accelerated decarbonisation measures, including tax reforms, new clean energy targets, and carbon border tariffs. Europe was the first continent to declare to be climate neutral in 2050, and now we are the very first ones to put a concrete roadmap on the table.

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Aviation Carbon-neutral Packaging Policy 90

Business Green

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Google has added new tools to its features designed to give users more control over the carbon emissions generated when using Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The Unattended Project Recommender joins the Region Picker application in a collection of services called Carbon Sense.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 10, 2022

As part of the Fit for 55 package, European parliamentarians have supported revision of CO2 emission performance standards for new vehicles. The new standards to cover passenger and light commercial vehicles propose emission reduction targets of 55% for passenger cars and 50% for vans for 2030 and 100% for 2035.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 22, 2020

"We have committed to enable and inspire responsible consumption through innovation on our product and packaging," she said. They have also criticised the firm for failing to include value chain emissions in its carbon reduction targets, despite the fact indirect emissions make up the large majority of per the firm's carbon output.

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Plastics Carbon-neutral Packaging Europe 91

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The electrolyzers, equivalent to 20 percent of Spain’s 2030 green hydrogen target, will be used to create green hydrogen for ammonia production at Fertiberia’s Puertollano and Palos de la Frontera chemical plants. billion) of new public funding and featured a target of 5 GW of low-carbon hydrogen capacity by 2030.

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