Business Green

JANUARY 27, 2020

Sainsbury's has today become the latest corporate giant to adopt a net zero target, pledging to turn the UK's second largest supermarket chain into a net zero emissions operation by 2040, a full decade ahead of the UK government's national target and the goal set by arch rival Tesco.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Bakery chain's first ever sustainability plan sets broad aim to become a 'carbon neutral, zero waste business'. The bakery chain - which has won plaudits for its plant-based food offerings , such as its vegan sausage rolls - today said its overarching goal was "to become a carbon neutral, zero waste business".

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

New goals in support of net zero by 2040 target are to take in Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. Sainsbury's said that as part of its new Scope 3 target it will work with selected suppliers to set their own Scope 1 and 2 carbon reduction targets, encouraging them to sign up to industry disclosure initiatives such as CDP and the Higg Index.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

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. Nearly a third of LM Wind Power's carbon footprint comes from waste disposal.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2022

To date, Replate has been able to save 819 million gallons of water, avoid 6 million pounds of harmful carbon dioxide and rescue nearly 3 million pounds of food. From their formulations and packaging to their go-to-market strategy, MASAMI is making efforts to instill sustainability throughout their operations. Ginkgo Sustainability.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

The document, unveiled this morning , sets out the supermarket chain's pledge to be a "net zero carbon business" by 2040 and to remove three billion pieces of plastic from products and halve the greenhouse gas emissions produced by its operations by 2025.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

They can effectively package significant quantities of energy onboard the vehicle and can do so by not interfering with the vehicle’s payload carrying capacity. This collaboration aside, Komatsu and GM are working hard to reach carbon neutrality. These fuel cells are lightweight and refuel fast.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 28, 2019

government pledged £220 million ($283 million) toward getting a fusion power plant up and running by 2040, as part of moves to cut the country’s emissions to net zero by midcentury. The announcement follows a £22 million funding package to create a fusion energy research facility in Rotherham in north England.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2021

The vice-president of sustainability at CCEP, the largest Coca-Cola bottler in the world, spills the details on how the firm intends to achieve net zero packaging, manufacturing, shipping, and ingredients within 20 years. Meanwhile, incentives for senior leadership are now based in part on carbon elimination progress.

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Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2020

Plans to establish the Humber as a world-leading green industrial hub took a step forward today with the formal submission to government of a joint proposal to enable a Humber Cluster Plan that would deliver net zero emissions across the region by 2040. The initial bid is for £1.7m from government to support a £2.6m

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 17, 2021

All of the zero-carbon fuel it produces will be shipped to international buyers in the form of ammonia. That $1 trillion-plus stimulus package will try to make the continent carbon-neutral. “By Carbon targets? The 4 gigawatt plant will be completely powered by wind and solar energy. Hydrogen targets!

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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 target was argued as crucial to reaching climate neutrality by 2050. In addition, purchasing and driving zero-emission cars would become cheaper for consumers, he promised.

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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

APRIL 26, 2021

Last week, the UK government announced it will count emissions from international shipping and aviation in its carbon accounting from 2033, caving to long-running pressure from campaigners and climate experts.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

It will also support its efforts to deliver net zero emissions from its operations by 2040, which the firm will showcase at COP26. The company said it would host and participate in events and talks at the summit detailing how it reduced its carbon footprint 42 per cent in the past 16 years, despite growing as a business by 46 per cent. "We

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AGreenLiving

JULY 29, 2020

BMW, Ford, other automakers rev up carbon commitments Katie Fehrenbacher Wed, 07/29/2020 – 02:00 The world’s biggest automakers are ramping up their carbon commitments even as they struggle to build back in the wake of the pandemic. Are the automakers doing enough when it comes to carbon emissions? What do you think?

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Tech-enabled credits continue to constitute a big chunk of an anticipated $1T voluntary carbon market , and Oxy is on a development frenzy. Just this year, Oxy: Acquired DAC company Carbon Engineering for $1.1B Just this year, Oxy: Acquired DAC company Carbon Engineering for $1.1B

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Business Green

JANUARY 27, 2020

The UK's second largest supermarket chain has unveiled an ambitious new goal to hit net zero emissions by 2040. Sainsbury's is responsible for around one million tonnes of carbon emissions every year. We recognise that we have a once in a lifetime opportunity to make the changes needed to help the planet exist sustainably.

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2023

Analysis of climate claims being made by major food and drink producers concludes that greenwashing has become a 'major business risk' for the sector Greenwashing is rife across food packaging and advertising, misleading consumers, undermining companies that are genuinely embracing sustainable practices, and putting investors at risk.

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 17, 2021

All of the zero-carbon fuel it produces will be shipped to international buyers in the form of ammonia. That $1 trillion-plus stimulus package will try to make the continent carbon-neutral. “By Carbon targets? The 4 gigawatt plant will be completely powered by wind and solar energy. Hydrogen targets!

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2020

While renewables are part of this picture, this crisis presents an opportunity to invest and support the development of new fuels like green hydrogen that complement renewables and have massive potential for making rapid cuts to carbon emissions. Changing the status quo. The current energy mix and ways of thinking are not working.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The Compass aims to address concerns about productivity and maintain Europes leading role in sustainable innovation and climate neutrality. Notably, the Competitiveness Compass restates the EUs commitment to achieving a 90% reduction in emissions by 2040 and a decarbonised economy by 2050. Davies , Michael D.

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Business Green

AUGUST 6, 2021

Those using the bowls receive a free topping as a thank-you for helping Just Salad reduce its single-use packaging, and the initiative will be expanded to digital orders in 2022. For Just Salad, the reusable bowl is basically cost-neutral," Noonan said last week during a panel discussion at the GreenBiz Group VERGE Net Zero online event.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

This might be the quickest and cheapest way for you to become carbon neutral, without retrofitting your vessels at all. It should be noted that there are many possible ways to reshape the current carbon-intense industry, the below case is but one example. Where exactly will we obtain vast quantities of hydrogen and carbon?

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

It should be noted that there are countless ways to reshape the current carbon-intense industry, this article suggest merely one of many possibilities. The alternative to fossil feedstock, is to replace it with hydrogen and carbon in other sustainable forms. > A source of carbon. Power plants and open-source carbon sinks.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

📦 Voidless , a Milan, Italy-based on-demand packaging solutions platform, raised $2m in Seed funding from 360 Capital and CDP Venture Capital. The EU announced its goals to cut emissions by 90% by 2040 as a stepping stone to its carbon neutrality goal in 2050. of GDP on energy investment from 2031 to 2050.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

and globally by 2040. 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. million acres the 4.4

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

So says a new report from Deloitte highlighting the known, yet often underappreciated, challenges faced by utilities across the country promising to zero out their carbon impact by midcentury. That’s not news to those who’ve been closely tracking plans to reach net-zero carbon from major U.S.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2021

Tech giant pledges to deliver carbon neutral operations by 2025 and a net zero emission value chain by 2040. These new goals reflect our continued efforts to drive toward net-zero carbon emissions - not just within our own operations, but across our entire value chain.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 9, 2024

Industry groups also want recycling targets to be “ technology-neutral ,” meaning they should count plastics processed through controversial “chemical recycling” techniques. For the U.S., manufacturers less competitive and/or jeopardize the many benefits plastics provide to the economy and the environment.”

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Clean Energy Trust

APRIL 6, 2021

Credit: Ecosystem Marketplace What’s your favorite carbon sequestration solution?—?Direct Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking input on how it should structure a carbon bank , which could pay farmers for sequestering carbon in their soil (either paying them directly or indirectly by guaranteeing minimum prices for soil health credits).

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Clean Energy Trust

MARCH 11, 2020

Carbon neutral by 2050 is the go-to metric (to align with IPCC report goals). Dominion and BP made 2050 pledges; Consumers Energy in Michigan took a big step by committing to carbon neutrality by 2040, moving itself to the front of the pack in this space. (It

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 29, 2020

And more recently, a group of scientists and former high-ranking government officials (mostly Republican), launched the Climate Leadership Council , which is pushing for a package of policies that includes a carbon fee and “dividend” that returns most of the revenue to citizens. This time could be different.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 7, 2020

RWE now hopes to be carbon-neutral by 2040, a decade earlier than Merkel's verbal commitment to a 2050 net-zero target. Germany's upcoming election could be a catalyst for a new period of change, and the energy and climate package passed last year could get an overhaul. The politics of German energy.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Dubbed the 'Growth Plan' , the package of around 30 measures builds on Prime Minister Liz Truss's vision for a low tax and low regulation approach in the hope of driving economic growth and staving off warnings of a looming recession. Energy package costs £60bn for just 6m.

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

But the fossil fuel has also quietly seeped into other aspects of our lives: from paint, washing detergents and nail polish to plastic packaging , medical equipment, mattress foams, clothing and coatings for television screens. A hefty chunk of this is for single-use plastics, found in packaging and drinking straws.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Drawing on that mandate, Ardern declared a "climate emergency" and set the wheels in motion for New Zealand’s public sector to become carbon neutral by 2025. She passed a Zero Carbon Bill during her first term that mandates net-zero emissions by 2050 and campaigned on tougher action this term. . percent of its GDP.

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