GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Fleets are often the workhorses that toil behind the scenes: the garbage trucks that pick up your trash before dawn; the long-haul semi-trucks that move goods from the port; the bucket trucks that utilities use to fix power lines and keep your lights on; the delivery vans that drop off your packages and help you stay safe inside your homes.

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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

JULY 2, 2021

Scientists are calling for a binding treaty to phase out global production of virgin plastic by 2040. Around 47 per cent of all plastic produced is used in packaging, but a further 14 per cent is used in textiles and six per cent in transport.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

and globally by 2040. More broadly, the company is moving toward a "climate positive" value chain by 2040, embracing science-based targets. Mattel seeks for all products and packaging to comprise recycled or recyclable materials by 2030, and in June it brought sugarcane-plastic toddler stacking rings to market.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 21, 2020

The new solar projects serve as a “critical part” of Amazon’s overall plan to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040 and meet the goals of the Paris climate agreement a decade early, the company said. Virginia has been a hotspot for corporate renewables procurement in the U.S.,

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

Package delivery giant and airline operator FedEx has announced it plans to achieve 'carbon neutrality' across its operations within the next 20 years through investments in electrification, sustainable fuels, energy efficiency, and carbon capture systems. FedEx CEO and chairman Frederick W.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2023

McDonald’s is at the forefront of a campaign against new laws to reduce packaging waste in the EU, in what has been described by some insiders as the largest-scale lobbying effort they have ever witnessed in the European Parliament. The call follows mounting pressure from industry over the past year.

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2020

The government's proposals for a sweeping new plastics tax were placed under renewed scrutiny last week, with companies working to develop sustainable packaging alternatives warning that the tax risked penalising their efforts to stem the rising tide of plastic pollution.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Walmart drives toward zero-emission goal for its entire fleet by 2040. How do we develop sustainable packaging solutions that protect food safety and availability everywhere, while living up to critical environmental and climate commitments? Partnerships for packaging. Fri, 09/25/2020 - 02:00. Week in Review. Resources galore.

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GreenBiz

JULY 29, 2020

Volvo Cars — owned by China's Geely Holding and not to be mistaken with Volvo Group — is pledging to become carbon neutral by 2040. In Europe, there's a major push to fund clean transportation infrastructure, both EV chargers and hydrogen fueling, in stimulus packages. . We have an obligation to get electrification right.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2021

i] million tonnes of CO2 emissions a year could be saved by increasing the UK plastic packaging recycling rate from 51% to 70%, the equivalent of taking c.685,000 To deliver this ambition for the UK, Viridor recommends that the plastics used by industry, especially in food and packaging, should be restricted to just four types: ??

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2022

Carlsberg Group has set it sights on achieving net zero emissions across its global supply chain by 2040, as part of a raft of fresh sustainability targets unveiled by the global brewing giant yesterday. It also plans to implement circular packaging solutions, which it described as "critical" to reducing its CO2.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 12, 2020

It urges a number of specific actions that go beyond the usual purview of sustainability teams and calls on companies to: Commit to achieving net-zero emissions by 2040. Quincey is also taking an active role in supporting changes to the company’s packaging, which accounts for almost one-third of Coca-Cola’s overall carbon footprint.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Soft drinks giant unveils new goal to double share of drinks it sells through reusable packaging. The new commitment to boost packaging reuse across its products is also designed to help deliver on the company's overarching target to reduce virgin plastic per serving by 50 per cent by 2030 and deliver net zero emissions by 2040.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

PepsiCo accelerates efforts to build a more resilient and sustainable food system, reducing absolute GHG emissions more than 4 percent by 2030 across entire value chain and pledging to net-zero emissions by 2040. Clancy: You mentioned a couple of interim goals to the 2040 one. That is front and center for everything we do in packaging.

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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. Packaging goals need to move into action.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 4, 2021

The global market for SMRs is expected to be worth up to $300 billion a year by 2040, he said. The cash is part of a $600 million matched-funding package being paid out over seven years from DOE’s Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). back small modular reactors. Meanwhile in the U.K.,

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The government has today confirmed all new heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in the UK will have be zero-emission by 2040, as Ministers prepared to host Transport Day at the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow. The report also details how global sales of zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) have more than doubled since 2019 from 2.1 million to 5.3

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The three-year funding package is to be channelled into solutions and measures that help the firm, which bottles Coca-Cola products across Western Europe, to eventually transition to using 100 per cent recycled plastic, as well as into depolymerisation technology that can improve rates of plastic recycling, it said.

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Charged

OCTOBER 25, 2021

By 2040, studies suggest an estimated 65 percent of new car sales will be electric and 33 percent of the global car fleet will be electric. Phoenix Contact’s partnership with TTI gives customers a coordinated package of e-mobility components, bringing us one step closer to an all-electric society. Sponsored by TTI.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Michigan's two big investor-owned utilities, Consumers Energy and DTE Energy, have both committed to meeting state-mandated clean energy targets and retiring coal plants by 2040. This week, Consumers upped its long-term goals to reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Crisp brand to drive down virgin plastic use with clutch of packaging design innovations. Walkers is to invest £14m in packaging designs it claims will cut 250 tonnes of virgin plastic from its supply chain each year, the crisp brand announced last week.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2021

UK and Ireland boss declares 'this new Plan for Change is not just our sustainability strategy, it's our business priority', as company pledges to deliver net zero in the UK by 2040. The Plan also sets targets for packaging to be recyclable or compostable and made from renewable, recycled or certified sources by 2024.

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Sustainability Consulting

JANUARY 6, 2021

As we enjoy our new gifts, it’s sobering to think of packaging waste such as plastic mailers and bubble wrap adding to landfill or ending up in oceans. Our concerns about plastic and packaging usually point to online retailers, especially one of the world’s biggest: Amazon. and Canada are sending 11.5 and Canada are sending 11.5

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Charged

JANUARY 14, 2022

The Volvo FH Electric kept an average speed of 80 km/h over the whole route, which was on par with the Volvo FH equipped with a diesel engine and the fuel efficiency package I-Save. Volvo Trucks’ goal is that electric vehicles will account for half of its truck sales in 2030, and 100% in 2040. There are no vibrations whatsoever.”.

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Charged

MARCH 23, 2022

billion Move Ahead Washington transportation package, will now go to Governor Jay Inslee’s desk. In 2017, Matthew Metz, founder and Co-Executive Director of Coltura, published an op-ed praising a bill that called for a 2040 ICE phase-out in California, and calling for Washington state to follow suit.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The EU has unveiled sweeping new plans that could crack down on everything from mini shampoo bottles and disposable coffee cups to excess packaging and virgin plastics. It warns that without action the EU would see a further 19 per cent increase in packaging waste by 2030, including a 46 per cent increase in plastic packaging waste.

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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. The new targets build on the retailer's overarching goal to reach net zero for its own operations by 2040, which it announced in January 2020.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 19, 2021

The automated “Power Transfer Vessel” aims to support Japan’s goal of increasing offshore wind power generation from 20 megawatts to 10 gigawatts by 2030 and 30-45 GW by 2040. budget package with wins for clean energy, climate. The company expects annual production capacity to reach 1 GWh by 2024 and 5 GWh by 2028.

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Business Green

APRIL 15, 2021

Brewing giant pledges to deliver carbon neutral production by 2030 and full value chain by 2040. A large part of our overall carbon footprint beyond production comes from agriculture, packaging, distribution, and cooling," he explained. We know that Heineken can only thrive if our planet and our communities thrive.".

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2020

The move comes just days after Amazon announced the first three partners - Verizon, Reckitt Benckiser (RB), and Infosys - have joined The Climate Pledge group, committing alongside Amazon to delivering net zero emissions by 2040. Amazon has demonstrated its leadership in adopting low carbon technologies at scale," said Rivian CEO R.J.

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2022

The improved performance is largely due to improved battery design and a new six battery package option that has increased the battery's storage capacity to up to 565kWh, Volvo Trucks said. The updated truck design is one of six all-electric 'heavy trucks' that the firm has brought to market since December 2020.

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2021

Coca Cola European Partners (CCEP) has said it will electrify all 8,000 cars and vans in its fleet by 2030, touting the move as an important milestone in its drive to achive net zero emissions by 2040. CCEP is Coca-Cola's largest bottler and works across most markets in Western Europe, including the UK, France, Germany, and Spain.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2021

Fuelling stations have been installed at the distillery, and the biogas is now powering specially converted trucks that handle the transportation of the spirit at all stages of its production at the Dufftown distillery through to bottling and packaging, a journey that covers four William Grant & Sons’ sites in central and western Scotland.

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2022

The improved performance is largely due to improved battery design and a new six battery package option that has increased the battery's storage capacity to up to 565kWh, Volvo Trucks said. The updated truck design is one of six all-electric 'heavy trucks' that the firm has brought to market since December 2020.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

As a signatory to the British Retail Consortium's Climate Action Roadmap, the company has already committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2040, and by 2021 it aims to complete the mapping of its entire carbon footprint, enabling it to then embark on setting science-based emissions reduction targets.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The leading retailer has come to an agreement with BNP Paribas on a new £850m revolving credit facility to support the delivery of M&S's 2040 Scope 3 net zero goal covering its value chain emissions. The new credit facility will run to June 2025, replacing the existing facility that is due to end in April 2023.

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