Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

When a business says it has planted thousands of trees to restore habitat and soak up carbon – how do we know if this has been delivered, if the trees will survive, and if it has resulted in a functioning ecosystem that benefits biodiversity and people? And transparency also provides opportunities for others to learn.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 20, 2021

The authors of the study from National Taipei University noted that they designed their research methodology based on the approach and definitions used by the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA) to facilitate international benchmarking. Negative/exclusionary screening (44.6 Conclusion.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Non-profit organisation’s report describes actions that would gear the buildings and construction sector towards a net zero future, through elimination of embodied carbon emissions. WorldGBC’s vision to fully decarbonise the sector requires eliminating both operational and embodied carbon emissions.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

COVID-19 will definitely change the world, and I truly hope that this will bring a new priority for sustainability topics. We are using the newly developed Embodied Carbon for Construction Calculator (EC3) to support low-carbon procurement on structural steel, piles, rebar and concrete. Jessica Artioli Centurião ( 2018 ).

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Advocates of this approach reckon it would help catalyse investments in clean technologies and ensure investors are more cognisant of the complex and escalating risks associated with high carbon assets. An alternative approach could include setting minimum mandatory climate standards for ESG products, requiring banks to adopt 1.5C

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Andrew Winston

DECEMBER 11, 2024

And sustainability is , by definition, win-win in the longer run; there is no growth for business or the economy on a dying planet with unhealthy people. Does the declaration of negative NPV for sustainability even calculate those things? Its that its strategic and creates value (sometimes short, sometimes long). But so what?

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Some of the most difficult-to-understand words were mitigation , referring to efforts to reduce emissions to slow down climate change, and carbon-neutral , when there’s no net increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. Only 15 percent of those interviewed in the study mentioned climate change in their initial definition.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

“They are donating all of this electricity they paid highly for in subsidies to other countries, often with negative prices,” said Jussi Heikkinen, director of growth and development for the Americas at Wärtsilä, a Finnish company that manufactures battery storage and flexible gas power plants.

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Terra Infirma

DECEMBER 6, 2023

None of the climate solutions are perfect – I know electric cars don’t fix congestion, require mining of minerals and have their own substantial carbon footprint, but they are most definitely better than ICE cars. I also share a bit of good news every day to push back against the tide of negativity. Small actions.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Lack of guidance, standards, and regulations underpinning carbon offsetting risks slowing net zero transition, the Climate Change Committee has today warned. Moreover, it warns that owing to weak standards, regulation and oversight, there is a shortage of high integrity carbon credits.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 5, 2023

This week’s edition of Smart Energy Finances – the first of 2023 – sees S&P Global downgrade Elia Group and Eurogrid’s outlook from stable to negative while Indian transmission company Adani Group announces BSML – a smart metering subsidiary. Elia Group and Eurogrid’s outlook down to negative.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

The company would take those almond shells and other types of biomass, convert them into a carbon-rich oil, and inject the oil deep underground. Strange as it may sound, demand for this service — a form of what’s called “ carbon removal ” — was just beginning to grow. That’s where carbon removal comes in.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2022

An energy-intensive process largely reliant on fossil fuels, concrete production is estimated to account for around eight per cent of global carbon emissions - more than both shipping and air travel combined. At present there is no globally-agreed definition for what is considered net zero and low emission concrete.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

If you are familiar with issues of climate change and all, you most definitely know that greenhouse gas emissions are part of the causes of this phenomenon. You therefore hear people talking about reducing carbon footprints on the environment. It burns cleaner, reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, particulates, and nitrogen oxides.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2020

Our future requires and depends on constant change and a new way of thinking, everything we do or design will have an impact, both positive and negative, and our goal is to enable the transition to continuous positive experiences across all sectors of society. Carbon Neutral vs. Zero Carbon – 1.5

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 27, 2021

Since no fossil fuels or other pollutant forms of energy are required, wind energy will provide your business with clean, low carbon energy. Since onshore turbines tend to be built on the top of hills, these can be seen as negative blights on some landscapes. The pros. • It is one of the cleanest forms of energy.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Companies have also been promoting the use of better technology for the application of fertilizers and pesticides, along with backing efforts to store more carbon in the soil. Despite glowing media coverage, experts warn that regenerative agriculture lacks a clear definition. And some experts remain sceptical.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 14, 2021

Biomass may not be electricity fuel king in Georgia, but the state definitely is peachy keen on the resource. More Bioenergy news: Carbon-negative bioenergy project underway with Chevron, Microsoft and Schlumberger Australian firm partners with French giant to reduce carbon emissions in Japan.

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Andrew Winston

MAY 4, 2022

Every ton of carbon emitted raises the temperature a tiny bit and reduces air quality, but companies never pay for those costs to society, also known as externalities. Many leading companies internalize the externalities by putting a “shadow price” on carbon inside the business (some collect real money as a self-imposed tax).

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

Concrete production accounts for 8% of global annual carbon emissions – if it were a country, it would rank somewhere between the US and India in terms of its carbon footprint. Looking towards 2030 and beyond, carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) through CO 2 mineralisation is an emerging solution.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2020

There were plenty of juicy news tidbits in Microsoft's recent progress report about its goal to become carbon negative over the next decade. I'll definitely be asking. The tech giant is looking to turn the Just Transition concept into a clean energy investment reality. You should do so, too. Subscribe here.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2021

The voluntary carbon market can offer the scale, demand, market infrastructure and technologies to deliver for the climate, argues SustainCERT CEO Marion Verles. More than 30 years after the first offset project was initiated by a US electric power company in Guatemala, the voluntary carbon market finds itself at the dawn of a new era.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 21, 2020

The plan also includes mobilizing 100 billion euros to support investments in low-carbon solutions and a “just transition” away from fossil fuels. “The banks, the financial system, are definitely saying no to any more coal,” said La Camera. strong part of the energy mix,” he said.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 22, 2021

European airlines are fully committed to decarbonize air transport and accelerate their efforts to make Europe the world’s first carbon neutral continent by 2050,” the paper says. In a statement to DeSmog, Francesco Tanzi, a spokesperson for ECSA, said the group disagrees with the “hurried definition of our lobbying strategy” by InfluenceMap.

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Econaur

MAY 6, 2020

The “Green Building” approach ensures minimal negative impacts on the natural environment of the space as opposed to traditional construction that have been exploitative and wasteful. billion people, it is definitely not easy reaching sustainability targets. For a country with a population above 1.3 billion sq ft by the end of 2019.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 7, 2024

Over 160 experts and civil society groups are calling on the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to remove carnivorous fish farming from its definition of “sustainable aquaculture” ahead of World Ocean Day on 8 June. The letter to FAO also pointed out harsh environmental impacts from carnivorous fish farming in open-net marine pens.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

A definitive body of research has documented the negative effects of rising CO2 on crops. Scientists have found that carbon emissions deprive plants of nutrients and lead to droughts and heatwaves that wreak havoc on natural ecosystems.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Ahead of tomorrow's Net Zero Festival, Toby Hill explores how carbon offset standards are evolving in a bid to assure clients and campaigners that promised carbon savings can be delivered. To find out more about the role of carbon offsets in the net zero transition, sign up now for a free pass to tomorrow's Net Zero Festival.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

As trees grow they remove carbon from the atmosphere. Spurred by the necessities of drastically cutting emissions and removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to meet climate targets, many countries, including Brazil, India and China, have committed large areas to forest restoration. above pre-industrial levels.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

European law-makers are due to vote on a revised renewable energy directive next week, part of the EU’s Green New Deal to slash carbon emissions by 55 percent by 2030. They have sent MEPs a version marked with their corrections. non-profit tracking biomass, who authored the comments, told DeSmog.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Since then, the facility’s operational hiccups have caused it to leak toxic air pollution above permitted levels — including carbon monoxide, particulate matter pollution, volatile organic compounds, and nitrogen oxides — and prevented it from reaching commercial operation. to Europe in 2022 and 2023, according to the company.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

A recent Wall Street Journal investigation found that, while the market for carbon offsets is forecast to see rapid growth and reach over $1 billion this year, the “offsets” themselves can vary widely in their quality and effectiveness at actually reducing pollution. degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Celsius (2.7

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Business Green

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Dr Ben Caldecott argues the row currently raging between Treasury and BEIS over whether to introduce a new carbon tax or UK emissions trading scheme presents a false choice. What are the most efficient and effective ways of pricing carbon as we seek to deliver net zero by 2050 and beyond? This is a false choice.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Companies need shared definitions if they understand what greenwashing actually is and how it can be tackled. Now more definitions of greenwashing are cropping up, in Europe in particular. These definitions, coupled with new anti-greenwashing laws , are meant to help suss out bad actors.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2021

Basil Demeroutis, managing partner at real estate investor FORE Partnership, offers a whirlwind guide to the complex world of net zero carbon. There is a lot of excitement about creating net zero carbon buildings, and rightly so. Not many property professionals can tell you what net zero carbon actually means. Or all of them.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The current definition of corporate sustainability in the Oxford English Dictionary is: “The property of being environmentally sustainable; the degree to which a process or enterprise is able to be maintained or continued while avoiding the long-term depletion of natural resources.” – Oxford , How sustainable is sustainability?

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Business Green

MARCH 20, 2022

A seltzer brand part-owned by Ellie Goulding has announced it will roll out carbon footprint labelling across its range from next month. The company revealed it was using climate impact assessment platform CarbonCloud to analyse the carbon footprint of its drinks entire value chain.

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