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Collaborating for a Carbon Neutral Built Environment

GreenBiz

Join us to learn about opportunities across the construction value chain to achieve carbon neutrality for the future built environment. The cement and concrete industry recently charted a path to carbon neutrality and there will be a focus on how others within the value chain can collaborate to help reach this goal.

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Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand?

GreenBiz

Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand? Still, there is potential for clean — low- or zero-carbon — hydrogen to take off, energy experts believe. The annual demand could reach 19,120,458,891 tons by then, representing a tenfold increase from 2015 to 2050. . Arlene Karidis. Wed, 07/15/2020 - 01:00.

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Hydrogen’s Balancing Act: Cutting Costs, Building Demand, and Creating a Clean Energy Future

Hydrogen Fuel News

Electrolysis technology, when driven by renewable energy sources, produces “green hydrogen” with no carbon emissions. This staggering price difference has led to a slow market takeoff, highlighting the pressing need for greater demand-side incentives and policy intervention.

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UPS Goes Carbon Neutral With Offset Program

Green Business Bureau

An offset program like UPS’s carbon neutral service , though, can help minimize these emissions, paving the way for a new era of sustainable shipping. Business owners or executives can then implement this service into their supply and demand operations, demonstrating a commitment to reducing emissions.

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Amazon to buy bio jet fuel to lower air cargo emissions

GreenBiz

The move shows the efforts that Amazon is willing to go to eke out carbon emissions across its vast network of planes, vehicles and distribution centers that deliver on-demand goods across the globe. Amazon has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, and says it will make sure half of Amazon shipments are net-zero by 2030.

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Amazon hands Mercedes-Benz its biggest electric vehicle order to date

GreenBiz

The world's largest automakers have been relatively slow to build and market electric trucks and buses, citing a lack of demand from customers and technology that isn't ready for prime time. Mercedes-Benz says it will become net carbon-neutral by 2040. . However, those were internal combustion vehicles.

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The Wild West of plastic credits and offsets

GreenBiz

There’s a new kid on the block of sustainability claims being made by businesses: "plastic neutrality." And, much like the market for carbon offsets, it’s messy. . The new term "plastic neutrality" is being used to convey that a company has offset its "plastic footprint.". Consider carbon markets again.

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