Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 22, 2021

For Europe, 2020 represented a historic year for renewable energy sources. Plans for the coming years show that the energy ambitions of Eastern Europe are still untapped. “Spectacular investments in Eastern Europe are the reason to be proud of us”, says Miros?aw (Sponsored Content). By Electrum. An engine for change.

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Unsustainable

MAY 27, 2022

The Lithium Fever: What Is the Price of Europe Going Green?

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Lithium Europe Ethics Waste 127

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

Europump (the European Pump Association), which represents 15 National Associations across the continent of Europe, has now finalised the programme of talks and presentations for its 2024 Annual Meeting , which takes place in Windsor, UK from 22nd – 24th May.

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IoT Ethics Sustainability Politics 147

The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Growth in 2022 and 2023 was driven by soaring gas prices caused by Russias invasion, but 2024 saw sales slump Heat pump sales fell 23% in Europe last year, industry data shows, reverting to the level they were at before the war in Ukraine and slowing the shift away from gas-burning boilers.

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Europe Demand Ethics Energy 54

The Guardian: Energy

AUGUST 1, 2024

Rising block tariffs and national energy guarantee systems are almost unknown in Europe – but are flourishing elsewhere More than half of the world’s population lives under an energy system that its advocates say can tackle fuel poverty, improve crumbling housing stock and reduce energy demand. Continue reading.

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The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 10, 2024

Increase of 2% last year driven by plant expansion in China and slowdown in US and Europe closures The world’s coal power capacity grew for the first time since 2019 last year, despite warnings that coal plants need to close at a rate of at least 6% each year to avoid a climate emergency. Continue reading.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Europe 107

Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The UK and Europe's solar trade associations have announced plans to develop a comprehensive corporate sustainability standard aimed at boosting the sustainability, transparency, and accountability of the industry's rapidly-growing supply chain. The sector must grow, and it must grow responsibly," he said.

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Sustainability Ethics Europe Climate change 72

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Furthermore, all concerned must pursue ethical and sustainable product end of life recycling practices. With this, a key success factor in effectively closing the loop is a more sustainable and ethical method of extraction and recovery of PCB materials.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

Campaigners have called on the EU to urgently reform its rules around lobbying transparency after DeSmog revealed that a US oil-linked advocacy group has been lobbying against major green reforms in Europe, without declaring its activities. Corporate Europe Observatory is now calling on the EU to make its lobbying register legally binding.

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Europe Politics Carbon-neutral Ethics 94

The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Sales fell 5% over 14 countries for which data exists, according to the European Heat Pump Association Europe’s heat pump market has hit a slump, industry data shows, holding up the continent’s efforts to heat its homes without polluting the planet.

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Europe Pollution Ethics Energy 73

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2024

This amounts to 155,000 tonnes sent to non-OECD countries, 15,000 of which was to European Union (EU) Member States Bulgaria and Romania, and the remaining sent to a combination of countries in non-EU Europe, Asia and Egypt. As such, this material exported for recycling would likely have otherwise gone to landfill or incineration.

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Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2021

per cent of people said they were "very likely" to consider switching to a more ethical bank once presented with the facts about the two banks' leading role in financing the fossil fuel industry. That is according to a new poll of HSBC and Barclays customers published this week by environmental NGO Market Forces, which revealed 12.5

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Fossil fuels Ethics Investment Europe 79

Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2022

University of Bedfordshire, University of the Arts London and Wrexham Glyndwr University become latest institutions to adopt 'Ethical Careers Policy'. In related news, trade body SolarPower Europe this week launched its new #SolarWorks Platform, the first online recruitment tool dedicated to solar.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2021

Currently Mootral claims its supplements are used by a number of commercial dairy across Europe - including Brades farm in Lancaster, which supplies barista milk to coffee shops such as Gail's bakery chain - but the firm said it also plans to begin piloting the use of its products in the beef rearing market across the US and Europe later this year.

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Carbon Methane Climate change Ethics 93

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The announcement comes shortly after Siemens and Swinburne announced collaboration on the AI for Net Zero project that will develop comprehensive guidelines for responsible AI adoption and foster ethical practices within the energy industry, whilst helping accelerate the adoption of renewable energy for achieving net zero targets.

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Energy Energy Ethics Technology 108

The Guardian: Energy

JULY 8, 2024

By the end of the decade, well over 60m heat pumps could be warming homes across Europe, according to industry figures, as government policies target household carbon emissions. Do heat pumps work at freezing temperatures Are heat pumps more expensive to run than gas boilers?

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Desired qualifications University diploma or master’s degree in drilling engineering or training deemed equivalent Certification from Well Control (IADC, IWCF or similar) is desired Proven experience in the field of drilling Sense of responsibility and ethics of public service, ease of communication and ability to manage crisis situations, team (..)

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Energy Monitor Ethics Soil Climate change 111

Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Battery developers are actively and effectively working to replace challenging raw materials such as cobalt in batteries while simultaneously working to improve the safety and business ethics of the supply chain. But the news gets better. EV batteries can be repurposed as stationary batteries. Natural gas is not only finite but in decline.

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Batteries Natural gas Fossil fuels Lithium 106

Business Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

We now have thousands of five-star reviews and new products and market launches across Europe, USA and China [but] we have achieved only a fraction of our potential," he said. With the demand of shares in B Corps and ethical high-growth businesses with ESG at its core, investor appetite in our business has never been higher.

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Demand Sustainability Ethics Investment 101

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Eco-Friendly, Ethically-Sourced Building Materials. Cascade Steel also commits to ethical sourcing and conflict-free metals , fully disclosing that their products are derived solely from recycled or scrap sources. Coldharbour Tiles , based out of Europe, creates luxury decorative wall tiles made from recycled fishing nets.

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Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Sustainability Recycling 148

Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 19, 2021

GoPro is committed to achieving universal ethical trading standards throughout all parts of its supply chain, and to ensure that the working conditions in GoPro’s supply chain are safe, that workers are treated with respect and dignity, and that business operations and manufacturing processes are environmentally friendly. GoPro, Inc.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 27, 2021

Until 2023, where there are currently limits in UK capacity and technology, up to 20% could be exported to qualifying facilities in Europe only. The initiative will provide fully audited transparency – at least 80% of the plastics collected will be recycled in the UK – rising to 100% by 2023.

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Plastics Retail Recycling Recycling 147

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Others that have been active in pushing for the EU to continue to allow the use of certain controversial chemicals, include CropLife Europe and The Glyphosate Renewal Group. The documents leaked in the Corporate Europe Observatory investigation were “part of lobbying work that is done in all stakeholder groups.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Home Energy Monitoring 98

Smart Energy International

JUNE 21, 2022

And this, like most things in life, suddenly becomes an ethical dilemma. With the prices skyrocketing and people struggling to pay their electricity bills, it makes sense for governments to turn to the “easy” solution, which is coal. Who in her right mind would argue against this? Apart from the future generations that is.

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Ethics Electricity Government Energy 98

Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Highlands Rewilding's plan is to turn the two estates into biodiverse carbon sinks through "ethically profitable land management", with the close involvement of the local communities, with hopes of then expanding the model to further lands across the region. So that's my aspiration."

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 16, 2022

With this in mind, in Europe, the Green Sports Alliance have brought large football organizations together to push for environmentally friendly ways to enjoy these games. Look to collaborate with ethical brands as such to create sustainable clothing merchandise. million tonnes of CO 2e.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

billion is the expected cost), was approved by the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) is a key EU funding instrument to promote growth, jobs and competitiveness through targeted infrastructure investment at the European level. Have you read?

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Europe Ethics Fossil fuels Construction 45

Low Impact

JULY 1, 2020

A perennial vegetable, once widely eaten in Europe, it is now all too often considered a common weed. Ethical.net is a collaborative platform for discovering and sharing ethical alternatives, whether purchasing from a social enterprise, thrift shopping, or learning how to fix your old phone instead of buying a new one.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 14, 2022

And as Russian vodka disappears from Canadian shelves, those who are enthusiastic to push the narrative of Canada’s “ethical oil” ignore the now widely reported use of Russian steel to build Canadian pipelines. ” The argument goes that Alberta, as a rights-respecting democracy, can be a force for global stability.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 17, 2022

As Europe wrangles over its strategy for stopping fossil fuel imports from Russia to starve Putin’s war effort, supermarkets including Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Morrisons, and Asda have all made public statements of support for Ukraine.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2022

Gavin Graveson, senior executive vice-president of northern Europe at Veolia, said it was critical for the UK to build an ethical and sustainable supply chain for batteries as the EV transition gathered pace. "We

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Online retail giant Amazon said it was "strongly committed to conducting our business in a lawful and ethical manner", including though its supply chain, adding that it was investing $100m to restore and protect forests, grasslands, wetlands, and peatlands around the world.

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Retail Ethics Fashion Climate change 72

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

This has been the common practice for years without consumers blinking an eye; however, trends are shifting and consumers are demanding more ethical goods. These garments are created without consideration for the environment, waste, and human labor.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 26, 2024

“We’re confident that we take impactful action to fight climate change,” said Arnaud Cohen Stuart, head of business ethics at ING. “We Last October, its CEO called on governments in Europe and Australia to offer greater policy support for greening grids as it seeks to reduce the residential sector emissions from its mortgages.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As businesses and society continue to transition towards further sustainable development and corporate social responsibility, the key challenge faced is in rethinking the philosophy of management and business ethics to achieve this change in deep and lasting ways.

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Climate change Ethics Sustainability Health 95

Business Green

APRIL 21, 2022

The Deforestation Dozen were assessed against criteria under the following major themes: setting and strengthening goals; reporting progress; collaborating for change; increasing transparency and implementing ethical supply chains. Shockingly, only one out of the 12 traders scored above 50 per cent - and half scored below 10 per cent.

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South America Policy Ethics Demand 81

Business Green

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

ESG ETFs saw the highest inflows among all the smart-beta strategies in the US and Europe last year, Bloomberg Intelligence said, noting that the performance suggested ESG investments tend to be "sticky, non-cyclical and can be viewed as long-term holdings" given the backdrop provided by the coronavirus crisis.

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Ethics Energy Monitor 64