B the Change

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

If you’re a company interested in climate change, zero might be the most important number. Net zero” is the lens many businesses are using to address their climate impacts. As of October 2022, more than 8,000 companies globally have made commitments to net zero under the United Nations’ Race to Zero Campaign.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Making the commitment means that your business will start to take immediate climate action in order to: halve greenhouse gas emissions before 2030, achieve net zero emissions before 2050, and disclose progress on a yearly basis. C Supply Chain Leaders” group, including Ericsson, IKEA, Telia, BT Group, Unilever and Nestlé.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Amina Razvi, CEO of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, joined other distinguished leaders, where they discussed opportunities to create transparency in the supply chain, deliver on decarbonization targets, and drive positive change across the industry.

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3BL Media

MAY 20, 2022

How can a coalition of organizations bent on improving outcomes, such as Google, Baker Hughes, and academic institutes help lay the groundwork for reliable reporting of emissions that enable better decision making, and which are comparable across the economic spectrum? In Responsible or reckless? A nuanced and diverse cohort.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

“The SAC global community and Higg Index tools have helped us on that journey, not least as we develop initiatives such as our Better Manufacturing program, where we are supporting and engaging our suppliers on their own transitions to net zero. LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 10, 2022

It includes academic input and analysis from Proving and the 10 LHA members who formed the research group. The FHRG is now embarking on work to enable LHAs to tackle the complexities of GHG Scope 3 supply chain emissions. For more information, please contact Proving’s Simon Wilson at s.wilson@provingservices.co.uk.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Launched in 2021, SustainChain unifies the efforts of innovators, impact investors, businesses, NGOs, and public-private alliances as they contribute to rebuilding supply chains and make critical progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Sustainable Round Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Meanwhile, sustainability professionals are helping thousands of communities and enterprises chart paths to Net Zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions wherein countries, communities and enterprises commit to removing as much carbon from the atmosphere as they place into it. Fortunately, Sustainability Roundtable, Inc. (SR

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Sustainable Round Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Meanwhile, sustainability professionals are helping thousands of communities and enterprises chart paths to Net Zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions wherein countries, communities and enterprises commit to removing as much carbon from the atmosphere as they place into it. Fortunately, Sustainability Roundtable, Inc. (SR

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3BL Media

JANUARY 31, 2022

What happens when the march toward net-zero runs headlong into human activity that benefits health, welfare and conditions on Earth? In those scenarios, how can we reconcile conflicting priorities so that net-zero targets and the need for continued scientific and medical advances don’t work against one another?

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

A new white paper published by the Mine Energy Taskforce and Local Energy Hub network has called for greater support for mine energy as a key low carbon heat source in the UK that can contribute to government’s ambition to reach net zero by 2050.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

These were highlighted today by the UNFCCC on ‘Solutions Day’ at COP27 as part of the GBA’s role as a leading initiative to facilitate sustainable supply chains leading up to COP28. Batteries are a hugely important technology in the net-zero transition.

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B the Change

APRIL 16, 2023

With new pressure to act on climate change, NBS members want to know how to get to net zero throughout operations. Get Started: How to Be a Net Zero Company offers guidance (with a video). How to uphold human rights in the supply chain. And they seek inspiration. Social Justice 8. Sustainable Finance 10.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Earlier this year, academic research noted that expenditure on indirect lobbying amounted to 32% of direct anti-climate lobbying spending by US-based companies between 2001-22.

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James Militzer

MARCH 2, 2023

To achieve the Agreement’s goal of net-zero emissions globally by 2050 , we must significantly boost energy efficiency and greatly accelerate the global transition away from fossil fuels, and toward new fuels such as green hydrogen and renewables such as wind, solar and thermal.

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3BL Media

APRIL 5, 2022

Between the climate crisis and continued interruptions in the global energy supply chain, an increasing number of companies and governments are preparing to transition to more sustainable and diversified energy systems. SOURCE: Antea Group. DESCRIPTION: Energy transition is one of the most important topics of 2022. Carbon markets.

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B the Change

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

In your company, you might have responsibility for: Preparing a product marketing campaign Shaping net zero strategy Deciding on the company’s affiliations and public positions This article gives you concrete guidance on how to avoid greenwashing in all these areas. We define greenwashing and explain why it hurts your company.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 22, 2024

All-Energy 2024, the UK’s largest renewable and low energy exhibition and conference, brings together key stakeholders actively involved in engineering a net zero future. Politicians, industry leaders, working engineers and academic specialists abound in the stellar line-up of some 600+ speakers over the two days.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 9, 2024

For example, businesses using forced labor in supply chains could face an import ban in the US. This proprietary framework isn’t intended to be a mandatory route to net zero emissions, nor a way to assess transition risk through a single backward-looking metric, such as a carbon footprint.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Against a backdrop of inflation, supply chain issues and a rising cost-of-living, UK leaders are steadfast in their environmental commitments as they view sustainability action as a means to offset economic uncertainty.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Large scale afforestation needs deeper roots in net zero investment strategies, according to Julian Poulter, Head of Investor Relations at the Inevitable Policy Response. The whole pesky Scope 3 emissions issue grew and now companies are being asked to take responsibility for issues in throughout supply chains.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2021

This will also provide an opportunity to completely revamp the UK truck manufacturing industry and its supply chains, future-proofing it by accelerating fleet digitalisation; a key lesson learned across the industry as it recovers from the disruption of 2020.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The Net Zero on Campus initiative aims to facilitate the sharing of lessons and resources to accelerate the decarbonization of college and university campuses around the world. Supplier Engagement, From Global to Local What is the case study trying to accomplish? What resources did you use to implement this initiative?

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2021

The work identifies the greenhouse gas emissions associated with each hydrogen supply chain pathway, based on technologies available today, as well as those expected to be commercialised in the medium-term such as offshore electrolysis, gas reformation with carbon capture and storage (CCS) and waste gasification with CCS.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The solution secured top prize in the SSE-sponsored Net Zero category at this year’s Converge Awards, an annual awards ceremony intended to celebrate and reward Scottish academic innovation. The Net Zero category also saw SolarSub from the University of Edinburgh as runner-up.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

and a consortium of industry partners, academics and local authorities is launching a new study to assess the feasibility of green hydrogen as a planet-friendly fuel for South Yorkshire’s energy-intensive steel industry. The UK government has ambitions to reach 10GW of low carbon hydrogen generation by 2030.

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Stanford Social Innovation

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Commentators and investors have described S in many different ways: as social issues, labor standards, human rights, social dialogue, pay equity, workplace diversity, access to health care, racial justice, customer or product quality issues, data security, industrial relations, or supply-chain issues.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

” The voluntary agreements bring together Governments, businesses, local authorities, academics, NGOs, industry groups and citizens to take collaborative action, says WRAP. They address how the food and drink, plastics and textiles we use are produced and sold through to their reuse, remanufacture and recycling.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2023

If used at scale, this type of process could be a big boost for UK manufacturing and unlock a new sustainable, circular supply chain where rare metals are recovered from existing alloys. By joining forces with academic experts, SEM has developed potentially game-changing processes for sustainably treating various types of waste.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Sensing the mood of change, multilateral development banks (MDBs) pointed out that they doubled their climate finance supply between 2019 and 2023 to US$125 billion – achieving much the same increase in the volume of private finance mobilised since 2022. But a new academic study said they were still underperforming their potential.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The focus has to be on net zero transformation of businesses and their supply chains, mobilising sustainable capital, enhancing resilience against climate risks and delivering robust reporting on progress.” . Jackson-Moore said: “ESG is the defining business issue.

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Stanford Social Innovation

DECEMBER 16, 2021

has aimed to “Think Different” not only about its products but about something equally important: its supply chain. Since its modest beginnings in a California garage in 1976, Apple Inc. improved battery life).

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The lack of transparency in VCMs has driven debate, particularly among academics, on the viability of carbon offsets to effectively drive climate action. “Stakeholders can work together to circumvent the goal of intermediaries and improve transparency.” VCMs: Help or hinder? This is likely to require larger investment than buying offsets.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

“It is never about the individual, but the collective,” says Jodi-Ann Jue Xuan Wang, 26, the daughter of first-generation immigrants who advises investors and governments on an equitable transition to net-zero. She specializes in climate policy and finance, advising investors and governments on an equitable transition to net-zero.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 11, 2023

Carbon pricing has long been thought of as one of the most effective ways to migrate economies away from fossil fuel dependence to achieve net zero and limit global warming to 1.5°C. Whether it’s 62% or 65% is a purely academic question,” says Boakye.

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3BL Media

JULY 27, 2023

Basically, nature positive is biodiversity’s net zero with a critical difference: While net zero is a destination, nature positive is a journey. These are actions that most everyone at this conference are taking at the moment. These are actions that we are here to celebrate today and tomorrow.

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Just Capital

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

For business, the immediate impacts are manifold – supply chain and operational disruptions, shocks to energy and commodity prices, bond market upheaval, the need to safeguard staff and physical assets, dealing with sanctions, supporting refugees and displaced peoples, and much more. They remind us of what really matters.

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