Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Cargill is taking advantage of its position in the supply chain between farmers and consumer food companies to invest in advancing the emerging carbon marketplace associated with regenerative agriculture. Read the full story at GreenBiz.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Rob Jenkinson is Net Zero Program Manager at Swedish bearing and seal manufacturing firm SKF. The manufacturing sector is a major generator of the emissions that cause rising temperatures. As such, it has an ethical imperative to adopt practices that lead to carbon neutrality. million tonnes/year of carbon dioxide equivalent.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 18, 2022

The firm was once a global leader in hydraulic cranes, but it is now the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, responsible for almost a fifth of global installed wind power capacity. Through our solutions, Vestas supports the global energy system with avoiding millions of tonnes of carbon emissions every year,” says CEO Henrik Andersen.

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3BL Media

MAY 11, 2022

farmers including partnerships with BIPOC farmers in producing 140 million pounds of industrial hemp next year, putting the company on a trajectory to provide the volume necessary to meet the scale requirements for supply chains in target industries including paper and plastics.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 24, 2025

In December, a survey of more than 900 institutional investors by the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing found that nearly 40% of asset owners used carbon offsets to mitigate portfolio emissions, while 31% of asset managers said they offered clients offsets linked to specific products or aggregated emissions.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Planet worked with SCS Global Services , (SCS) an organization specializing in third-party certification, validation, and verification for environmental and sustainability quality performance claims, to certify its operations as carbon neutral in accordance with the internationally recognized PAS 2060: 2014 Carbon Neutrality Standard.

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3BL Media

MARCH 25, 2022

Net-zero means a state in which a company’s value chain results in no net-accumulation of Carbon Dioxide (CO 2 ) in the atmosphere and no net-impact from other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Why did Qualcomm decide to commit to net-zero? How can Qualcomm technologies be used to address the climate crisis?

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Carlos Sanchez

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Carbon offset markets have always been complex and controversial instruments to fight climate change. Reading this article, you will better understand the carbon offsets market, carbon offsets controversy and the key initiatives to follow. Carbon Offsets Markets size. Introduction.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 4, 2024

This process is energy-intensive and contributes significantly to carbon emissions. Hardware: The specialized hardware used for AI, such as GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) and TPUs (Tensor Processing Units), consumes a lot of energy during both the manufacturing and operational stages.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In any event, critics note, the system only deals with the downstream issue of plastic already in the environment, and not the issue of the manufacture and use of plastic in the first place. rePurpose says it “collects chain-of-custody documentation from all stakeholders involved in the supply chain.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Investments to date include algae-to-biofuel company Viridos , and carbon capture and removal technology provider Svante. Andrew Chang, Managing Director of United Airlines Ventures said: “SAF is the best tool we have to decarbonize airplanes, but we don’t have enough of it.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

While Net-zero carbon means making changes to reduce carbon emissions to the lowest amount – and offsetting as a last resort. The offsetting is used to counteract the essential emissions that remain after all available reduction initiatives have been implemented. Projects can offer a range of benefits.

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3BL Media

JULY 18, 2022

Businesses must first decarbonize their operations wherever possible by reducing reliance on fossil fuels, creating more efficient supply chains and streamlining manufacturing procedures. High quality carbon credits are complementary to those activities and used to reach more ambitious emission reduction goals.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

As a major source of carbon emissions, the commercial aerospace sector can make an enormous impact through operational improvements, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), new propulsion technologies (such as electric and hydrogen) and global market-based measures like carbon offsets. The Evolving Role of Supply Chains.

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Environment + Energy Leader

AUGUST 30, 2022

The material is produced using electric blast furnaces, energy credits, and carbon offsets to counter emissions. The post Commercial Metals Company Launches Net-Zero Rebar appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

eVTOL aircraft use electric motors, rather than traditional combustion engines to provide carbon-free flights, and can be used to provide “air taxi” service in urban markets. Eve was launched by aircraft manufacturer Embraer in 2020, as part of the company’s initiative to commercialize its eVTOL designs.

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3BL Media

JULY 7, 2023

The SCS-007 standard applies to both mined and lab grown diamonds and provides jewelry manufacturers, retailers and their customers with an unprecedented level of assurance. Furthermore, the certification promises a transparent supply chain through comprehensive traceability of diamonds.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 26, 2024

The authors say this could incentivize companies to decarbonize all of society, rather than simply increase the efficiency of their existing products and supply chains. Under the scope-based standards, the company would be penalized for the greenhouse gases it emits when it manufactures wind turbines.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JULY 15, 2022

The post Intel: Greenhouse Gases are Falling Even as it Expands Manufacturing Capacity appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. Since 2000, Intel Corporation has sought to be a global leader in emissions reductions, water preservation, and waste generation — or the ability to reuse or recycle waste.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JULY 15, 2022

The post Intel: Greenhouse Gases are Falling Even as it Expands Manufacturing Capacity appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. Since 2000, Intel Corporation has sought to be a global leader in emissions reductions, water preservation, and waste generation — or the ability to reuse or recycle waste.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Japan’s Ministry of the Environment partially supported the project in this case, aiming to understand the operational aspects of the mechanism, acquire JCM credits toward Japan’s NDCs, and promote the transfer of low-carbon technologies. Ensure carbon market compliance and maximize the potential to lower emission reduction costs.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

As a major source of carbon emissions, the commercial aerospace sector can make an enormous impact through operational improvements, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), new propulsion technologies (such as electric and hydrogen) and global market-based measures like carbon offsets. The evolving role of supply chains.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

As a key part of the project, BME, its Iberclear central securities depository, and carbon offset specialist ClimateTrade developed a voluntary registry for carbon and biodiversity inventories. Using an API connection, Iberclear received, validated and recorded the verified green credits in its registry.

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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. For example, a 1.6

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Strategic Sustainability Consulting

AUGUST 4, 2021

Companies that rely on water for food production, packaging, and other manufacturing processes are also at risk as well as the companies they supply. southwest, photos of farmers in California pulling up water-intensive crops like almond trees circulated as they faced a decrease in water supply. With the U.S. Plant trees.

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Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

H&M's goal is to be carbon positive by 2040. In the nearer term, it wants to reduce its emissions by 56% by 2030, using 2019 as a baseline. Meanwhile, it aims to make all of its clothing using recycled components by 2030. It says it is 65% of the way there now. .

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Corporate Sustainability Collabrorative

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

For those able to do the work themselves, CEP provides training and supply kits. Encourage employees, friends and employers to offset energy usage through carbon offset programs for natural gas and electricity. Smart Energy , Blue Sky and PGE’s offset options are programs Portland businesses can consider.

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Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

H&M's goal is to be carbon positive by 2040. In the nearer term, it wants to reduce its emissions by 56% by 2030, using 2019 as a baseline. Meanwhile, it aims to make all of its clothing using recycled components by 2030. It says it is 65% of the way there now. .

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We Mean Business Coalition

JULY 10, 2023

A new label aimed at replacing carbon neutrality claims has been launched by carbon offset firm South Pole. And the Science Based Targets initiative has published new guidance to outline how larger companies can engage with supply chains and get suppliers to set their own science-based targets.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

For example, the nonprofit Textile Exchange launched a Material Change Index , enabling manufacturers to integrate a preferred fiber and materials strategy into their products. German sportswear company adidas committed to using only recycled polyester across its supply chain by 2024. Help could be on the way. There’s more.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Carbon offsets are ‘riddled with fraud.’ Solving credibility issues may require a greater overhaul of carbon markets. Carbon insetting Business-speak for companies reducing emissions in their own supply chains; an alternative to carbon offsetting. Can new voluntary guidelines fix that?

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CleanTechnica

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

This will enable FMG to supply its customers with a carbon free product. The elimination of diesel, natural gas, and carbon offset purchases from its supply chain is expected to reduce operating […]. Fortescue Metals Group has announced that it will invest US$6.2

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