Report Report: ESG, supply chains, net zero and EVs
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
A wrap-up of recent research on sustainable business and clean technology.
ARENA says industrial emissions key to climate gains from solar, EVs and batteries
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 25, 2023
ARENA boss says clean technologies like solar batteries and EVs and heat pumps are not truly green unless the whole upstream supply chain is also green. The post ARENA says industrial emissions key to climate gains from solar, EVs and batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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DP World Endorses Green Shipping Corridor in Push for Sustainable Maritime Trade
3BL Media
DECEMBER 14, 2023
VANCOUVER, Canada, December 14, 2023 /3BL/ - DP World , a global leader in integrated supply chain solutions, has endorsed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at establishing an international green shipping corridor linking Canada’s West Coast with ports in Asia and the Middle East. Moller Maersk, and other critical entities.
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EU eyes Australian wind investment as it locks in renewable capacity at home
Renew Economy
JULY 25, 2023
The regional bloc is focusing on protecting its supply chains for domestic clean technology manufacturing industries, but also has an eye on Australian projects. The post EU eyes Australian wind investment as it locks in renewable capacity at home appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Ecocentricity Blog: Embracing Clean Technologies, Even If We Don't Have All of the Answers Yet
3BL Media
JUNE 1, 2022
It suggests that proponents of clean technologies like renewables and electric vehicles are being dishonest by ignoring or glossing over any downsides that come with them. Just because many clean technologies haven’t figured out how to optimize for the circular economy yet does not mean we shouldn’t promote them.
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This Canadian city is finding rare earth minerals needed for the green transition through recycling
Corporate Knights
JUNE 5, 2024
Concerned about this concentration, Western countries are actively seeking ways to diversify their supply chains and reduce their dependence on Beijing. Emerging recycling technologies offer a sustainable way to shore up the supplies the world needs and reduce pressure to expand mining. million motors for EVs.
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Climate was biggest winner in 2024 budget, but climate funding gap persists
Corporate Knights
APRIL 17, 2024
The federal government expects investments and tax credits for carbon capture, utilization and storage and clean technology to receive royal assent by June (six months after they were introduced in Parliament). on par with the higher end of clean-economy funding the U.S. billion EV supply chain tax credits through 2035 $1.1
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Clean energy will draw $2T in investments this year, setting new records: IEA
Corporate Knights
JUNE 11, 2024
Clean energy technologies and infrastructure are likely to receive twice as much global investment this year as fossil fuels, but countries still aren’t on track to fund the tripling of renewable energy capacity they agreed to at last year’s COP28 climate summit, the International Energy Agency concludes in a pair of reports issued this week.
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Canada and the UK Announce New Critical Minerals Supply Chain Dialogue
Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 8, 2023
As Canada and the United Kingdom ramp up their transition to clean technology, the two nations signed the Critical Minerals Supply Chain Dialogue on Monday. The post Canada and the UK Announce New Critical Minerals Supply Chain Dialogue appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Making reverse logistics circular requires forward thinking
GreenBiz
JUNE 23, 2021
"Our goal is before a server even shows up in a Microsoft data center, we have already determined five years from now each channel that every single part will take, including the screws that hold everything together," said Paul Clark, general manager of Microsoft Cloud Supply Chain Sustainability.
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Cleaning Innovations Company Demonstrates How Cost-Savings and Sustainability Go Hand-in-Hand
3BL Media
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
DESCRIPTION: Tersano is a Canadian-based, privately held company that manufactures sustainable cleaning technologies. Through their innovative products and solution, they make cleaning safer for people and the planet, while helping businesses significantly reduce costs, time, and labor every step of the way. SOURCE: Tersano.
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U.S. Department of Energy Shares Strategy to Secure the Clean Energy Transition
3BL Media
AUGUST 17, 2022
Key to achieving these goals is investing and building a secure and resilient domestic supply chain for the energy transition. How Is the US Strategizing to Secure the Supply Chain? Strategy 3: Invest and Support Formation of Diverse and Reliable Foreign Supply Chains to Meet Global Climate Ambitions.
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We Mean Business Coalition statement on the COP29 outcomes
We Mean Business Coalition
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
“Businesses operating globally understand climate risks —such as extreme weather events, shifting supply chains, and rising insurance costs—are business risks. Most of the world’s largest companies are committed to investing in clean technologies and solutions because it makes business sense.
Canada Announces Over $80 Billion Clean Tech & Energy Investments to Compete with U.S. Inflation Reduction Act
ESG Today
MARCH 31, 2023
incentives will undermine Canada’s ability to attract the investments needed to establish Canada as a leader in the growing and highly competitive global clean economy.
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Understanding the Crucial Role of Climate Scenario Analysis in Business Strategy
3BL Media
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
Key risks and opportunities include: Increased frequency and severity of storms, floods, and heatwaves that can disrupt supply chains, damage infrastructure, and impact workforce availability. This scenario includes increased investment in clean technologies such as renewable energy, electric vehicles, and sustainable infrastructure.
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Investing in Green Energy: Opportunities for Renewable Diesel | Booster
3BL Media
JULY 15, 2024
trillion was invested in clean technologies, including heat pumps, electric vehicles, nuclear power, storage, grids, low-emission fuels, and efficiency improvements. This significant investment in clean technologies underscores the potential and importance of renewable diesel in the energy sector.
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Reaching net zero in the manufacturing sector
Sustainability Matters
APRIL 13, 2025
The aim of the event hosted by the NSW Smart Sensing Network and the NSW Decarbonisation Innovation Hub at Penrith Panthers was to showcase opportunities and help manufacturers and their supply chain navigate new emissions reporting requirements. Medium businesses can scale up and strengthen supply chains.
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Vattenfall Signs Deal for Green Cement with Cleantech Startup Cemvision
ESG Today
JUNE 24, 2024
Already today in our demo production, we are reducing carbon emissions by 80%, and as we optimise processes and supply chain, we will reduce by up to 95% by 2030. Cemvision CEO Oscar Hållén said: “We are delighted to deepen our partnership with Vattenfall and to welcome them to our growing customer base.
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Scania Signs Deal with SSAB for 100% Fossil-Free Steel Deliveries by 2030
ESG Today
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
The new agreement follows Scania’s commitment last year to decarbonize its supply chain by 2030, with efforts focused its key production materials emissions sources, with batteries, steel, aluminum and cast iron accounting for approximately 80%. where Scania and SSAB are members, to reduce the carbon footprint in hard-to-abate sectors.
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DHL Launches Decarbonization Service for Road Transport
ESG Today
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Logistics and shipping giant Deutsche Post DHL Group announced today that it is expanding its supply chain emission reduction service, GoGreen Plus, to road transport through its overland freight transport solutions division, DHL Freight.
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EU Commission Unveils Plans to Scale Clean Tech Manufacturing: “The Race is On”
ESG Today
MARCH 16, 2023
The European Commission announced today a series of proposals aimed at ensuring its place in the race to scale up clean tech industrial capacity for the net zero energy transition, including the launch of the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), focused on the facilitation of clean technology industrial capabilities and capacity in Europe, and the European (..)
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DHL Enables Customers to Address Scope 3 Emissions for Shipping with Sustainable Aviation Fuel
ESG Today
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
GoGreen Plus aims to provide real emissions reductions through carbon “insetting,” enabling shippers to replace conventional fossil fuels with sustainable fuels or clean technologies, such as SAF. The new service will initially launch in the UK, and will become available to all DHL Express customers globally over the coming months.
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Standard Chartered, DHL to Co-invest in Sustainable Aviation Fuel
ESG Today
MARCH 19, 2024
GoGreen Plus aims to offer real emissions reductions through carbon “insetting,” enabling shippers to replace conventional fossil fuels with sustainable fuels or clean technologies, such as SAF.
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6 new finance solutions to drive energy transition in developing economies
Renewable Energy World
OCTOBER 4, 2021
The Amazônia Sustainable Supply Chains Mechanism will leverage off-take agreements for forest-compatible products to provide upfront finance, technical assistance, and structural community resources that catalyze the bioeconomy and keeps forests standing in the Brazilian Amazon.
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Changing the narrative: the case for preserving policies and regulations essential for a clean energy economy
We Mean Business Coalition
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
In a polarised world, with strong headwinds coming from multiple directions, we see dangerous false narratives reappearing: that green is not compatible with growth despite phenomenal growth in clean technologies. Business leaders need predictability.
Keysight CEO: Our Steadfast Commitment to Build A Better Planet
3BL Media
JUNE 22, 2022
In 2021, the world navigated a continued pandemic response, weather-related events, supply chain constraints, and other challenges. CSR remains a key value of the company and positive societal impact continues to be core to who we are.
DHL Enables US SMEs to Address Shipping Emissions by Investing in Sustainable Aviation Fuel
ESG Today
APRIL 24, 2023
GoGreen Plus aims to provide real emissions reductions through carbon “insetting,” enabling shippers to replace conventional fossil fuels with sustainable fuels or clean technologies, such as SAF. Greg Hewitt, CEO of DHL Express U.S.,
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Should philanthropic foundations empty their coffers to spend it all on climate now?
Corporate Knights
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Lourie says the target sectors include the electric vehicle supply chain, clean grids and hydrogen, as well as clean technologies such as heat pumps for space heating. Yet, as he notes, the transition won’t happen solely because emerging green technologies mature to the point of economic viability.
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Major Businesses Take to Capitol Hill in Support of Federal Clean Energy Incentives
3BL Media
DECEMBER 4, 2024
Businesses have been major supporters of the clean energy tax credits because of their economic benefits, including the creation of new manufacturing jobs, the strengthening of domestic supply chains to bolster U.S. competitiveness, and the delivery of affordable, reliable, American-made clean energy.
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EU Batteries Need Export Credit Backing
Chris Hall
MAY 30, 2024
As Europe races to keep up with China and the US on clean technologies, state-backed export credit agencies’ role is expected to grow. Lithium-ion batteries are a core component of electric vehicles (EVs), and their supply is therefore essential to the European Union’s ambitious decarbonisation goals.
Stay On Top of Energy Transition With These Top 10 Podcasts
3BL Media
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Heather Clancy is an award-winning journalist focused on innovation and transformative technology as it relates to corporate climate action. Together they host the weekly GreenBiz 350 podcast, where they explore the organizations and individuals driving clean technology and sustainable businesses. Redefining Energy.
£4.5 billion boost for UK manufacturing includes clean energy fund
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Commenting on the Green Industries Growth Accelerator, RenewableUK’s Chief Executive Dan McGrail said: “At a time when international competition for investment in clean technology manufacturing is fierce, the Chancellor is right to take a more proactive approach to stimulate green industrial growth.
Sustainable Innovations Company Changes the Way the World Cleans for People, Planet, and Profit
3BL Media
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
DESCRIPTION: September 20, 2022 /3BL Media/ - A Canadian-based sustainable innovations company is Changing the Way the World Cleans with technologies that prioritize human health, environmental sustainability, and cost-efficiency in commercial cleaning. The Next Generation.
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Abrupt end to Canada’s green retrofits program leaves industry in chaos
Corporate Knights
MARCH 5, 2024
With more than 165,000 grants already issued, and the rest of the audits and retrofits still in the queue, Greener Homes “has supported over 75,000 jobs in the retrofit economy, ranging from jobs in construction, made-in-Canada manufacturing, home energy auditing, sales, clean technology, and financial services,” the department said in a release.
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The Energy Transition Is Accelerating: The Rest Is Noise
We Mean Business Coalition
JANUARY 22, 2025
billion in damage to railways , halting the movement of goods and disrupting supply chains. Drought in 2022 reduced the capacity of Sichuans hydropower generation by 20 per cent, forcing Toyota and Foxconn, who were reliant on this supply, to halt production at their plants. In Germany, the 2021 floods inflicted $1.4
The integral role of every department in Australia's sustainable business revolution
Sustainability Matters
AUGUST 16, 2023
To meet the growing demand for sustainability, it’s not just about adopting clean technologies; it’s about embedding a culture of sustainability into every facet of an organisation. In Australia, examples abound of companies successfully integrating clean technologies. Operations teams sit at the heart of this transition.
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Green light for path to UK’s first ‘electric motorway’
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 2, 2021
Because of the limits of existing technology, the plan says “removing [road freight] emissions requires the development and deployment of clean technologies.”.
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From Archipelago To Anchor: Building a Greener Maritime Industry
3BL Media
JUNE 5, 2024
A multifaceted approach to sustainable shipping Sustainable shipping transcends mere technological advancements; it necessitates a holistic approach that encompasses every facet of the maritime supply chain. Herein lies the opportunity.
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Think tank outlines possible clean energy industrial strategy for the UK
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Global supply chains are extremely strained by the Covid pandemic and Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. According to the UK Export Finance, clean trade could deliver up to £170 billion of export sales in goods and services for the UK by 2030. Gas and oil imports are unreliable. Give British households a break.
A Principled Stance
Chris Hall
JUNE 13, 2024
It also plans to bring in £424 million during the first five years of a 20-year partnership with Ameresco , an independent US clean technology integrator. Then we can create the trade relationships that will underpin international supply chains for these new industries.”
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Trade groups call for solar funding reprieve in Scotland
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 13, 2024
This not only slows down individual progress towards energy independence but also widens the socioeconomic divide in access to clean technology. Domestic solar is hugely popular in Scotland and there is a long waiting list for installations.
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Top 5 tips to bring a renewable energy equipment prototype to market
Renewable Energy World
AUGUST 4, 2021
The reality is that this industry is in a race to compete with a depleting supply of fossil fuels, and energy OEMs are creating more groundbreaking technologies today than ever before. Incubators, universities, entrepreneurs, private investors, and even corporate giants are toiling night and day to create tomorrow’s clean technology.
Crumbs of consolation? What the budget offered
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 11, 2024
This will be split between a number of “clean energy” sectors, with around £390m for electricity networks and offshore wind supply chains, and around £390m for CCUS and hydrogen. Crumbs of consolation were welcomed, such as the 25% boost to landfill tax. This brings the fund up to £1.1
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Chemours Announces Joint Venture Agreement With BWT to Enable the Capacity and Innovation Required by the Transportation Fuel Cell Market
3BL Media
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), European Green Deal, and other future-oriented policy frameworks on the EU and member state level, will drive significant changes to the energy, transportation, and manufacturing industries as well as spark innovation in clean technology with billions of dollars in new climate and energy spending.
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