Menus at COP26: Plant-forward or climate-backward?
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 9, 2021
The food strategy for November's COP26 had five key points; source local, reduce food waste, increase plant-based options, add carbon labels and reusables.
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GreenBiz
DECEMBER 9, 2021
The food strategy for November's COP26 had five key points; source local, reduce food waste, increase plant-based options, add carbon labels and reusables.
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Environmental NGO WRAP is using COP29 to highlight the need for countries to include food loss and waste in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). A new report shows that, of the 195 countries attending COP29, only 12 have committed to reducing food waste and just 17 to tackling food loss.
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3BL Media
DECEMBER 5, 2023
December 5, 2023 /3BL/ - Building on the success of the Pacific Coast Food Waste Commitment (PCFWC), nonprofit partners ReFED and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) today announced the formation of the U.S. Food Waste Pact is designed around the global framework of “Target, Measure, Act,” and food businesses joining the U.S. In the U.S.,
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 2, 2022
Household food waste project will see Council partnering with two food waste apps – OLIO & Kitche. The Bexley Household Food Waste Project launched on 2 March and will run through to the summer. Food waste is still at a dangerously high level, which is why initiatives like this are so important. www.kitche.co.
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 4, 2020
COP26 is to be held at the SEC, Glasgow, in November 2021. The UK Government, as hosts of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), has selected engineering, design and consultancy firm Arup to help it achieve its ambition of delivering a sustainable summit.
Corporate Knights
JANUARY 13, 2025
Or, in the words of James Marape, president of Papua New Guinea, theyre now a total waste of time. According to a report by the London-based NGO Global Witness, 503 fossil fuel lobbyists attended the COP26 meeting in Glasgow in 2021. For the last 30 years, COP has been the planets main vehicle of hope for averting climate catastrophe.
James Militzer
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
That’s why, as global leaders gather for yet another round of climate negotiations in the COP27 conference this month, waste is expected to be a hot topic (no pun intended). One reason for the enthusiasm around the waste sector’s climate potential is that it offers a massive opportunity for innovative business solutions.
3BL Media
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
Global environmental NGO Delterra, founded by McKinsey & Company, is today calling on world leaders gathered in Egypt for COP27 to take real action tackling methane emissions from waste to keep within a 1.5°C Make organic waste treatment the cheaper option. SOURCE: Delterra. Close the profitability gap.
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Scottish government funded advisory group Zero Waste Scotland is hosting a free virtual event , on Tuesday 5 October, which will see experts come together to discuss a vital topic they insist is missing from the climate change conversation: Consumption. tonnes of materials every year, or 50kg per week on average.
GreenBiz
MAY 26, 2021
Globally, with both the COP26 on Climate Change and COP15 on Biological Diversity happening this year, the urgency couldn’t be more clear. We've been assessing the resource requirements for all of our materials and particularly looking at them through the lens of water, waste and energy and then tackling each of our product categories.".
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Appointments of new COP26 President and Environment Secretary triggers renewed efforts to demonstrate the benefits of biogas for decarbonising the UK and global economies. The industry can also help reduce the carbon footprint of hard-to-decarbonise sectors such as heat, transport, waste management and agriculture.
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 12, 2021
Three weeks away from the 26th Conference of the Parties ( COP26 ), the World Biogas Association (WBA) is preparing to travel to Glasgow to represent the global biogas industry at the UN Climate Summit and demonstrate the value of the biogas industry in tackling climate change. That is what we at the WBA are aiming to achieve.”
Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
DS Smith says it has designed and manufactured the “first ever” fibre-based box solution to use its Circular Design Metrics, which it will supply to a COP26 initiative led by Toast Ale to highlight the role of food waste in the climate crisis. Read more →
Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
Read the full story at Waste Dive. The launch of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow responds to rising… Read more →
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
The COP26 Youth Climate Protest in Glasgow on 5 November (image credit: PMGphotog / Shutterstock.com). While COP25 in Madrid had seen the launch of many such schemes by big polluters like Shell, Total and BP, with COP26 we could now see these schemes taking a central place in the draft agreement. Carbon capture.
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 30, 2021
“The UK AD sector has however suffered from a lack of coordination between government departments to provide a coherent platform on which to fully deploy this industry which not only generates green energy, but also acts as a waste management solution. . There is no Net Zero without biogas.”,
Corporate Knights
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
Investing in efficiency now will provide meaningful reductions in the amount of energy wasted over the long-term and support the necessary transition to low-carbon heat.” . In the end, her ability to impose climate-unfriendly actions may be severely constrained. The post Will Britain’s new PM Liz Truss derail climate action?
3BL Media
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
DESCRIPTION: At the recent COP26 climate talks, countries and companies largely focused on tackling climate change by decarbonizing the energy sector. billion metric tons of waste annually. . While those statistics are daunting, slashing global waste is still possible. Words by Leon Kaye. SOURCE: TriplePundit.
3BL Media
JUNE 28, 2022
COP26 left us with a climate-to-do-list across all sectors, including My Green Lab showcasing that the global biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry alone has a significant and growing carbon footprint," said Malcolm Bell, Chairman and CEO of Envetec.
3BL Media
MAY 24, 2022
Environmental management Ericsson has environmental requirements for its business partners that cover manufacturing, transport, energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, chemicals in manufacturing, product chemical content and water and waste management. C-aligned climate targets. Ericsson is one of the founders of the 1.5°C
ESG Today
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
The release of the framework follows the introduction by India over the past year of a series of climate-related goals, including a pledge made at last year’s COP26 conference to reach net zero by 2070.
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Using real world data from 2019, the paper sets out the opportunity for massively improving the climate benefits of recycling food waste to produce renewable energy and green fertiliser for farmers. With COP26 looming, showcasing, and supporting, real action is critical and Bath’s study gives us compelling evidence to act.
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 23, 2021
The goal of net zero aviation will be assisted by funding from the UK government, which announced on 23 July that eight companies have been shortlisted to receive a share of £15 million to develop first-of-a-kind production plants across the UK that will turn waste into jet fuel.
3BL Media
JUNE 22, 2022
They’ve taken these bottles ( as well as a four-tonne melting iceberg from Greenland ) and set up camp (literally) at a handful of world events such as COP26 , the Davos World Economic Forum, and, in a matter of days, Glastonbury. Tell me more about the bottled water you took to COP26. How did you actually bottle it?
B the Change
OCTOBER 24, 2022
Yet nearly a third of that food is wasted. Until governmental policies are changed and a more sustainable food system is created, it has become apparent that we need to find our own ways to reduce the amount of food we waste, whether it’s through how we manage our home meal planning or?—?even Three, to raise awareness about food waste.
ESG Today
JANUARY 9, 2023
India’s entry into the green bond market follows the government’s introduction in recent years of a series of climate-related goals, including a pledge made at the 2021 COP26 climate conference to reach net zero by 2070.
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 30, 2021
Human activity generates 105bn tonnes of organic wastes (food waste, sewage and garden wastes, food and drink processing wastes, and farm and agricultural wastes) annually by human activity. However, only 2% of those wastes are currently being effectively managed. ” says David Newman, President of WBA.
ESG Today
JANUARY 26, 2023
India’s entry into the green bond market follows the government’s introduction in recent years of a series of climate-related goals, including a pledge made at the 2021 COP26 climate conference to reach net zero by 2070.
3BL Media
AUGUST 11, 2022
When it comes to protecting the planet, in 2008 we were one of the first companies to establish a net-zero goal across our operations and in the years since have been actively tracking and reducing our greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption, and waste across operations while investing in renewable energy.
3BL Media
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
DESCRIPTION: When the first draft of history is written, last November’s COP26 climate summit may be viewed as a turning point. By optimizing the process of removing ash from coal, Ecolab helped Tata Steel improve operations, reduce waste, save costs, and deliver $500,000 of total value. By Christophe Beck, President & CEO, Ecolab.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 19, 2021
The Japanese knotweed removal industry generates thousands of tonnes of plant waste every year which is consigned to landfill sites where it either regrows or decays, giving off harmful gases such as methane. We recognise our business activities create waste and emissions to land, air and water which we seek to mitigate as best we can.
3BL Media
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Other targets include increasing energy efficiency in biscuit ovens and steam boilers and reducing food waste by 15 percent in manufacturing and 50 percent in distribution. . “We Moving forward from COP26. We focus on where we can have the biggest impact”.
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Released ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), the latest round of climate talks taking place in Glasgow, the report finds that net zero pledges could make a big difference. per cent off predicted annual greenhouse gas emissions in 2030, compared to the previous round of commitments.
GreenBiz
JULY 22, 2020
I mean, they are much more likely to be downwind from the smokestacks and downstream from the hazardous waste flows, but they also have much less access to quality healthcare. Their housing, by and large, is not the same. They don’t have the Zoom-able jobs like we do right now on average.
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 24, 2022
Entitled “ the Methane Imperative ”, the event will build upon the launch of the Global Methane Pledge at COP26 to highlight how biogas could deliver up to 50% of the targets set up in the pledge, which has now been signed by over 100 countries. biomethane and the transport and industrial revolution – as well as the gas crunch.
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
The paper titled The forgotten ocean – why COP26 must call for vastly greater ambition and urgency to address ocean change is the work of scientists from around the world and sets out six important areas in which progress has to be made to integrate the ocean into climate action.
ESG Today
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
The announcement follows the release of the initial plan, alongside the launch last year at COP26 by the U.S. Given its much shorter lifetime in the atmosphere, however (10-12 years, vs 50-100 years for CO2), near-term reductions in methane emissions can have a meaningful climate impact over the next few years.
3BL Media
JANUARY 27, 2022
degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels was reaffirmed by the recent meeting of COP26 , an event that highlighted just how crucial it is that everyone acts immediately to avert an environmental catastrophe. Climate change is the greatest challenge of our time. The need to limit global warming to 1.5 About Filip de Greve.
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 29, 2021
The World Biogas Summit 2021 will focus on how, in the build up to COP26, anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas can help reduce global methane and other greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions. ” Notes. (1)
Chris Hall
JULY 26, 2024
At COP26 in Glasgow, the then-Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced plans for the UK to become the world’s first net zero-aligned financial centre. Also at COP26, Sunak proposed launching the Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) to develop a ‘gold standard’ for private sector climate transition plans, which WWF-UK was asked to join.
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020
The Summit provides the largest international platform on which to highlight the value of AD and biogas as solutions to the global challenges of organic waste management, food and energy security, and climate change. Hon John Gummer, Lord Deben, Chairman of the UK Committee on Climate Change.
3BL Media
APRIL 20, 2022
These will also include newly introduced Parallel Impact Sessions, where experts deep-dive into more operational discussions covering topics such as the “Rapid Rise of the Chief Sustainability Officer”, “Collaboration for Healthier Lives”, “Tackling Plastic Waste Towards a Circular Economy”, and “Investing in Climate, People and Nature”.
3BL Media
MARCH 15, 2022
From minimizing waste to corruption-free operations, GRI 12 guides companies to deliver comprehensive and comparable reporting. The outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in November saw agreement by countries to ‘phase down’ (rather than ‘phase out’ ) use of coal.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 17, 2021
Waste processing technology firm Anaergia OREX TM suggests its extrusion press technology has transformative potential in terms of how organic material is treated at municipal solid waste (MSW) processing sites, supporting renewable energy generation and helping the UK achieve its ambition of reaching net zero by 2050.
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