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Formula E: Net-Zero Strategy of the Year
At a glance: Who: Formula E What: Net-Zero Strategy When: 2020 onwards Where: Global Why: to decarbonise in line with climate science The challenge The number of entities with net-zero…
How can manufacturers invest in innovation for net-zero?
…Barbieri believes bringing businesses and other organisations facing the same blockers together to advocate for change is just as crucial as any one technology. Learn more at edie’s net-zero innovation…
Vodafone signs three solar deals as part of net-zero drive
…net-zero in our operations by 2030.” Vodafone Portugal will receive energy from the recently established Velilla solar PV plant situated in Palencia, Spain, as part of the PPA. Vodafone Spain…
Does the UK need a Regenerative Farming Task Force to boost biodiversity?
…Chris Skidmore’s Net-Zero Review is for the Government to outline a land-use framework aligned to the net-zero target this year. See edie’s timeline of all the key policy recommendations from…
How clear and simple language can help shape green skills
A swift and just transition to a net zero resilient future where people and nature thrive is vital to ensure lasting prosperity for businesses and communities. At Business in the…
ISSB launches first two standards, aiming to unify corporate climate disclosures
…now plotting mandatory net-zero transition planning – an approach which may well also be mirrored elsewhere. The International Organization of Securities Commission (IOSCO) is expected to endorse the standards later…
Climate resilience and Net zero
…Targets initiative (SBTi), has set out the world’s first Net Zero standard, providing companies with a framework and tools to effectively implement the Net Zero target. Achieving net-zero also requires…
European plastics giants unveil sustainability roadmap with little mention of reduction and reuse
…of offsetting and onsite carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies. In contrast, the Science-Based Targets initiative’s net-zero standard, which is open to all sectors, requires companies to commit to a…
Report: UK almost halfway to net-zero but toughest challenges lie ahead
This is according to the ‘Net-Zero Readiness’ report from KPMG, examining steps taken by 24 countries and key economic sectors to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The report notes that…
How to navigate the carbon neutrality and net zero minefield
…to net zero, the emission boundaries are much clearer: net zero should cover all of Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions. As far as offsets are concerned, unlike…
Innovation for net-zero: Opportunities and solutions for business
Technological innovation is arguably the most critical enabler of the global transition to a net-zero carbon economy. The good news is that the vast majority of the tech required to…
Legal & General records five-fold increase in companies it is analysing on climate grounds
…encourage companies to transition to net-zero carbon emissions. Last year’s Pledge analysed 1,000 companies across 15 sectors, compared to more than 5,000 across 20 “climate critical sectors”, which now includes…
World Economic Forum launches global green aviation initiative
…to fulfil their potential as clean energy hubs and standard-bearers for the net-zero economy.” According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) report, aviation accounted for more than 2% of global…
COP28 Action Tracker: The UN’s stark new climate warning and renewed China-US collaboration
…Tracker here. The numbers 92% of global GDP covered by net-zero targets from governments 2.9C of warming on pre-industrial times predicted by the UN by 2100 6,561 companies committed to…
Sunak rolls back EV and home heating policies, citing cost-of-living crisis
…of meaningful democratic debate about how we get [to net-zero]” and accused previous governments of making green commitments without either properly funding their delivery or communicating what they would entail…
edie Awards 2024: Sustainability champions revealed at prestigious ceremony
…Robot initiative Net-Zero Strategy of the Year Wernick Group – Net zero strategy of the year Partnership and Collaboration of the Year: Education and Empowerment Primark, CottonConnect & SEWA –…
UK’s electric bus sales boomed in 2023, SMMT confirms
…zero-emission bus uptake partly to Government funding. The Department for Transport (DfT) supported the uptake of 1,300 zero-emission buses through its first funding round under the Zero Emission Bus Regional…
Study: Food giants not investing in decarbonisation to meet their high-level climate targets
…net-zero emissions economy. Among the companies assessed are Bunge, Chipotle, Domino’s, Hershey, General Mills, Kellogg, Kraft Heinz, Kroger, McDonald’s, Papa John’s, Starbucks, Walmart and Wendy’s. The report highlights that 37…
Henkel launches supplier climate engagement plan to cut Scope 3 emissions
…striving to align with the Science-Based Targets Initiative’s (SBTi) Net-Zero Standard, which requires a commitment for a 90%+ emissions reduction across all scopes by 2050 or sooner. Through ‘Climate Connect’,…
BMW and MG ordered to drop EV adverts over greenwashing concerns
MG was also accused of failing to communicate that while pure electric vehicles and hybrids, when driven on their electric motor, generate no tailpipe emissions, they are not zero-emission across…
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