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EnergyUK: Britain set to lag behind global peers in clean electricity investment and deployment
…rest of the decade, based on existing funding commitments from national Governments. The findings are damning in terms of likely near-term investment in low-carbon electricity generation in the UK. EnergyUK…
Cargill and Mitsubishi turn to wind-powered giant sails to help decarbonise cargo ships
…called out for lagging on decarbonisation efforts. The Ship It Zero campaign’s first Shipping Decarbonisation Report Card assessed major retailers and shipping carriers based on their commitment to decarbonisation and…
NatWest unveils free upskilling platform to supercharge building retrofits
…with cutting-edge technologies and systems, positioning us to fulfil our net-zero commitments.” A recently published McKinsey report revealed that the professionals in the built environment sector have the capacity to…
Two-thirds of Brits back ‘National Nature Service’ to get young people into green jobs
…funding allocation has been designed to help the UK deliver its international commitment to protect at least 30% of land and sea for nature by 2030. The Trusts’ director of…
SSE Renewables launches 150MW battery storage project
…£40bn in low carbon technologies by 2031/32. This commitment aligns with its fully funded £18bn investment strategy for the next five years, up to 2027, expected to create around 1,000…
Four in five cities already facing climate hazards, says CDP
…Agreement’s warming trajectory commitments. CDP’s global director for cities, states and regions, Maia Kutner, said there is a very real risk that the risks seen this July will “seem unremarkable”…
IMF: Fossil fuel subsidies reached record high of $7trn in 2022
…have long been encouraged to follow the suit of the G7. It has made the same commitment but set no end-date and no definition of inefficiency. The G20 provided $693bn…
UK unveils £16m to ‘supercharge’ peatland restoration
…the £16m announced this week, part of a wider £50m peatland funding commitment, will “drive collaboration and supercharge peatland restoration across the country”. This time last year, Defra confirmed a…
Investors worth £1.5trn call on Rishi Sunak to provide long-term clarity on net-zero policies
…help support the net-zero transition. “As investors and financial institutions, we need confidence in the government’s long-term commitment to this agenda to allow us and our investee companies to make…
Short-termism and seeking silver bullets: Why businesses still aren’t preparing for environmental risks
…has been said in recent months about greenwashing or impact-washing. Businesses often state a commitment to a sustainable future but only take actions that tinker around the edges, Forum is…
Net-Zero Awards: Shortlist of finalists revealed
…Associates – 2030 Sustainability Goals Interface Laing O’Rourke and Explore Manufacturing – Centre of Excellence for Modern Construction (CEMC) Suzano – Commitments to Renewing Life Tarkett – Turning post-use flooring…
Climate Group urges G20 to set timelines for fossil fuel phase-outs and a just transition
…also requiring it from their suppliers. If corporate giants are demanding it, jumping on the transition is about business survival, and governments need to facilitate that.” “Businesses need government action…
Report: Fossil fuel giants still undermining Paris Agreement despite net-zero pledges
…receptive to requests to rapidly decrease emissions and/or production due to their requirements to deliver national policy commitments. State investment State-owned oil and gas firms have faced a swathe of…
Global Stocktake: UN urges ‘radical’ changes in climate policy plans at COP28
…Current policy commitments are estimated to be aligned with 2.4C – 2.8C of warming if delivered in full, and the UN has expressed concern about the gap between ambition and…
Mars unveils net-zero roadmap backed with $1bn three-year spending plan
…bears noting that, in 2017, Mars pledged $1bn to environmental sustainability through to 2025, so the new commitment marks a significant acceleration. Detailed in the roadmap are several areas where…
Ikea’s green steel deal and Carlsberg’s coal phase-out: The sustainability success stories of the week
…the end of the 2025-6 financial year. The 2030 commitment is worded as such that it may opt for some alternatives such as alternatively fuelled models for its heaviest vehicles….
Delivering the Paris Agreement ‘a $275trn investment opportunity’, asset owners tell policymakers
…policy commitments are aligned with at least a 2.6C trajectory by most estimates. The report reiterates the assertions of climate scientists that most of the decarbonisation technologies and solutions we…
Can the UK achieve Net Zero by 2050?
…government have made various new commitments across a range of sectors and pathways to address these issues up to 2037. At Beyondly we understand the urgency around this and are…
DHL pledges €80m investment for biomethane production
…strong commitment to embracing sustainable practices and driving down our emissions. “We are both committed to promoting collective environmental objectives; and to advance our ambition to achieve net-zero in our…
Delta Air Lines: Coalition hub to scale sustainable aviation fuel
…for roughly 2-3% of the annual global greenhouse gas emissions. Despite worldwide airline commitments to acquire billions of gallons of SAFs in the forthcoming decades to replace conventional jet fuels…
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