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MediaCityUK touts 'net zero neighbourhood' status
MediaCityUK touts 'net zero neighbourhood' status

Developer Peel L&P says third-party verified analysis shows half the site's buildings are now net zero approved

  • BusinessGreen
  • 29 September 2020
Amazon swells Climate Pledge ranks with Siemens, Best Buy, and others
Amazon swells Climate Pledge ranks with Siemens, Best Buy, and others

Real Betis, Schneider Electric, and McKinstry also amongst latest wave of companies to commit to reaching net zero emissions a decade ahead of Paris Accord goal

  • BusinessGreen
  • 25 September 2020
'Grounds for optimism': Global CO2 emissions flatlined in 2019, data indicates
'Grounds for optimism': Global CO2 emissions flatlined in 2019, data indicates

Carbon emissions from energy stayed the same in 2019 despite expectations of further growth, latest International Energy Agency data indicates

  • Energy
  • 11 February 2020
We are sailing: Norsepower sails slash fuel emissions for Maersk tanker
We are sailing: Norsepower sails slash fuel emissions for Maersk tanker

Norsepower Rotor Sails saved the equivalent of 1,400 tonnes of CO2, independent analysis found

  • Transport
  • 25 October 2019
'How dare you': Greta Thunberg blasts world leaders for 'failing' on climate change
'How dare you': Greta Thunberg blasts world leaders for 'failing' on climate change

Swedish teenage activist delivers angry and emotional speech to world leaders at UN Climate Action Summit, as emissions pledges start to stack up

  • Climate change
  • 23 September 2019
Australia's emissions rise again, putting Paris climate promise in doubt
Australia's emissions rise again, putting Paris climate promise in doubt

Data showing increase was released late, in defiance of a senate order, but leaked to a major newspaper, leading to accusations of contempt of parliament

  • Politics
  • 07 June 2019
Thousands of Amazon employees demand company delivers bolder climate action
Thousands of Amazon employees demand company delivers bolder climate action

More than 4,000 Amazon employees have signed a letter demanding the firm clarify its environmental commitments and take more radical action to shrink its carbon footprint

  • Management
  • 11 April 2019
Carmakers on course for $2-12bn fines for missing EU CO2 targets, warns Moody's
Carmakers on course for $2-12bn fines for missing EU CO2 targets, warns Moody's

Ratings agency warns of possible credit downgrades, while the UK's auto lobby says 'anti-diesel' agenda has made targets harder to reach

  • Automotive
  • 05 April 2019
UK greenhouse gas emissions fell three per cent in 2018
UK greenhouse gas emissions fell three per cent in 2018

Official government estimates suggest UK emissions now at 1890 levels, with hopes that transport emissions are finally dipping

  • Policy
  • 28 March 2019
EU ordered to strengthen car emissions tests in 'landmark' court ruling
EU ordered to strengthen car emissions tests in 'landmark' court ruling

General Court of the EU orders reversal to decision that allowed carmakers to exceed emissions limits by up to 110 per cent during on-road tests

  • Legislation
  • 14 December 2018
Report: No country is decarbonising fast enough to meet Paris Agreement targets
Report: No country is decarbonising fast enough to meet Paris Agreement targets

New analysis from PwC shows UK and China are fastest decarbonisers, but no country is moving quickly enough to avert dangerous climate change

  • Climate change
  • 04 October 2018
Forty per cent of Europeans say their next car likely to be electric
Forty per cent of Europeans say their next car likely to be electric

New survey from Ipsos Mori underscores growing popularity of electric vehicles, but price remains a major barrier to uptake

  • Automotive
  • 02 October 2018
As Trump readies green auto rules rollback, polling reveals rising public concerns over pollution
As Trump readies green auto rules rollback, polling reveals rising public concerns over pollution

Reports suggest a watering down of auto emissions rules is imminent, but could the move provide more ammunition for Trump's opponents at the midterms?

  • Automotive
  • 30 April 2018
Heineken sets new renewables goal, as Carlsberg downs its CO2 levels
Heineken sets new renewables goal, as Carlsberg downs its CO2 levels

Brewing giants separately announce progress towards cutting carbon and fossil fuel energy use across their global operations

  • Energy
  • 13 February 2018
What's really behind the sudden rise in UK waste sector emissions?
What's really behind the sudden rise in UK waste sector emissions?

Emissions from UK landfill rose five per cent in 2016, with experts attributing the rise to a change in methodology - but should businesses be concerned about the increase in their waste footprint?

  • Waste
  • 09 February 2018
Councils get a funding bump to help clean up bus emissions
Councils get a funding bump to help clean up bus emissions

Government announces winners of next tranche of funding from the Clean Bus Technology Fund, which will see almost 3,000 buses upgraded to cleaner technologies by 2020

  • Automotive
  • 09 February 2018
UK plots tougher car emission 'defeat device' sanctions as diesel sales slide
UK plots tougher car emission 'defeat device' sanctions as diesel sales slide

Volkswagen 'dieselgate' scandal demonstrates need for more stringent penalties as a future deterrent against cheating emissions tests, government rules

  • Automotive
  • 05 February 2018
DVSA checks find hundreds of lorries cheating emissions standards
DVSA checks find hundreds of lorries cheating emissions standards

Random checks across the UK catch 293 lorries fitted with 'cheat devices' designed to give false emissions readings

  • Automotive
  • 15 January 2018
EU on track for 2020 emissions target, but concerns over 2030 continue to mount
EU on track for 2020 emissions target, but concerns over 2030 continue to mount

European Environment Agency data shows much more work is needed to meet longer-term emissions reduction goals

  • Climate change
  • 08 November 2017
'Market failure': Report estimates technology upgrades could save trucks €5,700 a year on fuel costs
'Market failure': Report estimates technology upgrades could save trucks €5,700 a year on fuel costs

Report from Transport and Environment details how existing technologies could slash haulage costs and emissions

  • Automotive
  • 26 September 2017
Hot topic: It takes more than clean power to reach renewables targets
Hot topic: It takes more than clean power to reach renewables targets

Cargill, General Motors, Kimberly-Clark, Mars and P&G throw their weight behind an effort to take stock of thermal loads

  • Carbon Accounting
  • 22 September 2017
DS Smith shrink-wraps CO2 emissions, boosts sourcing standards
DS Smith shrink-wraps CO2 emissions, boosts sourcing standards

Packaging giant cuts relative emissions by 6.7 per cent in 2016/7 and now sources 85 per cent of packaging fibre from FSC-certified sites

  • Carbon Accounting
  • 08 September 2017
Mars: To avert dangerous warming, we must untangle the supply chain web
Mars: To avert dangerous warming, we must untangle the supply chain web

Kate Wylie, Mars' global head of sustainability, talks to BusinessGreen about the food giant's new $1bn plan to help fix "broken" supply chains

  • Supply chain
  • 06 September 2017
Cruise ships urged to deliver sea change in air pollution efforts
Cruise ships urged to deliver sea change in air pollution efforts

Annual cruise ship rankings compiled by green NGO NABU show little improvement in emissions or cleaner fuel use across the global industry over the past year

  • Shipping
  • 05 September 2017
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