carbon neutral Articles
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Danske Bank - Measuring the impact of carbon reduction initiatives
The Danske Bank Group is the largest financial enterprise in Denmark and one of the largest in the Nordic region, offering customers a wide range of services in the fields of banking, insurance, real-estate and asset management. Not content to lead only in financial services, Danske Bank was the first large Danish bank to set a goal of reaching Carbon Neutrality. ...
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Achieving Carbon Neutrality: How to Become a Carbon Neutral Business by 2050
As climate change is the most defining issue of current times, achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 has become an indispensable priority for the world. We are at an overcritical juncture, where climate change is moving faster than us, and every half degree is making a world of difference. As we all know, companies are largely responsible for the rising level of emissions; it is vital for them to ...
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Difference between Carbon Neutral and Net-Zero?
By 2017, the average temperature of the earth had warmed by 1°C since pre-industrial levels, and it is continuing to increase at approximately 0.2°C per decade (IPPC, 2018). This unprecedented rise in temperature, owed to anthropogenic forcing, has already resulted in profound alterations to weather patterns, such as increased floods, droughts, sea level rise, and extreme weather events, as well ...
By WKC Group
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SERAM at Swiss Post - Case Study
Swiss Post is Switzerland's second biggest employer with over 40,000 people in hundreds of business locations. As a conglomerate it operates in the following four markets: logistics market, retail financial markets, public transport and communications market. At the beginning of 2009, Swiss Post began using SERAM to monitor their sustainability performance. As a logistics company the reduce of ...
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Internships Add Capacity to Investment Fund Efforts
This summer, The Climate Trust, a mission-driven nonprofit that specializes in financing climate solutions, has been hosting two high-level interns for projects integral to advancing our burgeoning carbon investment fund. Our Packard Environment Fellow, Jeremy Menkhaus, will provide insight on the development of a carbon-neutral investment product, and our Project Research Intern, Kate Hanson, ...
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Senators sign letter of support for consistent federal biomass policy
On June 30, 2015, 46 U.S. Senators sent a letter to the EPA, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and USDA stating that "[f]ederal policies across all departments and agencies must remove any uncertainties and contradictions through a clear, unambiguous message that forest bioenergy is part of the nation's energy future." Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) headed the letter ...
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CO2 Gas Analyzers: A Key Player In The 2050 Carbon-Neutral Emissions Target
Globally climate change has become an urgent issue that requires strong measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve carbon neutrality goals. By 2050, as part of a joint effort by countries around the world, we all hope to reach carbon-neutral emissions targets. To achieve this goal, we need to rely on a variety of technologies and tools, among which gas analyzers will play a vital ...
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New Case Study: Aviva and ClimateCare – Taking the Measure of Social Impact
Aviva leads the way for corporate environmental and social responsibility in the Financial sector. After becoming Carbon Neutral in 2006, they partnered with ClimateCare to go one step further; offsetting emissions through world-leading projects with the aim of both protecting the environment and improving lives. Measuring carbon reductions was straightforward. But, like many companies, Aviva ...
By ClimateCare
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Less Climate Talk, More Climate Action
‘The Road from Paris’ Less Climate Talk, More Climate Action Summary: The international GLOBE 2016 Conference & Innovation Expo, taking place March 2-4, 2016, in Vancouver, Canada, is perfectly positioned, occurring just after COP 21. GLOBE 2016 represents an ideal international venue to engage global business to: participate in the implementation of national and international ...
By GLOBE Series
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Carbon Neutrality Consultancy Services: Here’s How to Achieve Carbon Neutral Certification
As the world marks the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, a propitious movement for carbon neutrality is taking shape. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, carbon neutrality is a state of balance between CO2 emitted in the atmosphere and CO2 removed from the atmosphere. Getting to the target of net-zero emissions requires notable ...
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Greenest Hotel - UK - Case Study
The Greenest Hotel in the UK achieves BREEAM Excellent rating. Radisson Blu is a premier hotel with first class facilities furnished with the very latest in style and technology. When the hotel committed to becoming a carbon neutral operation, they selected Fleetsolve for our design and innovation capabilities. We developed a fully modulating bio-fuel Tri-generation CHP that not only ...
By Fleetsolve
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University Of Michigan Researcher Publishes Controversial Study That Finds Gasoline Produces Fewer CO2 Emissions Than Biofuels
On August 25, 2016, researchers at the University of Michigan, led by research professor John M. DeCicco, Ph.D., published "Carbon balance effects of U.S. biofuel production and use," a study examining the impact of biofuel production on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The study, funded in part by the American Petroleum Institute, examined USDA crop-production data and determined that the ...
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Biogas Adoption Grows in Europe
In the continent’s quest for a carbon-neutral economy, adoption of anaerobic waste-to-energy technology has been surging When it comes to the energy in wastewater, for far too long the world has figuratively been throwing the baby out with the bathwater. In general, wastewater contains five times more energy that it takes to treat it. Although waste-to-energy (WtE) technology is readily ...
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The Secret to Carbon Neutrality is in your Dumpster
According to TheClimateGroup.org, the transportation sector is the fastest-growing contributor to climate change, accounting for 23% of global energy-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Efforts to achieve carbon neutrality are everywhere you look. Between countries announcing ambitious goals for the next decade, and some of the world’s largest companies (including Ikea, Daimler, ...
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A web-based open emissions calculator
Many organisations and governmental agencies offer online calculators to calculate the carbon footprint of industrial activities. Furthermore, airline companies offer online tools to estimate carbon footprint and promote the purchase of carbon offsets in order to make the trip carbon neutral. This paper presents a free online emissions calculator that computes various emissions-related statistics ...
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Case study - Carbon-neutral cottage in Suffolk
Carbon Neutral Cottage in Suffolk. Little Cottage in Wickham Market is a great example of what carbon neutral homes of the future may look like and they estimate the 120 sq.m property could cost as little as £340 a year for heating, hot water and lighting. The Site Little Cottage in Wickham Market is a great example of what carbon neutral homes of the future may look like. They estimate ...
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Carbon Neutrality is Shaping the Fleets of the Future
Achieving carbon neutrality is becoming an increasingly popular goal. Between countries announcing carbon neutrality goals in the next decade and some of the world’s largest companies like Lyft, DHL, Ikea, BMW, John Deere, and Daimler making bold commitments about achieving carbon neutrality, reducing carbon emissions is becoming an essential part of operations. According to ...
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EU Aims for Circular Economy by 2050
Decentralized water and wastewater solutions are well positioned to help make the move to a carbon-neutral and environmentally sustainable future The European Union’s Circular Economy Action Plan for a fully circular economy by 2050 ranks among the most ambitious environmental targets of any governmental body. In concordance with the 2050 climate neutrality goal of the European Green Deal, ...
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Analysis of Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Products
The electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) powered by renewable energy to produce valuable chemicals and fuels has become a promising strategy for using renewable energy to produce fuels and chemicals. The process can occur under ambient temperature and normal pressure conditions. This approach potentially aids in mitigating the climate change problem by initiating a carbon-neutral cycle. ...
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Eaton`s 2030 Sustainability Strategy - Case Study
Eaton has organized its sustainability strategy under four pillars: Engagement, Customer solutions, Footprint, and Doing Business Right & Transparency. Notable commitments under these pillars include: Committing to sharing minority & gender pay equity results and ensuring no human rights violations from key suppliers Reducing carbon emissions from operations by 50% Achieving carbon ...
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