Day: 23 September 2021

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners announces its two first carbon neutral manufacturing sites

Stuart Mitchell

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) is announcing that two of its manufacturing sites have been certified as carbon neutral[1]. The sites at Jordbro in Sweden and Vilas del Turbón in Spain are CCEP’s first carbon neutral sites, and are part of a pilot programme that aims for at least six CCEP sites to become carbon neutral certified according the international standard PAS 2060[2] by the end of 2023.   This programme is a key part of CCEP’s emission reduction target that focuses first on reducing its own value chain emissions before…

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Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility files landmark case against Santos in Federal Court

Stuart Mitchell

In an historic claim, the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) will challenge Santos’ claims that natural gas provides “clean energy” and that it has a “credible and clear plan” to achieve “net zero” emissions by 2040 in the Federal Court of Australia. This is the first court case in the world to challenge the veracity of a company’s net zero emissions  target, and a world-first test case in relation to the viability of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and  the environmental impacts of blue hydrogen. Acting on behalf of ACCR,…

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All Out International LGBT+ Photo Exhibition Comes to Lush Liverpool Spa

Stuart Mitchell

From Thursday 16th September until 30th September 2021, All Out is taking over Lush Liverpool Spa’s third floor, previously known as the Christmas Floor and for hosting installations of the 11th Biennial edition, ‘The Stomach and the Port’. The floor will host all pieces of the global award winners of the All Out Photo Award 2021 and runner-up photography works.  The Photo Award was launched on 17th May 2021, the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). Inspired by the theme of this year’s IDAHOBIT, “Together: Resisting, Supporting,…

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CDL and MCL Land jointly secure green loans totalling S$847 million for two upcoming residential developments

Stuart Mitchell

City Developments Limited (CDL) and MCL Land are pleased to announce the successful securing of green loans amounting to S$847 million for the financing of two upcoming developments in Singapore, under a 50:50 joint venture (JV). Earlier in May this year, CDL and MCL Land were awarded two Government Land Sales (GLS) plots at Northumberland Road and Tengah Garden Walk Executive Condominium (EC), having placed the top bids at both sites. The 4.5-year S$429 million green loan financing package for Northumberland Road is provided by DBS Bank Ltd. (DBS), the…

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Thames Water publishes new roadmap to Net Zero

Stuart Mitchell

Having started at a London sewage works nine decades ago, Thames Water has published the final stage of its roadmap to achieving net zero carbon emissions across all operations by 2030. The UK’s largest water supplier is committed to leading the future of energy transition by transforming the way it creates and uses power to become carbon neutral by 2030, having cut emissions by almost 70 per cent since 1990. The company, which has been producing renewable energy at Mogden sewage works since the 1930s, aims to be carbon negative…

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