Day: 19 November 2021

Kimberly-Clark Receives US EPA 2021 SmartWay Excellence Award

Stuart Mitchell

Kimberly-Clark has announced that it was recognized with a 2021 SmartWay® Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as an industry leader in freight supply chain environmental performance and energy efficiency. The award recognizes companies for using a range of fuel-saving strategies in their shipping and freight delivery services that reduce transportation emissions and make freight delivery more sustainable. “We are proud to receive a ninth consecutive SmartWay Excellence Award, which recognizes our continued efforts to minimize the carbon footprint of our transportation network,” said Scott DeGroot, Vice President…

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ABP stops investing in fossil fuel producers

Stuart Mitchell

Pension fund ABP will stop investing in producers of fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal). Reasons for this decision are recently published reports by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the UN Climate Panel (IPCC). Groups of ABP pension participants and employers have shown broad support for this decision. ABP will divest from the fossil fuel producers in phases; the majority of which is expected to be sold by the first quarter of 2023. This concerns more than 15 billion euros in assets, almost 3% of ABP’s total assets .…

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Investors offered the opportunity to support the growth of low-carbon heating in the UK

Stuart Mitchell

One of the UK’s largest owner-operators of ground source heat pump systems (Renewable Heat Holdings Limited RHHL) is seeking to raise a total of £3 million in crowdfunding investment via Triodos Bank to accelerate the installation of ground source heat pumps in the UK – an important step in helping to lower the country’s carbon emissions. Currently, 78% of energy used to heat buildings is powered by gas. The transition to low energy heating remains significantly behind renewable electricity generation in the UK and is central to the plan to reach net…

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HP and WWF Announce Bold Partnership Expansion to Conserve and Restore Forests

Stuart Mitchell

In advance of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), HP Inc. announced an $80 million partnership expansion with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to further its commitment to forest conservation as part of HP’s comprehensive climate action strategy. By doing so, HP raises the bar for corporate leadership on nature-based solutions as the first company to pilot science-based targets for forests with WWF and becomes WWF’s largest U.S. corporate partner to-date. While HP already maintains zero-deforestation status for its HP paper and paper-based packaging, this collaboration will…

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Renewable energy jobs have reached 12 million globally

Stuart Mitchell

Renewable energy employment worldwide reached 12 million last year, up from 11.5 millihttps://www.ilo.orgon in 2019, according to the eighth edition of Renewable Energy and Jobs: Annual Review 2021 . The report was released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) at a high-level opening of IRENA’s Collaborative Framework on Just and Inclusive Transitions, co-facilitated by the United States and South Africa. The report confirms that COVID-19  caused delays and supply chain disruptions, with impacts on jobs varying by country and end use, and…

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