Month: October 2022

Climate Group launches EV100+ to tackle world’s most polluting road vehicles

Stuart Mitchell

A new zero emission road transport leadership commitment, EV100+, will be launched today by international non-profit Climate Group at this year’s Climate Week NYC.   Five globally recognised businesses – IKEA, Unilever, JSW Steel Limited, A.P. Moller – Maersk and GeoPost/DPDgroup – are the founding members of the initiative, which aims to phase out the heaviest and most polluting vehicles on today’s roads.   Together they have committed to transition their fleet of vehicles over 7.5 tonnes, known as medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (MHDVs), to zero emission by 2040 in OECD markets,…

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TotalEnergies and SARIA Join Forces to Produce Sustainable Aviation Fuels

Stuart Mitchell

TotalEnergies and SARIA, a leader on the European market for the collection and valorization of organic materials into sustainable products, have concluded an agreement to develop sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production on the Grandpuits (Seine-et-Marne) zero-crude platform.  This agreement is a major step in securing feedstock supply (used cooking oils and animal fats) eligible to produce SAF and will enable the SAF production capacity to reach 210,000 tons per year, 25% higher than foreseen in the initial project announced in 2020.  Under this agreement, TotalEnergies will take 50% of a…

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The Carbon Trust and leading tech companies team up to tackle climate impact of connected devices

Stuart Mitchell

Global climate consultancy, the Carbon Trust, and leading technology companies – Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Samsung and Sky – are joining forces to tackle internet-connected device emissions. The group has formed a secretariat, led by the Carbon Trust, to develop the industry’s first specification for measuring, accounting for and decarbonising the emissions associated with connected devices while being used by customers.  Globally, connected devices, which include any device that can connect to another or a network via the internet, have an annual electricity consumption similar to that of France1. This includes…

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IKEA commits to zero-emission on heavy-duty vehicles

Stuart Mitchell

Electrification of road transport is one of the key solutions to decarbonise the transport industry. Although the electrification of heavy-duty road transport is still in an early stage, it’s accelerating in many countries, together with the increasing availability of renewable energy sources. IKEA’s goal is to become climate positive by 2030. As a big transport buyer with more than 2 million shipments per year, IKEA has the responsibility to reduce its emissions and also the opportunity to show the way and speed up the decarbonisation of the transport industry. At…

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Mars and Rubicon Halloween 2022 Innovation: Tackling Packaging Waste

Stuart Mitchell

As Halloween approaches, Mars has again put the consumer first by introducing an innovative collaboration to minimize wrapper waste this Halloween season. Working with leading digital waste and recycling solutions provider Rubicon Technologies, Inc., Mars will offer specially designed, recyclable, trick-or-treating bags throughout October as an expansion of Rubicon’s existing Trick or Trash™ campaign. The collaboration aims to give Halloween lovers a simple, fun, and free way to tackle wrapper waste by providing trick-or-treat bags with a prepaid postage stamp and simple three-step instructions on how to return it for…

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