Month: September 2023

Report Shows That Inflation Reduction Act Alone Won’t Set United States on Track for Net Zero

Stuart Mitchell

The US’s transition to a net-zero economy by 2050 represents a $30 trillion investment opportunity in the country’s energy system by 2050, according to the New Energy Outlook: US report, published recently by research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). The report details a pathway for the US energy system to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 using the lowest cost technologies available. This so-called Net Zero Scenario (NZS) is presented alongside two other scenarios: a Policy Scenario evaluating the decarbonizing impact of key provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, and an Economic Transition…

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CAP – Five tips guaranteed to get your guarantees on the right track

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Five tips guaranteed to get your guarantees on the right track. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. Offering a guarantee or warranty can give consumers some added comfort when making a purchase – particularly when it involves larger sums of money.  That said, the word ‘guarantee’ can have many different meanings and not all warranties are…

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Innovation Creates 100% Recyclable Packaging

Stuart Mitchell

Together, Rockwell Automation and Pagès Group are accelerating the shift from plastic packaging to more sustainable materials. The video above explains how it’s done. Pagès Group, a gold-level member of Rockwell’s PartnerNetwork™, provides automaton solutions for the packaging industry. The France-based company is an industry innovator known for pioneering In-Mold Labeling technology, an injection-mold process used for plastic packaging. With an increase in sustainability requirements and consumer demand, Pagès customers wanted more sustainable packaging. New packaging materials require new solutions to accommodate high-volume line speeds, varying package sizes, and label…

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Alibaba: Seven in Ten Consumers Are Willing To Make Changes To Tackle Environmental Issues

Stuart Mitchell

A vast majority (73%) of consumers want to live more sustainable lifestyles, particularly among those living in emerging Asian markets (87%), but inconvenience and high costs are cited as main stumbling blocks to the adoption of sustainable lifestyles, finds the latest independent research commissioned by Alibaba Group. The research, titled “The Sustainability Trends Report 2023”, polled more than 14,000 consumers from 14 markets across Asia, Europe and the Middle East. It finds that convenience (53%) and affordability (33%) are critical for driving behavioral changes on consumer sustainability and businesses can…

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World’s Largest Asset Managers Far Off Track to Meet Own 2050 Net Zero Commitments

Stuart Mitchell

The world’s largest asset managers are far off track to meet their own 2050 net zero commitments, according to a new study released by FinanceMap recently. The analysis finds that the world’s largest asset managers have not improved their climate performance over the past two years and in some cases have reversed positive trends, despite most having set net zero by 2050 targets through initiatives such as the Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM). FinanceMap’s Asset Managers and Climate Change 2023 report scores 45 of the largest asset management companies based…

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