Tag: carbon

Dow Teams Up to Contribute Carbon Savings From Anti-Corrosion Steel Coatings to Official Carbon Partnership With IOC

Stuart Mitchell

Announcing the latest contributor under Dow’s Official Carbon Partnership with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Dow is teaming up with PPG to reduce the carbon impact of anti-corrosion coatings for steel commercial infrastructure. The collaboration between Dow and PPG, a global supplier of paints, coatings and specialty materials, aims to deliver reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions though improved coatings for commercial and industrial buildings, infrastructure such as bridges and marine vessels, while helping to lessen costs associated with structural metal corrosion. As an alternative to traditional coating solutions, PPG’s two-coat PSX…

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Carlsberg Group cuts carbon by 30% since 2015 in good sustainability progress

Stuart Mitchell

The Carlsberg Group reported solid progress towards the sustainability targets of its Together Towards ZERO programme, emphasising the importance of collaboration with local partners and global experts across the value chain. In 2019, the Group achieved a 30% reduction in relative carbon emissions at its breweries since 2015 (13% since 2018), with 56% of electricity from renewable sources and a total of five carbon-neutral sites running on renewable energy only. The Group also delivered a 12% reduction in relative water consumption since 2015 and announced a major investment in water-recycling…

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Lloyds Banking Group pledges to cut carbon by more than 50% in the next decade to help finance a green future

Stuart Mitchell

Lloyds Banking Group today announces its new ambition to accelerate working with customers, government and the market to help reduce the carbon emissions we finance by more than 50% by 2030. This is the estimated equivalent of removing the emissions produced by almost a quarter of UK homes. This commitment recognises the urgent need to tackle climate change, grow the green economy and promote green finance for the future business prosperity of the UK. The Banking Group state on their website: The UK has made a sizable commitment to transform…

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Average Brit will emit more carbon by 12 January than residents of seven African countries do in a year

Stuart Mitchell

The average Brit will emit more carbon in first two weeks of 2020 than the citizens of seven African nations emit in an entire year, Oxfam revealed today as it called on the UK government to lead the way in addressing the staggering injustice at the heart of the climate emergency. Researchers found that someone in the UK will take just five days to emit the same carbon as someone in Rwanda does in an entire year. By 12 January, the average Brit’s emissions will have overtaken the annual per…

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