Tag: Climate Group

HS2 contractor commits to move towards net zero carbon concrete

Stuart Mitchell

Construction joint venture SCS is the latest company to join ConcreteZero, committing to reduce emissions from concrete in its construction works today and into the future. This will boost the demand for more sustainable concrete, adding significant momentum for low emissions and ultimately net zero concrete in the UK. ConcreteZero is a global initiative led by Climate Group in partnership with WorldGBC. It brings together pioneering businesses to drive demand for more sustainable and net zero concrete. ConcreteZero members commit to buying and using 30% low emission concrete by 2025…

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47 businesses urge EU leaders to stick with 2035 phase out of petrol and diesel cars

Stuart Mitchell

The European Union’s status as climate leader is at stake as a group of Member States, led by Germany, seeks to overturn a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035, 47 businesses warned in a letter to the European Commission. Read the letter here. Any delay of the ban would have a devastating impact on air quality and the environment across the bloc, and would call into question the EU’s ability to reach its climate commitments, Climate Group added. The 47 leading businesses, including Volvo…

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Without climate finance for states and regions there can be no net zero, warns Climate Group

Stuart Mitchell

Funding for climate action and policies at subnational level is essential to keep the world on track for 1.5 degrees of warming, especially as state and regional governments represent over 50% of all environment and climate spending. This is according to new research, published by Climate Group, looking at the mechanisms states and regions can use to raise funds to accelerate to net zero and adapt to climate change: particularly carbon pricing, green bonds, national government funding and taxes and fees. The report also examines ways in which subnational governments…

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Siemens, Unilever, Maersk and DFDS join business coalition calling for 2035 deadline for zero-emissions trucks in EU

Stuart Mitchell

The EU needs to show leadership for the sake of the climate and the bloc’s future competitiveness by ensuring all new freight trucks are zero-emissions from 2035, a broad business coalition of 44 companies says. In a letter to the EU Commission, signed by globally recognised brands including Siemens, Maersk, Unilever and PepsiCo, the coalition writes that the 2035 deadline is not just feasible but necessary to fully replace the fossil-powered truck fleet in time for the EU to reach climate neutrality by 2050. A 2035 zero-emissions target for new…

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Climate Group urge European Commission to make all new trucks zero emission by 2035

Stuart Mitchell

Climate Group‘s EV100+ initiative signed Transport and Environment’s letter, alongside 38 other eminent NGO’s, calling on the European Commission to ensure that all new trucks sold are zero emission by 2035 at the latest.  Trucks represent just 2% of vehicles on EU roads, but account for more than a quarter of road transport emissions, and that number is continuing to rise. Heavy duty road transportation is also one of the largest sources of air pollution, which the European Environment Agency estimates to cause 350,000 premature deaths per year in the…

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