Remove 2014 Remove Carbon Offsets Remove Waste
article thumbnail

The Iberian green industrial opportunity: Carbon capture and storage

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Total industry GVA encompasses the following sectors: mining and quarrying, manufacturing, electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply, as well as water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities. Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is a good example of how biogenic CO 2 may be generated.

article thumbnail

Pioneering Offsets and Carbon Removal Technologies To Address Aviation’s Residual Emissions at American Airlines

3BL Media

As a result, to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, the aviation sector will need to rely on carbon offsets and removals to neutralize residual emissions. American also partners with Cool Effect, a leading nonprofit provider of carbon offsets, to give our customers the opportunity to purchase offsets.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Planet Labs PBC Becomes a Carbon Neutral Company

3BL Media

Planet worked with SCS Global Services , (SCS) an organization specializing in third-party certification, validation, and verification for environmental and sustainability quality performance claims, to certify its operations as carbon neutral in accordance with the internationally recognized PAS 2060: 2014 Carbon Neutrality Standard.

article thumbnail

The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

An Earthsmart FedEx zero-emission all-electrical truck in Lower Manhattan on July 17, 2014. . It's already powering its scooters and operations with clean energy as well as buying carbon offsets to neutralize emissions. However, the pandemic and remote work has thrown a wrench into many companies' commuter ZEV bus plans.

article thumbnail

ICYMI Fifth Third's New Operational Sustainability Goals

3BL Media

The 2017 goals were to purchase 100% renewable power and to reduce its energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, water use and waste sent to landfills by 2022. Divert 75% of waste from going to landfills (previously 20% waste reduction goal). Divert 75% of waste from going to landfills (previously 20% waste reduction goal).

article thumbnail

Fifth Third Sets New Operational Sustainability Targets by 2030

3BL Media

The 2017 goals were to purchase 100% renewable power and to reduce its energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, water use and waste sent to landfills by 2022. Divert 75% of waste from going to landfills (previously 20% waste reduction goal). Divert 75% of waste from going to landfills (previously 20% waste reduction goal).

article thumbnail

Observers reflect on a disappointing COP26

Envirotec Magazine

As Shaw of Friends of the Earth believed, the inclusion of seductive-sounding “nature-based solutions” – which should be read as “massive tree planting in the Global South” – would “fuel a grabbing of Indigenous and developing countries’ land for carbon offsets”.

COP26 52