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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping. The global shipping industry's decarbonization efforts once again face stormy seas. Faïg Abbasov, head of shipping at campaign group Transport & Environment, told BusinessGreen the proposal was "essentially an empty shell." "To Cecilia Keating. To achieve 1.5

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BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea

GreenBiz

BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea. Expanding carbon capture to long-distance marine shipping could help accelerate its use, while addressing a difficult to abate sector of the transport industry.". Expanding carbon capture to long-distance marine shipping could help accelerate its use.

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Duke Energy Florida’s Tree Care Practices Prevent Outages, Earn 19th Consecutive Year of National Recognition

3BL Media

Since 2017, the company has given away more than 15,000 trees to customers throughout the state. The trees are shipped in 1-gallon buckets directly to customers homes with planting and care instructions in time for National Arbor Day on Friday, April 25.

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Global shipping finance portfolio moves closer to alignment with net zero climate goals

Envirotec Magazine

Data from financial institutions appear to show that the global finance portfolio for shipping has moved closer to alignment with ambitious decarbonisation trajectories set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which aim to remove emissions from international shipping by 2050.

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Signol Raises $3.3 Million to Help Decarbonize Aviation and Shipping Industries by Changing Workforce Behavior

ESG Today

Founded in 2017, London-based Signol provides data and behavioral science-based solutions to help companies in emissions-intensive industries to reduce emissions by motivating and engaging employees towards sustainable decisions in their daily tasks. Sustainability-focused behavioral science startup Signol announced that it has raised £2.5

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How two companies are building systems to scale reuse, which is vital for a circular economy

GreenBiz

In 2017, when LimeLoop, an IoT solution for sustainable e-commerce shipping logistics, started, it was in response to the amount of waste caused by e-commerce. In 2017, containers and packaging made up a significant portion of municipal solid waste (MSW), about 80.1 It's easy to use and easy to sanitize. million tons (29.9

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Sustainable infrastructure investments can aid the post-COVID recovery

GreenBiz

The fast-growing Port of Brisbane on Australia's east coast found itself in dire need of a solution for accommodating ever-growing container ships. In past years, the operators likely would have simply dredged the seafloor, an expensive and environmentally damaging exercise. The societal benefits.

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