ESG Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The sectors covered by the new agreement – including road and domestic maritime transport, buildings, agriculture, waste and small industries – account for 60% of total EU emissions. The proposals aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in these sectors by 40% by 2030, up from the EU’s existing 29% reduction target.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 8, 2023

But S.Oleum intends to plant more than 65 million additional macaúba trees by 2029, which would reforest 180,00 hectares – about 444,800 acres – in Brazil’s southeastern state of Minas Gerais. Toward that end, S.Oleum is starting small, but aiming big. Most of the current crop grows on a 700-hectare, or more than 1,700-acre, pilot farm.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

During the regulatory period from 2024 to 2029, the emissions factor 3 for grid electricity stands at 0.000288962 tCO2e per kilowatt-hour (kWh). To accurately calculate GHG emissions and the potential penalties, the authorities of New York City have issued a comprehensive advisory on emission factors. are not typically included.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

US and other non-EU companies that annually generate over €150 million in revenue and significant EU subsidiaries (minimum annual revenue of €40 million) will need to report 2028 data in 2029 at the latest. But many non-EU companies will have to comply much sooner.

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3BL Media

MARCH 13, 2024

Packaging Reduction Regulation The European Union is taking significant strides toward drastically reducing packaging waste with the new Packaging Reduction Regulation. The regulation proposes specific waste reduction targets for plastic packaging (10% by 2030, 15% by 2035 and 20% by 2040).

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Richard Matthews

MAY 31, 2022

While nuclear waste is a problem, solutions are at hand. The UK’s Rolls-Royce is also developing SMRs that are slated to be up and running by 2029 and Oregon-based NuScale signed an agreement with Romania’s Nuclearelectrica to build SMRs in Europe. The plant will use hydrogen as a fuel and generate helium waste.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

On 1 February Ireland became the 15 th European country to introduce a Deposit Return System (DRS) for single-use beverage packaging, with the system aiming to achieve EU recycling targets of 77% by 2025 and 90% by 2029. These numbers will result in reduced landfill waste and significantly support the protection of the environment.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Our consumption habits, paired with damning news and industry reports has helped highlight our recycling and waste pitfalls. But with bottle collections, and plastic waste in general, still a pressing issue, it’s surely now only a matter of time until we see the introduction of DRS across the entire UK and for that, retailers must prepare.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MAY 5, 2023

Under the All-Electric Building Act, from 2026, new buildings under seven stories won’t be allowed to include stoves, furnaces or water heaters that burn gas or other fossil fuels, with larger buildings required to comply from 2029. Brazilian professional services company Beacon Impex Pvt.

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