Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Cargill is taking advantage of its position in the supply chain between farmers and consumer food companies to invest in advancing the emerging carbon marketplace associated with regenerative agriculture. Read the full story at GreenBiz.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

As demand for carbon credits grows, voluntary markets that are large, transparent, and verifiable are developing. Regulatory landscapes and market frameworks are evolving, which could build confidence in the use of forest carbon offsets to support a company’s transition to net-zero.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 18, 2022

During a panel of climate experts, farmers, and food brands at Natural Products Expo West, US dairy company Organic Valley announced the launch of a program to reach carbon neutrality through a new carbon insetting program. Read the full story at Dairy Reporter.

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3BL Media

APRIL 13, 2022

The project, conducted at our German manufacturing facility, replaces high global warming potential gases used in our processes, such as sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3), with a Fluorine-based gas mixture that has a global warming potential of zero, thereby greatly reducing our direct Scope 1 GHG emissions.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

When one greatly outweighs the other, problems arise, and currently there is a big one brewing in the carbon offset market—demand has grown exponentially and supply simply cannot keep pace. What are carbon offsets and why is it so difficult to make them verifiable, impactful, and scalable? What are carbon offsets?

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

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.

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3BL Media

MARCH 2, 2022

Industrial hemp grows rapidly in a wide range of conditions, sequestering large amounts of carbon while being rich in cellulose and other materials that make it an ideal and sustainable source of industrial fibers, oils, and plant-based proteins, which the company believes will particularly benefit the protein plastics and paper industries.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

body, set a course for airlines to offset emissions of international flights above a 2019-20 baseline. The pandemic led ICAO to scale back the program, CORSIA (for Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation), to make it easier for airlines to comply.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

As LG’s manufacturing facilities joined offices and warehouses in embracing green power, primarily through wind and some solar, the company’s use of green power in the United States increased to approximately 64.6 a $63 billion global innovator in technology and manufacturing. million kilowatt-hours in 2021 up from 17.5

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 2, 2021

The typical “carbon negative” product involves a manufacturer buying carbon offsets to, say, protect forests—something that can be tricky to get right and that doesn’t eliminate the fact that making the product added CO2 to the atmosphere. Read the full story in Fast Company.

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Environment + Energy Leader

AUGUST 30, 2022

The material is produced using electric blast furnaces, energy credits, and carbon offsets to counter emissions. The post Commercial Metals Company Launches Net-Zero Rebar appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JULY 15, 2022

The post Intel: Greenhouse Gases are Falling Even as it Expands Manufacturing Capacity appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. Since 2000, Intel Corporation has sought to be a global leader in emissions reductions, water preservation, and waste generation — or the ability to reuse or recycle waste.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JULY 15, 2022

The post Intel: Greenhouse Gases are Falling Even as it Expands Manufacturing Capacity appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. Since 2000, Intel Corporation has sought to be a global leader in emissions reductions, water preservation, and waste generation — or the ability to reuse or recycle waste.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 19, 2022

Food and beverage companies that buy carbon offsets to compensate for emissions they cannot remove will be soon be able to purchase ones endorsed by a new accreditation scheme. Read the full story at Food Navigator.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The new additions bring the total number of partners in the fund to 22, including companies from across the aviation supply chain, ranging from airlines, aircraft and engine manufacturers and fuel producers, to engineering and technology experts, financiers, and travel management providers.

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3BL Media

JULY 17, 2023

This shared model optimizes resource utilization, decreases hardware manufacturing demands, and lowers energy consumption and electronic waste generation. Energy Attribute Certificates and Carbon Offsets Cloud providers may purchase energy attribute certificates or carbon offsets.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 11, 2022

Those fuels are sent via truck to power CIRCON’s network of cement kiln partners, displacing coal, leaving behind no residual ash and creating carbon offset benefits. Valuable materials recovered from waste streams are used to create waste-derived fuels. Approximately 1.4

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 2, 2022

United becomes the first major airline to invest in a battery manufacturer, based on publicly announced investments. Natron plans to use the funds to accelerate production at its manufacturing facility in Holland, Michigan, where it will scale operations to begin mass production of UL-listed sodium-ion batteries in 2023.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

While Net-zero carbon means making changes to reduce carbon emissions to the lowest amount – and offsetting as a last resort. The offsetting is used to counteract the essential emissions that remain after all available reduction initiatives have been implemented. Projects can offer a range of benefits.

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3BL Media

JULY 18, 2022

Businesses must first decarbonize their operations wherever possible by reducing reliance on fossil fuels, creating more efficient supply chains and streamlining manufacturing procedures. High quality carbon credits are complementary to those activities and used to reach more ambitious emission reduction goals.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 23, 2022

First, SCS completed a cradle-to-grave carbon footprint assessment of Raptic products in accordance with the global the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting standard, including production processes, materials, distribution, packaging, and end-of-life disposal.

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ESG Today

MAY 12, 2023

Initiatives being pursued to address the climate impact of the industry typically involve efforts to improve aircraft efficiency, develop sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), or create aircraft utilizing low or zero carbon propulsion systems such as electric or hydrogen-based, although many of these are at early stages of development.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 6, 2022

JetBlue also recognizes how critical external partners are to decarbonizing the aviation industry and is committed to encouraging and supporting efforts by aircraft and engine manufacturers, governments, regulatory agencies, and fuel suppliers to realize their own GHG emission reduction goals. Refreshed Carbon Offsetting Strategy.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 24, 2022

Counting carbon. Manufacturing structural steel has traditionally been a high carbon activity. But recent exciting developments out of Sweden have demonstrated a zero-carbon steel prototype manufacturing process using a combination of hydrogen and electricity 7. Zero-carbon steel isn’t yet commercially available.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

We pioneered low-temperature solder technology that improves the reliability, efficiency and cost of manufacturing [3] , and have also launched our first packing cushion containing ocean-bound plastic (OBP) in ThinkPad L14 packaging with 30% OBP and 70% other recycled plastics.

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3BL Media

APRIL 19, 2022

In addition to its extensive portfolio of ENERGY STAR certified kitchen appliances, LG is working toward carbon neutrality by cutting emissions from operations through various measures such as high efficient buildings, renewable energy, fleet electrification and carbon offset projects. 1 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

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3BL Media

JUNE 29, 2022

Maintained net-zero carbon emissions from manufacturing and facilities again in 2021 by expanding conservation and renewable electricity use while sourcing carefully selected carbon offsets for remaining emissions. We also joined the First Movers Coalition and continue to make progress through our joint venture, Wisk.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

That includes everything from manufacturing materials and processes to packaging and shipping. Embracing technology solutions inherently designed with sustainability in mind reinforces your environmental dedication, offering a substantial impact on your IT carbon footprint.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Energy use and GHG emissions are a defining business issue and were identified through our materiality assessment as the most critical environmental topics for Southwire manufacturing operations, corporate offices, suppliers and customers. As a result, we prioritize efforts to help reduce GHG emissions across our value chain.

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3BL Media

MAY 11, 2022

Its large-scale cultivation of industrial hemp will sequester vast amounts of carbon and be processed into essential, value-added, hemp-derived materials for major paper/pulp and plastics manufacturers that further impact the planet by reducing tree harvesting and hydrocarbon emissions.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 24, 2022

They have to do it together – not just the musicians onstage, but also promoters, labels, record manufacturers, merchandisers, concert promoters and record labels. With a quantifiable number, they then built in the price of carbon offsets supporting the Medford Spring Grassland Conservation Project in Bent County, Colorado.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 18, 2022

The firm was once a global leader in hydraulic cranes, but it is now the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, responsible for almost a fifth of global installed wind power capacity. Through our solutions, Vestas supports the global energy system with avoiding millions of tonnes of carbon emissions every year,” says CEO Henrik Andersen.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 13, 2023

Therm, North America’s leading refrigerant carbon offset developer, has announced the successful sale and retirement of its issuance of Refrigerant Carbon Credits™ from the North American Sustainable Refrigeration Council Pilot Program. Read the full story from the North American Sustainable Refrigeration Council.

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3BL Media

MARCH 25, 2022

Net-zero means a state in which a company’s value chain results in no net-accumulation of Carbon Dioxide (CO 2 ) in the atmosphere and no net-impact from other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. How can Qualcomm technologies be used to address the climate crisis?

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3BL Media

JULY 7, 2023

The SCS-007 standard applies to both mined and lab grown diamonds and provides jewelry manufacturers, retailers and their customers with an unprecedented level of assurance. For one thing, it places great emphasis on ethical and corporate governance.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

PEP ) and Google ( GOOG ) have a carbon footprint, the ways and means by which they measure it are vastly different. These targets may consist of efficiency improvements such as retrofitting buildings with solar panels, procuring renewable energy to power systems or purchasing carbon offsets via a market-based platform.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 12, 2021

As a long-standing solar power entrepreneur, Bresden brings his formidable expertise in building large-scale solar projects to Clearloop, in a targeted effort to merge the growing demand for carbon offsets with the greening of Jackson, TN’s electric grid. They’re all good, by the way).

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