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Corporate climate action: 3 acceleration areas to get ahead on in 2024

Corporate Knights

From pledge to action With a trajectory and plan defined, we now need to fully tackle the crux of the issue, starting with the 70% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which are energy related. The Brookville Smart Energy Bus Depot now boasts a 6.5 million residents.

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White vans go green: Half a million builders and plumbers needed to reach Net Zero

Envirotec Magazine

It includes £40bn for ‘retrofit’ such as energy saving and efficiency in homes and businesses; £10bn for renewables such as solar, wind and biomass; £30bn for low carbon heating such as district heating networks; £10bn for smart energy systems; and £10bn for low emissions transport such as electric and hydrogen vehicles.[4].

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How would your business choose Sustainable Development Goals? Start with our ideas:

Corporate Sustainability Collabrorative

Encourage employees, friends and employers to offset energy usage through carbon offset programs for natural gas and electricity. Smart Energy , Blue Sky and PGE’s offset options are programs Portland businesses can consider. SDG 12 (consumption): Switch to paperless processes to reduce paper waste and storage needs. (ex.