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  • More companies using internal carbon pricing

    More companies using internal carbon pricing Sep 22, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Markets Finance, Sustainability Environment, Top Stories 0 Image: Thinkstock Large companies are increasingly taking the cost of carbon pollution into account when making investments. More than 1,200 companies now use internal carbon pricing to offset and avoid environmental damage, according to a survey from the Carbon […]

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  • Europe sees first MW scale fuel cell plant

    Europe sees first MW scale fuel cell plant Sep 22, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment 0 Image: FRIATEC AG Europe’s first megawatt-scale fuel cell power plant is now in operation. The decentralised plant, jointly installed by E.ON and FuelCell Energy Solutions, will provide a virtually carbon free source of energy for the production processes of […]

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  • Billions worth of climate bonds available worldwide

    Billions worth of climate bonds available worldwide Sep 21, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Markets Finance 0 Image: Shutterstock The global climate-aligned bonds market is worth $694 billion (£527.2bn). That’s an increase of $96 billion (£72.9bn) compared to last year, according to a report by the Climate Bonds Initiative commissioned by HSBC. It quantifies bonds that are […]

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  • Mervyn Bowden: Guest Blog – Are we now ungovernable?

    Mervyn Bowden: Guest Blog – Are we now ungovernable? Sep 21, 2016 Priyanka Shrestha Latest Blogs, Markets Finance 0 The slippery slope There’s been an ongoing trend over many decades, accelerated by Blair and his hapless heirs, towards a complete dismantling of the traditional UK Establishment. This has coincided with the political class completely losing […]

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  • Water deregulation could lead to great savings for business

    Water deregulation could lead to great savings for business Sep 19, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Industry Round-up 0 Bradley Groves, Chief Executive and Chairman of GAS. Image: GAS Businesses need to start planning now for the most radical changes in the water industry for a generation. That’s the message from cost management firm Great Annual Savings […]

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  • Biomethane now valid for emissions reporting

    Biomethane now valid for emissions reporting Sep 20, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Sustainability Environment, Top Stories 0 Grid-injected biomethane gas is now eligible for company emissions reporting. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol – the global standard against which large organisations measure, manage and report greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) – has recognised that Green Gas Certificates, issued by its scheme, can support […]

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  • General Motors aims for 100% renewable power by 2050

    General Motors aims for 100% renewable power by 2050 Sep 19, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Shutterstock General Motors (GM) aims to run all of its operations on 100% renewable energy by 2050. It plans to work towards this goal by improving energy efficiency and transitioning to clean power sources. In 2015, the […]

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  • Renewable firm continues solar spree

    Renewable firm continues solar spree Sep 18, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Thinkstock Cubico Sustainable Investments has bought a 50MW solar park from British Solar Renewables (BSR). Owl’s Hatch solar farm is the 11th project it has purchased from BSR over the last eight months. These projects generate a total of 120MW of energy. […]

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  • Hinkley approval: International reaction

    Hinkley approval: International reaction Sep 16, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Low Carbon, Top Stories 0   The UK Government’s decision to give the green light to Hinkley could lead to other countries following suit. That’s the view of Agneta Rising, General Director at the World Nuclear Association (WNA), who also said Theresa May’s approval is “very good news […]

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  • Low carbon jet fuel nears takes off

    Low carbon jet fuel nears takes off Sep 18, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment, Top Stories 0 Image: Shutterstock A company has produced jet fuel for Virgin Atlantic by fermenting waste gas from steel mills. Called ‘Lanzanol’, the commercially viable low carbon fuel has passed all initial performance tests and is expected to result in carbon […]

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