May 17, 2021
Lessebo Paper has launched their environmental declaration for year 2021, based on 2020s data, and reports a continuous decrease of CO2 emissions. The production of pulp and paper emits only 19 kg CO2 per tonne of finished product, resulting in a decrease of 14% compared to last year’s historically low CO2 figure. As a Swedish producer of uncoated... The post Continuous decrease of
...May 17, 2021
How a fix for air pollution leads to tons of contaminated water.
May 12, 2021
Sonoco Europe, a unit of Sonoco (NYSE: SON), has become a member of the Industry Council for Packaging & the Environment (INCPEN). This represents an important step in Sonoco’s ongoing effort to further develop its sustainability and corporate social responsibility credentials – and to help promote environmental awareness and decisive action in the wider packaging... The post Sonoco
...May 12, 2021
Elopak, a leading global supplier of carton packaging and filling equipment, has today published its 2020 Sustainability Report. The successes in the report include an 11% decrease in greenhouse gas emissions against a 2017 baseline, marking great progress towards the Science Based Target (SBT) goal of 55% reduction. In addition, Elopak reports on increasing sales... The post Elopak Launches 2020
...May 11, 2021
Sometime over the past year, climate tech outbuzzed AI, and that hype is leading would-be backers to rethink their valuation models. PwC estimates funding for climate-tech startups reached more than $16 billion by 2019, a 3,750 percent increase from just six years earlier — a growth rate roughly three times the amount poured into artificial intelligence ventures during a similar time
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May 4, 2021
Homes and larger structures contribute significantly to global warming. According to a recent US EPA report, the commercial and residential building sector generated 11% of the total US greenhouse gas emissions in 2016. A Canadian government paper cited 2015 statistics showing buildings contributed 12% of Canada’s total annual greenhouse gas emissions.
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May 3, 2021
At a global level, clean innovation is a trillion-dollar industry. Investments, activities, and jobs in clean technology tend to grow with the government's investment and by commercial development of cleantech products. Featuring ECO Canada’s 2019 (pre covid) report, Cleantech Defined: A Scoping Study of the Sector
...April 26, 2021
Building technologies company Honeywell and the Sydney Opera House have formed a three-year partnership to collaborate on initiatives aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). The partnership follows the Opera House’s commitment to the UN SDGs in October 2019. As a Global Goals partner, Honeywell will support the world-famous performing arts centre in its
...April 24, 2021
Plugging in more stuff can slash Cascadia’s climate-warming emissions at modest cost. But that means moving much faster.
April 23, 2021
In the modern era, solar panels are increasingly more affordable and they save you money, protect the environment, and increase home value. This blog post goes over the top reasons to invest in solar in detail.
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