Sustainability

Greenwashing is not a new practice

Australian regulator slaps first ‘greenwashing’ fine… Slapped for WHAT?

The Australian Corporate Watchdog penalized an energy company for ‘greenwashing.’ In short, that means the company got fined because they exaggeratedly claimed about their environmentally friendly investments. Shorter said – the company lied. Tlou Energy was fined $34,600.03 by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission for making statements that its electricity would be carbon-neutral and …

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Nestle won’t buy supplies from a producer that breaks land and human rights

Swiss-based food giant Nestle is to stop buying supplies from Astra Agro Lestari and its subsidiaries. This is after environmental groups accused the Indonesian company of land and human rights abuses. Astra Agro Lestari (AAL) is a major Indonesian palm oil producer. Nestle decided to exclude Astra Agro Lestari and its three subsidiaries from their …

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ICAO

ICAO: Aviation needs climate pact, global tensions will pass

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has started global talks to bring about a consensus or aviation climate pact on reducing airline emissions. ICAO is United Nations specialized agency. It meets every three years. The airline sector, the same as the overall global economy, had suffered severely due to the pandemic. And now the global rise …

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Sustainable agriculture: The UK plans a revolution in growing food

Sustainable agriculture: The UK plans a revolution in growing food

Decades of intensive agriculture in Britain caused their arable soils to lose more than half of their carbon from the overall soil structure. Also, the country faces with downhill in the numbers of agricultural species. Thus, the revolution in growing food is a matter of life. Sustainable agriculture in growing food is a must.  The …

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Air companies agree that SAF is crucial for decarbonizing the aviation sector

U.S. drafts strategy to promote sustainable aviation fuel SAF

The U.S. Energy Department issued a plan to implement the government strategy for boosting the production and use of green airplane fuel, or SAF (sustainable aviation fuel). Exactly twelve months ago, the administration of U.S. president Joseph Biden announced that the government intends to provide a minimum of 3 billion gallons of SAF annually by …

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Drax power generator agreed with carbon finance firm Respira International to sell carbon removal credits

British Drax power station sold the credits for carbon removal

British power generator Drax signed an initial memorandum of understanding with U.S. carbon finance firm Respira International. Drax will sell approximately 2 million carbon removal credits from its proposed biomass projects in the United States. Drax has developed technology to capture and store emissions from its power plants. Its plants burn wood-based biomass pellets in …

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