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Biden administration announces $6 billion in clean energy funding - Greenbiz  (Mar 27) |
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Mar 27 · Historic amount signals what companies might expect from another four years of Biden. The Biden administration announced $6 billion in funding for projects that will decarbonize and modernize the U.S. industrial sector this week. The Department of Energy (DOE) will manage the funds, disseminating them to recipients in some of the highest emitting industries, including aluminum, cement and concrete, chemicals, iron and steel and food. The DOE estimates that the projects will cut the equivalent of 14 million metric tons of CO2 emissions each year, once completed. "Heavy industry like steel, cement and concrete account for nearly one-third of all U.S. emissions, and ... | By Leah Garden Read more ... |
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How fashion giants are tackling water risks in cotton supply chains - Greenbiz  (Mar 28) |
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Mar 28 · Apparel companies are taking action to bolster their water-management commitments and practices. Growing cotton uses 16 percent to 24 percent of insecticides and up to 40 percent of pesticides applied to fields globally. Source: Shutterstock/Kent Weakley This is the second of a four-part series taking a closer look at how 72 companies in four industries - beverage, apparel, food and high-tech - performed in Ceres’ new Valuing Water Finance Initiative Benchmark report, which assesses how companies are valuing and acting on water as a financial risk and driving the systemic changes needed to protect freshwater systems around the world. The fashion industry is a ... | By Kirsten James Read more ... |
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How Patagonia and Seventh Generation include banks in their climate action plans - Greenbiz  (Mar 27) |
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Mar 27 · Corporate cash deposits are a huge source of carbon emissions, and sustainability leaders need to engage their bankers. Most companies don’t report the "hidden" carbon emissions generated by how their corporate cash deposits are invested, but it’s larger than many realize. If Apple, Google and Salesforce included that data in their disclosures, their total emissions would rise by 128 percent, 207 percent and 206 percent, respectively, according to an analysis published this week by a group of NGOs. Their analysis found that non-financial companies in the United States cumulatively hold $7 trillion in cash and investments. The cumulative emissions enabled by those ... | By Grant Harrison Read more ... |
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Walmart funds almost 1 gigawatt in new U.S. solar power - Greenbiz  (Mar 28) |
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Mar 28 · Half the power needed by the world’s largest retailer now comes from clean energy projects. Walmart is funding almost two dozen new community solar projects and three long-term purchase agreements that will add almost 1 gigawatt of zero-carbon energy to the U.S. grid. That’s roughly enough energy to power 750,000 U.S. homes. The new installations include Walmart’s first investments in projects for Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi - almost half the amount in the new contracts. They are in addition to the more than 600 onsite and offsite renewable energy projects the retailer has supported in the past, representing 2 more gigawatts in clean electricity ... | By Heather Clancy Read more ... |
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