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September 20, 2020, edie newsroom
As a component of our Possible Mission campaign, edie presents this weekly summary of five of the week’s sustainability good fortune stories around the world.
This weekly review explores how companies around the world are stepping up their efforts in all areas of sustainable development.
Published weekly, this series describes how corporations and sustainable progression professionals move toward their “possible mission” through the campaign’s five key pillars: energy, resources, infrastructure, mobility, and business leadership.
Despite the waves of global economic surprises from the coronavirus pandemic, projects and projects that enable corporations to play their component to achieve a sustainable long-term continue to launch and expand today.
California produces more renewable energy a year than any other US state. It is home to the thriving solar and geothermal sectors, and strives to ensure that its energy sector generates 56% less emissions by 2030 than in 1990.
This week, BP’s subsidiary, Lightsource, announced that the paintings had begun building a 16. 5 MW solar allocation in the state in collaboration with environmental experts. The ambition of the allocation is not only to supply more than 2500 local houses with blank electricity, but also to repair the pollinator. habitats and spice up biodiversity by jointly located wildflower meadows on site.
The Sacramento Municipal Public Utilities Division (SMUD), one of the largest in the United States, signed a 25-year Energy Purchase Agreement (PPA) to acquire one hundred percent of the electricity generated through the project. online until the end of the year.
“The incorporation of benefits such as solar network paint systems that contribute to the creation of affordable housing, as well as the implementation of long-term land control plans that local biodiversity, are all tactics in which we can paint in combination to build the contribution of solar energy to our country’s economy and environment” , said Lightsource BP’s general manager for the Americas, Kevin Smith.
Textiles and fashion are among the least circular sectors in the world. Research through the Ellen MacArthur Foundation has shown that only 12% of textiles produced per year are recycled, 11% recycled into products as insulation, and less than 1% are processed into new products. high quality products.
With this in mind, social entrepreneur Jordanna Marshall has introduced a virtual platform that connects designers and suppliers of circular fabrics, those made of recycled or renewable fabrics and which, in turn, are designed to be reused and recycled, with end-user companies. Called AMBIO-N, the platform will be presented on Monday, September 21, listing some 60 suppliers.
Information on the carbon footprint, oil, water and dye of each curtain will be indexed on the platform, as well as summaries of cost, life cycle and social effect on the chain of origin. Many corporations that will be exhibited at London Fashion Week this month were expected to use this tool to help expand cutting-edge curtains. The London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB) supported the project.
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As a general rule, the bigger and heavier a vehicle is, the more complicated it is to electrify it. As the transition of electric cars (EEs) in the passenger car sector accelerates, with record records recorded in 2019, the deautomobilebonization of heavy vehicles is accelerating. more complicated.
While some corporations have opted for opportunities for biomethane or hydrogen, Swedish manufacturer Scania presented this month the all-electric and hybrid editions of its L- and P-series trucks. The all-electric edition will be available in 165 kWh and three Hundred kWh, and the latter promises to supply 250 km of load-compatible diversity. Regenerative braking systems have been added to cars to diversity.
As for hybrid trucks, cars have a diversity of up to 60 km and an installed battery capacity of 90 kWh. All cars can go from 0 to 80% load in less than forty-five minutes, Scania said in a statement.
Fleet electrification will be an “essential” fear for corporations operating in “the growing number of urban spaces around the world with central low-emission spaces,” said Vincente Connolly, Scania’s UK sales manager. and will soon come into force in cities such as Oxford, Bath, Birmingham, Leeds and Greater Manchester.
The decarbonization of housing was a key precedent for the Treasury of the Summer Economic Declaration, in which a total of 3 billion pounds was unveiled to help make existing homes more energy efficient, but with the Conservative Party’s promise to deliver 300,000 new homes each year it will have to be made to new homes to ensure that historical power-of-power errors do not happen again.
To this end, developer Public Sector Plc and specialist NetZero Buildings have teamed up to deliver six rental homes in Sittingbourne, Kent, which will produce zero operational carbon emissions. Each house will feature air source heat pumps, solar roof panels, wall and window insulation and airtight doors. None of the houses will have a fuel boiler. Modular design principles will be used to make production energy and resource efficient.
The government has allocated Homes England’s budget to the project, which is expected to be completed by the end of January 2021.
“Now that we’re all starting Covid-19’s economic recovery, we’re incredibly excited to create Kent’s new zero-carbon district,” said Adam Cunnington, managing director of Public Sector Plc. “Our country faces only one housing crisis, but also quality and a global weather emergency. “
To date, more than 3,300 international corporations have achieved B-Corp certification, adding more than 270 in the UK. The cohort has grown in recent times, with more than six hundred corporations added between January and June.
Due to the popularity of this building at the club, and aware that many corporations are reconsidering their area after months of fleeing home, Manchester’s NOMA district has reserved a particular area for B-Corp corporations on the grounds of the former Bank.
Confirmed occupants of the open plan area come with Blossom Coffee, Pentameter, With Love Project and Planit-IE. In addition to serving as a basis for those businesses, the venue will host monthly events where participants can be more informed about how to transform their businesses to further integrate environmental, social and moral considerations.
Nicki Moore, NOMA’s head of logo and marketing, said the resolution “will supply the area and for organizations looking to drive global cultural replacement to redefine business success,” making the city “an even more attractive place. “
Sarah George