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Green news- How the Textile Exchange's new index aims to make a material differenceA new tool, released today, aims to push apparel and home furnishings companies further toward sustainability, and ramps up efforts by the textile and fashion industries to align material choices with the Sustainable Development Goals.
- Trend: Shipping sails toward decarbonizationThe following is adapted from State of Green Business 2020, published by GreenBiz in partnership with Trucost, part of financial information and analytics giant S&P Global.
- Trying to measure circularity? Here are some tools to considerThe development of specific and actionable metrics at the systems, business and product levels will be a key accelerator for scale.
- How Thai Union rapidly pivoted to a greener business strategyThe Thai canned fish giant is moving beyond past criticism to lead the seafood industry towards a more planet-friendly future
- Driving a zero-emissions future: GM’s holistic approach to meeting long-term energy goalsSponsored: CMS Enterprises talks with global sustainability leader Rob Threlkeld of General Motors about the roles renewable energy plays in helping GM meet its energy and business goals.
- How the Textile Exchange's new index aims to make a material difference
Tag Archives: green cars
CO2 emissions from new cars fell by over 3% in 2011
The European Commission adopted a decision confirming provisional findings that average CO2 emissions from new cars in the EU dropped by 3.3% last year. This decision is based on emissions data gathered by the European Environment Agency and verified by car manufacturers.
The average CO2 emissions for the 12.8 million new cars registered in the EU in 2011 was 135.7 grams per kilometre. This is a drop of 4.6g CO2/km compared to 2010 and confirms that car manufacturers are on track to reach the 2015 target of 130g CO2/km. Continue reading
EU green cars initiative
The European Green Cars initiative is one of the three PPPs included in the Commission’s recovery package. The envelope for this initiative is foreseen at €5 billion to boost to the automotive industry in a time of economic hardship, and support the development of new, sustainable forms of road transport. Of this financial envelope, € 4 billion will be made available through loans by the European Investment Bank (EIB), and € 1 billion through support to research, with equal contribution from the Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7) and from the private sector. Continue reading
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