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UEFA’s football social responsibility programme is piloting a climate action campaign – Cleaner Air, Better Game – that will run throughout the 2021 European Under-21 Championships in Hungary and Slovenia. What is the campaign about and how can Europe’s football community support it?
If no further efforts to slow are made to slow greenhouse gas emissions, unbearable temperatures, constant mask-wearing and depression could be in people’s...
Electric delivery vehicles now key battleground for auto industry Amazon gets its first electric vans as Bollinger Motors shows off its futuristic Deliver-E Thu, May 13, 2021, 05:04 While the rest of us wait for the electric transport revolution to begin, and for battery cars to become affordable enough (or for charging points to become numerous enough) the real EV revolution seems to be taking place in the world of delivery vans. The EU reckons that vans account for around 12 per cent of ‘light-duty’ vehicle emissions, and as much as 2.5 per cent of total CO2 emissions, so switching ...
E-commerce giant Amazon has issued a $1bn sustainability-focussed bond, with funds raised set to assist the delivery of the firm's low-carbon and social sustainability targets.
JLL Commits To Net Zero Target For 2040 Commits to reducing carbon emissions enterprise-wide and signs The Climate Pledge Chicago, IL /PRNewswire/ - Today, JLL (NYSE: JLL) announced its aim to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040 across all areas of its operations, including the client sites it manages, globally. To deliver this commitment, 95% of JLL's 2018 baseline greenhouse gas emissions will be fully abated, and any residual offsets required will be limited to no more than 5% of that baseline. JLL has also become a signatory of The Climate Pledge, standing with Amazon, Global Optimi...