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Leveraging social media to promote sustainable values and fight misinformation

Social media presents wide-ranging opportunities for promoting sustainable values and spreading crucial climate-related information. Daniel Klemetz, chief executive of Greenworlder, explains how to do so while managing the risks of misinformation.

By Daniel Klemetz, chief executive of Greenworlder

Companies

Technology

Investing

Startup profile: FuturePlus

FuturePlus is an ESG platform to support businesses of all sizes in their sustainability journey across supply chains, products and services. Read More

By Giulia Bottaro

SG Voice Spotlight: Greenwashing

UK financial regulator proposes new rules to tackle greenwash

27 October 2022

Selection of 'green' buzzwords displayed on a washing line.

Greenwashing: the seven deadly sins

9 May 2023

UK advertising watchdog grounds Lufthansa for misleading claims

7 March 2023

Fossil fuels plant releases smoke into the open air.

Fossil fuels sector paid $4m to spread disinformation during COP27

26 January 2023

SLBs financing fossil fuels highlights standards’ deficiency

2 November 2022

Startup profile: Permutable Technologies

23 January 2023

Strategy

Standard Chartered poaches Google lead to fight greenwash accusations

9 August 2022

Latest stories

Holding Big Green to the same emissions standards as Big Oil

By Jeremy Cresswell, emeritus editor of Energy Voice

Climate groups call for action after government gives Wood £430m loan

By Energy Voice

Point of no return for greenwash as ASA bans misleading fossil fuel ads

By Felicia Jackson

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Research

World is ‘far from being on track’ to Paris goals says Equinor

9 June 2023

By Energy Voice

Equinor says "The world is far from being on track" to meet the net zero goals laid out in the Paris Agreement.

Research

Energy efficiency must double by 2030 to meet Paris Agreement

9 June 2023

By Giulia Bottaro

New International Energy Agency (IEA) analysis shows that progress on efficiency needs to be doubled before 2030 to improve energy security and affordability, while limiting global warming to 1.5°C.

Strategy

Sunak announces ‘Atlantic Declaration’ to boost UK-US ties after Biden talks

9 June 2023

By Energy Voice

Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden have agreed a new partnership to bolster economic security in response to China's growing influence.

Policy

Urgent action required to address the food system challenge

8 June 2023

By Felicia Jackson

At the Bonn Climate change conference, international food organisations have published a report outlining six pathways for policymakers to accelerate action in transforming the global food system. This is an urgent challenge in addressing climate change and food security.

Policy

Ofgem handed net-zero mandate – What will change?

8 June 2023

By Energy Voice

A new amendment to the Energy Security Bill aligns Ofgem with the national drive to reach net zero, with hopes the move will spur the regulator towards encouraging investment in infrastructure and shoring up flexible markets.

Finance

BNP Paribas exits bond arranging for new oil, gas ventures

8 June 2023

By Bloomberg

BNP Paribas will no longer help arrange bond deals if the issuer intends to use the proceeds to finance new fossil-fuel exploration and production.

Research

Enabling conditions must improve to funnel private finance to cities

7 June 2023

By Felicia Jackson

New analysis has been published exploring the barriers, good practice lessons, and recommendations to improve local enabling conditions to attract private sector capital to support climate investments in cities of emerging economies.

Compliance

KLM to become the first airline sued for greenwash

7 June 2023

By Felicia Jackson

A groundbreaking greenwashing lawsuit against airline KLM challenging its misleading advertising has been granted permission to proceed to a full hearing by a Dutch court.

Standards

Amazon, Ellen MacArthur Foundation to develop circularity certification

7 June 2023

By Giulia Bottaro

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation will develop certifications for products with circular attributes, which can prevent greenwashing and spread awareness on the benefits of circularity.

Profiles

Disruptive Technology: HomeBiogas

7 June 2023

By Giulia Bottaro

HomeBiogas specialises in creating compact, waste-to-energy systems to convert organic waste into biogas and liquid bio-fertiliser.

Markets

Looking for a connection: Will the North Sea hit its 2030 emissions target?

7 June 2023

By Energy Voice

Despite the ups and downs of the energy transition, it’s likely North Sea oil and gas production will be with us even in a net-zero 2050.

A pair of brightly coloured macaws sit atop an Amazonian tree branch.

Research

Only 6% of corporate sustainability is focused on biodiversity

6 June 2023

By Heather Dinwoodie

Only 6% of corporate sustainability initiatives are specifically focused on biodiversity, according to research from the Leonardo Centre on Business for Society.

Markets

Busting the cement decarbonisation myth?

6 June 2023

By Felicia Jackson

The Alliance for Low-Carbon Cement & Concrete (ALCCC) has been launched to 'bust the myth' that cement is hard to decarbonise. Ostensibly, its goal is to drive rapid decarbonisation of the cement industry (targeting near-zero emissions as early as 2040) with European industrial innovation expected to play a critical role. The alliance argues that technological solutions exist and we must now address market barriers.

Policy

Global plastic treaty: UN to deliver draft this year

6 June 2023

By Giulia Bottaro

A UN committee has agreed to prepare a draft of a plastic pollution agreement this year, paving the way for a global treaty.

Strategy

Why the food and beverage industry must avoid greenhushing

6 June 2023

By Heather Moore, technical director for sustainability at LRQA

Some organisations may find it tempting to avoid the promotion of sustainable credentials or plans of action to avoid potential criticism, in a move that has been coined ‘greenhushing’. Heather Moore, technical director for sustainability at LRQA, explains why organisations must ensure they are taking the lead on sustainability.

CCUS - carbon capture usage and storage.

Technology

Dick Winchester: is CCS already redundant?

6 June 2023

By Energy Voice

There are really two options for dealing with carbon emissions. You either avoid them by stopping the burning of hydrocarbons and using something else or, try to collect them as you produce them and hide them away somewhere in the hope they won’t escape. The latter being CCS - carbon capture and storage.

electricity transmission towers with orange glowing wires.

Strategy

ESO takes urgent measures to speed up grid connections

5 June 2023

By Energy Voice

Slow developers will be ejected or moved to the back of the queue as sweeping new reforms are proposed to speed up the connection of renewables projects to the grid.

Profiles

Startup profile: Woodoo

5 June 2023

By Heather Dinwoodie

Founded by Timothée Boitouzet in 2017, Woodoo has developed a patented process for the production of novel materials from responsibly harvested wood.

Pollen being collected by an unsuspecting bee.

Policy

EPA faces lawsuit for failure to act on legal use of toxic pesticides

5 June 2023

By Heather Dinwoodie

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is facing legal action for its failure to close a regulatory loophole that allows toxic insecticides to slip through the net.

Strategy

CCUS business models: Making money from collaring carbon

5 June 2023

By Energy Voice

After years of discussion and disappointments, amongst them at least two false dawns, the UK’s carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) industry is starting to fall into place.

Investing

Greenwash concern hits the European investment sector

5 June 2023

By Felicia Jackson

Investors and companies alike are being forced to reckon with the implications of environmental, social and governance challenges. In this weekly roundup, we explore growing concern about greenwash, new funds launched and shifting interest from the fossil fuel sector.

Companies

Corporate net zero progress continues to disappoint

5 June 2023

By Giulia Bottaro

Yet more studies are showing that companies are not on track to reach net zero by mid-century and climate goals are at the bottom of the priority list, which is disappointing considering that we need to address the triple crisis of climate, nature, and pollution. Major polluters are feeling the pressure from external and internal stakeholders.

Technology

Regulatory shifts and competitive spirit: drivers of market disruption

5 June 2023

By Heather Dinwoodie

From plastics and packaging to the competitive spirit of startup funding, this weekly roundup explores the headlines in disruptive technology and industrial transformation.

Technology

Haelixa partners with CottonConnect in move towards traceable textiles

2 June 2023

By Heather Dinwoodie

Haelixa and CottonConnect will work together to improve the traceability of cotton supply chains by combining digital and physical techniques.

Research

Five ways software will accelerate sustainability in the next five years

2 June 2023

By Giulia Bottaro

Technology services company DXC Technology (NYSE:DXC) has identified five software applications that will accelerate the sustainable transition in the next five years.

Research

UK geothermal energy could unlock jobs in deprived areas, says MP’s report

2 June 2023

By Energy Voice

Utilising geothermal energy could unlock jobs in some of the most deprived areas of the UK, according to a report by an MP.

Profiles

Startup profile: E-magy

2 June 2023

By Giulia Bottaro

E-magy has invented a high-energy solution for next-generation batteries, supplying nano-porous silicon to automotive and battery manufacturers worldwide.

Policy

Nigeria owes its energy company $6bn in fuel-subsidy debt

1 June 2023

By Bloomberg

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company said it’s owed more than $6 billion by the country’s government that the firm has spent to keep gasoline cheap, a day after newly sworn-in President Bola Tinubu announced an end to the subsidy program.

Markets

Insurer retreat from NZIA threatens net zero goals

1 June 2023

By Felicia Jackson

Nearly half the members of the Net Zero Insurers Alliance (NZIA) have pulled out of the global insurance network for addressing climate change. Many reports cite the pressure of the growing politicisation of ESG, especially in the US, but the news also fits the growing awareness that targeting, and achieving, net zero is going to be a lot harder than simply making a commitment.

Research

Circular business models help biodiversity – here’s how to calculate their impact

1 June 2023

By Giulia Bottaro

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has updated its framework of metrics to help businesses quantify the link between their circularity strategies and their impact on climate and nature.

Companies

Intrepid Travel learns valuable lesson after ban on greenwashing ad

1 June 2023

By Heather Dinwoodie

A complaint upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has prompted Intrepid Travel to launch a global review of its environmental communications.

Technology

How circularity can improve the development of new products

1 June 2023

By Frances Iris Lu, head of sustainability at Danfoss

More businesses are embracing circularity practices that reduce waste and resources, as well as recirculate products and components to extend their lifespans. Frances Iris Lu, head of sustainability at Danfoss, explains how circularity is impacting the development of new products.

Sparks fly from an automobile assembly line.

Research

Major global automakers are yet to account for steel emissions

31 May 2023

By Heather Dinwoodie

The steel used by automotive manufacturers is releasing almost 600 million tonnes of undisclosed CO2 emissions per year, according to research by Greenpeace East Asia.

Podcast

TotalEnergies AGM, Demand Stimulation and Climate Litigation

31 May 2023

By Giulia Bottaro

Sustainable Growth Out Loud brings you fortnightly episodes on ESG, net zero and energy transition, helping you and your business stay on top of the latest developments. This week's episode is hosted by SG Voice journalists Giulia Bottaro and Heather Dinwoodie, with special guest, Energy Voice journalist, Andrew Dykes.

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Leveraging social media to promote sustainable values and fight misinformation

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Leveraging social media to promote sustainable values and fight misinformation

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Sourcemap raises $20m for transparent, compliant supply chains

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Startup profile: FuturePlus

Holding Big Green to the same emissions standards as Big Oil

Getting started with carbon accounting

Companies face transparency issues when disclosing on carbon offsets

SG Voice Spotlight: Greenwashing

UK financial regulator proposes new rules to tackle greenwash

Greenwashing: the seven deadly sins

UK advertising watchdog grounds Lufthansa for misleading claims

Fossil fuels sector paid $4m to spread disinformation during COP27

SLBs financing fossil fuels highlights standards’ deficiency

Startup profile: Permutable Technologies

Standard Chartered poaches Google lead to fight greenwash accusations

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Holding Big Green to the same emissions standards as Big Oil

Climate groups call for action after government gives Wood £430m loan

Point of no return for greenwash as ASA bans misleading fossil fuel ads

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