Shell supplies first sustainable aviation fuel to Singapore customers

 Shell has become the first supplier of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Singapore, and plans to start blending the fuel at its plant in the aviation hub, the company said on Thursday during an event at the Singapore Airshow.

Aviation, which accounts for 3% of the world's carbon emissions, is considered one of the toughest sectors to tackle due to a lack of alternative technologies to jet fueled-engines.

Full detail here https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/shell-supplies-first-sustainable-aviation-fuel-singapore-customers-2022-02-17/

Elon Musk: Tesla will no longer accept bitcoin over climate concerns

 "We are concerned about rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and transactions, especially coal, which has the worst emissions of any fuel," Mr Musk wrote.

"Cryptocurrency is a good idea... but this cannot come at great cost to the environment."

Bitcoin fell by more than 10% after the tweet, while Tesla shares also dipped.

Continue Reading https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57096305

Sulphur 2020 – cutting sulphur oxide emissions

The main type of “bunker” oil for ships is heavy fuel oil, derived as a residue from crude oil distillation. Crude oil contains sulphur which, following combustion in the engine, ends up in ship emissions. Sulphur oxides (SOx) are known to be harmful to human health, causing respiratory symptoms and lung disease. In the atmosphere, SOx can lead to acid rain, which can harm crops, forests and aquatic species, and contributes to the acidification of the oceans.

Limiting SOx emissions from ships will improve air quality and protects the environment.

IMO regulations to reduce sulphur oxides (SOx) emissions from ships first came into force in 2005, under Annex VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (known as the MARPOL Convention). Since then, the limits on sulphur oxides have been progressively tightened.

From 1 January 2020, the limit for sulphur in fuel oil used on board ships operating outside designated emission control areas will be reduced to 0.50% m/m (mass by mass). This will significantly reduce the amount of sulphur oxides emanating from ships and should have major health and environmental benefits for the world, particularly for populations living close to ports and coasts.

Below you will find answers to some of the frequently asked questions about the sulphur limit.

Source: http://www.imo.org/en/mediacentre/hottopics/pages/sulphur-2020.aspx

EU bank to focus solely on clean energy sources starting in 2022

(CNN Business)The European Investment Bank (EIB) announced Thursday that it will end financing for fossil fuel energy projects at the end of 2021, adding in a statement that future financing will focus on accelerating innovations in clean energy.

"We will stop financing fossil fuels and we will launch the most ambitious climate investment strategy of any public financial institution anywhere," EIB President Werner Hoyer said Thursday.
The EIB is the European Union's lending arm. Its new energy lending policy will "unlock 1 trillion euros of climate action and environmental sustainable investment" in order to enable energy decarbonisation, and meet a 32% renewable energy share throughout the European Union by 2030.
"Climate is the top issue on the political agenda of our time...The EU bank has been Europe's climate bank for many years. Today it has decided to make a quantum leap in its ambition," Hoyer added.

Continue reading at https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/14/intl_business/eu-funding-fossil-fuel-projects/index.html

Britain’s first hydrogen train

 "Mini power stations on wheels", is how Alex Burrows from the University of Birmingham describes them.

He is the project director for the 'Hydroflex' train which was showcased at an event in the West Midlands.

Unlike diesel trains, hydrogen-powered trains do not emit harmful gases, instead using hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity, water and heat.

It is "a fully green fuel", says Helen Simpson from rail rolling stock company Porterbrook, which created the Hydroflex in partnership with Birmingham University's centre for Railway Research.

Read more here: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48698532

High Performance Environmental Management System with Self Serving Data Input

The Consumption Resources in EMS Environmental Management System

• More than 1000 physical locations
• Over 200 active login users
• More than 60 countries accessing instance
• Over 10000 bill records annually
• Over 150 reports for more 10 functional departments
• SDGs target report
• Bill Records for Electricity, Water, Gas, Fuel 
• Recycled Paper management and Business flight travel management
• APIs support system integration

The Electricity Resource lets you update and create Electricity Consumption in a EMS instance. You can use consumption units and emission units to create or update different unit of the same consumption. You can also add or update product pdf.

The EMS's Electricity Consumption API lets you do the following with the Electricity resource. More detailed versions of these general actions may be available.

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Carbon Emission when business travel

Business travel

Greenhouse Gas and Carbon Emission can be affected by fuel consumption, travel cabin class and length of the jourary. It is more green if you travel in economy, newer aircraft and usage of biofuel.

A very useful tool from Cathy Pacific - Fly Greener Carbon Emission Calculator

https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_MM/about-us/environment/fly-carbon-neutral-fly-greener/calculate-and-offset-your-carbon-emissions.html

Environment Management Dashboard (updated!) - KPI Monitoring

Environment Management Dashboard - KPI Monitoring

Monitoring of resources consumption on a per-location basis, consumption types include :-

• Electricity Consumption
• Fuel Consumption
• Gas Consumption
• Lubricant / Refrigerant Consumption
• Flight/Travel consumption records Multi Legs

Collection of Waste Management data

Reporting on consumption and cost

Reporting on CO2 Emission

Record and Document Management on

• Investments in Environmental Projects
• Environmental Issues and Non Compliance Records
• Training Records
• Environmental Audits

Multi Shop / Location Support.

Centralized Enterprise Data into platform and multi-dimensional reporting tools for advance user.

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How Ideo Concepts' Environment Management System (EMS) works - Measuring and Managing CALCULATION METHOD CO2 Emission from Freight Transport Operations

How Ideo Concepts' Environment Management System (EMS) works - Measuring and Managing CALCULATION METHOD CO2  Emission from Freight Transport Operations

Activity-based approach (calculation method recommended for use by chemical companies)

CO2 emissions = Transport volume by transport mode x average transport
 distance by transport mode x average CO2-emission factor per
 tonne-km by transport mode
[Tonnes CO2 emissions = tonnes x km x g CO2 per tonne-km / 1.000.000]

Energy-based approach (calculation method recommended for use by transport companies)

CO2 emissions = fuel consumption x fuel emission conversion factor [Tonnes CO -emissions = liters x kg CO2 per liter fuel / 1.000] 

Learning from: https://www.ecta.com/resources/Documents/Best%20Practices%20Guidelines/guideline_for_measuring_and_managing_co2.pdf

How to prepare an ESG Report?

 The types of emissions
and respective emissions
data.
Note: Air emissions
include NOx, SOx, and
other pollutants
regulated under national
laws and regulations.

This KPI is concerned with air pollution in the locality of the issuer’s operations.
In Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta, key air pollutants are: nitrogen oxides (“NOX”), sulphur oxides (“SOX”) and respiratory suspended
particles (“RSP”, also known as Particulate Matter (“PM”)). These pollutants tend to be generated by motor vehicles, marine vessels, power
plants, and industrial and commercial processes locally. NOX and SOX emissions are also generated from cement, construction and textiles
industries.
What to report
 Emissions data from gaseous fuel consumption; and
 Emissions data from vehicles.
How to report
Emissions Data from Gaseous Fuel Consumption
(1) Data collection:
Units of fuel consumed (1 unit of gas consumed is equal to 48 megajoules (“MJ”) for Towngas or 46 MJ for liquefied petroleum gas
(“LPG”)).
(2) Calculation:
For Towngas:
Formulas: NOX emissions (kg) = units of fuel consumed x 48MJ x Emission Factor
SOX emissions (kg) = units of fuel consumed x 48MJ x Emission Factor
For LPG:
Formulas: NOx emissions (kg) = units of fuel consumed x 46MJ x Emission Factor
SOx emissions (kg) = units of fuel consumed x 46MJ x Emission Factor
NOX Emission Factors by fuel type
Fuel type Emission Factor Unit of Emission Factor
Towngas 4.02 kg / million MJ of gas
LPG 4.02 kg / million MJ of gas
SOx Emission Factors by fuel type
Fuel type Emission Factor Unit of Emission Factor
Towngas 0.02 kg / million MJ of gas
LPG 0.02 kg / million MJ of gas
Gaseous fuel consumption is not a significant source of PM emissions.
Note on Emission Factors: The Emission Factors above are based on “The Clean Air Charter - A Business Guidebook” published by the
Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and the Hong Kong Business Coalition on the Environment
(http://www.cleanair.hk/eng/guidebook/guidebook_eng_r.pdf) and data from the Towngas Sustainability Report 2014
(http://www.towngas.com/sustainabilityRpt/2014/index-en.html).

Source: https://www.hkex.com.hk/-/media/HKEX-Market/Listing/Rules-and-Guidance/Other-Resources/Listed-Issuers/Environmental-Social-and-Governance/How-to-Prepare-an-ESG-Report/app2_kpis.pdf?la=en

Environmental Management

• Monitoring of resources consumption on a per-location basis, consumption types include :-
  • Electricity Consumption
  • Fuel Consumption
  • Gas Consumption
  • Lubricant / Refrigerant Consumoption
• Collection of Waste Management data
• Reporting on consumption and cost
• Reporting on CO2 Emission
• Record and Document Management on
  • Investments in Environmental Projects
  • Environmental Issues and Non Compliance Records
  • Training Records
  • Environmental Audits