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August 29, 2023
Malaysia mandates less air con in government offices to lower carbon footprint
Malaysia has decided to raise the temperature in typically cold government offices to save energy. To offset any discomfort this may cause, the government has relaxed the dress code, allowing civil servants to wear cooler batik to work on most days.
August 22, 2023Vietnam establishes agricultural carbon footprint monitoring system for the first time
Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture introduced for the first time the electronic traceability system for tracing the origin and carbon footprint of each dragon fruit produced in Binh Thuan province.
August 22, 2023Vietnam’s e-commerce urged to go green to reduce carbon footprint
The Vietnam E-commerce Index 2023 report highlights that the online retailer has two main stages that negatively affect the environment, including delivery and the packaging. Experts are advocating for a change in the e-commerce towards rapid development
July 03, 2023Vietnam’s Viglacera significantly reduced its carbon footprint by using green energy
Vietnam Television held a forum on June 27 with the theme of "Net Zero: Green Energy Transformation - An Opportunity for Leaders", emphasizing the country's goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. On the forum, Viglacera Cooperation was named as one
May 17, 2023EU develops method to calculate solar carbon footprint
The European Commission has developed a methodology to measure the carbon footprint of solar modules to be used in regulatory contexts such as the EU’s Ecodesign Directive.
May 04, 2023Elon Musk's private jet emits more than 2,000 tons of carbon
Elon Musk flied private jet more than virtually anyone else in the U.S. last year, according to a report published on Monday by the Institute for Policy Studies and the nonprofit group Patriotic Millionaires.
March 16, 2023ING to restrict financing of oil, gas trading against climate change
ING Group NV, a leading global lender to commodities trading, has announced its plans to cut the volumes of oil and gas deals it finances as part of its efforts to markedly reduce the company's carbon footprint.
December 22, 2022Swiss university launches tool to calculate CO2 emissions from electricity mix
A platform developed by Swiss university of Geneva that allows consumers to track the variations in the composition of the electricity mix used and to calculate the carbon footprint has come online.
December 08, 2022Carbon footprints of Bitcoin mining surge 126-fold in five years
Emissions from mining cryptocurrencies have skyrocketed, researchers reported in Scientific Reports. The carbon footprint of mining one Bitcoin multiplied 126 times from 2016 to 2021. In that window, Bitcoin mining caused an estimated $12 billion in globa
December 06, 2022Qatar World Cup criticized for its gigantic carbon footprint
The FIFA 2022 World Cup is currently underway in Qatar, a small desert nation with the highest carbon emissions per capita in the world and generates most of its revenue from the extraction and sale of oil.