It’s hard to make ‘green’ steel as the industry's carbon emissions are off the charts. But the demand is there, and it's growing https://t.co/ou9EbjU5Tw ...

Industry Focus - Boeing faces a carbon emissions challenge [1] - Charm Industrial, a startup, is addressing carbon emissions [1] Company Activity - Charm Industrial is providing solutions for Boeing's carbon emissions problem [1]

Brazil’s meat industry is mounting a campaign to convince the world it can produce beef with low carbon emissions — a claim that some experts say obscures beef’s heavy toll on the climate https://t.co/hlf0gL6GJ8 ...

Financial Performance - Adjusted EBITDA for the first nine months of 2025 was EUR 405.1 million, reflecting a 2.0% year-over-year increase, primarily driven by the Green Capacities and Networks segments [2][14] - Total Investments decreased to EUR 529.9 million, down 9.2% year-over-year, with 51.3% allocated to Networks and 41.4% to Green Capacities [3][14] - Net Debt increased by 10.6% to EUR 1,782.7 million, but leverage metrics remained strong, with the FFO LTM/Net Debt ratio decreasing by 6.3 percentage points to 23.4% [4][14] Business Development - Green Capacities segment saw installed capacity rise to 2.1 GW from 1.4 GW, with secured capacity increasing to 3.4 GW [5] - Networks segment planned investments of EUR 3.5 billion over the next decade, with a total RAB set at EUR 1.9 billion for 2026 [6] - Customers & Solutions signed a 7-year PPA with Lithuanian TSO at a fixed price of EUR 74.5/MWh for up to 160 GWh/year, effective January 2026 [7] Sustainability - The Green Share of Generation decreased to 66.0%, down 17.6 percentage points year-over-year, due to higher electricity generation at Elektrėnai Complex [8] - Total GHG emissions increased to 3.48 million t CO2-eq, a 22.5% year-over-year rise, with Scope 1 emissions up 92.1% due to new services [9][10] - Carbon intensity (Scope 1 & 2) rose to 223 g CO2-eq/kWh, reflecting a 9.3% year-over-year increase [10] Shareholder Returns and Outlook - A dividend of EUR 0.683 per share was paid for H1 2025, totaling EUR 49.4 million [13] - Full-year 2025 Adjusted EBITDA guidance was narrowed to EUR 510–540 million, and Investments guidance was updated to EUR 700–800 million [13]

A drop in Chinese carbon emissions in September suggests this year could still see an annual decline, according to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, in what would be a global climate turning point https://t.co/J3CObiEWgb ...

Climate Change & Green Tech Investment - Bill Gates believes preventing a catastrophic rise in temperatures requires unprecedented scientific breakthroughs, technological innovations, and global cooperation [1] - Gates supports President Biden's decision to rejoin the Paris climate agreement and asks the administration to massively increase the budget for climate and clean energy research to $35 billion a year [1] - Cement and steel production accounts for 16% of all carbon dioxide emissions, with demand growing as the world will add an estimated 25 trillion square feet of buildings by 2060 [1] - Gates has invested $2 billion of his own money on new green technologies and plans to spend several billion more [1] - Gates recruited Jeff Bezos, Mike Bloomberg, and nearly two dozen other wealthy investors to back a $1 billion fund called Breakthrough Energy Ventures [1] - Gates is offsetting his personal emissions at a cost of $400 a ton, totaling $7 million a year [2] Tech Industry & Addiction - A former Google product manager suggests Silicon Valley is engineering phones, apps, and social media to get users hooked, with some programmers calling it brain hacking [11][12][13] - Snapchat invented "streaks," showing consecutive days of messaging, causing teenagers stress and password sharing to maintain them [15][16] - Ad spending on social media has doubled in just 2 years to more than $31 billion [34] - Research indicates people check their phones every 15 minutes or less, often without alerts, leading to cortisol release and anxiety [39] - Apple rejected a habit-breaking app called Space from its app store, stating that any app encouraging less iPhone use was unacceptable [49] Google & Antitrust Concerns - Google is worth more than $750 billion and has acquired over 200 companies since going public in 2004 [8] - Google conducts 90% of the world's internet searches [8] - Google controls roughly 60% of worldwide advertising revenue on the internet [8] - The FTC's Bureau of Competition recommended an antitrust lawsuit against Google in 2011, citing anti-competitive behavior, but the recommendations were rejected [10] - The European Union levied a $27 billion fine against Google for depriving certain competitors of a chance to compete [10]

Policy & Regulation - Singapore proposed delaying a vote on charging the world's shipping fleet for carbon emissions [1] - The US continues to pressure to block the plan [1]

Industry Policy & Regulation - The European Union and US are in disagreement over a proposal to reduce carbon emissions in the global shipping industry [1] - The US is threatening to penalize countries that support the EU's proposal [1]

Environmental Impact of Ethanol - Converting land for corn ethanol production can generate 25% more carbon emissions than gasoline [1] - Producing enough compostable plastics to replace current packaging would require over half the world's corn supply and more water than all of Europe uses in a year [5] Sustainability Assessment Framework - A product's environmental sustainability should be evaluated based on its resource consumption (water, land, energy, raw materials) [8] - Disposal methods and potential long-term waste or toxicity issues must be considered [8][9] - Solutions should be better than the current practices or doing nothing at all, acknowledging trade-offs [4][9] Electric Vehicle (EV) Evolution - Manufacturing an EV can generate up to 80% more carbon emissions than making a conventional car, primarily due to battery material mining and processing [17] - Early EVs in the 1990s required the same energy to drive one mile as heating a one-bedroom apartment for 15 minutes [12] - On-road emissions of EVs depend on the electricity source, with lower carbon footprints in regions dominated by hydropower [18] - Repurposing old EV batteries for stationary energy storage (e g, powering street lights, stadiums) is emerging as a valuable application [16] Achieving Sustainable Solutions - Lasting change requires alignment among policymakers, industries (automotive, battery, electronics), academia, investors, and consumers [21][22] - Applying the sustainability assessment framework early on can accelerate the adoption of sustainable technologies like sustainable aviation fuels and biodegradable plastics [23]

Government Subsidies - Germany allocates €6 billion (approximately $7 billion) in 2024 for carbon emission reduction in heavy industry [1] Environmental Impact - The subsidy aims to assist heavy industry in cutting carbon emissions [1] Industry Impact - The allocation resolves uncertainty regarding green subsidies for heavy industry [1]