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Can carbon capture be a meaningful climate solution?

Corporate Knights

But a suite of technologies collectively known as carbon capture, utilization and storage, or CCUS, are among the tools available to help meet global targets to cut CO2 emissions in half by 2030 and to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. There are no projects up and running to capture CO 2 from cement manufacturing.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The leader in water, hygiene and energy services sells to a diverse collection of institutions such as hospitals, food and beverage providers, as well as heavy industry including power plants and plastic manufacturers. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030.

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Meet the women warrior accountants pushing the envelope on climate action

Corporate Knights

We are one piece of a big puzzle,” she says, estimating that two-thirds of the investment required to achieve net-zero by 2050 will come from the private sector. Susan Todd, president, Solstice Sustainability Works Net-zero aspirations have also opened up new avenues for creative accounting.

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Saint-Gobain Reveals the 5 Winners of the Global Architecture Student Contest

3BL Media

This edition of the Architecture Student Contest was special: launched in Serbia in 2004, this is its 20th year of existence. Every year, the projects have increased their focus on environmental aspects including for example Life Cycle Assessments, while responding to the functional and user needs.

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What Is the Standard Modifier Dictionary (SMD)??

Sphera

2004 – The company IHS Markit purchases the assets from PSDI , and further develops the Struxure software and the Standard Modifier Dictionary.  2016 – Sphera is created when Genstar Financial acquires assets from IHS, including Struxure and SMD.  2018 – Sphera acquires the company SparesFinder and its cloud-based software.

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What happens if Indigenous people say no to mining the minerals needed to run EVs?

Corporate Knights

For example, as a result of the toxic legacy of the Giant Mine gold mine in the Northwest Territories, which closed in 2004, the Yellowknives Dene First Nation has formally called on Canada for an “apology and compensation for the damage and long-lasting impact to their lands and people.” Driving the race to net-zero.

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