3BL Media

APRIL 14, 2022

D&M started out as a custom injection molding manufacturing company, molding bicycle seats, handles for the fixture industry and food containers. In 2005, she bought the company and renamed it Edge Plastics, expanding the business to tap into the retail market. They later branched out to housewares.

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3BL Media

MARCH 18, 2022

building on its long history of improved environmental performance—is accelerating its commitment to sustainable operations through investments in renewable energy, manufacturing plant retrofits, and on-going energy, water, and waste reduction projects. As part of this update, Whirlpool Corp.—building Whirlpool Corp. Whirlpool Corp.’s

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3BL Media

APRIL 20, 2022

The reduction in CO2 emissions per ton produced between 2005 and 2021 was 19%. . Breakthrough technology: In 2021, Essity began tissue manufacturing using pulp from wheat straw.

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3BL Media

MARCH 25, 2022

As an example, let’s assume that most of a retailer’s locations are in the US northeast corridor, but it sells products that are manufactured overseas. For example, one provider calculates a company’s physical risk based solely on its headquarters location, despite its global supply chain stretching across far-flung manufacturing locations.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 18, 2022

Vestas has evolved from hydraulic crane production into the largest of all wind turbine manufacturers, responsible for nearly one-fifth of global installed wind power capacity. In December it began work on a North Sea turbine that will be Europe’s most powerful and Scotland’s largest renewable energy project. C, SBTi A+. C, SBTi A.

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3BL Media

MAY 1, 2024

Alternative recycling options for businesses to consider There are plenty of recycling options that manufacturers can consider when it comes to making IT hardware and devices. As such, manufacturers need to work closely with suppliers to develop and qualify new grades of plastic resins previously unavailable to the IT industry.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Its Scope 3 emissions, which make up more than 99 percent of Applied’s carbon footprint, consist of the upstream emissions from the company’s supply chain and the downstream emissions from the use of its products by customers. Applied Materials has been reporting on social responsibility and environmental matters since 2005.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 27, 2020

Healthy soil is critical for environmental sustainability, food security and the agricultural economy — even large food companies are starting to fold soil health efforts into their sustainability programs as they understand the impact it has on creating a viable, cost-effective supply chain. .

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ESG Today

JULY 11, 2024

While the green economy has outperformed over the long-run, the study also highlighted the volatility in its performance since 2020, driven by a combination of factors including supply chain disruptions, cost inflation, higher interest rates, geopolitical fragmentation and green protectionism.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 22, 2024

Since 2005, moreover, urban emissions have fallen by more than a quarter, while rural emissions from those same sectors have remained stable. The problem with city climate plans As Canada has become more urbanized, greenhouse gas emissions from Canadian urban communities have declined by 17% from 1990 levels.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

September 28, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Masonite International Corporation (NYSE: DOOR), a leading global designer, manufacturer, marketer and distributor of interior and exterior doors, today announced a €5M investment in the Circular Innovation Fund L.P. (“CIF”), SOURCE: Masonite. DESCRIPTION: TAMPA, Fla.,

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 19, 2023

He started his career with the company in 2005 as a senior staff engineer at the corporate headquarters in Austin, Minn. By environmental management systems, we’re talking about air, wastewater, the things that we interact with in our communities and manufacturing organizations. What are some recent milestones?

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Dow is first manufacturer to announce intention to develop small modular nuclear technology options. This is a great opportunity for Dow to lead our industry in carbon neutral manufacturing by deploying next-generation nuclear energy.". Dow operates 104 manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 35,700 people.

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3BL Media

APRIL 5, 2022

We’ll also watch for accelerated investment in alternative energy sources, energy efficiency and new materials, to substitute stranded supplies in Russia and Ukraine. During the pandemic, supply chain disruptions threatened to dismantle decades of globalization, which was already under threat due to rising populism.

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3BL Media

JUNE 22, 2022

Several of the sessions served as crash courses on technology poised to become indispensable to the consumer goods industry, including AI tools that can help model the effects of crises on the supply chain; data tools that deliver real-time consumer insights; and diverse applications of Web 3 and the Metaverse.

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Gail Tverberg

MARCH 31, 2025

Their per-capita consumption of oil, coal and nuclear electricity resources has been shrinking significantly since about 2005. The year 2005 was approximately the peak of “conventional” oil supplies. Whole new, short supply chains will be required. This will further add to manufacturing difficulties. [8]

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 5, 2024

With more than 165,000 grants already issued, and the rest of the audits and retrofits still in the queue, Greener Homes “has supported over 75,000 jobs in the retrofit economy, ranging from jobs in construction, made-in-Canada manufacturing, home energy auditing, sales, clean technology, and financial services,” the department said in a release.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Some of these provisions are likely to increase the supply of and demand for companies who directly benefit from the IRA. These provisions represent novel and financially rewarding opportunities for companies to cut their current emissions, which is likely to give rise to changes in those entities’ manufacturing or operating models.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 30, 2022

In principle, CBAM is designed to prevent ‘carbon leakage’, where companies can offset their emissions by importing carbon-intensive products that have been manufactured in non-EU countries not subject to emissions-related costs. . As with all climate policy, putting theory into practice is easier said than done. .

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Gail Tverberg

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Use global supply chains to source as large a share of manufacturing inputs as possible from countries with low wages and low energy costs. Build very “lean” just-in-time supply chains. The 2005 to 2008 period was another period of concern that the world might be running out of oil.

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Carlos Sanchez

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Companies release carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere due to their operations and supply chain. In St John River Forest in Maine (US), The Nature Conservancy bought 75,000 hectares from the pulp and paper manufacturer International Paper. 1 – 1.5ºC emission pathway (Source McKinsey & Co).

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The country also controls the global EV battery supply chain, including 80% of the world’s raw material refining and 60% of its battery component manufacturing. billion kilowatts by 2030. China produced 44% of the world’s electric vehicles during the past decade.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Angelini manages the sustainability aspects of both Timberland’s partnership with Other Half Processing to build a more responsible leather supply chain, and its partnership with Terra Genesis International to build the world’s first regenerative rubber supply system for footwear.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 12, 2023

After the war, the same factories that were synthesizing nitrogen for munitions shifted to manufacturing fertilizer. Those yields have come with severe environmental impacts, as research shows that the nitrogen fertilizer supply chain accounted for more than 10% of agricultural emissions in 2018. million cars.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 3, 2022

Based on existing supply deals with industrial clients such as GM and LG, Li-Cycle estimates it could supply 15% of North America’s battery manufacturing capacity by 2025. After that firm went bankrupt, Bédard teamed with a former Corbeil executive to bring yellow-bus manufacturing back to Quebec – with a green tinge.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Solar is a job-creator, and the long-term tax incentives for solar, storage, and domestic manufacturing will put us on a path to decarbonize the electric grid, reach the President’s 2035 clean energy target, and create hundreds of thousands of quality career opportunities in every community," Hopper said. "The

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Global supply chain disruptions, workforce protection measures, and policy uncertainty required adaptation across the industry. emissions sank 9% to end 2020 20% below 2005 levels as result of the pandemic. got on track to meet its Paris Agreement goal but 2021 emissions will rebound with economic recovery.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 18, 2023

Given the current demand for natural rubber and possible future supply chain issues, there is a compelling need for a domestic source,” says Barry Burton, a program manager at AFRL. If it stimulates manufacturing in the U.S., rubber industry, helping the country become more self-sufficient.

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Gail Tverberg

MAY 4, 2023

It can manufacture weapons of war, if it chooses, in as large quantities as it chooses, without waiting for outside suppliers. One part of today’s problem is the fact that the world’s fossil fuel supply, particularly oil, is becoming depleted. If world energy supply is growing, it encourages growth of the world economy.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

New Zealand, a nation of about 5 million people, in late January reported progress toward its goal to cut emissions by 30 percent over the next decade compared with 2005 levels — but recognized current measures won’t be enough to meet the Paris Agreement goals. It aims to reach net-zero for its own operations and supply chain by 2030.)

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 8, 2022

emissions 37 to 41% from 2005 levels by 2030, short of the country’s Paris agreement target of 50 to 52% but close enough to “make up the difference with executive actions and changes to state law,” Inside Climate says. million new jobs by 2030, a lot of that concentrated in manufacturing, construction, and service.”.

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3BL Media

APRIL 16, 2025

Masaharu Motoshita: A Research Group Leader at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan, Dr. Motoshita is a seasoned researcher with a focus on sustainable industrial practices, including Life Cycle Assessment, environmental impact assessment, and supply chain management.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 23, 2025

Besides smart, reliable regulation also accurate data on emissions along the supply chain is paramount to trigger the necessary investment, said Dominik Asam, CFO and member of the Executive Board of SAP SE. Enormous investments are required to abate CO 2 in order to curb global warming.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 3, 2024

billion for net zero technologies, including €1 billion targeted specifically to electric vehicle battery cell manufacturing, and a further allocation of €1.2 The new investment commitments include two new calls for proposals totalling €3.2 billion to accelerate the production of renewable hydrogen through the European Hydrogen Bank.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 24, 2023

A green wave The IRA has set a number of new green investment opportunities into motion, with around US$28 billion in new manufacturing investments already announced by October 2022. One of the “biggest areas of opportunity” lies in solar energy, according to Lazard AM’s Singhal. gigawatts (GW) by 2024.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 9, 2022

According to research published in Environmental Science & Technology , a peer-reviewed journal, there are an estimated 350,000 different types of manufactured chemicals on the global market. Investor pressure. The firm has now removed all details of its portfolio from public view, making it, as Haider says, “impossible to rate”.

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Richard Matthews

JANUARY 4, 2022

On Earth Day, President Biden pledged to reduce global warming emissions by 50 percent by 2030 compared to 2005 levels. To address these concerns we are beginning to factor the life cycles of the products we manufacture. On November 15th he signed the US Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Businesses, banks, and investors.

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