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Manufacturing Institute Recognizes Zazueta With Women MAKE Award

3BL Media

The Manufacturing Institute - the workforce development and education partner of the National Association of Manufacturers - announced that Susy Zazueta of Whirlpool Corporation’s Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, operations has been recognized as a 2024 Women MAKE Awards honoree. VP NAR Manufacturing. s Ramos Arizpe operations. “I

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The electronic waste collection conundrum

GreenBiz

By weight, that’s more than all of the commercial airliners ever manufactured, and only 20 percent of the stuff is formally recycled. Close to half of them, 45 percent, said electronics recycling should be handled by the manufacturer. That’s up from 24 percent just two years ago.

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Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy?

GreenBiz

Experts such as Fakhry say that while wind and solar energy can provide the electricity to power homes and electric cars, green hydrogen could be an ideal power source for energy-intensive industries such as concrete and steel manufacturing, as well as parts of the transportation sector that are more difficult to electrify.

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The Global 100 list: How the world’s most sustainable corporations are driving the green transition

Corporate Knights

C, SBTi 3 2 Vestas Wind Systems A/S Aarhus, Denmark Machinery manufacturing $ 141,969 19% 70:1 42% 100% 100% A 1.5°C, C, SBTi 4 9 Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp Taipei, Taiwan Transit and ground transportation $ 7,698 0% 11:1 15% 100% 100% A 5 Nordex SE Hamburg, Germany Machinery manufacturing $ 160,887 73% 82:1 33% 100% 100% A 1.5°C,

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Trane Appoints Mauro Atalla as Chief Technology and Sustainability Officer

ESG Today

The company also recently announced a target to reduce embodied carbon, or greenhouse gas emissions associated with a products lifecycle, including the extraction of raw materials, manufacturing, transportation and recycling of materials and products, by 40% by 2030. Atalla will succeed Paul Camuti, who will retire at the end of the year.

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AIP Invests $500 Million in U.S. Clean Energy Producer Silicon Ranch

ESG Today

Founded in 2011, Nashville, Tennessee-based Silicon Ranch is one of the largest independent power producers (IPP) in the U.S., Denmark-based energy and decarbonization infrastructure investor AIP Management announced a $500 million investment in U.S.-based based renewable energy, carbon, and battery storage solutions provider Silicon Ranch.

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BlackRock, Temasek Decarbonization Fund Invests in Residential Energy Transition Solutions Provider ConnectDER

ESG Today

Founded in 2011, ConnectDER provides technology enabling households to install solar panels and chargers for EVs without requiring an upgrade in the home electricity system, while remaining connected to the grid for power when stored solar-generated power is depleted.