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EV Infrastructure Provider JET Charge Raises $45 Million

ESG Today

Founded by Tim Washington and Ellen Liang in 2012, Melbourne-based JET Charge supplies and installs electric vehicle chargers and infrastructure, including chargers, cables, and installation services, to home and commercial markets in Australia, with over 20,000 chargers installed to date, and recently expanded its services into New Zealand.

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California’s New Clean Car Standards Will Accelerate Zero-Emission Vehicle Market Development Across States

3BL Media

The original Advanced Clean Cars rule, adopted in 2012 using California’s authority to set its own auto standards under the Clean Air Act, strengthened passenger vehicle efficiency standards while requiring automakers to introduce growing numbers of zero-emission models.

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The Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index 2024

3BL Media

SEOUL and ZURICH, December 20, 2024 /3BL/ - First published in 2012, the Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index (GSCI) measures country-level ESG performance based on 216 quantitative indicators. The GSCI is officially used by five national governments to benchmark their progress on the path to sustainable competitive development.

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AB InBev VP: Our quest for 'agile' sustainable development continues

GreenBiz

AB InBev VP: Our quest for 'agile' sustainable development continues. As we're seeing signs of recovery around the world, our team is energized about continuing to work towards those longer-term commitments, towards the [United Nations Sustainable Development Goals]. Sustainable Development Goals / SDGs. Heather Clancy.

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Accelerate at Circularity 20: Fast-Pitch Competition

GreenBiz

This GreenBiz tradition began in 2012 at its VERGE events, offering a venue where startups make a 2.5-minute Monique Mills, head of the Startup Catalyst at the Advanced Technology Development Center at Georgia Institute of Technology. minute pitch of their technology to the audience.

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Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future

GreenBiz

It works on more than 350 such projects with more than 250 organizations, including the World Economic Forum, WWF and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Another business consulting heavyweight, Bain & Company, was declared carbon neutral by Natural Capital Partners in 2012.

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Youth Unemployment in the Developing World Is a Jobs Problem

Stanford Social Innovation

Many actors in international development today are rightly worried about youth unemployment; despite success stories like Tabassum’s, youth unemployment remains stubbornly high across developing countries: in 2022, it stood at 24.8 percent in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), 20.5 percent in Latin America, 14.9