Environmental News Bits

JUNE 23, 2021

A recently released report on the 2018 grounding of a Russian ship in the Canadian Arctic points out the many dangers of a coming shipping boom in an increasingly ice-free Arctic, including the lack of reliable navigational charts and crews inexperienced in polar waters. Read the full story at e360. Read more →

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Daniel Burrus

JANUARY 4, 2018

Not all data need to come back to the mother ship to create high value. The post Daniel Burrus’ Top 20 Technology-Driven Hard Trends Shaping 2018 and Beyond appeared first on Daniel Burrus. Edge computing will increasingly be used to tame the massive amounts of data IoT will create. #11

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The EAF will turn UK-sourced scrap into new high-quality steel, removing the need to ship millions of tonnes of iron ore and coal from across the world. Tata Steels plans will cut the sites CO emissions by up to 90 per cent and UKs overall carbon emissions by about 1.5 per cent. .

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 25, 2021

Shipping keeps the world moving; but what moves the ships? However, pressure is also mounting to address emissions from various “hard-to-decarbonize” sectors, such as shipping. The remainder of this article discusses how these trends intersect to help shipping companies that are considering riding the “hydrogen wave.”.

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3BL Media

JULY 7, 2022

These can include increasing the use of clean energy, reducing excessive electricity consumption during peak times and optimizing the supply chain ranging from sourcing materials to shipping products. Alibaba maintained its position as the third leading public cloud IaaS service provider globally since 2018, according to IDC.

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3BL Media

JUNE 5, 2024

A global challenge, a regional response As the world celebrates World Ocean Day 2024, Indonesia takes center stage for its pioneering efforts towards sustainable shipping. Within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a region heavily reliant on maritime trade, the need for sustainable shipping practices is particularly acute.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 12, 2020

emissions in 2018. Take energy consumers, for example, such as the industrial machinery and goods industry, which manufactures equipment for a variety of industries, including engines, earthmoving equipment, trucks, tractors, ships, industrial pumps, locomotives and turbines. They also create daunting challenges for business.

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GreenBiz

MAY 19, 2021

In 2020, Arc’teryx set two science-based targets — reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 65 percent by 2030; and reduce Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions by 65 percent per unit of value added by 2030 — both from a 2018 base year.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The solid waste industry accounts for 5% of global greenhouse emissions, which, as Franklin-Wallis notes is more than the shipping and aviation industries combined. Between 1988 and 2018, China received about 47% of all global plastic waste for recycling.

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ESG Today

MARCH 21, 2025

Founded in 2018, and acquired by Nasdaq in 2021 , Puro.earth provides a platform bringing together suppliers of carbon net-negative technologies and companies looking to reduce or counter their carbon footprints.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 13, 2023

During the period 2018–2022, we cut paper waste in our PSCs by approximately 723 tons, including approximately 177 tons in 2022. Our innovative software solution, launching in 2023, will trim the number of boxes shipped by an estimated 10% annually. million collection supplies orders to over 100,000 clients—totaling over 2.5

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Environment + Energy Leader

AUGUST 12, 2022

In 2018, Maersk set its sights on becoming carbon neutral by 2040. To that end, it has ordered 13 new ocean-going ships using only carbon-neutral fuels. The post Maersk’s Mission to Decarbonize the Maritime Industry Remains a Challenge?? appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Energy Central

JANUARY 25, 2022

Shipping is a cornerstone of global trade and, as such, the GHG emissions created by shipping are significant and rising, accounting for almost 3% of global anthropogenic emissions (Faber et al. Recent projections suggest that by 2050, shipping emissions will increase by between 90- 130% of 2008 emissions by 2050 (ibid.).

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2024

A study published on 9 January appears to find that green ammonia could be used to fulfil the fuel demands of over 60% of global shipping by targeting just the top 10 regional fuel ports. 90% of the world’s physical goods trade is transported by ships which burn heavy fuel oil and emit toxic pollutants.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 2, 2023

Originally published in Enbridge's 2022 Sustainability Report In September 2021, Enbridge announced the acquisition of a 100% operating interest in the Enbridge Ingleside Energy Center (EIEC), a state-of-the-art shipping facility near Corpus Christi, Texas. Gulf Coast crude exports in 2020.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Since first deploying EVs in Mainland China in 2018, FedEx has electrified 20% of its PUD fleet in the country. In Morwell, Australia, FedEx opened a new shipping station equipped with sustainable building features to reduce impact on the environment, including energy-saving LED lighting and a system to collect and reuse rainwater on site.

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ESG Today

MARCH 22, 2023

The company said that the shoe’s development was the culmination of years of work, including the creation in 2018 of a carbon negative material, SweetFoam, in 2018, which informed the new foam for M0.0NSHOT, and a 2021 partnership with Adidas on a low-carbon shoe, Adizero x Allbirds.

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Cisco CSR

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In 2018, we announced our first plastic-related goal : to reduce our use of virgin plastic by 20% by our fiscal year 2025.* In our fiscal year 2022, the majority of accessories for Cisco Meraki products shipped in paper-based packaging , which was made of 70% recycled content. We exceeded this goal in our fiscal year 2021.

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3BL Media

JUNE 8, 2022

Nokia has been working with network operator nCentric since 2018 to prove that, expanding the company's North Sea network , delivering secure, reliable 5G-ready broadband coverage to 14 wind farms in the Belgian North Sea and Dutch waters.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 13, 2023

In a pre-budget submission, Nukik says the power from the transmission line would displace 138 million litres per year of diesel, which would dramatically reduce ship traffic in Hudson Bay. Ottawa and Ontario announced in 2018 that they would provide $1.6 This would open up the potential for economic activity in Nunavut.

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GreenBiz

MAY 5, 2020

The initiatives are related to P&G's current sustainability goals introduced in 2018, Ambition 2030, which include a commitment to make its packaging 100 percent recyclable or reusable by 2030. . In mid-May, the Eco-Boxes are becoming available for other fabric care product lines, including Tide purclean, Downy, Gain and Dreft.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Volvo Cars announced a new climate-related commitment, unveiling a new aim to reduce CO2 emissions per car by 75% by 2030, compared to a 2018 baseline. Volvo’s new commitment builds on the company’s existing climate goals, which include achieving climate neutrality by 2040, and reducing CO2 emissions per car by 40% between 2018 and 2025.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 11, 2022

But when the pandemic brought an unexpected shift to their original, brick-and-mortar business model—and an uptick in demand for shipping— the couple found themselves without a clear route ahead. In 2018, Nino and Gonzales kept coming up against the same argument: what to make for dinner. Date night re-imagined.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Rystad Energy analysis found that the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for new projects has increased 10-15% when comparing last year's module and shipping costs with current project costs.

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3BL Media

APRIL 1, 2022

In fact, as of 2018, as much as 25 percent (as many as 175,000) of the water points in Africa are non-functional. In late November 2021, charity: water shipped over 390 India Mark II sensors to Uganda. In many cases, an entire community uses a single hand pump, adding even more pressure on its effectiveness.

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3BL Media

APRIL 10, 2024

Details are outlined in the full report, titled “Sustainable from Ship to Shore,” and available on the company’s website at www.CarnivalSustainability.com. The company achieved several 2030 environmental goals well in advance and is tracking ahead of schedule on a number of other key targets, including GHG intensity reductions.

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3BL Media

JULY 9, 2024

Since 2018, Georgia-Pacific has been partnering with Infor, another Koch company, to create a cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for GP Cellulose. Really the solution was born on the whiteboard in that break room,” said Daniel Grafford, shipping superintendent at the Brunswick, Georgia, cellulose mill.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

From transporting animals through in-kind shipping to providing support for the Zoo to Community (ZTC) program, FedEx is proud to support the Oakland Zoo’s conservation and education efforts. On World Animal Day, we are honored to recognize organizations such as the Oakland Zoo for their commitment to the well-being of all animals.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 18, 2023

I-PRIZE CHALLENGE The IfG incubator launched the annual I-Prize Challenge in 2018. These innovative ideas addressed topics such as reducing packaging waste, lowering GHG emissions on shipping, and a water-saving showerhead. million since 2018 , with four innovations mainstreamed into the business since the program’s inception.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 8, 2022

In 2018, we set a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2025 on a per square foot basis. A Smarter Way to Ship. By prioritizing product supply close to Tractor Supply Distribution Centers and stores and maximizing every truckload, we have eliminated over six million shipping miles from the road over the last 24 months.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 26, 2022

Steinbach, who was the president of a major university in Brandenburg before being named minister in 2018, has overseen the most recent chapter of the region’s structural transformation and feels that things are coming together beautifully.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2023

With global trade highly dependent on shipping, achieving net zero may put wind in the sails of other industries’ climate ambitions. International shipping accounted for 2% of global energy-related CO2 emissions last year, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). What progress has the IMO made?

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Hydrogen technology startup Celadyne announced today that it has raised $4.5 million in seed capital, with proceeds supporting the company’s solutions aimed at enabling industrial and transport decarbonization.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

For example, state records suggest that the Chevron Richmond Refinery, one of California’s largest emitters, released more greenhouse gases in 2017 and 2018 — the last years for which data are publicly available — than it has since 2008. And in several recent years, it emitted as much or more of certain air pollutants.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

By using 100% post-consumer recycled paperboard and cardboard, reshipping used boxes, and reducing production and shipping waste, the company has successfully upheld this goal across all their daily operations. Since 2018, we have followed this belief, with each product designed to create a conscious consumption cycle that benefits everyone.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The First Movers Coalition (FMC) was created in late 2021 to leverage the purchasing power of major companies to speed up the pace of decarbonizing industrial sectors such as shipping, chemicals and trucking. Boeing, a founding member of the coalition, will serve as the ‘champion’ for the aviation sector.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 3, 2024

2 Through ELF’s intervention it was demonstrated that sewage pollution was a significant problem for river and marine communities across the country and not just the Manchester Ship Canal. The judgment sets a significant precedent that has implications far beyond the Manchester Ship Canal.

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