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Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan

GreenBiz

Tue, 06/23/2020 - 01:30. We are presented with a rare opportunity to invest in new innovations, rebuild our data and power infrastructures and supply chains to restore and strengthen the economy while healing the environment. Tom Baruch. No doubt, they will bring countless benefits.

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Enabling a Sustainable Chip Industry Requires a Long-Term Vision and Near-Term Actions

3BL Media

Purchased Goods and Services (Category 1) represents about 15 percent of Applied’s estimated supply chain emissions and is the second largest contributor to our Scope 3 footprint for our semiconductor equipment. Reducing Scope 3 Emissions Requires Collective Action. C pathway that has been agreed to as an international standard.

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Green Economy Outperforms Global Market Over Past 10 Years, Second Only to Tech: LSEG

ESG Today

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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How Fortune 500 Companies Set and Measure Sustainability Goals

Strategic Sustainability Consulting

But for smaller companies in the supply chain, there will be indirect pressure on them to press forward with reducing their own GHG emissions. According to the Environmental Finance Bond Database , in 2020, “green, social and sustainability-linked bond issuances surpassed $600 billion, nearly double from the year before.

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Koch Industries Earns 2022 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award for Energy Management

3BL Media

Of the waste produced and reported to EPA at Koch facilities in 2020, 91% was recycled, recovered for energy, or treated—a total of 372 million pounds. In addition to its ENERGY STAR partnership, Koch has grown and advanced its supply chain business to be one of the most efficient in the U.S.,

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Building a More Sustainable Future with 6G

3BL Media

In particular, electronic design can support the development of clean energy systems, data analytics for environmental applications, and machine technology advancements that reduce carbon emissions. The technology sector is poised to create long-term solutions toward environmental sustainability. Manufacturing.

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The Rise of Embedded Finance in Africa: Three Fintech Innovators Highlight its Potential to Boost Financial Inclusion and Business Growth on the Continent

James Militzer

trillion ($136 billion) in 2020. One compelling example of the impact embedded finance can make in this sector is OneOrder , a technology-enabled supply chain platform catering to hospitality businesses. And the volume of electronic transactions in the Egyptian market increased to over EGP 6.4