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More pieces of IKEA's sustainability puzzle come together

GreenBiz

Ingka announced in September that it was investing more than $715 million over the next 12 months for IKEA to become " climate positive" by 2030 , in addition to past investments. "We Despite the significant challenges we’re facing in the world, we still have it in our own hands to change the direction of the climate crisis.

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Why IKEA is investing in sustainable mobility

GreenBiz

The company has been reorienting towards a sustainability strategy that it's calling " climate positive ": by 2030, the goal is to remove more greenhouse gases from the atmosphere than the entire IKEA value chain emits. Shipping & Logistics. It’s about reaching customers — or more specifically, helping customers reach IKEA.

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Here’s How You Remain Competitive: Optimization and Digitalization

3BL Media

By mobilizing our ecosystem for a more climate positive world, we estimate our solutions will have saved and avoided 100 metric tons of CO2 emissions per year by 2025. This puts pressure on the sorting facilities and logistics. Many of these significant advances towards a climate positive world will be on display.

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Focus on Consumers, Industry Collaboration, Technology & Sustainability: The First Edition of the Supply Chain Conference Officially Ends After Three Days

3BL Media

Kearney’s Dr. Mirko Warschun and Dr. Marc Lakner shared the stage with Dr. Dirk Holbach, Henkel, for a session on Climate Positivity, and emphasised how doing good for the environment comes with financial benefits, by optimising and maximising efficiency of our operations.

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Africa’s Forests

Chris Hall

Being in real assets, we also invest in the forestry industry’s value chain, such as timber processing, storage and haulage, and logistics associated with transportation of agricultural or forestry goods, for example,” she told ESG Investor.

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What it takes for small and growing businesses to transition to Net Zero

We Mean Business Coalition

Anand runs a small enterprise that focuses on last-mile logistics in rural parts of the Indian states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. He’s been working to build this service for the past 7 years, and now has a team of 50 employees and a fleet of approximately 100 vehicles to support companies with delivery logistics.

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Leaning into Resilience: Three Ways Small and Growing Agriculture Businesses Have Navigated Global Crises – And How Investors Can Support Them

James Militzer

These businesses have struggled with pandemic-driven logistics and supply chain issues, large fluctuations in supply and demand, and policy shifts — for example, export bans on certain crops — that have upended their business models. Photo courtesy of East Africa Fruits.