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Diversifying Decarbonization to Achieve ESG Goals

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: On the hook for a reported 27% of the nation’s carbon emissions, the transportation industry is now considered a key focus area for decarbonization. Companies, suppliers and vehicle manufacturers across the industry aim to lower emissions and increase sustainability.

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Technology not growing fast enough to decarbonize steel and cement industries by 2050

Envirotec Magazine

A new study appears to show that, for decarbonization goals of steel and cement to be met, and the demand for new green technology to be satisfied, consumption habits need to change. Previous predictions of the quantities of carbon that would be captured from activities like steel production (pictured) have proven to be over-optimistic.

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Can carbon capture be a meaningful climate solution?

Corporate Knights

Cement manufacturing and iron and steel manufacturing are also desirable targets for CCUS, because each produces around 6% to 9% of global CO 2 emissions, and both processes are difficult to clean up in other ways. There are no projects up and running to capture CO 2 from cement manufacturing.

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The promise and peril of digital urban mobility

Corporate Knights

Many of these technologies will rely heavily on artificial intelligence algorithms and densely layered digital mapping applications, such as Google Maps, Tom Tom, and Waze, as well as proprietary systems being developed by car manufacturers. In recent years, so-called "black hats" (i.e.,

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Decarbonization efforts slowing, says Boston Consulting survey, which details the rewards of progress

Envirotec Magazine

Corporate progress on decarbonization has slowed over the past year, according to new analysis from consultancy firm Boston Consulting Group released on 18 September. And even as overall progress seemed to slow, 25% of the businesses in the survey reported substantial financial benefits from decarbonization. Target Setting.

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Empowering the STEM Workforce of the Future

3BL Media

Originally published in the Delaware Business Magazine 's May/June 2024 issue. By Najwa Corum, Early Career Program Leader at Chemours The world is innovating at a rapid pace as we work to solve major global challenges, from climate change and decarbonization to managing the boom in artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.

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2022 Global 100 Press Release

Corporate Knights

Vestas has evolved from hydraulic crane production into the largest of all wind turbine manufacturers, responsible for nearly one-fifth of global installed wind power capacity. In December it began work on a North Sea turbine that will be Europe’s most powerful and Scotland’s largest renewable energy project.

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