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Evolving EVOLVE 2030: Circularity as a New Evaluation Criterion

3BL Media

These include the Ellen McArthur Foundations three principles of circular economy and butterfly diagram, the reduce reuse recycle approach of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the nine Rs of the circular economy of the European Commission.

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How AI and the Latest Technologies Can Accelerate Progress on Sustainability Goals

3BL Media

Technology companies, which have a hand in designing the infrastructure that powers our global economy, can help. PUE is based on Uptime Institute 2021 Global Data Center Survey. CO2e and other equivalencies that are based on the EPA GHG calculator use U.S. to calculate additional power for data center cooling.

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Global emissions from energy are flat. Now what ?

Edouard Stenger

According to the respected International Energy Agency’s new report, global greenhouse gases emissions from energy remained flat in 2016 while the global economy grew by 3.1 Global emissions from the energy sector stood at 32.1 Global emissions from the energy sector stood at 32.1

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Index aims to quantify circularity in the bioeconomy

Envirotec Magazine

for manure, indicating the use of manure fertilizer provides a more circular economy. Drawing on national data from the USDA, EPA, and DOE, they compare the current system with an approach based on the Environment-Enhancing Food Energy and Water System framework, which involves recovery, remake, and reuse of organic waste.

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What Is EHS Management and Why Is It Needed?

Sphera

established  the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970 , and in the following year , it established the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to more closely regulate business practices related to the environment, health and safety. After years of piecemeal reforms, the U.S. 

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Is the IMO Turning the Tide on Transition?

Chris Hall

The Clean Shipping Act would direct the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set increasingly stringent carbon intensity standards for shipping fuel by 2040, in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Encouragingly, governments are also demonstrating a willingness to work together.

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State of Corporate Conservation 2023: The Journey Towards Nature Positivity

3BL Media

That loss would be a massive hit to the global economy. is not a party to the convention, but that matters little in these days of the global economy and the multinational companies many of you work for or the international supply chains you are all part of. I have to clarify that the U.S.