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Gerardo Familiar on Chemours' Role in Sustainable Chemistry and Innovation

Gerardo Familiar on Chemours' Role in Sustainable Chemistry and Innovation
07/31/2024 | Companies
Gerardo Familiar, President of Advanced Performance Materials at Chemours, recently appeared on the Energy Evolution podcast by S&P Global Commodity Insights. He emphasized the critical role Chemours' chemistry plays in creating a sustainable future and advocated for regulatory approaches...
Advanced Performance Materials, Aerospace industry, Automotive industry, Chemours, Clean energy, Climate change, Data centers, Decarbonization, Emerging technologies, Emissions control, Energy Evolution podcast, Fluoropolymers, Gerardo Familiar, Hydrogen production, Life-cycle management, Low global warming potential gases, Medical industry, Nafion™ membranes, Net-zero emissions, Regulatory approach, Responsible manufacturing, S&P Global Commodity Insights, Sustainability, Sustainable future

EU Climate Initiatives: Impact of Energy Efficiency on Real Estate Valuation - Insights by CBRE

EU Climate Initiatives: Impact of Energy Efficiency on Real Estate Valuation - Insights by CBRE
05/07/2024 | Companies
The European Union (EU) has outlined a strategic plan to address climate change, which includes initiatives aimed at enhancing the energy efficiency of buildings. Through directives like the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and the Energy Efficiency Directive, the EU aims to foster...
Asset valuation, Buildings, Business case, Cap rate compression, Carbon footprint, CBRE, Climate change, Danish market, Energy efficiency, Energy retrofits, EPC rating, European Union, Financial industry, Legislative framework, MEPS, MFH, Minimum Energy Performance Standards, Multifamily housing, Real estate, Rental levels, Sustainable development, Transition risk

Turo: The First Carbon-Neutral Car Sharing Marketplace

Turo: The First Carbon-Neutral Car Sharing Marketplace
08/29/2023 | Companies
Turo, the world’s leading peer-to-peer car sharing platform, recognized the need to address its environmental impact. As part of its mission to make better use of the world’s 1.5 billion cars, Turo also aimed to ensure that existing resources were used more efficiently. In 2021, the company...
Alaska, Car sharing, Carbon footprint, Carbon offset, Carbon-neutral, Climate change, Electric vehicles, Emissions, EVs, Green transportation, Gross Booking Value, Hybrid vehicles, J.B. Hunt, Kootznoowoo Forestry Project, Marketplace, Old-growth forest, Prince of Wales Island, SCS Global Services, Sustainability, Transportation Efficiency Project, Turo

Owens Corning Reduces Emissions while Increasing Renewable Energy Usage

Owens Corning Reduces Emissions while Increasing Renewable Energy Usage
08/05/2023 | Companies
Owens Corning has a special role. The company earns most of its revenues (over 60 percent) from products that improve energy efficiency in homes and buildings, such as composites, insulation, and roofing. However, the production of these products has also historically resulted in significant...
Biogas, Blowing agent blends, Circular innovations, Climate change, Decarbonization, Energy efficiency, Energy savings, Geothermal energy, Glass manufacturing, Greenhouse gas emissions, Hydro energy, Hydrogen, Owens Corning, Polystyrene foam, Renewable energy, Solar energy, Spain, Sustainability goals, Virtual power purchase agreement, Wind energy

Bayer Helps Dairy Farmers in Latin America with Corn Silage

Bayer Helps Dairy Farmers in Latin America with Corn Silage
07/31/2023 | Companies
We didn’t have anything to do with cattle. Until we started to wonder about small farms. We wanted to know: How can small dairy farms in Latin America prosper? What are their challenges? And, how is global warming affecting their business? Why dairy? For poor farming families in Central America and...
Animal health, Bayer, Climate change, Corn silage, Dairy farming, Drought, Financing, Food security, Livestock economy, Milk production, Nutrition, Partnerships, Smallholder farmers, Sustainability, Training

Empowering Smallholder Farmers: Enhancing Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture

Empowering Smallholder Farmers: Enhancing Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture
07/14/2023 | Companies
Approximately 97 percent of farmers worldwide cultivate less than 10 hectares (about 25 acres) of land. These farmers, totaling around 550 million individuals in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in Asia and Africa, play a vital role in feeding more than half of the population in these...
Access to markets, Agricultural value chain, Climate change, Crop protection, Digital farming, Digital solutions, Food security, Global impact, Inclusive business models, Income generation, Land stewardship, Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), Market models, Partnerships, Productivity, Resilience, Rural regions, Smallholder farmers, Sustainable development goals (SDGs), Training and advice

First Movers Coalition Receives C.K. Prahalad Award for Decarbonizing High-Emitting Industries

First Movers Coalition Receives C.K. Prahalad Award for Decarbonizing High-Emitting Industries
06/14/2023 | Companies
The Corporate Eco Forum (CEF) has recognized the First Movers Coalition with the prestigious 2023 C.K. Prahalad Award for their groundbreaking work in reducing carbon emissions in high-polluting industries. This announcement was made during the 2023 CEF Annual Leadership Retreat, attended by top...
C.K. Prahalad Award, Carbon removal solutions, Clean energy solutions, Clean technology innovation, Climate change, Climate science, Corporate Eco Forum, Cross-sector partnerships, Decarbonization, Emission reduction goals, First Movers Coalition, Global carbon emissions, Government collaboration, Hard-to-abate sectors, High-emitting industries, Net-zero transition, Public-private initiative, Sustainability efforts, Sustainable aviation fuels, Zero-emission shipping

Meet the New Members of American Forest Foundation's Board of Trustees

Meet the New Members of American Forest Foundation's Board of Trustees
05/11/2023 | Companies
Introducing the game-changers in the fight against climate change! The American Forest Foundation (AFF), a leading conservation organization that empowers family forest owners, has recently welcomed three exceptional individuals to its board of trustees. And guess what? One of them is none other...
American Forest Foundation, Board of trustees, Carbon markets, Climate change, Conservation, Diversity and inclusion, Family Forest Carbon Program, Forest health, Landowners, Sustainability

SAIC's chief climate scientist discuses impact of Inflation Reduction Act

SAIC's chief climate scientist discuses impact of Inflation Reduction Act
04/16/2023 | Companies
Climate change has far-reaching consequences for all aspects of life, economy, and even national security. With climate change posing increasing challenges and Earth Day approaching, we'd like to invite you to a live discussion about Energy and Climate Policy. During the event, SAIC's chief climate...
Climate change, Climate Policy, Earth Day, economy, Energy, Inflation Reduction Act, life, national security

IBM increases support to equitable access to water for vulnerable populations

IBM increases support to equitable access to water for vulnerable populations
03/24/2023 | Companies
The IBM Sustainability Accelerator is now accepting proposals for the next cohort, which will focus on water management solutions. This program uses IBM technologies such as hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence, as well as an ecosystem of experts, to improve and scale projects aimed at...
AI, artificial intelligence, Climate change, cloud platform, ecosystem, equitable access, hybrid, IBM Sustainability Accelerator, population growth, safe drinking water, sanitation management, SDG, Sustainable Development Goal, UN, United Nations, water management solutions, water pollution, water quality, water scarcity, water use efficiency, WHO, World Health Organization

Creating a Genome Atlas could help save endangered species

Creating a Genome Atlas could help save endangered species
03/06/2023 | Environment
Woolly mammoth herds once roamed the Northern Hemisphere, from the British Isles to the eastern shores of North America, across the Bering land bridge. The last mammoth died around 4000 years ago. Enough of their remains were preserved in the icy tundra to reveal a sombre truth: the creatures...
African forest elephants, African savanna elephants, Climate change, conservation scientist, critically endangered, Department of Biology, diversity, elephant genome, elephants, evolutionary biologist, field conservation tools, human hunting, International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN, mammoth paleogenomics, mammoths, Marie Skodowska Curie Actions Fellow, Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa, National Geographic Explorer, Patrícia Pečnerová, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, SDZWA, University of Copenhagen

The argument for weaning ourselves away from fossil fuel is compelling.

The argument for weaning ourselves away from fossil fuel is compelling.
04/11/2015 | Environment
The vast majority of US corporates appear to be doing the ostrich act on the climate change front. Although the effects of climate change is being experienced by all, on a global scale, most US corporates are sitting on the fence over the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. Environmental groups are hoping that...
Clean Power Plan, Climate change, Coca-cola, Environmental Defense Fund, EPA, FedEx, Google, Mars, Nature Conservancy, Obama, PepsiCo, silent isn’t neutral, Starbucks, Target, UPS, Walmart, World Wildlife Fund


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