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Peers sought to build urban resilience platform

Envirotec Magazine

UN-Habitat’s Urban Resilience Hub has defined urban resilience as “the measurable ability of any urban system, with its inhabitants, to maintain continuity through all shocks and stresses, while positively adapting and transforming toward sustainability” and a key part of that ability will be technological. Best practice.

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Game on: New study shows which sports teams have the greenest fans

GreenBiz

Ever wondered which sports team has the most sustainable fans? For the green sports movement, the answers may be the key to solidifying the importance of integrating sustainability into sports. . This drives revenue and is so critical to sustainability professionals charged with creating a data-driven strategy.

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FedEx pledges to be carbon neutral by 2040

GreenBiz

FedEx — which uses over 180,000 vehicles to deliver packages across continents and operates the world's largest cargo airline — has been implementing sustainability practices for years, but the announcement represents a major acceleration of the company's commitments. That fuel also accounts for 6 percent of its annual operating budget.

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Community solar, urban trees and the digitization of employee engagement

GreenBiz

A perennial concern of corporate sustainability professionals — how to nurture employee buy-in for the organization’s programs and strategy — easily could have been sidelined during the COVID-19 pandemic, as companies everywhere shifted to accommodate remote workforces. . Heather Clancy. Mon, 05/03/2021 - 00:05.

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Ford’s surprise news: it’s developing a new platform for low-priced EVs

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They’ve developed a flexible platform that will not only deploy to several types of vehicles but will be a large install base for software and services,” Farley said, adding that Ford plans to focus more on smaller EVs. All of our EV teams are ruthlessly focused on cost, and efficiency, in our EV products,” said Farley.

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MSU provides recycling boost at Brighton train station

Envirotec Magazine

The new unit will segregate, wash, compact, bale, weigh and electronically tag all waste from Brighton station, as well as all Southern and Thameslink trains running to and from the city, in partnership with innovative sustainability start up, The Green Block.

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Ulta Beauty is bringing refillable containers back to the cosmetics industry

GreenBiz

It seems those concerns finally have reached a critical mass, inspiring a sustainability makeover at three of the biggest beauty brands in the business — Sephora, Natura & Co, and Ulta Beauty. million , having fully circular packaging by investing $100 million in developing regenerative solutions, and decreasing its greenhouse gas emissions.

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