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This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined

GreenBiz

To transform basic inputs into stuff we need, manufacturers constantly heat (and cool) minerals, ores and other raw materials to extreme temperatures. On average, each RNG project requires $17 million of capital investment, based on data from the RNG Coalition. Industrial heat is essential but largely invisible. The urgency is growing.

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Water scarcity: A growing risk for companies and investors

GreenBiz

The French cosmetics manufacturer operates three "dry factories" — in Spain, Russia and Italy — where all the water used in its industrial processes, such as for cleaning and cooling, is purified and reused onsite. In 2000, around 80 percent of Phoenix households had grass; now only 14 percent do. Finance & Investing.

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Nearly all firms will miss net zero goals without at least doubling rate of emissions reductions by 2030

Envirotec Magazine

Moreover, 84% of companies plan to increase investments in their sustainability initiatives before the end of 2022 2. 2] Accenture CXO survey, June 2022.

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The carbon challenge that is bigger than cars, aviation, and shipping combined

Business Green

Investment is starting to flow towards efforts to tackle one of the biggest clean energy challenges going - industrial heat. To transform basic inputs into stuff we need, manufacturers constantly heat (and cool) minerals, ores and other raw materials to extreme temperatures. Industrial heat is essential but largely invisible.

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Guide to Making Your Building Eco-Friendly

Green Business Bureau

The Society stated it would probably be able to pay for its investment in just five years! Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), created in 2000. The American Society of Interior Designers moved to a new green HQ and employee productivity increased while absenteeism decreased.

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Water scarcity: A growing risk for companies and investors

AGreenLiving

The French cosmetics manufacturer operates three “dry factories” — in Spain, Russia and Italy — where all the water used in its industrial processes, such as for cleaning and cooling, is purified and reused onsite. In 2000, around 80 percent of Phoenix households had grass; now only 14 percent do.

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The Future Of Operational Grid Reliability Can Be Bright With Clean Energy

Energy Innovation

Other posts in this series covered Rethinking the Reliability of the Grid In 2000, the electricity grid earned the distinction as the top engineering achievement of the twentieth century by the National Academy of Engineering. Investments in grid hardening will also play a role in adaptation to climate change.

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