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Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan

GreenBiz

To rebuild the economy, the United States government so far seems to choose to deploy the same playbook it did in 2008: funding legacy companies in industries such as oil and gas. . We already have demonstrated the efficacy of investments directed to electrical distribution, water, transportation and renewable energy.

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Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet

GreenBiz

Nordea’s divestment, along with pressure from other institutions, such as Norwegian pension fund KPL, led to a pledge from JBS to use blockchain to monitor its entire supply chain by 2025, including the problematic "indirect suppliers" that have been linked to illegal deforestation. Still, these particular investors weren’t satisfied. .

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Brazilian Meat Giant JBS a Bigger Emitter Than Italy, Study Estimates

DeSmogBlog

million hectares in its indirect supply chain, since 2008. To prove the company is reducing its environmental impact, JBS also cites the development of blockchain technology to reduce deforestation by improving the traceability of cattle in its Brazilian supply chain, and its adoption of methane-reducing feed additives. .

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Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan

AGreenLiving

Back to normal is not an option To rebuild the economy, the United States government so far seems to choose to deploy the same playbook it did in 2008: funding legacy companies in industries such as oil and gas. As another example, the digitization of the electrical grid, is changing the way power is delivered and consumed.

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Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan

AGreenLiving

Back to normal is not an option To rebuild the economy, the United States government so far seems to choose to deploy the same playbook it did in 2008: funding legacy companies in industries such as oil and gas. As another example, the digitization of the electrical grid, is changing the way power is delivered and consumed.

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Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet

AGreenLiving

Nordea’s divestment, along with pressure from other institutions, such as Norwegian pension fund KPL, led to a pledge from JBS to use blockchain to monitor its entire supply chain by 2025, including the problematic “indirect suppliers” that have been linked to illegal deforestation.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. Company profile. and Canadian cities.