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Why Google products are getting an eco-focused upgrade

Business Green

From this year, Google Maps will offer eco-friendly routing: defaulting to the route with the lowest carbon emissions when the estimated time of arrival is similar to the fastest route. We estimate that this change alone could save over one million tons of carbon emissions per year - the equivalent of taking 200,000 cars off the road.

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The State of Green Business report 2021

Sustainability Consulting

. · Companies that supported the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) framework will have more informed and more efficient allocation of capital and help facilitate the transition to a lower-carbon economy. · Major global companies face $284 billion carbon pricing costs in 2025, representing 13% of earnings.

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50 Books on Climate Change and Sustainbility

Green Market Oracle

Cohen, forward by Bill McKibben, 2016 Coming of Age at the End of Nature explores a new kind of environmental writing. A significant proportion of global carbon emissions come from farming meat. Climate changes triggered the first human migrations out of Africa. Falling sea levels allowed our passage across the Bering Sea.