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Go Move 2022 Startups, BASF, and Magna Collaborate to Decarbonize the Automotive Industry

Greentown Labs

Greentown Go Move 2022 brought BASF and Magna together with five climatetech startups to advance solutions that decarbonize the automotive industry’s life-cycle impact. BASF, the Leading Partner on Go Move 2022, is a global leader in chemicals and the number one chemical supplier to the automotive industry.

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Firm marks progress towards circular supply chain for recycled rare-earth magnets

Envirotec Magazine

are an essential material in a range of modern technologies, from electronic motors and audio speakers to the electric drive units (EDUs) that power the latest electric vehicles. Extracting the raw materials for NdFeB magnets from the ground is both carbon intensive and has a negative impact on biodiversity.

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Panasonic: How a green technology drive can help deliver on internal carbon goals

Business Green

Latest batch of carbon analysis from electronics giant reveals how clean technologies can help slash emissions from transportation and distribution. Can a company that helps produce clean technologies harness those same technologies to meet its own climate goals?

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Inside Eastman’s moonshot goal for endlessly circular plastics

GreenBiz

Last year, the company announced two major initiatives: Carbon renewal technology , or CRT, which breaks down waste plastic feedstocks to the molecular level before using them as building blocks to produce a wide range of materials and packaging. In the 1930s, the company turned to producing cellulose acetate to make textile fibers.

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If the world wants a green recovery, it must commit to innovation

Business Green

Negative emissions technologies are critical for the earth’s climate and hitting net zero in the UK, argues Drax CEO Will Gardiner. In the first months of the crisis alone, China reported a 25 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. Going net negative. This year has been unlike any in recent memory.

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Whether pandemic or climate crisis, you better get your data right

GreenBiz

With growing consensus on the gravity of the climate crisis, countries and companies are adopting carbon reduction targets. Pressure to make emissions visible has been around for a while: Consumers want to know how much carbon is embodied in the products they buy. Alas, to date the same isn’t true of carbon performance.

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Thermal runaway early detection: critical sensors and connections for safe battery management

Charged

The growth of electric vehicle technology is driven by the desire for reduced emissions, quieter and less expensive vehicles, advanced driver assistance systems and improved comfort and convenience. Wire-to-board and FPC-to-board connectors are considered automotive-grade connector solutions.