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Digital technology can turn corporate sustainability goals into action

Business Green

Rania Al Mashat, Egypt's minister for international cooperation, recently said : "For us, what we want this COP[27] to be about is moving from pledges to implementation. Similarly, AI and blockchain can provide the visibility of inventory needed to reduce product wastage and enable smarter ordering, lowering carbon footprints.

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

Green Business Bureau

Since the convention’s establishment, the countries involved meet annually during the Conference of the Parties (COP). COP is a supreme decision-making body that aims to promote the effective application of the convention. 30 years later came COP 26 (2021) – held in Glasgow. C) within reach. For operations in the U.S.,

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SDG15: The fight for life on land

Business Green

A lot more ecosystems are now in protected areas and there has been considerable progress on slowing deforestation, but that has been threatened by developments such as a less forest-friendly government in Brazil, as well as a spate of devastating wildfires around the world, from California to Australia.