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

Business Green

At a virtual event on Thursday afternoon, the president of Panasonic Industry Europe, Johannes Spatz, said fresh carbon footprint analysis had found that some 86 per cent of the firm's emissions in 2020 were the result of the transport and distribution of its goods to end consumers.

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BNEF: Fossil fuel car sales have likely peaked leaving EVs in pole position for recovery race

Business Green

At present there are seven million passenger EVs on the world's roads, together with 500,000 electric buses, almost 400,000 electric delivery vans and trucks, and 184 million electric mopeds, scooters, and motorcycles, according to the analysis. per cent of heavy duty commercial vehicle sales and 6.5

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December 2021 Cleantech Roundup: Year in Review

Clean Energy Trust

Gridlock is still a problem, but there is optimism as climate has risen in the US to become a top-tier political issue (as it is already in western Europe). A $200 million investment in an autonomous electric vehicle is not that relevant for someone trying to raise a million to develop sustainable plastics.

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BNEF Electric Vehicle Outlook: Six key lessons for road transport's pursuit of net zero

Business Green

Sales continue to surge in key markets, while scores of producers and users of cars, buses, trucks, and even scooters are now pushing towards ridding their operations of fossil fuel vehicles altogether. Their current trajectory points towards a 30 per cent market share in 2040, far below what is required to meet global climate goals.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Spending the past year as Ecolab’s president and COO, he joined as an executive vice president in 2008 after capping off 15 years as Nestlé’s head of corporate sales in Europe. Among other challenges, Lyft’s scooter rentals mostly have flopped, but the company isn’t giving up on micromobility. Company profile.

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? Africa’s inaugural climate summit #165

Climate Tech VC

Other foreign government and private sector announcements included: The EU and Kenya teamed up on a green hydrogen strategy that was unveiled during the summit. Last month’s wildfires in Greece were the largest ever recorded in Europe and this rain was also an outlier.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

Spending the past year as Ecolab’s president and COO, he joined as an executive vice president in 2008 after capping off 15 years as Nestlé’s head of corporate sales in Europe. Among other challenges, Lyft’s scooter rentals mostly have flopped, but the company isn’t giving up on micromobility.