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Ryder System signs its first two customers to RyderElectric+ turnkey EV contracts

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RyderElectric+ gives us the comprehensive package we need to make EV adoption simple.” Servientrega will be using BrightDrop Zevo 600 vehicles in South Florida to carry parcels that will be shipped to destinations in South America. Source: Ryder System

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Recurrent Energy unveils US$100 million in funding for 300MW Ciranda solar project in Brazil

PV Tech

Recurrent Energy has announced the funding for its 300MW Ciranda solar project, which consists of a US$100 million (BRL490 million) package.

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Food waste startup backed by Oprah Winfrey snags $250 million

GreenBiz

It's applied in packaging facilities or warehouses using a water-based formula. The new funding will enable Apeel to continue is international expansion, especially in places such as sub-Saharan Africa, Central America and South America — places where there are higher rates of both food waste and food insecurity.

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New Updates to Understanding Packaging Scorecard Spur a Safer & More Sustainable Foodservice Industry

EDF + Business

It also underscores the urgency of tools like the Understanding Packaging (UP) Scorecard in helping foodservice companies navigate the complex landscape of sustainable food packaging to make choices that both protect human health as well as the environment. In a 2022 survey of U.S. A Deeper Dive into the Updates 1.

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'Supercharging adoption of sustainable solutions': Top brands sign up to 100+ Accelerator green supply chain programme

Business Green

Some of the initiatives have included returnable packaging programmes, the roll out of new cleaning technologies to reduce water and energy use in Colombian brewing operations, projects to provide insurance and traceability for small farms in Africa and South America, and measures to improve waste collection in Brazil.

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Poll: British public 'overwhelmingly' backs robust supply chain deforestation laws

Business Green

Demand for such products continues to grow rapidly around the world and is widely blamed for fuelling mass deforestation - both legal and illegal - in Asia, Africa, and South America, where forests are frequently cleared to make way for commodity cultivation and production.

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Smart energy benefits the people, and those who deliver it

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These advances might not matter as much in rain-soaked Europe but in much of Africa, South America, Central and Southeast Asia they are vital to continuity of life. Also of interest: How the energy industry can take the lead on making the digital world more sustainable The EU Clean Energy Package and the smart grid.