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Today’s ESG Updates FedEx Launches Reusable Packaging: New reusable packaging for B2B shipping can last 50 cycles, cut costs 30%, and reduce emissions up to 88%. EV Adoption in Australia: Replacing 1 million petrol cars with EVs could cut foreign fuel use by over 1 billion litres annually. Trafigura & Minerven Gold Deal: The partnership
Today’s ESG Updates Thailand Approves Measures to Bolster Clean Energy Markets: The National Energy Policy Council opened the electricity market to greater competition while cutting household tariffs. Indian Court Orders Maruti to Replace Car in First E20 Fuel Damage Ruling: A consumer commission held the automaker liable after ethanol-blended fuel allegedly damaged a customer’s vehicle.
Today’s ESG Updates Expanded Format Pushes World Cup Emissions to New High: Nearly 90% of emissions are expected to come from flights as fans, teams, and media move across the US, Canada, and Mexico. COP31 Host Pushes 35% Global Electricity Target: Turkey aims to build coalition backing for a non-binding target to expand electricity’s share
All good scientists are sceptics. Scepticism is central to the scientific method, which is basically designed to prevent the most human of all errors: fooling yourself and, in turn, fooling others. That’s why the rules of science, set-up in the 17th century by Britain’s National Academy of Science, the Royal Society of London, require that all
On Thursday, sixteen states and a coalition of environmental groups launched a lawsuit against the US Postal Service (USPS) for their decision to upgrade the majority of their vehicles with gas-powered cars. Three separate lawsuits were filed in New York and California, asking judges to order a thorough environmental review before USPS proceeds with their
This historic peak figure for the US national debt – a whopping $30.01 trillion – was reached on January 31, 2022 according to US Treasury Department data released on Tuesday, and it happened much sooner than expected. The Wall Street Journal was quick to attribute the increase to federal borrowing during the coronavirus pandemic, describing
Once they’re able to understand expected shifts in production, livelihoods or environmental outcomes, farmers can adapt resource management strategies and be better prepared to manage risks. Built around the largest agricultural meta-analysis to date, ERA is designed to support science-based decision-making and the identification of locally adapted but scalable options. What do small-scale farmers, private-sector investors,
I believe our consumer purchase power has tremendous influence. If used unwisely it can have devastating consequences. In order to achieve a more sustainable future we’ll need to be deliberate in how we make decisions. This includes those made during one of the most unsustainable times of year, the holidays. Society must start by placing
You may think Music Video TV began with MTV in 1981. Think again. That honor belongs to a show called The Now Explosion which first aired 14 March 1970. It was the brainchild of Bob Whitney, a Top-40 radio jock. How do I know? Because I was there. Whitney’s dream was to create TV programming