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Opinion: Why Markets Are Sustainability’s Next Giant Leap
After decades in which businesses—plus their brands, boards, business models and value chains—have been targeted, our next challenge is to redesign markets.
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- Environment, Investing
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- Global
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Report: Electrifying the Future: A Gender-Transformative Path to E-Mobility
The UNEP report “E-Mobility as a Driver for Change” highlights how the shift to electric vehicles can promote gender equity in transport systems, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
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- Transportation
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- Global
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Bengaluru Prefers Electric Vehicles for Last Mile Delivery
For 98.1% of respondents from Bengaluru, EV transition of fleets by companies is ‘very important’ to ‘somewhat important’ in reducing air pollution and emissions, according to a study by Sustainability Mobility Network.
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- Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Ghana Signs Agreement to Build Small NuScale Nuclear Reactor
The U.S. is looking to promote technologies it considers to be clean energy and sell them to developing countries.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Blockchain vs. Greenwashing: Why Emissions Reporting is Pointless Without Verifiable Data
The current carbon emissions reporting landscape is awash in bold, often dubious claims about the supposed climate impact of different businesses. According to Nish Kotecha at Finboot, these claims are a result of the growing pressure on companies to provide more environmental accountability, and they often reduce emissions reporting to an exercise in greenwashing. He explores how Finboot is leveraging blockchain to verify the accuracy and reliability of emissions data, and discusses some key obstacles to the wider adoption of blockchain-based emissions reporting.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
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Analysis: Three Ways to Put Women at Heart of Plugging the Green Skills Gap
While the green transition is expected to have a net-positive impact on job creation, many businesses still haven’t implemented programmes to upskill and create opportunities for their workforces.
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- Energy
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- Global
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Investors Back $225 Million World Bank Bond For Amazon Reforestation and Carbon Removal
The bond aims to mobilize around $36 million to fund Mombak, a Brazilian company dedicated to reforesting the Amazon.
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- Latin America
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Open Access Energy Secures $750,000, Launching $1.5 Million Seed Round in South Africa
OAE’s technology offers a solution by connecting electricity generated from distributed renewable sources with unmet demand.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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