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FedEx Takes Delivery of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) From Neste at LAX

3BL Media

Recognizing the important role of air cargo in the global economy, FedEx is demonstrating how this industry can leverage available lower-emission solutions like SAF to reduce its environmental impact. FedEx set its first aviation emissions intensity reduction goals back in 2008. While SAF production continues to grow in the U.S.

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The 25 most sustainable public-sector companies in the world

Corporate Knights

In its deep dive into the worlds most sustainable private- and public-sector companies, Corporate Knights revealed an undeniable fact: public-sector companies are doing essential work when it comes to moving the needle toward a greener global economy. reduction in emissions and the diversion of 67% of waste from landfills.

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The Fed Cannot Fix Today’s Energy Inflation Problem

Gail Tverberg

Figure 2 shows that the ratio of US debt to GDP hit a maximum in 2008. Analyzing US debt to GDP ratios by sector provides some insight regarding the reason for the fall in the ratio of debt to GDP since 2008 in Figure 2. California is one state where this approach is starting to catch up with the electricity system.

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This Week’s Fund News: HSBC AM Targets Circular Economy, Exits Coal

Chris Hall

HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM) has launched the HGIF Global Equity Circular Economy Fund, which will invest in up to 60 companies that are enabling the transition to a circular global economy. Since its launch, solarZero has installed 8,500 solar systems on New Zealand residential, commercial, and community buildings.

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Tetra Pak Sustainability Report FY22: Acting for Nature

3BL Media

Nature underpins societal wellbeing by providing basic life support services and material goods such as soil, air, water, food, fuel, and fibre 1 , so the impacts of nature loss are wide-reaching and threaten the foundations of our global economies, livelihoods, and food systems 2,3.

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Productivity at the core: How COOs deliver strategy

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Since the 2008 global financial crisis, global productivity growth has largely declined around the world. Indeed, McKinsey Global Institute research projects that if advanced economies can regain their pre-2008 productivity growth rates, GDP per capita could increase by $1,500 to $8,000 by 2030.

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Why Should Investors Care About Anti-microbial Resistance?

Chris Hall

It has been estimated that the global death toll attributable to AMR could rise to 10 million people a year by 2050 if we do not act now, with damage to the economy potentially being as catastrophic as the 2008-2009 global financial crisis. It’s estimated that AMR was directly responsible for the death of 1.27