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Henkel Launches New Initiative To Collaborate With Suppliers on Climate Action

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The program aims to advance decarbonization along the value chain through the collection of emissions data, jointly defined actions for reduction and continuous upskilling. The data overview can also serve them to gain access to business partners and green finance opportunities.

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How Can the Chemicals Industry Capitalize on Carbon Reduction Opportunities?

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It is simultaneously the third highest contributor to carbon emissions in the industrial sector and the best placed industry to decarbonize products across a multitude of industries. As a result of its position high upstream in the supply chain, the chemicals industry can often seem invisible.

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Ara Partners Acquires Energy Transition Materials Producer VAC

ESG Today

Industrial decarbonization-focused private equity investor Ara Partners today announced that it has acquired Vacuumschmelze (VAC), a leading global producer of key magnetic materials and solutions critical to the energy transition across a broad range of sectors, from Apollo Global Management. ”

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Standard Chartered, DHL to Co-invest in Sustainable Aviation Fuel

ESG Today

According to Standard Chartered, the new partnership forms part of the bank’s initiatives to innovate with partners to make its supply chain more sustainable, by supporting DHL in scaling the use of SAF, which can reduce the lifecycle emissions of aviation fuel by as much as 80%.

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Clean Fuel Compliance Markets Are on the Rise in the US and Canada

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CFP adoption is growing In North America, there are currently five clean fuel market programs, with several being active for over a decade (California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard began in 2011 and British Columbia's in 2013). At the beginning of 2023, two new markets emerged - the state of Washington and a national program launched in Canada.

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Closing the Loop: Rethinking Operations, the Economy To Save the Planet

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Redirecting food out of the “cowboy” economy (landfills or incinerators) and into the “spaceman” economy transforms food waste from a terrible GHG generator to a decarbonization and regenerative-agriculture weapon. But food waste has enormous benefits for the planet, if recycled correctly.

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Meet the 50 fastest-growing green companies in Canada

Corporate Knights

With the International Energy Agency insisting that electric vehicles need to represent 79% of global bus fleets and 59% of heavy truck fleets by 2050, Bédard says, “The need to take immediate action to decarbonize transportation is clear.”. Just to make sure, Lion is now building a $185-million battery factory. Greenlane Renewables.

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