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Can Quebec turn its green battery dreams into a reality?

Corporate Knights

And increasingly, the provincial and federal governments have been pouring money into the rest of the supply chain, with investments like the one slated for the green fields in Saint-Basile-le-Grand and McMasterville, a short drive from Montreal. Since 2012, Quebec has offered a healthy rebate for the purchase or lease of an EV.

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Mondelēz International Scales Up Due Diligence and Sector Collaboration To Promote Human Rights; Releases Annual 2024 Progress Report

3BL Media

Continued to scale human rights due diligence across global operations and supply chains, with ~96% of owned plants and ~98% of prioritized supplier sites audited in the last three years. HRDD coverage has been expanded to increase coverage of suppliers’ manufacturing and logistic sites handling the company’s finished products.

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Cisco: Cultivating Skills and Talent for Clean Energy Opportunities

3BL Media

Many sectors, including manufacturing, technology, and construction, need talent that can help improve efficiency, reduce usage of raw materials, minimize waste, and help protect the environment. Kara Solar Kara Solar began in 2012 as a dream to build a solar-powered boat.

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Productivity at the core: How COOs deliver strategy

McKinsey Sustainabilty

percent in the decade between 2012 and 2022. We’ll use that as a convenient shorthand, recognizing that the role of a COO is as diverse as the organizations they serve, with titles ranging from president to chief supply chain officer. Even before the crisis, advanced economies’ productivity growth receded from 2.2

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Advanced Economies Are Being Pushed Toward Financial Collapse

Gail Tverberg

Chart made by Gail Tverberg in 2012. Whole new, short supply chains will be required. Finally, goods and services manufactured closer to home will need to be transported to citizens, sometimes in new ways. Many of today’s manufactured goods require imports of minerals from China or Russia.

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The growth of U.S. solar manufacturing can't keep pace with soaring demand

Corporate Knights

manufacturers do not produce enough solar panels to meet the nations demand, but industry investments and federal tax incentives have been making progress, though recent federal moves have created uncertainty. manufacturers produced only a small fraction of that 4.2 per watt in 2012 to $0.72 Right now, U.S. Right now, U.S.

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Circular economy startups compete at Circularity 2020, taking on shoes to shelf-life

GreenBiz

This GreenBiz tradition began in 2012 at its VERGE events, offering a venue where startups make a 2.5-minute On the supply side, we only partner with ethical and sustainable brands who manufacture natural toxin-free clothing using organic agricultural practices, which regenerate natural systems,” Butler said. “We

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