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Apple Cuts Product Manufacturing Emissions in Half From 2020

ESG Today

Apple announced a series of environmental sustainability milestones, including revealing that it has surpassed a 60% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the value chain from its 2015 baseline. According to the report, over the past four years, Apple has cut emissions from manufacturing nearly in half to 8.2

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From Managers to Moms: Women Are Manufacturing's Largest Untapped Talent Pool

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DESCRIPTION: Karen Crisp manages two Sealed Air manufacturing facilities in North Carolina and has been working inside plants for 23 years. So, you don’t need to tell her about the particular challenges facing women in the manufacturing industry. Women constitute manufacturing’s largest pool of untapped talent in the U.S.,

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Trucks VC Raises $70 Million to Invest in Startups Making Transportation “Safer, Cleaner and More Accessible”

ESG Today

LP investors in the fund include a broad range of transportation-focused companies including vehicle manufacturers, Tier 1 suppliers, tire manufacturers, insurance providers, rental car agencies and airline carriers. Founded in 2015, Trucks VC aims to fund transportation-focused startups.

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Lenovo India and TNS India Foundation Create Employment Opportunities for Youth in the Manufacturing Sector in Partnership With Motilal Nehru Government Polytechnic College

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Around 100 students, who were part of this program, were provided on-the-job training at the Lenovo Manufacturing plant in Puducherry. These students have now been placed at manufacturing companies in and around Puducherry including, Lenovo India Pvt. Ltd, Yamaha Music India Pvt. Ltd, Foxconn Technology India Pvt.

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Advancing Environmental Stewardship: Lenovo’s Global Environmental Management System and Innovative ESG Data Solutions

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All of Lenovos sites in the EMS scope are ISO 14001:2015 certified. See here to view Lenovos Global ISO 14001:2015 certificates. The scope encompasses these same activities when performed by its subsidiary and/or affiliate companies.

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O-I Glass Announces New Ambitious 2030 Sustainability Goals

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Aligning with the Paris Agreement The elevated sustainability goals reflect O-Is decisive action to better position the company as a leader in sustainable glass manufacturing. This aligns O-I with the target of the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 The 47% GHG reduction aligns O-I with a 1.5-degree

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Clean Energy Manufacturing: The Great American Comeback

American Clean Power

Photo Credit: Nextracker The clean energy industry is staging a great American comeback—facilitating the buildout of manufacturing and the revitalization of communities in the U.S. It’s no secret that the United States has experienced a downturn in manufacturing. In addition, 71 percent of U.S.