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Santiago has figured out how to electrify city buses, fast

Corporate Knights

Transport for London (TfL), for instance, now has 1,900 e-buses , while Santiago, Chile, has 1,800, up from just two in 2017. Metrolinx, which operates hundreds of GO buses in the Greater Toronto region, is still plodding through a six-stage procurement initiative. But the pace of conversion isnt slow everywhere.

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BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea

GreenBiz

Meanwhile, the OGCI today announced that its members collectively have reduced the cut their absolute upstream methane emissions by 22 percent since 2017, shrinking the methane intensity of members' upstream oil and gas to operations to 0.23 Shipping & Logistics. It surpasses its target to cut methane intensity to 0.25 percent by 2025.

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How two companies are building systems to scale reuse, which is vital for a circular economy

GreenBiz

In 2017, when LimeLoop, an IoT solution for sustainable e-commerce shipping logistics, started, it was in response to the amount of waste caused by e-commerce. In 2017, containers and packaging made up a significant portion of municipal solid waste (MSW), about 80.1 It's easy to use and easy to sanitize. million tons (29.9

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Why Henkel Has Been Awarded Schneider’s Sustainability Award

3BL Media

Originally published by Sustainability Magazine By Chloe Williment Henkel, the company behind Persil, Schwarzkopf and Purex, recognises that a substantial share of its emissions originate from its value chain, including raw materials, packaging, logistics and end-of-life activities (Scope 3 emissions).

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Daniel Burrus’ Top 20 Tech-Driven Hard Trends Shaping 2017

Daniel Burrus

These trends for 2017 highlight enormous game-changing opportunities. In addition to the rapid growth of virtual storage, virtualization of processing power will continue to grow, allowing mobile devices to access supercomputer capabilities and apply them to processes such as purchasing and logistics.

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The perfect pair? Custom-fit jeans startup challenges fast fashion mindset

GreenBiz

Founded in 2017, unspun is a denim company that specializes in customized, automated and on-demand manufacturing, designing out inventory altogether. We started with the hardware in 2017 and still haven't commercialized on it — but hopefully we will in the next six months. Shipping & Logistics. Subscribe here. Pull Quote.

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Keep your eyes on these 9 electric truck and van companies in 2021

GreenBiz

That easily could grow as DHL works to meet a goal of net-zero logistics-related emissions by 2050. Ross Rachey, director of global fleet and product logistics for Amazon, spoke with GreenBiz Senior Writer Katie Fehrenbacher during a session at VERGE 20. Photo courtesy of Daimler. Daimler Trucks. Photo courtesy of Tesla.

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