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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. TfLs new e-buses, including new double-deckers , are made by Shenzhen-based BYD, the worlds largest manufacturer of electric vehicles. Santiagos are also sourced from Chinese manufacturers.

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3M Works To Support Skilled Trades Through Community Partnerships and Training

3BL Media

Beyond the excitement of events like SkillsUSA Signing Day, theres real urgency behind the effort to get more students to consider a career in the skilled trades, including those in advanced manufacturing. The National Association of Manufacturers reports that the skilled trades gap could result in 2.1

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What It Takes To Solve Plastic Pollution

3BL Media

Since 2017, 103-plus announced investments have emerged in mechanical and chemical recycling, valued at more than $11 billion. This expansion would significantly help divert more post-use plastics from landfills or worse, the environment. is also taking action to lift its plastics recycling rate, currently below 10%.

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Samsonite to Ramp Recycled Materials Use to Tackle Scope 3 Emissions

ESG Today

According to Samsonite’s most recent sustainability report, nearly all of the company’s greenhouse gas footprint is made up of Scope 3, or value chain, emissions, with purchased goods and services, including raw materials used for internal manufacturing, accounting for nearly 80%.

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Massive global growth of renewables to 2030 predicted by IEA report

Envirotec Magazine

The Renewables 2024 report, the IEA’s flagship annual publication on the sector, seems to find that the world is set to add more than 5,500 gigawatts (GW) of new renewable energy capacity between 2024 and 2030 – almost three times the increase seen between 2017 and 2023.

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GM, Redwood Materials to Deploy Used EV Batteries to Meet Data Centers’ Growing Energy Demand

ESG Today

Founded in 2017 by Tesla co-founder and former CTO JB Straubel, Nevada-based Redwood collects, recycles, refines and remanufactures battery materials, with a focus on creating a closed-loop domestic supply chain for batteries. According to the companies, the new agreement comes as U.S.

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LG Sustainability Report Highlights Progress Toward 2030 Environmental Goals

3BL Media

percent (compared to 2017 levels) by 2030. As the first Korean-headquartered home appliance manufacturer to have its emissions reduction targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), LG said its targets include a 20 percent cut in Scope 3 emissions across seven key product categories by 2030 (based on a 2020 baseline).