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Academic Cloud and the Digital Skills Boom

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Enter the Academic Cloud. The Academic Cloud offers shared tech and server resources across institutions to expand reach to students while providing lower maintenance and management costs. The components of the Academic Cloud are simple. Can you share how NDG and VMware work together to create the Academic Cloud?

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New report reveals fast fashion's reliance on fracked gas in Texas

Corporate Knights

Petrochemical-generated synthetic fibers such as polyester, nylon and acrylic are expected to make up for 73% of global apparel production by 2030, according to a report by the Changing Markets Foundation ,despite these fibers having links to exacerbated climate change, health risks and increased waste.

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International Paper: One Million Acres of Forestland Conserved

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This partnership engages a wide variety of stakeholders from fiber supply teams to local landowners in initiatives including bird surveys, academic research and the implementation of bird-friendly forest management practices. IP also continued to partner with the American Bird Conservancy to protect at-risk bird species across the U.S.

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FedEx pledges to be carbon neutral by 2040

GreenBiz

The plan includes a $2 billion investment across electric vehicles, clean energy for operations and a new academic center with Yale focused on capturing carbon. By 2030, 100 percent of those new purchases will be ZEVs. . Global logistics giant FedEx on Wednesday announced a goal to be carbon neutral by 2040. Courtesy of FedEx.

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Bangladesh Positioned to Lead Sustainable Apparel Manufacturing

3BL Media

The report also reveals a pivotal opportunity to align with the Industry Decarbonization Roadmap (IDR), a sector-wide initiative to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Scaling up the decarbonization of the energy supply will be crucial for Bangladesh to meet its 2030 climate ambitions.”

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AF&PA Recognizes International Paper With 2024 Sustainability Award

3BL Media

November 8, 2024 /3BL/ - The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) today announced its Better Practices, Better Planet 2030 Sustainability Award winners. MEMPHIS, Tenn., International Paper (IP) was selected for the Leadership in Sustainability – Resilient U.S.

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Most Canadians want their investments to align with climate action

Corporate Knights

If done well and implemented quickly, these policy promises would make the financial sector more sustainable and help Canada reach its 2030 emission-reduction commitments. More than 120 organizations, climate experts and academics endorse the bill, even writing to other senators to encourage them to support it too. What is needed now?

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