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DP World Endorses Green Shipping Corridor in Push for Sustainable Maritime Trade

3BL Media

VANCOUVER, Canada, December 14, 2023 /3BL/ - DP World , a global leader in integrated supply chain solutions, has endorsed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at establishing an international green shipping corridor linking Canada’s West Coast with ports in Asia and the Middle East. Lawrence Seaway.

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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping. The global shipping industry's decarbonization efforts once again face stormy seas. Faïg Abbasov, head of shipping at campaign group Transport & Environment, told BusinessGreen the proposal was "essentially an empty shell." "To To achieve 1.5

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BlackRock Acquires Infrastructure Giant GIP for $12.5 Billion

ESG Today

Investment giant BlackRock announced today the acquisition of infrastructure investor Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) in a cash and stock deal valuing the company at $12.5 billion, citing emerging long-term opportunities in areas including decarbonization, energy security, digital infrastructure, and supply chain transitions.

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4 ESG trends to watch in 2022

Carlos Sanchez

Complex Supply Chains designed to run efficiently failed under the pandemic. Restrictions, Brexit regulations, a ship stuck in the Suez Canal, extreme weather events and energy shortages impacted supply chains and prevented firms to meet their demand. ESG trends in 2022: Sustainable Supply Chains.

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Ambitious partnerships on climate action are taking root and bearing fruit

GreenBiz

For example, the Mission Possible Partnership gets leading heavy-industry companies, banks and governments to create investment-grade “net-zero” sector strategies in seven key areas of the global economy — aviation, shipping, trucks, chemicals, steel aluminum and cement.

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Closing the Loop: Rethinking Operations, the Economy To Save the Planet

3BL Media

95 percent of this comes from the manufacturing processes, including the extraction of raw materials and shipping.” Redirecting food out of the “cowboy” economy (landfills or incinerators) and into the “spaceman” economy transforms food waste from a terrible GHG generator to a decarbonization and regenerative-agriculture weapon.

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A new Swedish iron processing project could disrupt the global steel industry

GreenBiz

23, LKAB announced that it intends to integrate forward in the steel supply chain and start producing "sponge iron" as a value-added product from its current pellet product, using the HYBRIT process. This pivot in business strategy has major significance for the global steel industry. New challenges, new opportunities.