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How Companies Can Mitigate AI’s Growing Environmental Footprint

Harvard Business

By 2030, AI’s power demand is expected to rise by 160%. However, adopting more sustainable practices, such as utilizing foundation models, optimizing data processing locations, investing in energy-efficient processors, and leveraging open-source collaborations, can help mitigate these effects.

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Sustainable Supply Chains Reduce Environmental Footprint

Tom Spencer

For example, Unilever is working towards making all of its plastic packaging recyclable, reusable, or compostable by 2030. Companies are adopting various strategies to make their logistics more efficient and environmentally friendly. The company is also investing in refillable packaging systems to cut down on single-use plastics.

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Sustainability: The Growing Importance of ESG Metrics

Tom Spencer

This article delves into the rising importance of ESG metrics, how companies are integrating them into their operations, provides leading examples, and highlights the evolving regulatory landscape. ESG metrics provide a framework for evaluating business performance along three dimensions.

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The Scale of the Climate Catastrophe Will Depend on What Businesses Do Over the Next Decade

Harvard Business

” We will need to cut CO2 emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, the report says, and get to no emissions by 2050. The list of actions companies take is well-developed and documented, and most large companies do the following: Slash energy use and emissions in operations. Getting to 1.5 Embrace renewable energy.

Energy 132
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Saving the Planet from Ecological Disaster Is a $12 Trillion Opportunity

Harvard Business

How can we create $12 trillion a year in market opportunities by 2030? Their assumption: if we do more of what we have been doing, but a little bit faster and a little better, we can deliver many – if not most – of the goals by the target date of 2030. How about by meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals?

Chemicals 134
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Drones Help New Industries Take Flight

Tom Spencer

This post explores three areas where drones are currently being used, the data they generate, and how they are being used to increase efficiency and maximise profits. Drones in Agriculture: How UAVs Make Farming More Efficient. The drone measured the volume of RWE’s coal reserves, which allowed PwC’s auditors to calculate its value.

Industry 104
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The 3 Stages of a Country Embracing Renewable Energy

Harvard Business

Earlier this year, the European Union announced that its climate and renewable energy targets—a 20% cut in greenhouse gas emissions, 20% of EU energy from renewable sources, and a 20% improvement in energy efficiency—are actually on track to realization by the year 2020. Morocco aims to do so by 2030.

Energy 126