Occidental Petroleum Corp on Thursday said it agreed to sell emissions-offsetting carbon credits to jet-maker Airbus under a deal that advances the U.S. oil producer’s budding energy transition business. The four-year agreement sets the stage for Occidental to go ahead on an investment decision for what would be the world’s largest plant designed to suck […]
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Three Eastern European companies developed a novel water purification technology that depends heavily on recycled materials, particularly banners. According to people familiar with the project, this groundbreaking zero-emissions technology will bring water to the places that need it most. Project spokesman Endre Kodolányi says that “the initiative is based on modular technology, similar to the […]
The South African government aims to repurpose South Africa’s coal fleet into nuclear energy as part of a step to move away from harmful fossil fuels during the next 30 years. The government’s national infrastructure plan 2050 includes the proposal published by public works and Infrastructure minister Patricia De Lille last Friday. “Reliance on coal […]
China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd said on Thursday it plans to have its operations and supply chain achieve carbon neutrality by the end of the decade. The company, whose businesses range from messaging app WeChat to games and cloud-based services, is also committing to using green power for 100 percent of its electricity use by 2030. […]
Samsung announced its latest lineup for February 9th, the 2022 Galaxy S will be partly created from eco-friendly sustainable products, using ocean-bound comprised from fishing nets. The corporate behemoth revealed plans to imbed the material in all products to be announced next week, then incorporate it into the remainder of its devices’ lineups. According to […]
Shifting straight to eSIMs is a more strategic choice In October 2021, telecom giant and leading global mobile network operator (MNO) Vodafone announced its new Eco-SIM — made from recycled plastic. Any sustainability feat is positive for the telecommunications industry, which contributes two per cent of the global emissions total. But why stop at recycled […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Government launched its United Nations (UN) platform, “Big Data for Sustainable Development,” in an initiative directed at fulfilling the requirements for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The declaration came throughout the “Mobilizing Big Data Science for the Sustainable Development Goals” forum, which was kicked off on January […]
The European Commission’s draft proposal that natural gas and nuclear energy should be labelled as green investments has split money managers. Below are the views of some investors spoken to by Reuters. Ian Simm, founder and CEO at Impax Asset Management “The inclusion of gas and nuclear (with conditions/caveats) in the EU taxonomy reflects a […]
In the past, Microsoft has built strong environmental, social, and governance policies around itself, and now with the latest Activision Blizzard acquisition news, the Big Tech giant could be facing years of work to bring the gaming titan in alignment with its sustainability policies. The Big Tech giant is already setting in motion plans to […]
Sony Group will likely add new technology partners to its electric vehicle (EV) project to help it forge a mobility business to transform cars from transportation machines to entertainment spaces, a Sony executive told Reuters. An ongoing shift to electric cars, which are easier to build than those with internal combustion engines, is allowing new […]