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As Allbirds goes public, sustainability is the mantra of the future

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The company is driving change in the industry through the open sourcing of materials for others to benefit, and in doing so, is becoming the industry’s standard bearer on sustainability practices. Sustainable companies are most likely to lead the next generation. The fashion industry alone dumps 2.1

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Scientists repeat breakthrough fusion experiment, netting more power than before

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The fact that scientists have achieved net-positive fusion power twice should hearten investors , who bet over $4 billion on the industry in 2021 and 2022. While the most recent experiment won’t garner quite as many headlines as the one in December, it’s just as important. A breakthrough is meaningless if it can’t be replicated.

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Building sustainability at the edge of the enterprise

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According to SP&G research estimates, the data demands for low-latency workloads across eight key industries will grow from 5,700 petabytes in 2021 to 194,000 petabytes through 2027 — an increase of more than 30 times. This presents a critical sustainability challenge. We refer to them as “deploy the edge” and “run the edge.”

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Will ride-hailing profits ever come?

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Indeed, here’s the company’s CFO in its most recent earnings call , discussing its recent performance: We remain on track to turn the EBITDA profitable in 2021, and we are confident that Uber can deliver sustained strong top-line growth as we move past the pandemic.

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Bechtle: Pursuing a Multi-Faceted Sustainability Strategy

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“Our sustainability goals and key performance indicators are important to us. We recently connected with Arthur Schneider, Head of Sustainability Management at Bechtle to learn more about the company’s sustainability initiatives, what it means to be part of the VMware Zero Committed Initiative and what he sees in his work with customers.

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Energy X secures $20M at $120M valuation to slash building sector emissions

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Countries worldwide have pledged to reduce their energy usage and reach net-zero energy targets by 2050. The push to clean up the built environment has spawned a lot of policy, as well as overlapping acronyms, including net-zero energy buildings (nZEBs) and zero-emission buildings (ZEBs). trillion won ($1.3 billion in 2017.

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Waterplan tracks water risks and sustainable solutions for climate-conscious companies

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They started the company and took it through Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 cohort. Analysis could show that in 5-10 years that will no longer be a sustainable rate and will cause issues downriver, since there’s before and after data showing the factory’s effects.