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Corporate sustainability initiatives may open doors for carbon offset startups

TechCrunch

This push toward corporate sustainability is creating all kinds of strange bedfellows and startup opportunities, with major corporate offset programs and the establishment of new startups focused on offsets creating channels for sustainable technologies to get to market. Which brings us back to Deloitte and Delta and startups.

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Microsoft’s climate fund backs sustainable jet fuel company Dimensional Energy

TechCrunch

The increasing need to reduce carbon emissions drives many industries, including airlines and transportation, to seek sustainable alternatives to meet emission reduction targets and fulfill corporate social responsibility commitments.

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Bolt raises $709M at an $8.4B valuation to expand its transportation and food delivery super app

TechCrunch

” He added that Bolt is working on partnering with more city governments to build out its services as part of their updated transportation strategies. . “The new trend of last year is that private cars are a bad thing and increasingly people want to use other forms of mobility.”

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Z?m wins $150M from San Francisco schools to modernize and electrify student transport

TechCrunch

m, a startup that wants to upgrade student transportation, a five-year $150 million contract to modernize its transport service throughout the district. m’s transportation solution for SFUSD is expected to save the district $3 million per year on average, based on the cost of the incumbent’s solution. m told TechCrunch.

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Student transportation startup Z?m to add 10,000 EVs to its platform

TechCrunch

m , a startup that provides optimized transportation services for school-age children, has announced the close of a $130 million Series D raise, bringing its total funding to more than $200 million. m was awarded a $150 million contract to modernize the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) transportation service.

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Why sustainable transportation needs 5G connectivity and digitalisation

CIO

Decarbonising transportation through electrification is critical to helping companies and economies meet net-zero emissions targets. Fortunately, three forces are combining to make this vision for sustainable transportation a reality: connectivity, digitalisation, and cross-sector collaboration. Learn more here.

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Sustainability at Disrupt

TechCrunch

Disrupt will have six industry tracks, each with its own stage, including AI , fintech , hardware , SaaS , security and sustainability. Yup, sustainability, a category that will combine transportation , climate tech , smart cities and renewables. What the heck is sustainable tech, anyway? Prices go up May 12.