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Post by sweetpea33 on Jan 24, 2024 23:54:48 GMT -5
They represent the major sources of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. There are opportunities in most of these categories for every company to reduce emissions from the top office to the farthest reaches of a supply chain. The Google X "moonshot factory" tinkers with renewable energy and more. Nestlé's labs cook up plant-based proteins. It's up to each business to customize and commit to the opportunities for innovation. Support accelerators and incubators by being willing to pilot and demonstrate new technology Breakthrough Energy Ventures, for one, seeks to invest in "neglected areas and enterprises we believe are critical to explore," according to its website. With the potential, at scale, to reduce greenhouse gases by at least half a gigaton every year, about 1 percent of global emissions." In that spirit: Back Email List innovations that go big. Set a target to become net-zero enterprise, reimagining procurement and supply chains Microsoft, which Gates co-founded, is a best-in-class example. Thirteen months ago, the tech giant set forth the goal of net-zero emissions by 2030. The icing on that cake: removing by 2050 the equivalent of all emissions it has released. As the tech giant reported last month, so far it has purchased the removal of 1.3 million metric tons of CO2 from 26 projects around the world, representing diverse solutions. Companies hoping to reach a meaningful net-zero commitment should proceed with caution and make sure to invest in significant and measurable improvements, not relying heavily on hard-to-verify, potentially low-quality offsets.
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