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Tech Is Keeping People Safe During Covid Pandemic

It's difficult to imagine how the pandemic would have played out without technology to make remote work possible and keep people in contact with their friends and family. Thankfully, technology has kept us entertained, at work, and in school through web conferencing...

Corporate Sustainability Management: Definition and Benefits

Evidence shows us that sustainability management can lead to more efficient and profitable corporations. So what exactly is corporate sustainability management (CSM,) and how does it lead to better and more sustainable businesses? In this article, the GHG emissions...

How Does Climate Change Affect the Ocean

This year brought some bad news on the climate change front: researchers found that ice is melting faster worldwide, and there’s a greater sea-level rise anticipated. The rate of ice loss each year has increased by 60%. A study of the Greenland ice sheet found that...

7 Tools for Selecting Better Shipping Routes

Apr 13, 2021 | Transportation

This year, we expect marine shipping companies to reevaluate and reconfigure shipping routes around the world’s oceans. The decrease in maritime travel due to the pandemic in 2020 led some experts to suggest shortening supply chains to lessen the impact of future...

Carbon Pricing vs. Carbon Tax: Understanding The Difference

Apr 11, 2021 | Environment

When the CO2 we emit costs money, we generally produce less of it. Economists worldwide point to carbon pricing as the most effective way to reduce emissions. Why? Because carbon pricing reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to the lowest cost possible, where that...

CO2 Reduction: How Companies can Reach Net-Zero

Apr 10, 2021 | Environment

This month marks a total of 1245 companies signed up to CO2 reduction targets through criteria produced by the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi.) 427 corporations have committed to 1.5°C scenarios.‍ On the other hand, reaching net-zero is a lofty goal for many...

Supply Chain Decarbonization: Corporations Must Consider

Mar 21, 2021 | Environment

New research published earlier this year shows how tackling supply chain emissions can be a game-changer in the worldwide battle against climate change. Net-Zero Challenge: The Supply Chain Opportunity from the World Economic Forum and the Boston Consulting Group...

Building Organizational Emissions Baselines for GHG Management

Feb 4, 2021 | Environment

Upon surveying the landscape of organizational climate commitments, it is not uncommon to hear about attention-grabbing goals like committing to 100% renewable energy, setting a science-based target, going carbon neutral or even climate positive. You might be...

Offshore Oil on the Gulf Coast: Mitigating Risks with Data

Jan 5, 2021 | Environment

In 2016, the US offshore oil and natural gas industries—which are heavily concentrated in the Gulf of Mexico— contributed 315,000 jobs and $30 billion to the US economy. These industries are lucrative, but they see their fair share of challenges. Even during the best...