If you’re lucky, your career path will lead to a calling that combines both skills and passion. But finding the right track isn’t always easy without guidance or inspiration — from a role model, mentor, class, life experience, or even an inspiring book. We asked several faculty members what influences pointed them to their fields […]
Read & Discuss »Tracy K. Smith taught herself to meditate in the summer of 2020, anxious and grieving the loss of Black lives around the country like those of George Floyd and others. Sitting every day in an Adirondack chair under an oak tree in her backyard, she would burn a little sage or cedar, close her eyes, […]
Read & Discuss »Carrier establishes long-term strategic relationship with SAF producer Southwest Airlines Co. (“Southwest”) has announced an offtake agreement with USA BioEnergy, LLC (“USA BioEnergy”), for up to 680 million gallons of neat sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Over the term of the 20-year agreement, once blended with conventional jet fuel, the SAF could produce the equivalent of 2.59 billion gallons […]
Read & Discuss »Google Cloud and Polsat Plus Group (GPP) have announced strategic partnership where Google will sign its first, in Poland, agreement for the purchase of clean and green electricity. Thanks to implementing the Google Cloud solutions, Polsat Plus Group will in turn accelerate its technological development and digital transformation. As part of the strategic cooperation with […]
Read & Discuss »This operation is the first of its kind performed by the EIB in France. The funds raised will be used to finance projects related to production systems and new technologies in clean transport, renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable water and wastewater management, and circular economy. The EIB’s participation as a leading investor should help attract […]
Read & Discuss »50-point plan also aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% and includes new offshore wind projects France has unveiled an ambitious “ecological plan” to combat climate change, aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% and phase out fossil fuels by 2030. President Emmanuel Macron announced the plan, which includes allocating an additional €10 […]
Read & Discuss »LG Chem and Eni Sustainable Mobility are conducting technical and economic feasibility assessments for potential biorefinery in South Korea Plant to be completed by 2026; final investment decision expected to be made by 2024 The potential biorefinery is expected to process approximately 400,000 tons of bio-feedstocks annually using Eni’s Ecofining process South Korea’s leading chemicals […]
Read & Discuss »SHEIN, a global, integrated, fashion and lifestyle marketplace (“SHEIN Marketplace”), announced that it is allocating an additional US$85 Million over five years towards initiatives that support the “Equitable Empowerment” pillar of its evoluSHEIN roadmap. This is in addition to US$70 Million already committed in April 2023. SHEIN’s ESG roadmap, evoluSHEIN, is the company’s strategy to […]
Read & Discuss »Ørsted has entered its first solar project in the UK. One Earth Solar Farm is a proposed 740 MW solar farm with associated battery storage, that will primarily be located in Nottinghamshire near the border of Lincolnshire and is being co-developed with PS Renewables. Once operational, the 740 MW solar farm will generate enough clean, […]
Read & Discuss »New agreement will benefit customers in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands and builds on the companies’ existing relationship in Europe, Colombia, and Mexico Univar B.V., a subsidiary of Univar Solutions Inc. (“Univar Solutions” or “the Company”), a leading global solutions provider to users of specialty ingredients and chemicals, and Kalsec® Inc., a natural ingredient solution provider for the food and beverage industry, have expanded […]
Read & Discuss »