"The company has a history of other innovations to improve sustainability; when it pioneered the use of digital knitting to make sneakers, for example, the process cut waste by 60% compared to traditional sneaker manufacturing. But its customers want it to keep going further." 

"In 2020 and 2021, Walmart avoided or reduced 230 million metric tons and 416 metric tons of carbon emissions since 2017 before reaching the 574 million cumulative this year. And the 4,500 suppliers represent 70 percent of Walmart’s U.S. product sales."

"One reason ProducePay has faith a carbon crediting system for produce growers will succeed is a feasibility study that identified that many growers were already implementing many sustainable agricultural practices."

"The cost of keeping reactors open also compares favorably with replacing them with other low-carbon sources of electricity such as wind turbines and solar panels that suffer from the unpredictability of the elements, says the International Energy Agency. Nuclear power produces close to zero emissions of carbon dioxide, the main gas that scientists say is causing the Earth to warm."

"Speaking at a conference in Norway, Musk claimed 'civilization will crumble' if the world halted the use of oil and natural gas and called for continued drilling and exploration of fossil fuel sources, Reuters reported."

Mari Yamaguchi of AP News reports that Japan is considering developing new nuclear reactors. “Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday instructed his government to consider developing safer, smaller nuclear reactors, signaling a renewed emphasis on nuclear energy years after many of the country’s plants were shut down.” Read the full article here.

"The Seagreen project is expected to produce around 5 terawatt hours (TWh) of renewable electricity per year -- enough to power the equivalent of 1.6 million households - by the time it becomes fully operational in the first half of 2023."

"In addition to helping manage the climate strategies of the companies in Temasek’s portfolio, which includes carbon-heavy businesses such as Singapore Airlines Ltd. and Sembcorp Marine Ltd. , an engineering company that builds and services oil rigs, Dr. Howard works with Temasek’s investing teams on incorporating sustainability considerations in the way they look for new investments."