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Marie Ekeland launches 2050, a new fund with radically ambitious, long-term goals

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Marie Ekeland has unveiled her next act — and it’s a new fund called 2050. With 2050, Ekeland is going back to the drawing board with a different vision when it comes to investment thesis, fund structure and the firm’s own values. As the name suggests, 2050 has a lot of time to think about these issues.

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Australian businesses need new servers to drive sustainability and innovation

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Australian businesses need to transition to sustainable IT solutions to support these emerging technologies while staying in line with Australia’s new commitment to an emissions reduction target of 43 per cent and net zero emissions by 2050. It’s not just the public sector pushing companies to change. Infrastructure Management

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How we’re driving sustainable impact for business and society

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For decades, we’ve been investing in innovation, partnerships, and programs that apply our technology, scale, and talented workforce to drive human progress – all intending to have a measurable influence on some of the complex challenges important to our business, customers, the communities we serve and society at large.

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AI-driven energy startup Octopus hits $2B mark after $200M investment from Tokyo Gas

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Octopus will now launch as a brand in Japan with its trademark 100% renewable electricity operation, which uses an innovative AI and data-based platform to balance loads around the grid. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has set a target of reaching net-zero by 2050. Japanese renewables lag the U.K. of electricity versus 37.9%

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ZEBOX, an incubator for supply chain startups, launches its Asia hub in Singapore

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ZEBOX , an international accelerator network founded by shipping conglomerate CMA CGM to introduce more tech innovation into the supply chain industry, announced today the launch of its APAC headquarters. This is an especially critical area for CMA CGM Group, since its goal is to reach net zero carbon by 2050.

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Rebranded Toyota Ventures invests $300 million in emerging tech and carbon neutrality 

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Startups are experiments in the marketplace, and this is a way for us to understand and get comfortable with where innovations are coming from.” . It not only seeks to bring emerging tech to market, but it also wants to bring new innovations onboard, whether as a customer or an acquisition, according to Adler. . “I

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Swiss energy services company uses machine learning to see the future

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That changed in 2017 when Swiss voters approved an energy act that would reduce the country’s dependency on fossil fuels by 2050. This year, the company was honored as a winner in the “Cutting Edge Genius” category at the SAP Innovation Awards.