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DS Smith sets a single-cloud agenda for sustainability

CIO

British multinational packaging giant DS Smith has committed itself to ambitious sustainability goals, and its IT strategy to standardize on a single cloud will be a key enabler. From a sustainability perspective, utilizing a cloud platform unlocks the company’s data and its value chain’s data end-to-end,” Burion says.

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How adopting sustainability as a service can drive business success and help the planet

CIO

Sustainability is a major priority in business boardrooms already, and pressures from regulators, shareholders, board members and employees are likely to further drive this trend. Due to the complexity and scale of the challenge, not all businesses have the resources to move toward net-zero at the necessary pace, and many are lagging.

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AgBiome lands $166M for safer crop protection technology

TechCrunch

Due to its safer formula, Howler can be used as the last spray in the program, and its differentiator is a shorter re-entry period — farmers can spray in the morning and be able to go back out in the field in the afternoon. The company saw 10x sales growth in 2020, Uknes told TechCrunch.

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Quantum technology Is it a solution for some of our biggest sustainability challenges?

Capgemini

Quantum technology: Is it a part of the solution for some of our biggest sustainability challenges? Facebook Twitter Linkedin Society must find a way to act on climate change, deliver on net-zero ambitions and meet long-term goals for sustainable development. Gireesh Kumar Neelakantaiah 23 Nov 2022.

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From improving cancer treatments to saving the bees, these are the companies in IndieBio’s latest class

TechCrunch

“Our program is our diligence,” Bronson tells me. Stembionix : With personal stem cell banking in mind, Stembionix is developing a “mailable bioreactor system” that would allow for the transporting of stem cells without the freezing/thawing that complicates things and can negatively impact viability.

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Closing the climate-disclosure gap

Capgemini

Substantial effort will be needed to acquire the right data across clients’ assets/sites/systems due to inconsistency and lack of standardization. Organizations are not yet collecting all the information their systems are creating or don’t have the proper infrastructure in place to record the right data.

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Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan

TechCrunch

” As part of the package that directly impacts startups, there’s a proposal for a $27 billion Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator to mobilize private investment, according to the White House. Part of the money frm the Biden plan will aim to redevelop brownfields and turn them into more sustainable businesses.