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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

Figure 1 : Innovations from NASA will help the US meet its sustainable aviation goals. Sub-orbital travel, popularized in 2021 by Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and Elon Musk, is projected to become a $3.5 The funds from these credits go towards financing various sustainability projects. Doosan (2021). MPH top speed.

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The Impact of Carbon Taxation on Supply Chains in China

Comatch

In Asia Perspective ’s 2021 sourcing survey, 70% of responding companies do not assess the carbon footprint of new suppliers in China. One famous example is Volvo announcing in 2021 that from 2030 on, they would only sell fully-electric cars (phasing out combustion engines, including hybrids). . degrees Celsius this century.

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What gives Charity Managers a leading edge? Balancing commercial management with a social heart

The Management Centre

In 2021 we recognised a need within our management teams who felt they lacked the business skills necessary to effectively run their areas. Chris: The programme we implemented covered commercial thinking, finance skills, and innovation. The Leading Edge also involved follow-up challenges and buddy meetings.

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FlexJobs CEO Sara Sutton on Flexibility and the Future of Work

Brimstone Consulting

Six months later, many organizations have announced that their employees will never return to the office, while others have pushed the return-to-office date to June 2021. Reduced Schedule: Some people have so much to juggle during this time that they simply can’t meet a full-time schedule and need to reduce their hours.

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Cybersecurity 101: How to defend against cyber-attacks

Tom Spencer

Cybersecurity Ventures, a US research firm, predicts that cyber-attacks “will cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021, up from $3 trillion in 2015” ( PwC, 2018 ). Training employees in the basics of cybersecurity can be done through meetings and by creating a cybersecurity guidebook for your organisation. Educate staff. References.

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Customer intent is a treasure trove of actionable data hiding in plain sight

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According to IDC analysts, businesses were estimated to have spent $215 billion in 2021 on big data and business analytics solutions, a 10% increase over 2020. And inquiries about loyalty rewards were common across nearly all industries — retail, public sector, automotive and manufacturing, travel and tourism, insurance, finance.

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Happy customers are closer than they appear

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At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, automotive sales tumbled in 2020 before surging demand and a global chip shortage sent prices skyrocketing in 2021. We also have finance classes and sales seminars to help people stay as sharp as they can on their skills. But we do try to meet our teammates’ needs wherever possible.