Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Unfortunately, even this minor fraction is not recycled based on market principles, since firms usually only use recycled plastics to meet environmental standards imposed by government, not to reduce costs or improve quality. Only a meagre 8.7% of plastics are recycled in the US , with the rest ending up in landfill or an incinerator.

Consulting 97

Consulting Chemicals Industry Strategy 97

Comatch

MAY 16, 2022

The latest UNEP Emissions Gap Report released before COP26 revealed that new and updated climate commitments fall short of what is needed to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. From 2023 to 2025, importers of carbon-intensive inputs must calculate and report on their emissions, but they will not have to pay the carbon tax yet.

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Chemicals Energy Metrics Industry 52

Tom Spencer

APRIL 1, 2022

Figure 1 : Innovations from NASA will help the US meet its sustainable aviation goals. Chemical Innovations. Shell aims to produce around 2 million tons of SAF per year by 2025. Aerospace is one of the fastest growing markets. While both the size of the market and its growth rate are both large, so is its carbon footprint.

Trends 88

Trends Engineering Travel Airlines 88

Harvard Business

JULY 6, 2016

The biggest commitments are: Generating 50% clean power by 2025. Reducing methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 40% to 45% by 2025. Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies by 2025, and calling on G-20 to do the same. If only solar, we would need to average eight times the amount built in 2015, every year, through 2025.

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Energy Government Efficiency Chemicals 29

Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2018

The most challenging subsidy is $330 billion for an initiative known as “MADE IN CHINA 2025.” Moreover, MADE IN CHINA 2025 is only the first of three phases. billion in subsidies included solar panels, chemicals, pipe, steel wire, wheels, wind towers, and kitchen appliances. In recent years, U.S.

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Policies Industry Government Chemicals 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2016

With the support of chemical companies , more than 170 countries also agreed to phase out HFCs , the high global-warming-potential chemicals used in air-conditioners and refrigerators everywhere. Speaking from this year’s UN global climate meeting – which happened to coincide with the U.S.

Energy 28

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