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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

These include offsetting greenhouse gas production by purchasing carbon credits, investing in more efficient gas turbine engines, using sustainable aviation fuel, and manufacturing with novel materials and 3D printing methods. When it comes to understanding the carbon footprint of these aircraft, the primary culprit is the engine.

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The Impact of Carbon Taxation on Supply Chains in China

Comatch

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). . China is facing a domestic energy crisis and is likely to accelerate its efforts. While the Chinese economic growth slowed down to a 7.8%

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Growth Needs to Come from the Entire Company

Harvard Business

They do so by building powerful growth engines. If you build a robust growth engine on a strong foundation, rather than seeking individual opportunities, you can be confident knowing that sustainable expansion will follow. Other companies known for their capabilities are similarly focused on building growth engines.

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2016 ECS Value Creators Report: Building Endurance

BCG

lthough the engineering, construction, and services (ECS) industry continues to lag substantially behind the broader market, a doom-and-gloom outlook is by no means warranted. Moreover, ECS companies that serve the energy industry continued to suffer the ripple effect of low oil prices as their clients pulled back from growth initiatives.

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Saving the Planet from Ecological Disaster Is a $12 Trillion Opportunity

Harvard Business

But a recent report concludes that meeting the goals in just four out of 60 sectors (food and agriculture, cities, energy and materials, and health and wellbeing) could indeed open up market opportunities worth up to $12 trillion a year in less than 15 years. But, he says , ultimately “technology is a resource-liberating force.”

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Practical Ways to Motivate (and Not Demotivate) Your Team

Nash Consulting

Your Brain on Dopamine Dopamine, our favorite brain chemical, is responsible for motivation, and it nudges us to pursue long- and short-term goals. Dopamine (among other chemicals) is released into our brains when we anticipate a reward, which creates a desire to move in the direction of the reward our brain is craving.

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Brews, News and Booz & Company: Interview and Culture Insights

Management Consulted

Booz, Business Engineering Service; Edwin G. Most recently, Booz & Company acquired Management Engineers , based in Dusseldorf, Germany. Energy & Utilities. We call what eventually became Booz affectionately, “the firm” because it went through so many name changes till it became what it is now. Program Management.