Comatch

MAY 16, 2022

Since 2005, many EU manufacturers have been paying for their carbon emissions via certificates under the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), where emission rights are currently about 60 EUR per metric ton, while imports from countries with less strict climate regulations may face lower or no such cost for carbon emissions.

Chemicals 52

Chemicals Energy Metrics Industry 52

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2017

All investment practices will consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics because some of those metrics are financially material, meaning decision-useful pieces of information. In both cases, social and environmental metrics matter for the business’s financial success.

Chemicals 28

Chemicals Industry Metrics Financial 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 1, 2017

This twinned production thermostat could be instrumented to help predict the most cost-effective ways to heat critical chemicals in a production process. The critical organizational challenges going forward revolve less around technological implementations than around data and analytics governance. But why stop with industrial assets?

Enterprise 29

Enterprise Data Productivity Software 29

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Facing strict regulation on chemical release and competition from flowers from Africa, the Dutch flower industry developed a closed-loop system that grows flowers hydroponically in greenhouses, lowering risk of infestation and reducing the use of fertilizers and pesticides. In 2005, they launched a U.S.

Study 28

Study Efficiency Productivity Operations 28

Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

He installed heavy-weight market leaders in key growth markets (much as GE has done) to bring management attention to market development, commercial capability, and relationships with government entities. The important lesson: don’t let the discussion around governance degenerate into a debate over centralized vs. decentralized organization.

Apparel 82

Apparel Healthcare Enterprise Chemicals 82