The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 31, 2024

Predicting outcomes “Being able to predict which patients can be sent home and those possibly needing intensive care unit admission is critical for health officials seeking to optimize patient health outcomes and use hospital resources most efficiently during an outbreak,” the researchers explain.

Chemicals 59

Chemicals Comparison Tools Software 59

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 6, 2020

With plenty of workers out in the field and clients spread out across a neighborhood, or even an entire city, being able to communicate effectively and efficiently is an absolute necessity. While not necessarily standard in all lawn care software, some of the more advanced iterations will even allow you to track chemical usage.

Quality 74

Quality Software Efficiency Hedge 74

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

The company has made increasing commitments to renewable energy as part of its aggressive greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals (30% by 2020). Setting a 30 percent absolute GHG reduction goal by 2020 is in line with what scientists tell us we need to do, and it's unusually aggressive. Why are they doing so much on renewable energy?

Health Care 10

Health Care Operations Supply Chain GDP 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

Improving energy efficiency standards for things like appliances and federal buildings, a worthy follow up to the aggressive auto fuel efficiency standards passed last year. Walmart is the largest private user of solar power in the country, and has set goals to increase that amount 6-fold by 2020.

Payback Period 8

Payback Period Energy Politics Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2012

But there our story deviates from the norm because our turnaround wasn't based on cost control, financial leverage, or manufacturing efficiencies. In pursuit of this goal, I committed Desso to becoming 100% Cradle-to-Cradle by 2020. We will phase out all chemicals deemed unacceptable according to Cradle-to-Cradle by 2020.

Strategy 11

Strategy McKinsey Chemicals Armstrong 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

On the upside, similar calculations from WWF and McKinsey suggests that this pace of change –they endorse a 3% reduction in absolute emissions per year through 2020 – will actually be very profitable. states ), committed to a 600% increase in renewable energy by 2020.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain McKinsey Apparel Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Second, a new coalition representing many of the world’s largest companies launched in September under the name We Mean Business and issued its own powerful study , offering substantial evidence of the direct business value of investing in low-carbon tech and energy efficiency. Unilever U.S.

Chemicals 12

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 12