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10 Sustainable Business Stories Too Important to Miss

Harvard Business Review

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.

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9 Sustainable Business Stories That Shaped 2016

Harvard Business Review

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. President Obama, with his counterparts in Canada and Mexico, agreed to some aggressive regional targets on renewable energy and efficiency.

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