Companies Can Improve Sustainability by Finding Carbon Emissions Hot Spots Across Their Supply Chains, Accenture Report Shows Companies need full visibility across their supplier base in order to make significant progress on net zero targets by 2050. However, that visibility is challenged by the fact that nearly two-thirds of upstream Scope 3[1] emissions in supply chains come from suppliers that companies don’t deal with directly, according to a new report by Accenture. The Thought you knew the Scope 3 issues in your supply chain? Think again. report examines carbon intensive “hot spots” in supply chains across supplier tiers, identifying where greenhouse gas…
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Drawing on the community spirit of the founder Thomas Burberry, this festive season, Burberry is partnering with youth charity, OnSide, to help alleviate the impact of the cost-of-living crisis. Burberry’s support will ensure that young people in the most economically disadvantaged areas can come together in an OnSide Youth Zone this winter, to access food, warmth and community, in a safe and nurturing environment. As part of OnSide’s Network Winter Hunger Appeal, Burberry will be making a donation that will enable 5000 young people to receive a free cooked meal when attending an OnSide Youth Zone. The donation will also…
HOK & McCarthy Chosen as Design-Build Team for UCLA Health Neuropsychiatric Hospital Project HOK and McCarthy have been selected by UCLA Health to transform the former Olympia Medical Center in the Mid-Wilshire area of Los Angeles into a state-of-the-art neuropsychiatric hospital. UCLA Health’s inpatient neuropsychiatric program is currently housed in the Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, located within Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on UCLA’s Westwood campus. It is recognized among the nation’s top psychiatric care facilities. The move to the Mid-Wilshire location will allow UCLA Health to help address the region’s unmet need for behavioral health services. All 74…
Keeping last-mile services sustainable and cost-effective while meeting customers’ expectations is challenging. For the last couple of years, IKEA retailers have been introducing electrical trucks for home delivery services. Now, the IKEA franchisor adds a more sustainable alternative home delivery transport solution: Solar-powered cargo bikes. During the last year, the IKEA store in Delft, The Netherlands, completed a pilot using a solar-powered cargo bike for delivering products to its customers within the city centre around the store. After evaluating the pilot, the worldwide IKEA franchisor (Inter IKEA Systems B.V.) now has decided to scale up and give all IKEA retailers…
The fable of the “goose that lays the golden eggs” has had several authors over time. The first is attributed to Aesop, others to Samaniego or La Fontaine. However, the latest version is happening in several Latin American countries. The fable talks about a very poor farmer to whom a dwarf appears. Taking pity on him, the dwarf gives him a wonderful goose that lays a golden egg every day. From then on, every day the farmer found a golden egg and thus improved his economic situation, but out of foolish greed, he thought: “Why wait for the goose to…
Plus 200 Gigalight, the new Bosch halogen headlamp bulb, with up to 200 percent brighter light Most light intensive halogen bulb in the Bosch vehicle light range Greater illumination area, with light beam up to 150 meters. Emits significantly higher light output than standard halogen bulbs Distinctly white light provides clear, strong contrast Seeing far ahead and being seen in time are decisive criteria for road safety, especially when driving at night. This is why vehicle headlamp bulbs have been continuously modified over the past decades. The Bosch Plus 200 Gigalight halogen bulb now provides a further significant boost to…
ŠKODA is trialling a new feature in its Traffication infotainment app. The latest version of the app, which is being tested in a pilot project in the Czech Republic, now warns of approaching trains, reducing the risk of accidents at level crossings. This feature complements other functions in the Traffication app, such as warning of wrong-way drivers and alerting the driver to the risk of inadvertently entering a motorway against the flow of traffic, to further improve road safety. Safety first ŠKODA is continually adding clever real-time solutions to enhance road safety. In collaboration with the Czech railway company Leo…
Intel Labs and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn Medicine) have completed a joint research study using federated learning – a distributed machine learning (ML) artificial intelligence (AI) approach – to help international healthcare and research institutions identify malignant brain tumors. The largest medical federated learning study to date with an unprecedented global dataset examined from 71 institutions across six continents, the project demonstrated the ability to improve brain tumor detection by 33%. “Federated learning has tremendous potential across numerous domains, particularly within healthcare, as shown by our research with Penn Medicine. Its ability to protect sensitive…
Panasonic Shares Its Contributions to Net Zero through Panasonic GREEN IMPACT and Advocates for Importance of “Avoided Emissions” at COP27 Panasonic Group took part in COP27 and reaffirmed its aim to help re-design global economies and realize carbon neutrality through contributing to avoided emissions with hydrogen and the circular economy. The company showcased to a global audience the importance of hydrogen and the circular economy as critical aspects of achieving avoided emissions and a self-sustaining and secure energy future. Panasonic’s participation at the global summit reflects its strong commitment to achieving a sustainable future by advancing the company’s long-term environmental…
Generous shoppers are being asked to donate to the UK’s biggest food drive this weekend as charities warn of increasing need for food. The 10th annual Tesco Food Collection, which takes place in every Tesco store comes as charities the Trussell Trust and FareShare expect to provide food to 1.2million people in the UK this winter. During the collection shoppers are being encouraged to donate long-life food items at their local Tesco store. The donations will support food banks in the Trussell Trust’s network to provide emergency parcels to people in crisis and help FareShare supplement fresh food donations to…