Households and businesses are being hit hard by the energy crisis. Inflation is rising across many areas of life, and economic growth is slowing. The situation is particularly precarious in Europe, with the shortage of gas threatening energy cuts and the profitability of European business operations.
At this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) WBCSD underscored the urgent need for the private sector to sharpen accountability, raise ambition and deliver action at speed and scale.
New pledges to support the deployment of hydrogen by 2030 were announced at the World Hydrogen Congress, adding to the momentum initiated last year during the Conference of the Parties (COP26) with the launch of the H2ForNetZero initiative.
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A new report from WBCSD and DNV, a leading decarbonization advisory firm, calls on companies to move their manufacturing operations away from fossil fuels toward electrification by seizing the opportunity provided by heat pumps.
This report presents how key market and policy trends are significantly improving the business case for electrification in general and heat pumps specifically.
Infrastructure plays an important role in achieving climate targets. The time is now to accelerate the deployment of electric infrastructure (e-infrastructure) and to increase the pace and impact of decarbonization at the nexus of the built environment, energy and transport.
While companies are making important progress in sourcing renewable electricity for their operations, decarbonizing heat use is their next big challenge – especially for industrial companies.
In efforts to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 and combat the climate crisis, many companies have made progress in decarbonizing their electricity use.
The BMW Group is stepping up its activities in the field of sustainability and will use cast aluminum wheels produced with 100% green power for its BMW and MINI brands from 2024 onwards.