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UpEnergy announces Tanzania's first Article 6 authorisation for carbon credits from cleaner cookstoves

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

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KAMPALA, Uganda, April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- UpEnergy, a social enterprise with a mission to channel climate finance to fight energy poverty through decarbonisation projects, today announced it has secured a historic letter of authorisation (LOA) from the Government of Tanzania. The new LOA represents the country's first-ever carbon credits authorised for corresponding adjustments under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

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The new LOA represents the country's first-ever carbon credits authorised for corresponding adjustments under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement .
The announcement also marks the first Korean-based company to acquire Article 6-authorised credits from Tanzania, with Ecoeye purchasing the first issuance of these credits.
The authorisation for corresponding adjustments based on the first transfer will significantly contribute to the development of the Article 6 pathway within Tanzania.
The ongoing work is part of the Community Carbon initiative launched by UpEnergy, which supports communities by reinvesting project revenue back into project areas centered on cleaner cooking and safe drinking water.

PuroClean Continues to Grow Franchise Network with Nationwide Expansion

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Monday, April 8, 2024

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TAMARAC, Fla., April 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- PuroClean, one of the country's leading property restoration and remediation franchises, is thrilled to announce the addition of eight new franchise offices across five states in Q1 of 2024. This strategic expansion reinforces PuroClean's commitment to nationwide excellence and dedication to delivering top-tier services and support to diverse communities. PuroClean has kicked off 2024 with numerous honorable accolades, and the momentum continues as the brand secures prominent rankings in Franchise Direct's Top Global Franchises listing and beyond.

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This strategic expansion reinforces PuroClean's commitment to nationwide excellence and dedication to delivering top-tier services and support to diverse communities.
PuroClean has kicked off 2024 with numerous honorable accolades, and the momentum continues as the brand secures prominent rankings in Franchise Direct's Top Global Franchises listing and beyond.
"We are thrilled to welcome our newest franchise owners to the PuroClean family," said Steve White, President and COO of PuroClean.
As PuroClean continues its rapid expansion across the nation, the brand's goal remains focused as it approaches the 500th unit mark, projected for the end of Q3.

Revolutionizing Sustainable Finance: CASI's Inaugural In-Person Event Spurs Collaboration and Capacity Building in Sao Paulo

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Sunday, April 7, 2024

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SAO PAULO, April 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Capacity-building Alliance of Sustainable Investment (CASI) held its inaugural in-person event in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from April 3-5, 2024.

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SAO PAULO, April 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Capacity-building Alliance of Sustainable Investment (CASI) held its inaugural in-person event in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from April 3-5, 2024.
Launched amidst the momentum of COP28, CASI is dedicated to amplifying capacity for sustainable finance and investment across emerging markets and developing countries (EMDEs).
Bolstered by a global membership of over 50 organizations and continuously expanding, CASI galvanizes collective efforts from diverse stakeholders worldwide.
The event facilitated dynamic discussions and knowledge exchange among stakeholders from Brazil and Latin America's sustainable investment ecosystem.

BE OPEN takes part in the 3rd International Sustainable Energy Conference 2024 in Austria

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Friday, April 5, 2024

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LONDON, April 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Co-organised by the Austria Institute for Sustainable Technologies, the UN Industrial Development Organization, and the Federal Ministry of Austria, the International Sustainable Energy Conference, ISEC 2024, a forum for research, business and energy policy, will take place for the third time on April 10 in Graz, Austria, with support from BE OPEN.

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LONDON, April 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Co-organised by the Austria Institute for Sustainable Technologies, the UN Industrial Development Organization, and the Federal Ministry of Austria, the International Sustainable Energy Conference, ISEC 2024, a forum for research, business and energy policy, will take place for the third time on April 10 in Graz, Austria, with support from BE OPEN.
The focus of ISEC 2024 is on how we can achieve energy sovereignty within a time horizon dictated by climate change and defined by politics.
Austria has been promoting the principles of sustainable development in their environmental, social and economic dimensions for decades.
BE OPEN was set up to harness creative brain power through a system of conferences, competitions, exhibitions, master classes and cultural events.

BE OPEN takes part in the 3rd International Sustainable Energy Conference 2024 in Austria

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Friday, April 5, 2024

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LONDON, April 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Co-organised by the Austria Institute for Sustainable Technologies, the UN Industrial Development Organization, and the Federal Ministry of Austria, the International Sustainable Energy Conference, ISEC 2024, a forum for research, business and energy policy, will take place for the third time on April 10 in Graz, Austria, with support from BE OPEN.

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LONDON, April 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Co-organised by the Austria Institute for Sustainable Technologies, the UN Industrial Development Organization, and the Federal Ministry of Austria, the International Sustainable Energy Conference, ISEC 2024, a forum for research, business and energy policy, will take place for the third time on April 10 in Graz, Austria, with support from BE OPEN.
The focus of ISEC 2024 is on how we can achieve energy sovereignty within a time horizon dictated by climate change and defined by politics.
ISEC 2024 aims to inspire groundbreaking ideas for heat transformation in renewable energy systems and resource efficiency and facilitate a comprehensive exchange between research, industry, and energy policy.
Austria has been promoting the principles of sustainable development in their environmental, social and economic dimensions for decades.

Rwanda’s genocide could have been prevented: 3 things the international community should have done – expert

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

The Tutsi were targeted primarily due to long-standing ethnic tensions between the Tutsi minority and the majority Hutu population.

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The Tutsi were targeted primarily due to long-standing ethnic tensions between the Tutsi minority and the majority Hutu population.
As the mass killings were happening, the international community stood by in a stupor, even though the nations of the world had a legal and moral obligation to intervene in cases of genocide.
To its credit, the United Nations had already put in place a peacekeeping mission, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (Unamir).
In my view this was possible but would have required three main things: detailed intelligence, preventive measures and political will.

Detailed intelligence

Unfortunately, the UN mission felt deaf and blind in the field as it did not have the analytical capacity to synthesise these important pieces of evidence.
It was also prevented by UN headquarters from taking measures to secure more information and taking steps for prevention.

Preventive action

Had the UN taken deterrent actions early on, it might have been able to stop the genocide at the outset.
Later, a large deployment of troops would have been needed to bring a halt to the many senseless killings.
UN preventive actions should have dealt with people (both plotters and resisters), the genocide structures (networks) and the tools (weapons) of the genocide.
In response to illicit weapons flowing into Kigali, the peacekeeping force should have firmly applied the embargo.
Quick, decisive action by the UN might have isolated the genocide to the Kigali sector before it spread into the countryside.

Political will

The simple answer is a lack of political will.
The lack of US commitment was largely the result of a disastrous mission in Somalia the previous year.
Still, these peacekeepers managed to save 20,000 to 30,000 lives, showing what dedicated action from a small force can achieve.

Moving forward

Primarily it is a matter of fostering a sense of enlightened self-interest among all nations, linking human welfare around the globe with one’s own.
It means recognising that when crimes against one section of humanity are committed, no matter where, it is a crime against all of humanity.
If this isn’t enough, then the fear of inaction should also be a motivating force.

Walter Dorn receives a salary and funding from the Department of National Defence.

Oil bosses call phasing out fossil fuels a ‘fantasy’ – but an international agreement is plausible

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

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Such a phase-out requires international cooperation to restrict the supply of fossil fuels, including coal, oil and gas.

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Such a phase-out requires international cooperation to restrict the supply of fossil fuels, including coal, oil and gas.
If such cooperative efforts are pursued alongside ambitious action to tackle the demand for fossil fuels, it could lead to environmental and economic benefits.
Some countries are already taking unilateral action to restrict fossil fuels, by, for instance, banning new oil and gas exploration or extraction.
While no international agreement on limiting the supply of fossil fuels yet exists, there are precursors which have tended to take two different forms.

Who’s in? Who’s out?

They would be followed by countries that have low reserves and low profits from fossil fuels, such as Argentina, Brazil, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico and Turkey.
Our data suggests that petrostates such as Russia and Saudi Arabia would be the most reluctant to join because fossil fuel production is so central to their economies.

We acknowledge that our scenarios for international efforts to phase out fossil fuels are not necessarily aligned with geopolitical realities.
For one, there is the shaky relationship between key countries such as the US and China to consider.
A club of like-minded countries could pave the way for a wider coalition, but major fossil fuel producers would need to join eventually for it to succeed.

Economic consequences

Fossil fuel prices will inevitably rise as their supply is squeezed by a phase-out.
Only phasing out oil may result in higher economic costs, due to its ubiquity in global supply chains and production processes.
International cooperation will be crucial, especially to lessen the economic impact on developing countries that are heavily dependent on imported fossil fuels.

Lauri Peterson received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement no.
Panagiotis Fragkos received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement no.

Amicus Therapeutics Issues 2024 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024

PRINCETON, N.J., March 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amicus Therapeutics (Nasdaq: FOLD), a patient-dedicated global biotechnology company focused on developing and commercializing novel medicines for rare diseases, today issued its fourth annual Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report.

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PRINCETON, N.J., March 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amicus Therapeutics (Nasdaq: FOLD), a patient-dedicated global biotechnology company focused on developing and commercializing novel medicines for rare diseases, today issued its fourth annual Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report.
Our investment in corporate responsibility encompasses our philanthropic endeavors, mission-focused and inclusive culture, environmental stewardship, and strong business ethics and integrity.
In February 2024, Amicus was certified as a Great Place to Work in the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Spain, France, and Japan.
To access the full 2024 ESG Report, please visit www.amicusrx.com/responsibility/environmental-social-governance/ .

ImpactMapper integrates with Trint to Expedite Impact Reporting and Analysis of Interviews and Reports

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Thursday, March 14, 2024

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“ImpactMapper is the only impact reporting tool on the market that takes qualitative data seriously. This is incredibly important as groups all over the world are making critical social justice, equity, and environmental changes that affect rights, policies, and norms. The changes and impact they are making come to life when they are contextualized and deeper examples and stories of changes are shared. As such, we often recommend to the foundations and donors that we work with to move to oral reporting formats to better track this type of impact and to decrease the reporting burden on their partners. We also underscore the importance of qualitative data, such as interviews and focus groups, for landscaping, context, and outcome analysis. In this effort to move to trust-based reporting practices in philanthropy, transcription tools like Trint are often used. The integration with ImpactMapper strengthens trust-based reporting practices in philanthropy and gives a concrete set of tools to make this happen. The integration also supports ImpactMapper in opening up to other markets, such as journalists, companies, UX experts, and other users of Trint software that are interested in tagging their audio and video transcripts thematically, aggregating trends, and visualizing data trends across a set of stories, interviews or clients.” -- Alexandra Pittman, PhD, Founder and CEO, ImpactMapper

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After users record an interview, focus group, or grantee reporting session in Trint, they can automatically import Trint transcripts into ImpactMapper for deeper analysis and visualization.
This real-time integration saves users valuable time, ensures they always have access to the newest reports and interviews and helps to ensure that transcripts are analyzed and used for impact reporting.
ImpactMapper has robust qualitative text analysis tools, in addition to financial and quantitative analysis and a survey tool, creating an all-in-one flexible data analysis, visualization, and impact reporting solution for users.
A set of equitable AI and autocoding tools is also being developed in 2024 to make impact reporting even more efficient through the ImpactMapper software.

Cenntro Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results

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Monday, April 1, 2024

In the fourth quarter we sold 473 vehicles compared to 298 vehicles in Q3 2023 and 51 in Q4 2022.

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In the fourth quarter we sold 473 vehicles compared to 298 vehicles in Q3 2023 and 51 in Q4 2022.
Total operating expenses were approximately $14.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, compared with $20.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Net loss was approximately $13.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, compared with net loss of $73.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Adjusted EBITDA was approximately $(13.7) million in the fourth quarter of 2023, compared with Adjusted EBITDA of $(18.3) million in the fourth quarter of 2022.