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As far as business skills go, imagination and the ability to innovate cannot be discounted.
Track Two Podcast features a number of episodes that focus on the innovative mindsets and ideas that are currently working to create and further a vibrant and healthy society. Hosts Sarah Gerber’s and Joanne Gouaux’s guests talk about their stories, how they came up with inventive solutions and how they implemented them in the current work culture. The diversity of opinions exemplifies the similar diversity in opportunities available to pursue creative ideas. Imagination is crucial to improving our current civil society, and these podcast episodes provide examples of how to do so successfully.
Moroo Shino is the president and CEO of Marubeni Asian Power, an independent power producer in Japan.
Shino discusses the investments his company is making to accelerate the world s energy transition.
This article is part of Changemakers Playbook, a series that looks at innovation across different industries.
Japanese conglomerate Marubeni now has more than 100 years of innovation to look back on. Moroo Shino, president and CEO of Marubeni Asian Power, says that as a large independent power producer, it has a social responsibility to facilitate the energy transition and the development of new technology solutions such as hydrogen.
What sort of energy infrastructure investments do you think we need to achieve net-zero carbon emissions?
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Hydrogen plays an important role in combatting climate change but its production still has a way to go.
Industries must integrate new technologies into our energy systems and economies to achieve a zero-carbon future.
This article is part of Changemakers Playbook, a series that looks at innovation across different industries.
Hydrogen has a crucial role to play in decarbonization. How can we make it happen?
The race to net zero is on, and taking part is no longer optional, meaning we have no choice but to explore new technologies and integrate them into our energy systems and economies.
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It kills 7 million people a year and causes diseases including lung cancer and pneumonia.
Peter Sänger, a horticulturist turned entrepreneur, founded Green City Solutions to develop solutions to the problem that combine technology and sustainability.
This article is part of Changemakers Playbook, a series that looks at innovation across different industries.
What if a city bench could provide a place not just to sit but also to breathe a little easier? That s the idea behind CityTree, a 14-foot-high moss-covered, energy-efficient bench and air purifier that is popping up in cities throughout Europe and Asia. The ingenious piece of urban furniture uses the natural ability of living moss to bind with fine particles and remove them from the air up to 82% of them and Internet of Things (IoT) technology to measure and adjust its performance in real time.