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Volkswagen executives during its virtual Power Day briefing event in early March. Want more great analysis of electric and sustainable transport? Sign up for Transport Weekly, our free email newsletter. Battery technology will decide the winners and losers of tomorrow s auto industry. If you think that s a dramatic statement, just check out German auto giant Volkswagen s two-hour event Power Day, which kicked off Monday morning. It was a Tesla-style deep (deep!) dive into Volkswagen s global plans for battery chemistry development and manufacturing. Our goal is to establish a pole position in the global scaling of batteries, said Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess to kick off the show, which featured a battery-nerd s delight of schematics of charging anodes and cathodes, cutouts of battery cells and blueprints of future battery factories. ....
Episode 249: 30 Under 30 honorees share revelations, big oil pivots Heather Clancy Fri, 12/18/2020 – 02:00 Week in Review Stories discussed this week (3:45). Can Shell pilot a new era of sustainable aviation? The oil and gas industry’s search for purpose in a climate-disrupted world Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice? BofA, BlackRock and State Street talk stakeholder primacy and fall short Features The road ahead for sustainable transportation (21:40) Katie Fehrenbacher, senior writer and transportation analyst for GreenBiz, reflects 10 key trends from 2020 that will or should shape priorities in the 12 months ahead. Among them: bridge fuels to zero-emissions fleets; the public transit crisis; and what policies are mapping the journey. Year-end reflections from the GreenBiz 30 Under 30 (34:35) As we did at the end of 2019 and beginning of 2020, we feature the voices of our vibrant community in this episode and on Jan. 8. Participants ....
The road ahead for sustainable transportation (21:40) Katie Fehrenbacher, senior writer and transportation analyst for GreenBiz, reflects 10 key trends from 2020 that will or should shape priorities in the 12 months ahead. Among them: bridge fuels to zero-emissions fleets; the public transit crisis; and what policies are mapping the journey. Year-end reflections from the GreenBiz 30 Under 30 (34:35) As we did at the end of 2019 and beginning of 2020, we feature the voices of our vibrant community in this episode and on Jan. 8. Participants considered this question: What’s the most significant way that the events of 2020 changed your job or perspective as a sustainability professional? What’s your priority for 2021, as a result? Here are six responses from past 30 Under 30 honorees: ....
Episode 248: Mastercard CSO, parsing plastics policy, Paris Agreement at 5 Heather Clancy Fri, 12/11/2020 – 00:10 Week in Review Stories discussed this week (5:30). HSBC invests in world’s first “reef credit” system Does 2020 mark a turning point for delivering on the Paris Agreement goals? How do you avoid getting distracted and stay focused on the mission? Features What will Biden mean for the circular economy? (18:20) Don’t expect the incoming administration to use that nomenclature, but plastics pollution and recycling are far more likely to get national attention. Associate Editor Deonna Anderson chats with GreenBiz’s senior analyst for circular economy issues, Lauren Phipps. How Mastercard is helping spenders restore trees (26:45) Big brands are leaning into growing consumer interest in supporting products and services that do “better” for the planet. Kristina Kloberdanz, senior vice president and chief sustainability officer of Mastercard, discusse ....