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Commitment and action to deliver on the EU forest protection objective

The EU Green Deal promotes halting deforestation and ecosystem degradation that result from unsustainable agricultural practices.  

Find out how Cargill is taking action in its cocoa, palm oil and soy supply chains in order to achieve the company’s commitment of 100% deforestation-and conversion-free supply chains by 2030. 

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Minister Moreno and Commissioner Dalli hope for swift action on diversity and inclusion

The pandemic has shone a light on the importance of progressing on equality and inclusion. This was the fundamental point made during an online event centred around the plans and expectations for the upcoming French Council Presidency. The session was hosted jointly by AmCham EU and AmCham France on 28 September 2021.

After COVID-19: what is the future of the global trade network?

On Tuesday, 21 September, AmCham EU hosted a plenary meeting on trade and external affairs. Ahead of the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference and in the context of renewed EU-US cooperation through the Trade and Technology Council, the plenary meeting discussed the role of the EU-US relationship in the future of the WTO and the global trading system.

Reducing carbon footprint with IoT technology

The European Union wants to get at least 32% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030 and is aiming to be climate-neutral by 2050. To keep stability in the energy system, there has to be a balance between production and consumption of energy. Cisco has developed technology solutions to help utility providers collect, visualise and efficiently analyse critical data on the network and the flux of energy entering and leaving that grid. This allows for prediction on how much energy is available or consumed at a given time to keep stability in the energy system.

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The birth of the hydrogen-powered society

Hydrogen can be used to produce low carbon fuels for domestic heating and industrial processes or combined with air in a fuel cell to produce electricity. With a rising focus in the European Union on the effective integration of renewable energy, the importance of electric vehicles and reliable, resilient energy supply, energy storage is becoming an increasingly important factor in the electricity ecosystem. Chemours, a global leader in Proton Exchange Membranes, is developing new Nafion™ solutions to meet this demand for cleaner energy to produce electricity, and to power mobility.

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US lifts restrictions on transatlantic travel

The American Chamber of Commerce to the EU (AmCham EU) welcomes the decision by the US Administration to lift travel restrictions for vaccinated travellers from the EU and other countries as of November. This announcement is an important step for many citizens, but also for global companies that rely on travel for their operations. Transatlantic cooperation on the re-opening of our economies, including lifting restrictions in a safe and coordinated manner, is critical to a strong recovery on both sides of the Atlantic. This positive decision can also help strengthen EU-US relations overall.

Utilising geothermal energy to power industrial sites

Janssen’s Beerse campus in Belgium is one of Johnson & Johnson’s largest campuses worldwide. In 2019, a geothermal energy project was started that involves drilling wells about 2.5 km deep, pumping up hot water from deep within the earth to generate heat for use on the property before returning it to the earth. With completion expected by Autumn 2021, the installation of this fourth-generation smart heat grid will cut 30% of CO2 emissions at that property and can save 15,900 metric tons of CO2 per year.

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Leading the world’s sustainable energy future

First Solar is a leading global provider of responsibly-produced solar modules advancing the fight against climate change. The company has placed innovation at the heart of its business model, spending over $1.4bn cumulatively in the R&D of its differentiated photovoltaic technology. The company’s thin film technology encapsulates a semiconductor 33 times thinner than a human hair between two reinforced sheets of glass to generate clean electricity for 30+ years. As the EU strives towards the Renewable Energy Directive’s goals of 32% renewables by 2030, solar will be an essential component of the European electricity grid. 

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Time to make tech fit for Europe

As part of its ambitious sustainability goals, Microsoft is working with partners across Europe to help shape a greener tomorrow. Through a collaboration with Microsoft, Danfoss, a Danish engineering company, has created a cloud based IoT solution providing food retailers with new ways to manage operations by using a combination of sensors and data algorithms. These new solutions in turn help to realise up to 40% net savings in energy consumption and enable retailers to reduce food loss, energy consumption and optimize overall store performance.

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