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Vaayu’s carbon tracking for retailers raises $1.6M, claims it could cut CO2 in half by 2030 – TechCrunch

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Vaayu’s carbon tracking for retailers raises $1.6M, claims it could cut CO2 in half by 2030 – TechCrunch

CO2 tracking is the new hottest thing in technology, and we’ve previously covered more general startups that do this for companies on a large scale, like Plan A Earth from Berlin. But there is clearly an opportunity to go deep into a vertical sector and tailor solutions to it. That’s the plan from Vaayu, a … Read more

Microsoft cut carbon emissions 6% last year, predicts climate investments will pay off in long run

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Microsoft cut carbon emissions 6% last year, predicts climate investments will pay off in long run

A quiet Microsoft campus during the COVID-19 pandemic. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) In the first year since aiming to go carbon negative by 2030, Microsoft announced Thursday that it had reduced its carbon footprint by 6% from 11.6 million tons to 10.9 million tons. It was also paid to remove an additional 1.3 million … Read more